New Delhi, June 24: Fearing major attacks on infrastructure projects during the June 26-27 economic blockade planned by CPI (Maoists), the Centre has sent advisories to Naxal violence-hit states, as also Punjab and Haryana, directing them to beef up security. States directed to beef up security. Chennai Online News Service - View News. New Delhi, June 24: Fearing major attacks on infrastructure projects during the June 26-27 economic blockade planned by CPI (Maoists), the Centre has sent...

Jupille, a rancher from Montrose, admits there is money to be made selling grass-fed beef in Colorado, but hes found it impossible for small ranches to make a living from it. While beef raised and processed on small ranches and at small lockers is more expensive than mass-produced beef, it is often free of antibiotics and hormones and full of flavor. Corn, a readily available food source in the United States, helps cattle gain more weight quicker than they would when fed grass on a small...

The million-mile ranch depends on rainfall to get through the arid summer months, as the majority of the station has a desert-like landscape. Enlarge Michael Sullivan, NPR Cockatoos aren't the only type of wildlife roaming the station; dingoes, wild turkeys and camels are also common sights at Warrawagine. Mills says Warrawagine gets some ribbing from some of the other stations in the area, saying that his ranch is pinching all of the rain. Other ranchers in these parts would kill to have...

One imports fresh cream:filled chocolate truffles from Switzerland, another is a politically active fundraiser and the third is carrying on the Swiss dairy farming tradition. Ironically, Ducommun gained her first voting experience in Canada since she moved there in 1968, three years before women's suffrage was introduced in Switzerland. She aims her seductive smile at the customers, gives advice, lovingly gift wraps small boxes of chocolate and concludes each sale as one would a...

Durango-area man's plan for ranch being frustrated. The area includes many hiking and biking trails, and apparently some users don't want him blocking their way. And he doesn't want to sell the land, though he might some day sell it with a covenant making it open space. They have been pulling his fences down as fast as he can put them up. That apparently doesn't sit very well with some people. DURANGO (AP) - After years of working as a heavy equipment operator, Jack Dalla had bought up...

An LA-based food supplier expanded a voluntary recall of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with the E-coli bacteria. United Food Group says it expanded the recall of 75,000 pounds of ground beef to include an additional 370,000 pounds based on "unspecified concerns" raised by the state health services department. United Food Group senior vice president Todd Waldman says the company's chief concern is consumers' health and that it is working closely with state and...