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A no-till organic gardening workshop Saturday will address not only better soils and better food but how organic farming can slow global warming. Joel Gruver, who has college degrees in chemistry and agronomy and has managed several farms, will explain how to improve your garden soils. Patrice Gros will explain his financially successful no-till system and will demonstrate how to build a no-till bed. There will be a $10 charge for lunch from the Blue Bird Bistro.

The improved outlook reflects changes to a European Union policy approved last month that allows sugar companies to avoid paying fines as long as they sell part of their 2007-08 output quota. To establish equilibrium in the sugar market in 2007-08, ''an additional substantial market withdrawal'' of at least 7 percent of production will be required by the end of this month, Suedzucker said on its Web site. White, refined, sugar prices traded on London's Liffe exchange have plummeted almost...

She grew up on the farm in Shirley where she lives and farms now, but she wasn t involved in production like many farm boys. But farming is her only job, and she plans to get even more involved once both of her children are in school next fall. Schneider enjoys being her own boss and the flexible schedule that allowed her to be at home with her kids, now 5 and 10, and participate in their activities. She kept track of the books and was the support person who d run errands, take grain to...

Carranzas bought a farm in 1935; it was the only sugar beet farm ran entirely by women in the United States, according to a publication put out by the sugar beet company. While living in Colorado, Carranza's family, along with 400 other migrant workers; were recruited to come to Montana and work beets for the new beet factory. Hearing stories of her life was a thrill for this writer, Sidney native and granddaughter of a German Russian beet labor and later farmer. At 96 years, Carranza has...

The conservancy has bought the croplands and removed them from production. The lake is home to the shortnose sucker and Lost River sucker, both declared endangered under federal law 19 years ago. Water from the lake then will rush through the gaps to flood wetlands lost 50 years ago when the Williamson River delta was drained for farming. In a severe drought several years ago, the lake level fell so low that water managers had to cut off the flow to farmers to protect the fish. The $9...