Department of Agriculture purchased 300 tons of pink salmon in 1-pound tall cans earlier this fall, and there should be another 300-ton purchase of canned pinks soon. Residents of Guinea-Bissau, one of the smallest nations in continental Africa, were included in a 2006 test program to incorporate high protein wild pink Alaska salmon into their diet. Representatives with the International Partnership for Human Development and local residents worked together to prepare meals using the canned...

USDA teams will be sent to assess the situation next week. Wildfire damage to crops in Southern California may be less than first feared, according to the executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau. The county, which produced $1. Irrigated groves appear to have resisted the fires, Larson said. There's been no official estimate yet of crop damage, said U. Department of Agriculture press secretary Terri Teuber. job search Popular stories.

Drought disaster aid sought Southeast's parched soil leaves farmers looking for help from neighbors, taxpayers Published: Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 2:00 am. WASHINGTON -- Edward Ellison hauls 1,000 gallons of water to his Greenwood farm every three days for his cattle because the drought has dried the two streams on his property. To further help farmers, 54 lawmakers from South Carolina and the Southeast have asked the Bush administration to include disaster relief funds in the upcoming...

Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup, 'generally recognized as safe' status for use in food and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review. And of course the results of their studies concluded that high fructose corn syrup does not contribute to obesity, it does not cause our internal appetite control mechanism to malfunction causing us to eat more than we need, it does not contribute to Type 2 diabetes. I was going to let it go because I know that there...

Hoping to produce thinner waistlines, many doctors --including the American Medical Association --- want Congress to stop subsidizing the production of foods that are high in fat and cholesterol and spend more to promote fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains that are not. That's just what the nation's doctors are doing, saying that federal lawmakers are responsible for the fact that a salad costs so much more than a Big Mac. Hoping to produce thinner waistlines, many doctors --including...

While wet weather has slowed much of the year's harvest, a mostly dry September helped Tennessee farmers get their crops in ahead of schedule. Cotton production is expected to be down 43 percent from last year and the 780,000 bales produced will be the lowest yield in seven years. Hot weather vexed the state's soybean crop which is expected to be down 48 percent from last year, the lowest since 1966. Corn is Tennessee's agricultural success story this year as production is expected to be...