But local farmers who grow fruits, vegetables and nursery products could soon get more federal help to sell their produce and recover faster from disasters. The money would be used to help specialty crop farmers, such as those who grow blueberries, apples or pumpkins, to market and export their produce. The bill will provide aid for farmers throughout the country, including Washington, where agriculture has remained the state's biggest employer for decades. Such payments have never been...

And we want to continue that, particularly into the future when things will change in Cuba. Email will not be displayed on site. Governor and Ag Leaders in Cuba on Trade Mission. For station contact purpose only. The group will meet with business leaders including Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade to discuss expanding Nebraska's presence in the country. The group returns on Tuesday.

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CROWD: About 800 people are expected to attend the conference, she said, including government officials, economic development professionals, manufacturers, farmers, venture capitalists and academicians from 25 states and several foreign countries, including Brazil, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel and New Zealand. This is a demonstration of equipment Iowa State University has been developing that will harvest cobs, switchgrass and other plant material that could be used to make...

Now that the door has been opened for the use of transgenic biotechnology on one crop, I hope it will soon be approved for other crops. Biotech (Bt) or transgenic cotton is the miracle seed that resists bollworm an insect which used to destroy a third to half of our cotton crop each year. Let's begin this Sunday morning with a statement of unimpeachable reliability: India has doubled its production of cotton in the past five years. It crossed the US last year to become the world's second...

Additionally, as more corn is used for ethanol production, Gatza said, barley is increasingly used as animal feed, putting a premium on the barley left over for brewing. But beer brewers across the nation are sharpening their pencils now to figure out if they can afford to keep making such hop-heavy beers in the face of skyrocketing prices linked to a worldwide shortage of the flowering plant. The price increases will particularly hammer small craft brewers, who generally brew more hoppy...