Smith staff writer Sunday, November 11, 2007 Filling the tank was not pleasant before, but the latest hike in gasoline prices have made driving downright painful to the wallet. Fuel marketers are losing money, Dougher said, and there is a pressure to keep costs down and move product, so much that retailers lose money when prices spike. The higher prices are only now trickling down to the average consumer, but that's not the only thing edging the gallons up a few pennies. A large company...

The big rigs hold three times the grain, get twice the fuel mileage (4 to 6 miles per gallon) and, when purchased used, can cost less than straight grain trucks. The increase means there are more drivers, mostly farmers and farmhands, who only sporadically get behind the wheel of a complex vehicle. An Ohio State University study reported that trucks, including pickups, were the third-leading cause of farm fatalities behind tractors and machinery. The older straight grain trucks were known...

Your location in the state (north or south, east or west) will make some difference in the birds that will come your way; and the kinds of food you feed will also affect who shows up at your feeders. If your feeders get busy (and some folks feed hundreds of pounds of oil sunflower and niger seed each year) you'll watch for sales; many feed dealers have fall specials. What food to feed: The species you attract are determined primarily by the seeds you offer. It enables us to catch a glimpse...

By Bilal Hassan THE textile industry would suffer a serious set back in the backdrop of shortage of cotton lint owing to gross mismanagement regarding supply of quality seed and recommended pesticides, pest scouting and replacement of cotton crop with sugarcane. By Bilal Hassan THE textile industry would suffer a serious set back in the backdrop of shortage of cotton lint owing to gross mismanagement regarding supply of quality seed and recommended pesticides, pest scouting and replacement...

But not everyone agrees with Daenell's views that some food ingredients being toxic. Daenell said ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oil are big no-no's. Both doctors do agree on one thing, that it's important to learn and understand more about what you're eating and how you're body reacts to certain foods. Jennifer Hone from Rose Medical Center said, from a traditional doctor's view, there's no scientific evidence that shows specific ingredients in...

Published October 17, 2007 09:09 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE Farmers are facing pressure from sales representatives to place their seed orders earlier each year, but the problem with this is that the current year's yield trial information is not yet available, a Purdue University expert said. Published October 17, 2007 09:09 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE Farmers are facing pressure from sales representatives to place their seed orders earlier each year, but the problem with this is that the current year's...