NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state will lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and the state's horse breeding industry will be destroyed if the funding provided by New York City's bankrupt Off-Track Betting Corp is terminated, thoroughbred breeders warned ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil revealed on Monday a preliminary list of U.S. patents and intellectual property rights it could restrict unless both countries settle a long-standing dispute over U.S. cotton aid. It is the second set of measures Brazil has unveiled in ...
In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Clement Gervais stands near dairy cows at the Gervais Family Farm in Bakersfield, Vt. The farm was among five dairy farm operations targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented foreign farm workers where Clement Gervais ...
Vt. farmer targeted in immigration probe says temporary worker visa program for dairies needed A Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three illegal workers had proper documentation. Clement Gervais believes ...
Private security guards aboard a Spanish tuna fishing vessel repelled Sunday an attack from pirates in the Indian Ocean, the boat's captain said. Captain Santi Gamboa described on Spanish national radio how the crew of the boat, the Txori Argi, had seen ...
Better salmon season expected off West Coast this year, including reopening of Calif. fishery California's chinook salmon fishery is likely to be opened this year after two straight closed fishing seasons — but with restrictions, according to recommendations released Thursday by a ...
Smithfield Foods returns to 3rd-qtr sales rise overseas, beats Wall Street forecasts Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's largest hog producer and pork processor, reported a profit on Thursday for its third quarter after more than a year of losses. Meat companies have ...
A sticker on the back of a fisherman's truck is seen outside the Knox County Courthouse, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Rockland, Maine. Matinicus Island lobsterman Edwin Vance Bunker is on trial for allegedly shooting fellow lobsterman Chris Young last summer. Bunker's ...
A sharp drop in world prices has almost halved cotton production in Africa over five years, the African Cotton Association announced Wednesday, saying the sector faced an "acute crisis." The price drop along with soaring costs for agricultural inputs have forced African ...
Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory. After meeting with Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge and cabinet chief ...
