Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying the film is unfair to many of the nation's farmers and shouldn't ...
<div id="subtitle">Corn Prices Jump to Record $6 a Bushel, Driving Up Costs for Food, Alternative Energy</div><div><p>Corn prices jumped to a record $6 a bushel Thursday, driven up by an expected supply shortfall that will only add to Americans' growing grocery bill and ...
<div id="subtitle">Nation's corn crop expected to drop for second straight year; still 3rd largest in 60 years</div><div><p>The nation's farmers are expected to plant fewer acres of corn and wheat — staple ingredients in a wide variety of foods. But industry experts say ...
<div id="subtitle">Government estimate for 2008 North Dakota corn crop might be off by millions of bushels</div><div><p>The federal government's estimate of North Dakota's 2008 corn production includes millions of bushels of grain that are covered by snow and might never end up in ...
<div id="subtitle">Agriculture Department projects slightly lower corn, soybean harvests this year; prices rise</div><div><p>The Agriculture Department on Monday lowered its forecasts for this year's U.S. corn and soybean harvests, pushing up the prices of both commodities while knocking down the shares of meat ...
<div id="subtitle">Ky. farmers overcome early downpours, late dry stretch to manage solid soybean, corn yields</div><div><p>Roller-coaster weather that included a soggy spring, hurricane-induced winds and drought had Kentucky grain farmers expecting the worst for this year's harvest.</p><p>But when combines ...
<div id="subtitle">USDA projects smaller corn, soybean harvests this year due to drier weather</div><div><p>The Agriculture Department on Friday reduced its forecast for this year's corn and soybean harvests due to drier weather, potentially leading to higher commodity prices.</p><p>U.S ...
<div id="subtitle">North Dakota farmers are expected to produce more bushels of corn than spring wheat</div><div><p>Corn is taking over wheat acres in much of the nation's heartland.</p><p>North Dakota farmers are expected to produce more bushels of corn than spring ...
<div id="subtitle">Hurricane Ike's remnants batter corn, rice crops after destructive march across South, Midwest</div><div><p>From Texas rice farms to Midwest cornfields, some farmers in the path of Hurricane Ike's remnants saw profits sink as strong winds battered crops.</p><p>Along ...
<div id="subtitle">Kansas farmers harvesting bountiful crops of corn and sorghum this fall</div><div><p>Kansas farmers are well into their harvest of what is an anticipated to be a record corn crop.</p><p>Kansas Corn Growers Association spokeswoman Sue Schulte said this week that ...
