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Copper prices jump on improving US jobs market

NEW YORK (AP) -- Copper prices jumped 3.2 percent Friday after a sharp improvement in the U.S. job market and higher factory orders raised hopes for stronger demand. The move ended an erratic week of small price losses and gains for the industrial metal as investors looked for clues about what' ...

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Copper prices jump on improving US jobs market

NEW YORK (AP) -- Copper prices jumped 3.2 percent Friday after a sharp improvement in the U.S. job market and higher factory orders raised hopes for stronger demand. The move ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 1:27 PM

Weyerhaeuser 4Q profit drops 62 pct, revenue falls

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Weyerhaeuser Co.'s fourth-quarter net income sank 62 percent compared to a year ago when the lumber and real estate company's results included a $11 ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 8:49 AM

Tyson 1Q net income falls 48 pct, but prices rise

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Tyson Foods, the nation's biggest meat company, said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell by nearly half from last year as higher feed costs cut into ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 8:29 AM

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Study: Foreign labor crucial

BOISE -- A new study has found that reducing Idaho's foreign-born labor supply would have a significant negative economic impact. The University of Idaho study, funded by the st ...

Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:06 AM

Livestock

Judge rejects challenge on sage grouse listing

By BEN NEARY Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday rejected a challenge from environmental groups seeking to force the federal government to ta ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 1:17 PM

Sheep-herding Swedish bunny becomes online hit

LOUISE NORDSTROM Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Champis the bunny doesn't only hop -- he also knows how to herd his masters' flock of sheep, possibly having picked u ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:09 AM

Rabid 900-pound cow attacks Georgia farmer

MAYSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia farmer is recovering after being attacked by a 900-pound rabid cow. Raymond Parks tells WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/xIKbvX) that the ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 8:29 AM

NC couple charged with stealing, selling 100+ hogs

KINSTON, N.C. (AP) -- A Greene County couple has been arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 hogs from a farm and selling them to a stockyard. The Free Press ...

Saturday, February 04, 2012 8:29 AM

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Spud industry eyes a better fry

The U.S. potato industry is looking for a better french fry. Researchers hope to find potato varieties that form less acrylamide, a naturally occurring chemical compound, when c ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 10:09 AM

Western innovator: Research zeroes in on phosphorus

ABERDEEN, Idaho -- All of the barley is hand-harvested in Victor Raboy's 1-acre experimental plot at the University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, and the seeds ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 10:09 AM

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Payday comes once a year, but budgeting can last

The past year had its ups and downs, but luckily for the family, one of the ups has been the cattle market. Having just sold last year's calves and having close to 20 years of ca ...

Friday, February 03, 2012 10:09 AM

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Researchers seek cold-tolerant barley

ABERDEEN, Idaho -- Recent discoveries made at the USDA's Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit could speed development of improved cold-tolerant barley lines and eventu ...

Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:54 PM

Energy

New legislation takes aim at state-level ethanol subsidies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bill that would end future state subsidies for corn-based ethanol is in the California Senate after sailing through the Assembly. The bill by Assemblyman ...

Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:58 PM

Vermont utility seeks more for 'cow power' projects

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont utility is looking for more farms that want to participate in its project that uses farm waste to help generate electricity and more customers wil ...

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:09 AM

Ore. biofuel plant gets federal loan guarantee

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) -- The federal government said Thursday it would guarantee a large share of the financing for an eastern Oregon plant that would turn poplar trees and ag ...

Friday, January 27, 2012 10:29 AM

USDA awards $25 million for Iowa biodiesel plant

By MICHAEL J. CRUMB Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $25 million Friday to an eastern Iowa plant for its project to turn ...

Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:09 AM

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