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Friday, November 20, 2009

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Santiago Cisneros digs out ginkgo biloba trees east of Salem, Ore., on Nov. 18. The D. Wells Industries nursery has filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy, which is geared toward family farmers who want to restructure their debt. Several Oregon nurseries have filed for bankruptcy this year as the result of the economic downturn.

Weak economy claims another victim

Another nursery in Oregon's Willamette Valley has filed for bankruptcy protection in the midst of the industry-wide downturn. D. Wells Industries, a 200-acre nursery based in Aurora, Ore., has filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy, which allows family farmers and fishermen to continue operating while ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM

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Rural Life

Urban farmers collide with city rules

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Steve Mann doesn't look like an outlaw as he cheerfully harvests giant rutabagas and luscious lettuce bunches from a friend's garden in Kans ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 11:03 AM

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Thankful for love, lifelong marriage

Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving. Although it is a movable feast, 59 years ago Thanksgiving was on Nov. 23. In 2009, Nov. 23 is this coming Monday, and for most it will be just ...

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Idaho city considers yard storage rules

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- Lewiston city leaders are considering a rule that would bar residents from storing piles of farm implements, bicycles, construction materials, ap ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:49 AM

Job prospects draw students to ag schools

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time. There isn't a farm within m ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:49 AM

Research Center

St. Louis scientists unravel corn genome

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Scientists have unraveled the DNA of humans and other creatures. Now, a team led by the Genome Center at Washington University in St. Louis has decoded ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 8:49 AM

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Farmer's quest for data takes flight

Robert Blair is taking precision agriculture to new heights. The North Idaho farmer uses a small, unmanned aircraft with a 9-foot wingspan to gather high-resolution aeri ...

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Officials warn of invading stink bug

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is advising Pacific Northwest farmers to keep an eye out for insect known to cause problems in Asia and the Eastern United States. T ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:19 AM

Researchers ask: Are caged chickens miserable?

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:49 AM

Profit Center

Dean Foods predicts milk price will top $15 cwt

A major U.S. dairy manufacturer is betting that steadily climbing milk prices will help the company outmaneuver smaller competitors. Dean Foods, a Texas-based processor ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 12:34 PM

Portland Daily Grain Report for Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Oregon during November by rail or barge, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and bar ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 12:18 PM

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices fa ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 9:33 AM

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Fashion world warms to wool's story

Jeanne Carver has gotten more and more opportunities lately to tell her "sunlight story." On Nov. 12, she shared it with about 200 people at the American Agri-Women's annual ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM

Outdoors

Nevada wildlife officers seek elk poachers

ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada game wardens are seeking information about two elk poached in northern Elko County near the Idaho line. Nevada Department of Wildlife the cow e ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 3:12 PM

Wyoming sets limits on antler, horn gathering

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has set an antler and horn gathering season for public land west of the Continental Divide in an ef ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 11:00 AM

Work progresses on wildlife overpass near Elko

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Friday, November 20, 2009 10:59 AM

Island's bison given birth control to control herd

AVALON, Calif. (AP) -- Birth control for bison? That's what conservationists are giving a herd on Santa Catalina Island in an attempt to reduce the population. Females o ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 11:06 AM

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