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Thursday, September 02, 2010

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Autumn Harvest Autumn HarvestÕs operation covers 210 acres near Hubbard, Ore. During harvest, they have as many as 35 employees harvesting and processing their four pumpkin varieties, five squash varieties, mixed gourds and Indian corn.

Brothers build pumpkin empire

HUBBARD, Ore. -- Dylan Wells, 21, and his brother Darren, 19, may grow and sell miniature pumpkins, but there is nothing small about the way they do business. The brothers raise small ornamental pumpkins, gourds, winter squash and Indian corn that are sold across the U.S. and in Japan and Mex ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:54 AM

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Energy

Deere sells wind energy business for $900M

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) -- Deere & Co. will sell its wind energy business to a subsidiary of Exelon Corp. for $900 million, the company said Tuesday, potentially signaling an acti ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:49 AM

Use of Idaho's geothermal resources on the rise

SWEET, Idaho (AP) -- A farming operation north of Idaho's capital city is taking advantage of the region's geothermal heat and water to extend its growing season, just the lates ...

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:09 PM

Report: EU's biofuel drive causes Africa land grab

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's drive to invest in biofuels is contributing to a "land grab" in Africa by governments, companies and investment firms, a repor ...

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:29 AM

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Digester generates cow power

LYNDEN, Wash. -- What is now a hole in the ground will be a dairy digester churning out electrical power by late November, if not earlier, its builders say. Kevin Maas said ...

Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:08 AM

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Organic breeders push for tougher plants, longer season

Organic crops, unlike their conventional counterparts, can't depend on synthetic chemicals for protection. For that reason, some organic growers suspect that seeds produced ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:48 AM

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Will worms bring woes?

Washington farmers and ranchers fear the giant Palouse earthworm could become the next spotted owl if it is eventually protected as an endangered species, but a spokesman for t ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:47 AM

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Stripe rust a major factor in Northwest wheat variety trials

Stripe rust hurt the performance of many wheat varieties during this year's Northwest university wheat trials. In the spring wheat trials in which May and June rains ended s ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:59 AM

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Glory cherry earns kudos

WENATCHEE, Wash. -- One retailer basically said the new Glory cherry lived up to its name. Another and a wholesaler said it was good but not overwhelming. That's the feedbac ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:45 AM

Organic

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Organic breeders push for tougher plants, longer season

Organic crops, unlike their conventional counterparts, can't depend on synthetic chemicals for protection. For that reason, some organic growers suspect that seeds produced ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:48 AM

Small farmer not fearful of salmonella

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- It's hard for Brian Bruno to fathom what went on at two Iowa egg farms that has resulted in the recall of about 550 million eggs from store shelve ...

Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:09 AM

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Feed mill grows on nearby organic grain

BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Diana Ambauen-Meade's business isn't just chicken feed. It's also turkey, goat, sheep, pig and pigeon feed. But it was a chicken feed recipe that got he ...

Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:09 AM

Farms harvest energy alongside crops

A hop farm and a nursery recently added solar electricity to their harvests in a move that their owners hope will also bolster their bottom lines. Goschie Farms, a 1,000-acr ...

Saturday, August 28, 2010 9:08 AM

Outdoors

2 federal agencies hear public comment on outdoors

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Officials from 2 federal agencies held a meeting in Fort Pierre on Wednesday to seek public comment on President Barack Obama's initiative aimed at finding ...

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:09 AM

3 killed when copter crashes in Idaho downtown

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A helicopter chartered by the Department of Fish and Game plunged into a travel trailer and crashed Tuesday on a downtown street in the small town of Kam ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:48 PM

New Mexico ranchers sue over changes in wolf program

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Ranching groups and two southern New Mexico counties have sued over a program that is reintroducing endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild in ...

Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:09 PM

Pneumonia confirmed in bighorn sheep herd

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say pneumonia has been confirmed in a herd of about 300 bighorn sheep west of Anaconda. Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist ...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 2:28 PM

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