Tyson said production at the Gadsden plant will be reduced before the sale is complete at the end of May and 400 of its 675 positions are to be eliminated. Koch does not plan to produce further processed foods at the plant, Tyson said. The Gadsden plant has been operating at partial capacity since production was trimmed last year. We will never edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to remove comments that violate our code of conduct. Siouxcityjournal.com encourages...

Beginning with the losses-based insurance scheme for individual farmers in 1972, at least half a dozen insurance approaches have been tried, without success. If there were any doubts about its success or failure, these have been put to rest by the finance minister, who said in his Budget speech a month ago that it would be continued in its present form for just one more year, till a new weather-based crop insurance is tried out on a pilot basis in two or three states, as an alternative. If...

The Deansboro agriculture advocate drives a Dakota Sport pickup with bumper stickers promoting his cause, including a decal on the passenger side panel that screams, "Raised to Graze. It's a message farmers seem to be listening to as their production costs continue to rise. So the fast-talking farmer, savvy in both marketing and farming, decided to put the nickname on a business card. Madison County farmer says the practice is best for farms, environment. His message is simple: Animals...

Not only have many dairy co-ops notified their farmers that they want an increasing supply of rBST-free milk, but Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) recently said it was also bowing to consumer pressure and discontinuing the use of dairy produced with the substance. Not only have many dairy co-ops notified their farmers that they want an increasing supply of rBST-free milk, but Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) recently said it was also bowing to consumer pressure and discontinuing the use of dairy produced...

Even as senators and representatives argued about withdrawal deadlines, they were busy stuffing the supplemental appropriations request with earmark spending and pork projects. I'm all for education in rural areas, and I'm even pro-sugar-beet, in a theoretical and impersonal way. But that doesn't mean they're appropriate projects for the federal government to fund. No doubt, some of these are worthy projects. And they're completely inappropriate additions to a spending bill meant to fund...