Clint Jessen said an agriculture operation must be chemical-free for three years before it can even apply for USDA certification. With larger retailers getting in on the trend, there are more organic products to choose from. Burns farmer Dale Sandberg said his organic sunflowers are used in organic cooking oils, while food processors around the country buy organic wheat and oats in bulk for a variety of food products. This market push also is creating new opportunities for Wyoming's...

Fruit and vegetable growers using frost protection will have to wait until the sun comes out to find out if they were able to save any of their crops. Pecan trees in southeast Georgia that looked to be setting up for a good crop were damaged by the freeze and frost, but growers won t know to what extent until later. County agents in the blueberry area are saying that much of the current crop is damaged, some with an 80 to 90 percent loss, Irvin says. Frank Funderburk, an agricultural...

Churchville, VA (PRWEB) April 10, 2007 -- The Center for Global Food Issues (CGFI), a member of the Stop Labeling Lies Coalition, has collected more than 1,000 signatures from dairy producers and consumers demanding action by regulators, retailers and the dairy industry to end misleading and false milk labeling and marketing tactics. The Center for Global Food Issues submits over 1,000 signatures petitioning regulators and responsible business leaders on false and misleading dairy labels....

The company s fertilizer interests have the capability to produce about 7.5 million metric tons of nitrogen products annually. The project is the result of a growing demand for urea, as well as a need to improve the plant s ability to load rail cars. Improvements include replacing equipment and re-configuring the plant s current ammonia output to be further processed into urea. This multi-million project is the first of what we expect will be several improvements for this plant to allow us...

Demand for these crops from Nigerian traders and neighbouring countries is low due to excess cereal production in Nigeria and across most Sahelian countries. Slight upward trends in cereal prices have been noted since December 2006, due mainly to high fuel prices, normal seasonal consumption patterns, government purchase of excess crops and the resumption of cross-border trade with Niger, Chad and Mali due to decreased availability of cereals in deficit production areas of these countries...