And in the case of Carmen's Diner -- chicken statues, chicken paintings, and other poultry tchotchkes galore. The diner's name and farm essence are an homage to Carmen's Fried Chicken, which for decades served hungry New Hampshire residents who were driving through town, lived in town, or were hoping to get a peek at the UFOs that supposedly were drawn to this area of the state in the 1970s. The diner's name and farm essence are an homage to Carmen's Fried Chicken, which for decades served...

Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of agricultural disaster for all 95 counties in Tennessee to help farmers who have suffered crop damages as a result of last week's deep freeze and record low temperatures. Agricultural experts say it's too early to know the extent of damage to the state's corn crop, which may have to be replanted or planted in other crops if small tender plants cannot recover from the freeze. A hard freeze across the state last week has produced unofficial...

While most of the wheat across north Alabama appears to be lost, a good portion of the corn crop could actually have survived because of the severe drought in the weeks before the freeze. A hard freeze destroyed most of the wheat crop in the area and damaged a large portion of the corn. Bishop said that he's never seen a freeze damage so many crops. An extension office survey taken earlier in the year showed a 30 percent decline in the amount of cotton being planted this year, while the...

Scientists and a growing number of biotechnology companies are attempting to remove corn from the ethanol equation because it has created huge demand for the global food staple. And with farmers planting corn at unprecedented rates, often instead of other crops, prices for other products may soon rise as well. Backers of alternative production methods argue that a technological change is needed soon, before corn-based ethanol grows so large that other manufacturing methods will be squeezed...

Corn stalks that were less than six inches tall during the freeze will be alright, but some of the bigger stalks will be damaged, and so will the winter wheat. And the horse people are going to alfalfa, so nobody s starving, but if people can t get enough hay for their cattle, they will sell them. But if we get some more rain, on top of what we got when the tornado came through, that might help refurbish the pastures, and you could pull the cows out of the hay fields and let them graze....