More popularly known as BGH, or bovine growth hormone, BST interacts with other hormones in cows' bodies to control the amount of milk they produce. Today, about a third of American dairy cows are injected with rBGH, which boosts milk production by about 10 percent. In order to increase milk production, scientists working for Monsanto spent years in the lab developing a genetically-engineered synthetic version of the hormone called rBGH, or recombinant bovine growth hormone. According to...

Farm City Day a hit By CONNIE DORNFELD/Staff Reporter HUSTISFORD - With the full cooperation of Mother Nature, who donned her brightest and sunniest smile, the 27th annual Farm-City Day held on the David, Richard and Gloria Hafemeister farm Wednesday was termed a great success by Sally Schoenike, Dodge County 4-H youth development agent. Farm City Day a hit By CONNIE DORNFELD/Staff Reporter HUSTISFORD - With the full cooperation of Mother Nature, who donned her brightest and sunniest...

The result was Blue Rose rice, which, according to a contemporary description, "not only made the highest yield per acre, but it stood the highest test in the mills. In 1903, Wright announced that he would raise only seed rice and began work toward developing a seed that would last and that did not have to be imported. He developed seed rice that revolutionized the rice industry. To find that stock, he painstakingly opened thousands upon thousands of individual grains of rice, selecting...

Beef sales and operating improvements pushed Tyson Foods inc. to its best overall quarter since the summer of 2005, despite swings in both corn and live cattle prices. Beef has been a dismal business for the world's largest meat packer amid sagging exports and protein oversupplies that pushed prices lower for 10 consecutive quarters. Also, analysts predict stronger processing margins and adequate cattle supply in light of the winter storms that held cattle back. On Monday, the company...

The stakes -- and steaks -- are intriguing for A&M, which reported Friday that it will be involved for at least the next few years; China, which wants to feed its increasingly affluent society better; and a Seattle company that wants to set up five one-million-acre ranches and even a horse racing endeavor. The stakes -- and steaks -- are intriguing for A&M, which reported Friday that it will be involved for at least the next few years; China, which wants to feed its increasingly affluent...