Son of the Heartland Howard Dahl, shown in his dealer s Kiev warehouse, sells equipment to till and seed soil, and harvest sugar beets. The risk for us was only heightened by the fact that we sell big-ticket items: A typical deal might be $125,000 for two pieces of sugar beet harvesting equipment. As part of the deal, we retained ownership of several product lines that Case didn't have as much interest in: some specialized farm implements used to take soil samples, as well as large...

German company BASF is hoping new variants of potato are more resistant to late blight and has planted thousands in a field between Girton and Histon. TRIALS of genetically modified potatoes have begun in a field near Cambridge despite protests. These tests could be conducted in a laboratory or inside a factory setting but they've decided to put them in the open air which means they could contaminate other organisms. Meanwhile the Green Party criticised the trials this week, saying big...

To compensate for the suffering associated with brand-name peanut butter deprivation, I would not ask a court to make Peter Pan give me his eternal youth. It says, "Enclosed is a cash refund based on our suggested retail price for the product you purchased. This refund includes an estimated value of the postage paid to return the product lid. The letter that came with the check says nothing about the tax. When you're loaded with dough, who needs peanut butter? If you've already sent off a...

Aerial television news footage showed ruins throughout the community of about 1,800 people. The funnel cloud hit Greensburg on Friday evening, smashing buildings, overturning vehicles and knocking out communications towers. Some residents said on television that emergency sirens had given them about 20 minutes of warning before the punishing winds slammed into the town. Rojas served Greensburg residents a lunch of sloppy Joes and handed out stuffed animals to the youngest survivors and...

The funnel cloud hit Greensburg on Friday evening, smashing buildings, overturning vehicles and knocking out communications towers. Aerial television news footage showed ruins throughout the community of about 1,800 people. Some residents said on television that emergency sirens had given them about 20 minutes of warning before the driving winds hit the town. There is still a possibility that we do not have all the people accounted for, said a spokeswoman for the state emergency management...