Agriculture Department, there are at least 8,500 organic farmers with more than 4 million acres of crop and pasture land. farmers are having a hard time keeping up with Americans' voracious appetite for organic foods, say industry leaders, who want federal officials to boost spending on crop research and market development. He said organic farming keeps young and small farmers in business while fuel ethanol, the Corn Belt darling, puts "industrial farming on steroids. A "fair share" of...

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A cold April and early rains have slowed farmers in southern Minnesota, and especially in Iowa, the heart of the nation's corn crop, where farmers had just 14 percent of the crop in the ground by Sunday, compared with 58 percent in the ground by the same time last year, according to the U. Despite farmers' corn intentions, the weather has reminded everyone that nothing in farming comes easy. The economics of farming mean that not everyone will be rolling in cash after the harvest. Some of...

Department of Agriculture must conduct a detailed scientific study of the crop's effect on the environment and other alfalfa varieties before deciding whether to approve it. The ruling is a major victory for anti-biotech crusaders, who have been fighting the proliferation of genetically engineered crops. District Court Judge Charles Breyer made permanent a temporary ban he ordered in March on alfalfa with genetic material from bacteria that makes the crop resistant to a popular weed...

Department of Agriculture must conduct a detailed scientific study of the crop's effect on the environment and other alfalfa varieties before deciding whether to approve it. But many crops, including soy, corn and cotton, have been engineered with the same trait, which enables farmers to more easily spray herbicide over their fields. Breyer's order only affects alfalfa farmers, which grow the crop primarily for livestock feed. The ruling is a major victory for anti-biotech crusaders, who...