In contrast, a 25 percent drop in corn stocks in Quebec puts the national stock level is at 5.5 million tonnes; down 4 percent from year ago levels. Statistics Canada reported that corn stocks in Ontario are at an all time high of 2.5 million tonnes. Statistics Canada reported that commercial soybean stocks levels are up 33 percent, while farm stocks of soybeans are down between 5 and 7 percent in Ontario and Quebec. Canada's corn stocks down 4 percent. Canada's corn stocks down 4 percent....

Grains and other foods grown in small, diverse, grass-based family farms is a much healthier alternative to the food churned out by industrial factory farms that have been correctly blamed for pollution, cruel treatment of animals and production of low-quality food, according to recent research. Grains and other foods grown in small, diverse, grass-based family farms is a much healthier alternative to the food churned out by industrial factory farms that have been correctly blamed for...

The rice and corn sectors are expected to exceed last year's production despite adverse weather conditions this year, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics said. Corn production is expected to reach 2.73 million metric tons, up five percent from 2.6 million metric tons last year, the bureau press release said. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap earlier said the Department of Agriculture would try to put in place the needed infrastructure and post-harvest facilities before the onset of the...

Market prices set by the federal government plummeted almost 90 cents per gallon between May 2004 and May 2006, putting farmers behind the eight-ball. The Massachusetts farmer's position in this highly regulated industry has to do with a complicated formula that sets the market prices for milk across the country. Duffy and others say one way of helping the Massachusetts farmer for the long haul is to replicate a law passed in Maine in 2005 that adds a fee to the retail price of milk....

Borrowing technology used at Epcot's Living Seas aquariums, the pioneering Florida aquaculture farmer plans for a future where a mere 250 acres breeds a species of fish new to most American palates, while also signaling the changing times in the state's agricultural picture. Gene Evans' farm sprawls across 1,700 acres, but his family's agricultural future fits in just a fraction of that space. Borrowing technology used at Epcot's Living Seas aquariums, the pioneering Florida aquaculture...