The USDA data was supportive for soybeans as the agency's first look at the new-crop balance sheet cut stocks in half from the record 2006-07 carryout projections, analysts said. New-crop ending stocks were pegged at 320 million bushels, below the average analyst estimate of 337 million and the USDA's latest old-crop estimate of 610 million. The growing demand for wheat, a cheaper substitute for corn as animal feed, may pressure the corn prices, said analysts. One lot is equivalent to 10...

The focus is on irrigation practices and other ways to increase rice production and improve the yields from vegetable gardens. Mulching is taught, along with better planting techniques and how to build fish ponds. Last year, a total of 200 growing projects in the United States -- similar to the Madison-Paoli effort -- raised $2 million in crop sales to support farming programs in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Parishes' planting...

Soybean and grain futures finished mostly lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Beef and pork futures increased on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. As of Thursday s close, courtesy of Ottawa Cooperative Association. Ottawa Elevator Wheat, $4. Edgerton Elevator Wheat, $4. Overbrook Elevator Wheat, $4. Lawrence South Elevator Wheat, $4. Pauline Elevator Wheat, $4. Spot nonferrous metal prices Thurs.

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