Ewing said he is concerned about a hay shortage this fall since so many farmers are putting their extra acres into corn or soybeans for the renewable fuels industry. Barnhart said that if the frosted stems were less than 10 inches tall at the time of frost it will take them longer to recover. Wayne County, Iowa producer Ted Ewing said that the first crop will be drastically reduced from normal, but he has a positive outlook for his hay crop for the rest of the year and in the future. A...

Other poisons include plants such as Kaneru and Niyangala, industrial chemicals, household chemicals such as disinfectants and cleaners, cosmetics and substances used for abuse. This is not surprising when one considers the fact that agriculture is the most important sector in Sri Lanka's economy, employing over half the labour force. It is essential to keep all drugs, pesticides and chemicals in locked cupboards or containers so that children cannot have access to them. Pesticides are the...

To suspend or fire a public figure for saying what they really think is to ensure watered-down opinions that are as useless as a small December wind whining for attention. There is rarely a day that passes in my free-woman life that somewhere, some man makes some derogatory remark like "them f--king women libbers. I line my birdcage with the mail or work it into the fertilizer for my rose bushes - and then I stand up and loudly defend any man or woman's right to say what they please about...

Bayer exceeds consensus estimates for the first quarter of 2007. In light of the successful start to 2007, Bayer confirms the positive outlook for the full year. Bayer will provide further details on the first-quarter results in its interim report on May 8, 2007. At the present time the company is not altering the guidance it issued in March. Leverkusen According to preliminary data, the Bayer Group generated sales of EUR 8.3 billion in the first quarter of 2007, representing a 23 percent...

The Agriculture Ministry warned that shortages of bread and flour would worsen, adding to the misery in a nation where basics have become luxuries and hyperinflation has topped 2,200 percent. Planting more wheat after May 31 was "not worth it" because seasonal conditions then will drastically reduce yields, the agriculture secretary, Shadrek Mlambo, told the parliamentary portfolio committee on agriculture. Like most state and private enterprises, the utility also has reported shortages of...