However, the Kansas crop could be up 24 percent to 361 million bushels, the same rate of increase as predicted for the nation. Weevils, cut worms and armyworms also are appearing in many fields, and fungus is in some trees, shrubs and field crops, she said. Jay Chism, extension agronomist, Lamar, said he has received many calls from farmers asking about armyworms in grass and wheat fields. She and other extension specialists in the area recommend farmers consider cutting fescue now to beat...

Dairy farmers have failed to keep pace with a 3 percent increase in annual milk consumption, according to Rabobank Groep in the Netherlands, the world's biggest agricultural lender. Reduced subsidies eliminated milk surpluses in Europe and slowed production growth in the United States, government data show. Raghuveera Reddy, agriculture minister for Andhra Pradesh, an east Indian state of more than 75 million people, said rising milk costs ''will have an impact'' on the country's...

China's intransigence is worsening an already sour mood in Washington, analysts said, strengthening those who want to punish Beijing if it fails to act to narrow the trade gap. On Friday, in a move clearly timed to show Chinese flexibility ahead of the meeting, Beijing announced changes to its exchange rate system that could let the yuan rise faster. Trying to head off a row, the top Chinese envoy to the May 23-24 "strategic economic dialogue" has appealed to Washington to be coolheaded...

All other canned and small foil wet pouch products produced at other plants are not affected by this issue. The Post Chronicletakes the recent pet food recall involving both dog and cat pet food products very seriously and has done its best to report the most up-to-date information to its readers, as it is received. Pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical may have sickened or killed 39,000 cats and dogs nationwide, based on an extrapolation from data released Monday by one of the...

It's a historical curiosity that the financial press, particularly the sector that follows the oil markets, is among the first to notice. If the growth continues on its extrapolated curve, we will be hitting something like 9 billion over the next 4 to 5 decades. The exponential growth curve of human population, once a popular subject, has become one of the more underreported stories of the current era. In a way, increasing population combines with the aging of oil fields to create a...