Not only has Chief s ag-related business increased by more than 500 percent in the past 5 years, we ve gained more market share in the process, he said. Mitchel listed several trends sparking Chief s ag business growth the past five years: ethanol, which has increased grain storage demand by processing plants, elevators and farms; higher yields and better varieties; and concerns about grain movement delays seen after Hurricane Katrina. Orders for all sizes of bins, grain handling...

Top with the corn salsa, mashed avocado and sour cream to serve. Or why not use left over bolognaise sauce or savoury mince and place on the bottom of the dish before adding the corn chips. Try this: You can use other sauces such as barbeque, mild tomato salsa or sweet chilli sauce in place of tomato. Combine the corn, tomato, capsicum and shallots. Divide the corn chips among four ovenproof dishes. Grill the corn chip until the cheese has melted. Drizzle with sauce and scatter with...

Two Cuban agricultural inspectors plan to inspect the state's varieties and watch how seed potatoes are packed for shipping. Pedro Alvarez, head of communist Cuba's food import company Alimport, said the island already imports as much as 40,000 tons of seed potatoes annually from Canada and Holland, but that "of course we'd like to diversify our suppliers and varieties. He noted seed potatoes are more expensive than table potatoes and highly perishable - making the prospect of sending them...

Two hundred pounds of crayfish were finished off in three hours. Although she didn't have final attendance numbers for Sunday's event, Holt took the butter and crayfish consumption as a sign that the size of this year's fiesta surpassed last year's attendance of 5,000. But the most important item sweet corn remained plentiful, albeit in dwindling amounts. Food dwindles quickly at Sweet Corn Fiesta. Sixty pounds of butter was ordered for today's Seventh Annual South Florida Sweet Corn...

THE Grain Marketing Board has stopped selling maize to six millers after allegations that they were reselling the maize to private buyers and stockfeed manufacturers at inflated prices. To authenticate the claims, the GMB's loss control department is investigating two cases in which a manager with Eveready Milling Company is alleged to have sold grain secured from the GMB to stockfeed manufacturers while a worker with Golden Millers allegedly sold it to poultry producers. To authenticate...