farm state delegation after another has gone to Havana this year to pitch sales of wheat, corn, beans, peas, lentils, chicken and other products needed by communist Cuba to feed its people. Cuba expects to sign deals worth $150 million with American food producers at talks starting on Monday that point to sustained U. He said 250 agribusiness executives, food exporters and farm group leaders will meet in Havana for three days to negotiate new contracts. sales to Cuba are allowed on a...

farm bill got underway with action by House ag subcommittees to put together details for conservation, energy, credit, research and livestock titles of the bill. It also includes a one-month extension of the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program, a move which includes that program into the farm bill baseline, removing the requirement for lawmakers to find some $2 billion to $3 billion to pay for continuing it in the next farm bill. It also includes a one-month extension of the Milk...

The presence of dieldrin in the soil does not have to be reported to the state, the consultants told selectmen, because the property has been used for agricultural purposes. The further testing convinced the consultants that there was minimal risk if the town purchased the farm and used it in the future for either playing fields or a school site. If selectmen had voted against purchasing the property, the farm would have likely gone back on the open market, Urbelis said. Consultants hired...

Beginning Thursday, some forecasters were expecting drier weather next week while others saw rain in the forecast, leading to uncertainty in Corn. Nobody wanted to go home with a big position ahead of the long weekend with uncertain weather forecasts for next week, according to floor traders. Near the close, prices firmed as participants who had sold corn earlier in the day bought it back with prices making new highs for the session. In Indiana, dry weather this spring was a welcome site,...

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