Those lawmakers and the Iowa-based company that makes Blue Bunny ice cream are at the center of a dispute over whether corporate dairy processors should be allowed to buy milk under contracts that would pay farmers less than the minimum prices set by the federal milk marketing system. Those lawmakers and the Iowa-based company that makes Blue Bunny ice cream are at the center of a dispute over whether corporate dairy processors should be allowed to buy milk under contracts that would pay...

They have another name, a more truthful name - factory farms, although they have nothing to do with farming and lots to do with manufacturing. They've reduced animal husbandry to an industrial process, right down to knowing exactly how long an animal gets to live (used to be, chickens had exactly 60 days of life, according to an old boss who worked in the business perhaps, through the marvels of efficiency, they've even managed to knock that down a few days since) During the course of the...

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow swine held on farms to be released and approved for processing. Testing of meat from swine exposed to the feed in question confirms that melamine and melamine compounds do not accumulate in pork and are filtered out of the body by the action of the kidneys. Swine known to have eaten this feed appear healthy, which will be confirmed as these animals undergo the rigorous inspection that FSIS provides for all meat and poultry prior to processing. The...

The article said the 54-year-old man developed fever, headache and neck pain nearly two weeks ago, but was admitted to hospital only on Tuesday and was stable yesterday. It added that the bacterial infection is rarely fatal in humans, but an unusually virulent strain killed more than 30 people in Sichuan province in 2005. While the patient had spent a day in the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen early this month, the trip "may not be related" to the disease, the paper quoted an unnamed...

Police are processing this crime scene trying to figure out what happened. Two people were taken into custody at the scene, but police wouldn't confirm if they were suspects nor would they say the identity of the person killed. Someone closely connected to the store where it happened told FOX16 this wasn't an attempted robbery and those who were injured were the robbers. Police say three people were taken by ambulance one person died at the scene, on lookers were in shock and angry. Police...