During a contract's first five years as the ethanol plant is built and the crop is getting established farmers would receive a cost share and a per-acre rental payment. Senate this week would entice farmers located near ethanol biorefineries to grow dedicated energy crops. Wildlife groups have insisted that any new energy crop program not take acres from the USDA's Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to idle some 35 million acres of marginal cropland for wildlife habitat. But...

If you don't have superfine sugar, you can grind granulated sugar in a food processor. A prudent choice for those watching their waists, the only downside is that the cake requires separating and whipping egg whites until they form peaks. Perfect for a brunch or shower, lemon angel bites are small but still glamorous, especially when drizzled with a bright lemony glaze. Finer than granulated sugar, it dissolves quickly, a trait that makes it perfect for meringues. The puffy, cloudlike...

Bob Inglis will bring together members of the United State Department of Agriculture with Upstate farmers Monday at Gramling Farms to answer questions about how crop loss payments are calculated in assessing the value of peach crops destroyed by the April freeze. Bob Inglis will bring together members of the United State Department of Agriculture with Upstate farmers Monday at Gramling Farms to answer questions about how crop loss payments are calculated in assessing the value of peach...

The June acreage report should be a major market mover as the USDA will update seeded acreage for this year. Minneapolis wheat will be a follower of the Chicago and Kansas City wheat prices until harvest is over and spring wheat begins to price in growing conditions. While they left planted acres unchanged, the USDA lowered their production forecast to 12. Of course, good growing conditions during this summer and the USDA will begin to add yield potential back into the balance sheets and...

Search the Rapid City Journal. Ultimately, it could be the deaths of people's pets, attributed to a banned substance in imported wheat gluten, that puts pressure on USDA, Fox said. They are equally determined to protect consumers from the potential risk of allowing Canadian cattle older than 30 months of age back into the U. People are beginning to talk about the importance of a safe, local source of food, he said. Re-opening the border to the older Canadian cattle not only has the...