Gold cord recipients Gold cords were given to students with cumulative grade point averages of 4. Silver cord recipients Silver cords were given to students with cumulative grade point averages of 3.90 -3. Recipients were: Ashley Annett, Glenna Bieno, Danielle Boos, Aimee Brasseur, Jamie Dean, Chesea Harings, Ryan Heintz, Sam Janke, Kayla Kelly, Bryan Klitzke, Samuel Maslonkowski, Matthew Mitchell, Richard Morrison, Brady Nyhus, Kelsey Richmond, Andrea Smith and Michael Zenner. Recipients...

General session speakers include: n Al Ambrose, Cenex/Harvest States, will examine the critical role of trade, tax, and regulatory reform in driving and sustaining unprecedented global economic growth during the past quarter-century. Fifteen separate breakout sessions will be offered at this year s conference. We will never edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to remove comments that violate our code of conduct. NEW: In order to keep the page a set width, long lines...

The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme in its present form, has been able to cover only about one-third of the potential crop loans and one-seventh of farmers despite offering a subsidy of 75%.

Hollywood star Sam Neill has slated a decision allowing field trials of genetically modified crops near Christchurch in New Zealand.

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Peanut Butter Salmonella Sickness Tops 600. Only Hawaii, New Hampshire and Utah have reported no illnesses. ConAgra Foods recalled all its peanut butter after government investigators linked the bacteria outbreak to the company's Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. The Centers for Disease Control says the number of new salmonella cases dropped substantially after the peanut butter was recalled. Wal-Mart has...