A string of years of low milk prices, combined with escalating gasoline prices, and a hike in fertilizer and feed, caused many local milk producers to simply hang on. Last year was the first time we raised the hauling rates in 20 years, Some traditional Holstein (black and white) dairy farmers are adding Jersey cows to herds for higher butter fat. Based on the USDA s monthly survey of milk prices in 30 metropolitan markets, a projected increase over the next three months would drive the...

edu/dailynews/stories/ENTO/Feb1907a.htm> Federal and state agricultural research scientists in South Texas have teamed up to combat a disorder in potatoes that affects the production of potato chips. An economic impact study by Texas A&M's department of agricultural economics showed that, left unabated, losses from zebra chip would reach USD 100 million in lost business in Texas and almost 1000 jobs. Symptoms are especially pronounced when potatoes are sliced and fried to make potato...

Horizon Organic - a brand of Texas-based Dean Foods co. that sells about 45 percent of the nation's organic milk - stopped buying milk from Vander Eyk in December because it wasn't satisfied with the quality of the organic milk, spokeswoman Molly Keveney said. A large dairy in Tulare County recently became the first in California to have its organic certification suspended because it violated organic standards - a move consumer advocates claimed as a victory. Horizon Organic - a brand of...

reports that the USDA said consumers should either throw away the meat or return it to the store where they bought it for a refund. A recent survey revealed that a typical British diet -- high in fat, salt and calorie content -- doesn't contain the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other substances required to maintain a nutritious balance. Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner, used too much methyl salicylate -- more commonly known as oil of wintergreen -- to ease pain in her legs,...

Because this is the second time she painted the Democrats as the saviors of the middle-class for wanting to reform the alternative minimum tax, but neglected to inform her readers that they are the same Democrats who voted against the full repeal of the AMT in 1999. Because this is the second time she painted the Democrats as the saviors of the middle-class for wanting to reform the alternative minimum tax, but neglected to inform her readers that they are the same Democrats who voted...