The event, based on last year s popular Summer Solstice Celebration, will feature various cooking and BBQ demonstrations and samplings of farm products produced and/or processed by Fresno State students at the 20 enterprises of the 1,000-acre University Ag Lab, or University Farm. The event, based on last year s popular Summer Solstice Celebration, will feature various cooking and BBQ demonstrations and samplings of farm products produced and/or processed by Fresno State students at the 20...

weather and crop conditions continue to affect corn and soybean prices, but the June 29 release of the USDA's Acreage and Grain Stocks reports will provide additional fundamental information for these markets, said Darrel Good in his weekly outlook. Use in that category is calculated after the estimate of stocks at the end of the quarter is available, and use for the quarter then is projected based on the level of use projected by the USDA for the entire year and a typical seasonal...

But one of the biggest reasons for the jump remains a sharp rise in the cost of feed grain, primarily corn, which is being increasingly used for ethanol. Several factors have affected the price of milk, including rising demand in China and increased exports to European countries, a milk industry spokesman said. The cost of a gallon of milk tends to reflect local cost-of-living prices, which is why Arizonans are paying more, experts said. Arizonans are still paying a premium for milk, even...

Michigan State and the University of Wisconsin at Madison will share in a $125 million federal grant to establish the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, said two officials with knowledge of the grants, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. Michigan State and the University of Wisconsin at Madison will share in a $125 million federal grant to establish the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, said two officials with knowledge of the...

The market's mood at the present time seems to equate any forecasts for rains as a negative for corn, so any additional precipitation across the Midwest will likely keep corn prices on the defensive over the coming days. For this afternoon, the market seems to be expecting this afternoon's corn crop condition rating to hold steady or to show a slight increase, so any major deviation from that consensus will likely generate a price response. Today's price action seemed to have more to do...