Paul Another week of above normal temperatures last week helped the rapid maturation of small grain crops, according to the weekly crop report from the Minnesota field office of the U. Along other crops, spring wheat acreage was 93 percent jointed, with 46 percent headed, compared to the average of 72 percent jointed and 31 percent headed. The condition of most crops fell slightly from a week ago, although nearly all the areas of the state received some rain during the week. Like corn, 77...

Substituting a half-cup of soy nuts -- baked soybeans -- for other types of protein in a healthy diet may help lower a postmenopausal woman's blood pressure, a small study has found. Those with normal blood pressure also benefited from the soy diet, reducing systolic and diastolic readings by 5.2 percent and 2.9 percent respectively. For four weeks, 60 women, average age 53, followed a low-cholesterol diet that provided 30 percent energy from fat, 15 percent from protein and 55 percent...

The disease causes plants to defoliate prematurely, and it also affects the number of seeds in each soybean pod, leading to lower yield and early plant death. Some varieties of soybean have been developed to be partially resistant to the disease, and it can be managed somewhat with fungicides. Department of Agriculture recommends wearing disposable clothes for fungicide spraying if rust is detected in a field because rust spores can cling to clothing. Department of Agriculture also...

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Jim Slama But while organic food is so mainstream even Wal-Mart sells it, farmers have been slow to switch from conventional crops to organic. Woodbury County, Iowa officials have launched a program to promote organic agriculture. He says making the switch is much tougher for a fulltime farmer who's income and social identity are tied up in decades of conventional agriculture. Marqusee says federal farm programs are mainly oriented toward large scale grain production, offering little help...