A leading meat company, Tyson Foods, plans to team up with oil giant ConocoPhillips to turn its greasy animal fat waste into biodiesel fuel. Davidson & co., says the biggest benefit of the biodiesel deals for Tyson will be their impact on the market price of the fatty by-products, known as tallow. Tyson has struck deals with oil giant ConocoPhillips and Syntroleum, a small company that develops synthetic fuel technology. Tyson forecasts that the plant will generate between $35 million and...

This doesn t include an additional 300 cans of carbonated soft drinks, 200 sticks of sugar-containing chewing gum, eight kilogrammes of sweets, 63 dozen doughnuts, 22kg of cakes and biscuits, 91 litres of ice cream plus whatever gets sneaked into prepared savoury foods, and other sugar sources such as fruit juice, maple syrup and honey. This doesn t include an additional 300 cans of carbonated soft drinks, 200 sticks of sugar-containing chewing gum, eight kilogrammes of sweets, 63 dozen...

The government has been urged to extend the benefit of crop insurance to those farmers whose co-operative loans have been waived. Hiremath said the assessment of crop loss has been done on area basis and insurance claim amount has been sanctioned hobli wise. Kumaraswamy is scheduled to distribute insurance cheques to farmers at a function to be held in Jewargi. Hiremath regretted that at some places the benefit of crop insurance scheme was not reaching due to lack of information. In...

One of the fattest targets that has emerged: The federal crop insurance program and the money paid to companies and agents to sell and service federally subsidized policies. To get an idea of how much premiums and commissions will rise this year, consider this situation: In Story County, the premium for a typical revenue assurance policy that covers 75 percent of the crop value would total about $40 an acre this year, up from $23 in 2006. Congress looks everywhere to find money for the...

Johnson started the meeting by showing a National Weather Service map that indicated during the time from mid-May to mid-June a large part of North Dakota has received over three times the normal precipitation amounts, which is causing a multitude of problems for agricultural producers. Johnson started the meeting by showing a National Weather Service map that indicated during the time from mid-May to mid-June a large part of North Dakota has received over three times the normal...