FOOD galore! That s probably the first thing on your mind when you visit the pasar malam or night market. Pirassath Varrmaah Sittarthan, 10, likes to go to the pasar malam because he can find lots of things such as fruits and vegetables, clothes, food and household stuff there. He says: I usually buy vegetables and my favourite food, sweet corn. She says: Some of my friends parents sell food, souvenirs, T-shirts, bags and shoes at the night market. When certain fruits are in season, you...

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The heavy rain this spring that was a problem for the wheat harvest is expected to help fall crops. The last wheat estimate was for a crop of just over 300 million bushels. Just eight percent is in the poor to very poor category. Farmers Look Forward to Corn Harvest. The latest crop update from the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service points to a good harvest when crops mature in a few weeks. Jere White of the Kansas Corn Growers Association says he says he expects the state to bring in...

But, as the House Agriculture Committee prepares to take up a new five-year farm bill on Tuesday, Space, one of nine freshmen Democrats on the panel, is opposing major changes in the traditional price and income support programs that in 2006 paid farmers $19 billion. But, as the House Agriculture Committee prepares to take up a new five-year farm bill on Tuesday, Space, one of nine freshmen Democrats on the panel, is opposing major changes in the traditional price and income support...

Because of high corn prices, Indiana farmers planted more than usual and, if the harvest is good, will have to decide where to put it all. Purdue University has several Web sites that can help farmers who expect to have difficulty storing extra grain they grew this year. Dirk Maier, a Purdue Extension agricultural engineer, has a spreadsheet available that helps calculate the angle of repose, capacity calculations and the function of the side walls for temporary outdoor pile structures....