Uranium prices have also risen strongly as world oil prices have more than doubled in the same time. They pointed to the continuing problems Cameco is having at its Cigar Lake mine in Canada which is flooded and won't be back on line until 2009 and news last week that Cameco (which is the world's largest uranium supplier) had suspended production at its Port Hope, Ontario nuclear fuel conversion plant because of contaminated soil surrounding the plant. That's after the radioactive leak at...

This particular foliar disease is favored by wet, humid weather; the likes of which we have seen sparingly in the last three weeks. Most of our varieties that do have resistance to this disease carry the Rcs3 gene that has effective resistance to all three races. This is a big reason for producers to learn more and more about the variety of corn and beans and their disease packages. Varieties were tested for their forage compatibility and straw strength as well as their yield ability and...

Although the yield was down due to the early frost, bailey says the lack of rain has kept out a lot of the disease you can see when there is an abundance of rain. After delaying the planting of Bermuda grass because of the drought and an August 1st delivery deadline, Lenoir City School officials were starting to believe they had lost nearly six thousand dollars worth of grass sprigs for their soccer field. Lenoir City School officials say plans to sprig the soccer field have been on...

Waters and Pollan were among those urging Pelosi and the House of Representatives she leads to overhaul the nation's farm policy, shifting billions of dollars from subsidies for corporate agribusiness to a means-tested safety net for real family farmers, plus policies to promote healthier foods and sound stewardship of the land. Waters and Pollan were among those urging Pelosi and the House of Representatives she leads to overhaul the nation's farm policy, shifting billions of dollars from...

The scorching temperatures and dry skies are expected to mean lower crop yields across the Prairies, even though the crop year began with flooded fields too wet to seed. Several straight days of hot, sticky weather have taxed the air-conditioning systems at the Concordia and Grace hospitals in Winnipeg, causing 25 operations to be postponed over the past week. Some sterilization machines have also not been working properly, with some instruments coming out wet. Hundreds of procedures...