He estimated the machine was about 10-feet tall and about 10-feet long. It makes chemicals for use in animal feed additives, human pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, according to the company's Web site. Nettleton said the fire started in a paddle dryer that is used in the manufacture of a poultry feed additive. Nettleton said the plant's automatic fire suppression system was activated and the Charles City fire department was notified and responded. in the plant's drying department, said...

THE MORNING NEWS KSOUZA@NWAONLINE.net SPRINGDALE Springdale-based Tyson Foods inc. and other major poultry producers face three difficult hurdles in the coming months with higher feed costs, questionable export markets and a rising supply due to increased production. THE MORNING NEWS KSOUZA@NWAONLINE.net SPRINGDALE Springdale-based Tyson Foods inc. and other major poultry producers face three difficult hurdles in the coming months with higher feed costs, questionable export markets and a...

Fourth cutting of alfalfa hay is 91 percent complete and a fifth cutting of alfalfa hay is 24 percent complete. Barley is 77 percent planted, compared to 74 percent last week. Hay supplies were 36 percent very short, 40 percent short, 20 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus. Winter wheat is 48 percent planted, compared to 32 percent last week. There were 6.4 days suitable for field work for the week ending Oct. Rain this past week will help small grains progress. Fourth cutting of other...

The 2007 alfalfa tests include entries of commercial varieties conducted at Ames and Nashua. Performance data provided with the results include yield in tons per acre, fall dormancy ratings and disease resistances. Information on the adaptation and performance of hybrids and varieties is currently offered for alfalfa, barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat. Results from orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, reed canarygrass and timothy grass tests are included as well. A late cold weather event...

The hour-long Convocation drew about 60 people to Jewett Hall, along with a nearly equal number of professors who marched in wearing their caps and robes. Schalit, the keynote speaker at the fourth annual UMA Convocation, shared her thoughts and research on the subject as the school kicked off a year that will be focused on health and social justice. Hunger is a problem that affects all of us far more of us than even we at the newspaper imagined when we started this project, she said....