Reuters . Monday, 29 October 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Fairfax Media OIL WORRY: Household products makers like Gillete maker Procter & Gamble, Paddle Pop producer Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive are expected to post a quarterly profit but soaring oil prices could imperil growth. Reuters . Monday, 29 October 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Fairfax Media OIL WORRY: Household products makers like Gillete maker Procter & Gamble, Paddle Pop...

Redden, a fourth-generation farmer, spreads the litter on corn and soybean fields near a sandy creek that flows into the Pocomoke River and then the Chesapeake Bay. How much should an industry -- one that produces about 1 billion pounds of waste a year but is also an economic and political force on the Eastern Shore -- be regulated? Nitrogen in the bay Nitrogen is one of the main sources of nutrient pollution that cause the growth of harmful algae blooms and low-oxygen "dead zones" in the...

Larry McKenzie says, "If cattle farmers are having to pay a lot more for hay - it's going todrive up beef prices and that's going to impact consumers. That's forced Crouch to dig into his soybean crop to make an alternative to hay. When it comes to this year's drought, he says he and his cows have been hit pretty hard. The biggest problem for cattle farmers is hay, trying to find it and trying to afford it. SC farmers desperate for rain. Some farmers are resorting toextreme measures to survive.

ASA President John Hoffman, a soybean farmer from Waterloo, Iowa, said that "ASA appreciates action by the Senate Agriculture Committee in reporting a bill, and urges its early consideration by the full Senate, so we can complete omnibus farm legislation this year. ASA President John Hoffman, a soybean farmer from Waterloo, Iowa, said that "ASA appreciates action by the Senate Agriculture Committee in reporting a bill, and urges its early consideration by the full Senate, so we can...

DAYTON In sharp contrast to the real estate slowdown and foreclosure crisis in many of Ohio's largest cities, the value of the state's cropland is soaring. Ward said: "It's very inviting when we start seeing 10 percent returns," and that doesn't include cash rent that landowners receive annually from those who farm their acreage. The price has increased by 10 percent since last year, nearly doubling since 1997, says federal agency. That's up 10 percent in the past year the fastest annual...