The Department's forecast is, however, lower than the industry's estimate that puts sugar output at over 300 lakh tons in sugar year starting this month. India's sugar production forecast is raised to a record 293 lakh tons on expectations of bumper cane production, an USDA official said. The Department noted that the Indian sugar industry faced a market glut resulting in severe financial crisis and the forecast of another bumper production would cause further problem. The Agriculture...

After losing early corn and wheat crops to a late Easter freeze, farmers now are harvesting cotton crops often producing less than one-half their normal yields. HUNTER nhunter@jacksonsun.com Tony Williamson pulled the few strands of cotton fiber from a heat-cracked boll and shook his head in disgust. Lower cotton yields throughout Tennessee could eventually effect the state economy if other crops fail to make up monetary losses from cotton crops. The few bolls that have appeared on plants...

Campbell says the list of USDA certified processing points is dwindling and many shops that process domestic animals such as beef, swine and sheep, are no longer accepting wild game. But the wild game business at the Pepper Tree is brisk, even though much of the time it s a one-man operation. It is, he says, an art that is dying out as skilled meat cutters pass away. Deer and elk hunters like steaks from their game, but deer meat is often used for sausage and elk for hamburger, Campbell...

mad cow case confirmed Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a U. The department put interim rules in place less than three weeks after the detection of mad cow disease, known Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, in an imported cow in December 2003. WASHINGTON - The government said Thursday it will permanently ban the slaughter of cattle for human food if they cannot stand or walk, a possible sign of mad cow disease, but is exempting some animals in that condition. Allowing such animals to...

Farm Bill moves forward in Congress Sunday, Oct 28, 2007 By Aaron Sadler Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - As Congress moves closer to adoption of the 2007 Farm Bill, Arkansas farmers are preparing to fight again a decades-long battle over subsidy payments. Farm Bill moves forward in Congress Sunday, Oct 28, 2007 By Aaron Sadler Stephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - As Congress moves closer to adoption of the 2007 Farm Bill, Arkansas farmers are preparing to fight again a...