NEW YORK (Reuters) - New plants the biofuels industry has touted as potential sources of green domestic fuels pose risks as aggressive weeds that could damage farms and other ecosystems. Botanists like Richard Mack at Washington State University said the new crops must be considered to help ease tightening oil supplies, but that they should be studied carefully before the nascent industry develops the new energy source. Some could "jump the fence" and encroach on food crops or suffocate...

Department of Agriculture reported weekly export sales on Thursday morning, showing corn sales of approximately 1.51 million metric tons. While the drop in inventories marked the third consecutive decline, it was much smaller than the decrease of 1.5 million barrels expected by analysts. However, prices dropped later on Wednesday after the Department of Energy's weekly report showed that crude oil inventories fell by 800,000 barrels. Prices moved higher in the morning, reaching as high as...

On weekends, he sits by a roadside stand at the only gas station in Zuni, selling his crops bushels of sweet potatoes for $12 to $15 and bags of just-picked collards. Edwin Warren unloads a bushel of sweet potatoes from a tractor-trailer where he stores extras. Some years, he buys certified seed potatoes from farmers in North Carolina, which is one of the country's main sweet potato-producing states. There's no exact science to growing sweet potatoes, says Warren, 71, who grew up with a...

These young people had the corn planted and cut the maze out by spelling the word Faith, plus planning and working a spooky maze. Realizing this, would a farmer go into any large animal operation that would jeopardize anyone s health or welfare? They are living here and want to remain. I would like to commend these young people for their hard work, especially learning such traits as responsibility, discipline and giving to the community. But farming must continue to be able to feed our...

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