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...

Current battery technology is not advancing in efficiency by leaps and bounds, so until we migrate to a new medium of storing energy, vehicles might, rather than producing toxic fumes constantly while running, produce several hundred pounds of toxic batteries every several years which need to be disposed. Current battery technology is not advancing in efficiency by leaps and bounds, so until we migrate to a new medium of storing energy, vehicles might, rather than producing toxic fumes...

He still doesn't know whether he has enough feed to make it through the winter until his cattle can graze again. Barrett, who usually raises about 450 brood cows, already sold 100 this year because he knew he wouldn't have enough hay to feed them. Ranchers from Texas are buying cattle from Alabama stockyards and shipping them back because they have a surplus of forage thanks to the state's heavy summer rainfall, he said. Department of Agriculture declared the entire state of Alabama a...

If you cast the bait 30 feet out from the shore and retrieve it, the lure is in the most productive zone for only the last 10 feet of the cast. Light penetration and oxygen is deeper, therefore fish are usually are found deeper and fish feed more toward morning and evening or even at night. Also, in clear water walleyes school more and usually roam to find food, but if the water is slow to warm and they might be a little lethargic. They utilize their excellent senses of vision and hearing,...