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ST. LOUIS — For anyone who loves a good steak, a juicy burger or a nice Sunday roast, these are anxious times.
A coalition of business groups will propose Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed Tuesday.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) – Kansas farmers have already claimed a record amount in crop insurance for losses suffered during a lingering drought last year, and the claims are expected to surpass $1 billion, a federal agriculture official said.
A year ago, forecasters called for slow economic improvement in the year to come. We got that, along with an incredibly bumpy ride.
Blame the long-running drought in Texas for the largest single-year decline in the state’s cow herd, which experts say is likely to drive up beef prices.
From tending cattle to driving tractors or ATVs, 15-year-old Taylor Muller and her three younger brothers have always done what they could to help the family’s farming business.
Seventeen alpacas were on display for an “open barn” at the Royal Plush Alpaca Ranch in Rose Hill. The unique take on Small Business Saturday and the Black Friday shopping weekend brought out people curious about the animals, who are the “cute cousin to the llama,” said Mike Green.
Rice growers who lost sales after genetically modified rice seed mistakenly entered the U.S. market five years ago have until Monday to sign on to a $750 million settlement proposed by the company blamed for the problem.
Farms have been becoming more like factories for decades. Now, a local nonprofit group wants to take a further step in the automation of agriculture.
Many categories of exports important to Wichita and Kansas continue to show strong gains through September, the latest month that figures are available, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
SINGAPORE — Wheat is heading for the biggest slump in three years as the second-largest harvest on record swells stockpiles, easing shortages that drove global food costs to an all-time high.
WASHINGTON — Being stuck for hours on a stuffy, stinky plane at the airport was supposed to be a thing of the past, thanks to the government's threat of huge fines against the airlines.
CREVE COEUR, Mo. —Monsanto Co., whose genetically modified corn and soybeans have reshaped America's heartland and rallied a nation of fast-food foes, wants to revolutionize the produce aisle.
The emerging 2012 winter wheat crop appears to be getting off to a solid start in Kansas after a year of drought that decimated many crops that came before it.
Farm loan delinquencies remain low in Kansas as fall harvest wraps up, but it is too early to know what impact the drought will have on loan repayments, a top Farm Service Agency loan official said Thursday.
WASHINGTON — When regulators come knocking at the Bank of Newman Grove, Neb., inquiring about loan risks, Chairman Jeffrey Gerhart has a "stress test" ready to show how his portfolio would fare if rural land prices dropped 25 percent. Or 50 percent. Or 75 percent.
DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. farmers on Thursday celebrated the approval of free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, saying the pacts will increase demand for their products, though American consumers shouldn't see a drastic increase in overall food prices.
The latest government forecast of the size of the Kansas fall harvest paints an even more dismal picture than last month's estimate.
Farm-state congressmen and their tractor-driving constituents contend federal bureaucrats are on the verge of saddling them with a new, costly and harebrained government regulation.
ST. LOUIS — Monsanto Co. reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss that beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday and said that it must restate the last two years' earnings because of a federal investigation into its herbicide sales.
