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Wide swings in cotton futures prices on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) this week did little to instill confidence among traders. Cotton continues to be influenced by other commodities and the equity markets. More...
AUSTIN - (Dec. 15, 2008) For the week ending Dec. 13, 2008, feeder cattle price trends at Texas auctions were again mixed, with most sales steady to $7 lower per hundredweight. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - As it prepares to leave office, the Bush administration is moving to make it easier for U.S. farming companies to hire foreign field workers, which farmworker groups say will worsen wages and working conditions. More...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department's inspector general said Tuesday that there wasn't a systemic failure behind the cattle abuse that led to the nation's biggest beef recall last February. More...
PADUCAH, Ky.(AP) - A fire official says about 10,000 chickens were killed when a fastmoving fire destroyed a western Kentucky barn. No people were hurt in the Friday fire, according to The Paducah Sun. More...