(Aug 5, 2005) A community advocacy group in Des Moines, Iowa, is calling for immediate changes in the state's air quality laws after a field study found high ammonia levels near nine factory farms in the state.

(Aug 5, 2005) The 1998 legal settlement requiring major tobacco companies to pay $206 billion to the states who filed lawsuits against the industry created a government-protected cartel that keeps cigarette prices artificially high, according to a new lawsuit.

(Aug 5, 2005) Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced this week that the Philippines has resumed imports of U.S beef and beef products.

(Aug 5, 2005) American farmers are buying computers and using them for business, but at a much slower pace than they did just two years ago, a new federal study shows.