In the News
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Farms Move Crops to Mexico to Avoid Immigration Crackdowns
(May 30, 2008) IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Antonio Martinez no longer pays smugglers thousands of dollars each year to sneak him into the United States to manage farm crews.
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World Bank Helping World Food Crisis
(May 30, 2008) WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank is stepping up efforts to help overcome the global food crisis by providing an extra $1.2 billion in grants and loans.
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Minneasota Senator Will Fight For Plant Disease Lab
(May 30, 2008) ST PAUL (AP) Senator Amy Klobuchar says she'll fight to preserve funding for plant disease research at the University of Minnesota.
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Japanese brewery to make beer from space barley
(May 30, 2008) TOKYO (AP) - Japanese beer-lovers can anticipate an out-of-this-world brew: suds made with barley descended from grains that traveled in outer space.
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World Food Prices Set to Fall
(May 30, 2008) PARIS (AP) — World food prices are set to fall from current peaks in the coming years but will remain "substantially above" average levels from the past decade, a report said Thursday.
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South Koreans Protest Decision to Resume Much-Criticized Beef Import Deal With U.S.
(May 30, 2008) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of angry South Koreans took to the streets Thursday to denounce their government hours after it said U.S beef imports would resume within days.
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Landowners Getting Trampled in Gas Rights Rush
(May 30, 2008) CHARLESTON, W.Va (AP) — Unsuspecting property owners around the country are getting trampled in an old-fashioned land rush by natural gas companies and speculators trying to lock up long-ignored drilling rights quickly and cheaply.
