Ethanol Producers Learn Downside of Hedging
(Oct 3, 2008)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D (AP) - Ethanol companies, including the nation's second largest producer, are learning some difficult lessons about the downside of commodities hedging.
Everglades in Decline as Restoration Lags
(Oct 3, 2008)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla (AP) — A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns the vast...
Judge Rules Against Bird Waste Injunction in Oklahoma
(Oct 3, 2008)
TULSA, Okla (AP) — A federal judge has denied Oklahoma's request for a preliminary injunction to stop 13 Arkansas poultry companies from disposing of bird waste in the Illinois River watershed.
Cranberry Farms Go High-Tech to Meet High Demand
(Oct 3, 2008)
WARRENS, Wis - Until this fall, workers at Nodji Van Wychen's cranberry farm sorted fruit with the same wooden technology used by her grandfather.
One Big Pumpkin
(Oct 3, 2008)
SPICER, Minn (AP). - The heaviest pumpkin on record in the state of Minnesota was grown in a small pumpkin patch in rural Spicer.
