Tuesday, May 21, 2013
 
 

By Tom Polansek and Mark Weinraub

SHERIDAN, Illinois (Reuters) - With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional equipment.

The technological wizardry from companies like Deere & Co and   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
Here's an agricultural problem no one expected: explosive methane foam produced by pig feces. Welcome to the world of factory farming.   [READ MORE]
 
Agribusiness giant Monsanto won its Supreme Court case over Vernon Bowman, who was sued for violating a patent by using reproduced soybean seeds.   [READ MORE]
 
By Laura Zuckerman

(Reuters) - Conservationists are criticizing a plan by wildlife managers in Montana that would nearly double the number of wolves a person is allowed to kill each year, lengthen the hunting season and sanction shooting of wolves near baited traps.

T...   [READ MORE]
By Ludwig Burger and Frank Siebelt

LEVERKUSEN, Germany (Reuters) - Bayer <BAYGn.DE> suggested there was room to lift prices at its high-tech plastics and chemicals business this year to counter soaring raw material costs that squeezed first quarter margins.

The ...   [READ MORE]
By Charles Abbott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new U.S. farm law that ended in a stalemate in 2012, and the biggest obstacle is not likely to be soil conservation or crop subsidies, but the billions spent mostly in cities and towns.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's weak economy has taken its toll on the nation's poshest greengrocer with Prince Charles forced to close his organic vegetable store, citing falling trade and rising prices.

Prince Charles, the heir to the throne and a champion of the environment, opened...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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