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Updated: 3/17/2010

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Grains prices rise on concern of wet spring

By SANDY SHORE Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Grain prices rose Wednesday amid speculation that wet, cooler weather could slow spring planting across much of the country. Other factors that benefited commodities across the board included a weaker dollar and the rising stock market. ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:29 PM

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Caterpillar plant to add 500 jobs in 4 years

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A diesel generator plant in South Carolina plans to add up to 500 jobs in the next four years. The State newspaper reported Caterpillar plan ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:39 AM

Grains prices rise on concern of wet spring

By SANDY SHORE Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Grain prices rose Wednesday amid speculation that wet, cooler weather could slow spring planting across much of the country. ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:29 PM

US Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:58 AM

Portland daily grain report for Wednesday, March 17

Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Ore., during March by rail or barge, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in do ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:48 AM

Livestock

Ranchers urged to move animals from low areas

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging ranchers in flood-prone parts of the state to move animals from low-lying areas to higher ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:44 AM

Governor's 'Meatout Day' angers Michigan farmers

By TIM MARTIN Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Some Michigan agriculture organizations have a beef with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm over her proclamati ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:25 PM

Chronic wasting disease found in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Chronic wasting disease has been found in North Dakota for the first time. The state Game and Fish Department says a mule deer killed by a hunter las ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:09 PM

Minnesota petitions to take wolves off endangered list

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota petitioned the federal government on Wednesday to take the gray wolf off the endangered and threatened spe ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:09 PM

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U. of Ill. studies nematodes in biofuel crops

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois researchers say that a common crop parasite called a nematode has been found in large numbers on two plants being grown to make bi ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:09 AM

Research probes efficient urea use

For years, farmers believed they didn't lose much nitrogen when they applied urea to fields in colder conditions. But a new study from Montana State University indicates more ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:08 AM

Purdue: Grain bins pose extra risks this spring

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- A Purdue University grain expert is urging Indiana farmers to use extra caution this spring when they begin removing corn from their grain bins. ...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:29 AM

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Celiac research enters second phase

Scientists are developing wheat for people who can't digest gluten -- and in the process they hope to make wheat that's more healthful for everyone. Arcadia Biosciences ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:09 AM

Energy

Planes may fly mostly on biofuels with 10 years

By ARTHUR MAXAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Within a decade, passenger planes will be flying on jet fuel largely made from plants -- flax, marsh grass, eve ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:48 AM

U. of Ill. studies nematodes in biofuel crops

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- University of Illinois researchers say that a common crop parasite called a nematode has been found in large numbers on two plants being grown to make bi ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:09 AM

Christmas Valley wants sagebrush, not solar panels

By KATE RAMSAYER The (Bend, Ore.) Bulletin via Associated Press CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Ore. (AP) -- When Gary Perkins heard that solar companies were buying nearby fields and pl ...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:38 PM

Grassley announces U.S funding for biofuels

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $1.6 million to the state to help development of biofuels as an energy alternative ...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:28 AM

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