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Spring weeds: Dandelion tea, salad and lotion bars
Although most people consider dandelions weeds, the plant has been used as food and medicine for hundreds of years.
VeraSun bankruptcy trustee attempts to recover payments made to suppliers
AMES, Iowa — Producers and cooperatives that received letters from VeraSun requesting repayment for corn they sold to the company should contact an attorney familiar with the Bankruptcy Code before they respond, suggests the Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation. CALT staff attorney Erin C. Herbold explained that VeraSun Energy Corporation and
Land O’Lakes to purchase Southern States animal feed
Land O’Lakes has signed a letter of intent to acquire Southern States Cooperative’s animal feed business.
Traders blame Trump for lower grain prices
Grain prices were lower on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday, Jan. 23, and our new President got the blame.
Pause to honor, and thank, veterans
Every Veterans Day should be a massive event, a day of total reverence and celebration for those who have given so much for so many.
UK is still heading for the Brexit
In his column this week, Alan Guebert explores the motivation behind the UK’s exit from the EU and draws parallels to political policy in the U.S.
The 1040 blues: Tax time brings out the procrastinators and evaders
While procrastinating may cost many taxpayers who receive refunds, even many of those who owe tax upon filing fail to act “penny-wise” by doing just the opposite – not procrastinating.
How to grill fruits and vegetables
There’s an abundance of delicious fruits and vegetables to eat. Why not try them on the grill? Learn how to prepare and grill produce.
Scientists weigh in on livestock cloning
SAVOY, Ill. – More than 200 scientists have signed a public statement in support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft risk assessment on the safety of food from cloned animals and their conventionally-bred offspring.
Study seeks to extend vase life of roses
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State University research intended to extend the “vase life” of roses inserts a gene from celery inside rose plants to help fight off botrytis, or petal blight, one of the rose’s major post-harvest diseases. Problem Some fungal pathogens, the bad guys that infect plants, produce a sugar alcohol called mannitol
