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We're retooling our Web sites to offer you more features and flexibility to maximize your time online.

 
  Willie Vogt (August 20, 2008)  
  NRDC Sues EPA Over Pesticide Threat to Honeybees  
  Suit filed claims agency is withholding evidence of CCD die-off connection.  
  John Vogel (August 20, 2008)  
  Protect Garden and Truck Crops from Frost  
  Vermont horticulturalist offers tips for extending season and saving food crops.  
  Compiled By Staff (August 19, 2008)  
  Emerging Clostridial Disease Targets Calves  
  Veterinary researchers, vexed by severity, recommend preventives.  
  Compiled By Staff (August 18, 2008)  
  New York Gets USDA's Ag Disaster Declarations for May and June Weather  
  Impacted farmers in many counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans.  
  Compiled By Staff (August 13, 2008)  
National News
  Asian Soybean Rust Less Prevalent in 2008  
 

Recent weather could still move spores north.

 
  Jason Vance (August 20, 2008)  
  Feinstein Questions Ethanol Tariff  
 

Grassley says tariff on imported ethanol is WTO compliant.

 
  Jason Vance (August 20, 2008)  
  Southeast May Benefit from Tropical Storm  
 

Fay could bring much needed rainfall to drought stricken areas.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 20, 2008)  
  Instant BSE Test Being Developed  
 

Research lays foundation for real-time monitoring of nervous tissue contamination.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 20, 2008)  
  USDA and China Sign Biofuel Agreement  
 

Countries strengthen cooperative research on biofuels.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 20, 2008)  
  New, Multimillion Dollar Site Ready for 2008 Farm Progress Show  
 

Exhibitors are putting the final touches to their new spaces for next week's event in Boone, Iowa.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 19, 2008)  
  Argentine Farmers Protest Economic Environment  
 

Farm leaders say another strike is possible.

 
  Jason Vance (August 19, 2008)  
  Crop Conditions Are Steady  
 

Very little change for corn or soybeans.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 19, 2008)  
  Dairy Farmers Feeling the Squeeze of High Production Costs  
 

Historically high prices are not enough to increase production.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 19, 2008)  
  Canada Confirms Another Case of BSE  
 

Officials say cases will continue to be discovered for some time.

 
  Compiled By Staff (August 18, 2008)  
Web Exclusives
  No Insurance on Fall-seeded Crops – No SURE Aid  
  Insurance is now mandatory to get disaster coverage on next year's crops.  
  John Vogel (August 15, 2008)  
  Gas Drilling Raises Water Well Concerns  
  Gas well 'fracking' pumps chemical contaminants deep underground.  
  John Vogel (August 14, 2008)  
  2008 Mid-Atlantic Fairs Get Underway  
  Here’s the schedule for upcoming fairs in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.  
  Compiled By Staff (June 29, 2008)  
  2008 New York Fair Schedule  
  Dates and locations for all New York State agricultural fairs and youth shows.  
  Compiled By Staff (June 29, 2008)  
  New England's Fair, Festival and Field Day Schedules  
  Here's when these 2008 traditions kick off in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.  
  Compiled By Staff (June 29, 2008)  
  Pennsylvania's 2008 Fair Season Is Underway!  
  Here's quick list of dates for county and local fairs across the commonwealth.  
  Compiled By Staff (June 29, 2008)  
  Immigrants Fuel Alternative Weed Control  
 

Beef producers are finding that a living weed control system offers great benefits, and access to a new market too.

 
  Gail Keck (June 5, 2008)  
  Dairy Robotics Q and A  
  Producers grill Hemminger and Waybright on robotic milking experiences. By Linda Greenwood  
  Compiled By Staff (May 21, 2008)  
Your Markets Today
  Profit Taking Erases Early Gains in the Soybean Pit  
 

Corn holds on to solid gains on emerging weather concerns.

 
  Arlan Suderman (August 19, 2008)  
 Information from Rural Life magazine
 LDP Information
For Adams County, PA
ZIP Code:   
Commodity
PCP
LDP
Date
Barley $/Bushel$3.75$0.0008/20/2008
Canola $/Cwt.$17.66$0.0008/20/2008
Corn $/Bushel$5.39$0.0008/20/2008
Flaxseed $/Cwt.$27.11$0.0008/20/2008
Grain Sorghum $/Cwt.$8.98$0.0008/20/2008
Mustard Seed $/Cwt.$47.04$0.0008/20/2008
Oats $/Bushel$2.52$0.0008/20/2008
Rapeseed $/Cwt.$27.04$0.0008/20/2008
Safflower $/Cwt.$23.04$0.0008/20/2008
Soybeans $/Bushel$12.27$0.0008/20/2008
Sunflowerseed - Oil Type $/Cwt.$21.77$0.0008/20/2008
Wheat - Hard Red Winter $/Bushel$8.35$0.0008/20/2008
Wheat - Soft Red Winter $/Bushel$6.37$0.0008/20/2008
 
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