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From Inform  |  2009-07-02 14:30:45

Organic food products are facing hard times, says an AP article. 2009 marks the first of a drop in sales in what was once a booming industry as a difficult economy put organic farmers out of business. Sales are expected to drop by 1.1% this year, which is a drastic change from the 12 - 23% rate of growth that ...

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From Getty Images  |  2009-07-02 15:00:46
Urban Beekeeping On East London Rooftops
From AP News  |  2009-07-02 20:08:46
Wheat, corn, oats, soybeans fall on the Chicago Board of Trade; beef futures lower, pork mixed

Agriculture futures were lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery lost 6.5 cents to $5.29 a bushel, while September corn dropped 10.75 cents to $3.4575 a bushel and September oats slid 10.5 cents to ...

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From AP News  |  2009-07-02 12:25:14
Foster Farms will cut number of contracted chicken growers for plant it bought in Louisiana

A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant's former growers. Foster Farms agreed to buy the shuttered Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing ...

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A 13.5 per cent increase in the price of sawn timber in June helped counter a 3.3 per cent decline in dairy prices in an index of New Zealand ...

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If mad cow disease wasn't the death knell of the cattle industry, the latest drought might finish it off, some farmers say.. . . . Rob Somerville ...

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