US Agriculture

Farm Exports Boom Despite Languishing Economy

AP | By STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 11.16.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS -- As U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Vietnam and China to talk trade this week, he's hoping to build on one of the few brig...

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Farmers Not To Blame For High Food Prices

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 06.04.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Farmers and ethanol producers have braced for what they expect could be widespread criticism as corn prices are rising rapidl...

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Farmers Woo Big Chains Hoping For Menu Placement

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ted Higginbottom was happy to see a dish heavy on peanuts this week on the menu at an Asian chain restaurant, but he said the Mand...

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Colbert To Jonathan Safran Foer (VIDEO): Free Range Means Chickens Run Over Fields Of Flowers, Make Love

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Eating Animals" author Jonathan Safran Foer appeared on The Colbert Report Monday night to discuss the U.S. farm system, arguing that it is "perfectl...

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