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Higher food prices may be here to stay
Associated PressAs prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter. Food inflation is here to stay - and will probably get worse for some things. That's...Tags: Energy, Prices, Riots, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Government
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Maryland State Fair offers something for everyone
Sun reporterFourteen-year-old Chet Stem has been waiting anxiously for the Maryland State Fair. Though, like most teenagers, he enjoys the rides and the games, the main attraction for the Westminster native is the livestock competition. Chet will participate in...Tags: Rodeo, Maryland State Fair, Colleges and Universities, Travis Tritt, Chesapeake Bay
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State fair schedule
127th Maryland State Fair Schedule of Events
Aug. 21
8:30 a.m. Dog show obedience, upper Grandstand
9 a.m. Horse and pony show -- junior and intermediate, Horse Show Ring
9:30 a.m. Learn to earn and safety event (lawn tractor), lower Grandstand
9:...Tags: Homes, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Agricultural Research and Technology, Maryland State Fair
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Chrysanthemum white rust is found at a Michigan nursery
State and federal agriculture officials are battling a fungal disease that can severely damage most types of chrysanthemums. A nursery owner contacted the Michigan Department of Agriculture on Aug. 5 after noticing mums obtained from outside the state...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology
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Expect grocery pain to continue
As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter.
Food inflation is here to stay — and will probably get worse for some things....Tags: Consumers, Energy, Prices, Riots, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Colo. residents debate cow and bear confrontation
It sounds like this cow had a beef with the bear. Neighbors spotted a cow and a wild bear nuzzling noses Sunday and playing in a pasture. The bear later dashed away, but no one's sure whether the cow wanted the pasture for herself or more playtime.... -
Neighbors joke after beastly meeting that cow was chasing bear from her creature comfort
HYGIENE, Colo. (AP) _ It sounds like this cow had a beef with the bear. Neighbors spotted a cow and a wild bear nuzzling noses Sunday and playing in a pasture. The bear later dashed away, but no one's sure whether the cow wanted the pasture for herself... -
Iowa lawmakers not eager to take up hog confinement rules
Associated Press WriterState legislators don't seem eager to wade back into the hot-button issue of regulating giant livestock production centers despite pleas from environmental officials for help. The issue has dogged the Legislature for nearly a decade, since livestock...Tags: Consumers, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Environmental Politics, Upper House
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Crop yields depend on where you look
Mother Nature has smiled on Melvin Baile Jr.'s grain farm in a little valley just outside the Carroll County town of New Windsor. Dark green corn stalks, most of them 9 feet high or taller, cover 330 acres. The ears of corn also show signs of a good...Tags: Weather Reports, Queen Anne's County, Farms, Kent County
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Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
THIS CALL IS A FOULThe grades for three players are falsified, allowing them to play basketball; an assistant coach is fired; the school's team is placed on probation and is barred from tournament play. Sound like a corrupt college program bending the rules to make...Tags: George Bush, Marshall Faulk, Daunte Culpepper, Cincinnati Bengals, Babe Ruth
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Territorial cow fends off bear
News2Hygiene, Colorado, may want a new town motto, "Home of the Watch Cow." Apple, a 2-year-old Angus, who is more pet than livestock, wasn't too happy when a bear tried to move-in to her favorite tree. In fact, she just couldn't bear it! ++++++++++++++++++++... -
Farmers Markets Coping with Higher Costs of Doing Business
Special To The CourantIt's 9:30 am, and Judy Sedor is stuck in traffic on Route 95, en route to the farmers market in Darien. She left East Granby at 7 with a truckload of gleaming tomatoes, silky-skinned eggplant and tender sweet corn, but she's a half-hour late and getting...Tags: Consumers, Public Holidays, Whole Foods Market, Agricultural Research and Technology, Labor Day
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