Insights and Stories on General

Editor’s pick: Tight economy not hampering smaller farms

Aug. 6, 2009 at 10:43 am CDT

The Boston Globe is reporting that small farms catering to the local market so far seem to be largely immune from the effects of the economic crisis and great recession. Despite consumers generally tightening their belts, the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources says growing demand for farmers markets and other […]

Editor’s pick: U.S. farmland values falling

Aug. 5, 2009 at 4:37 pm CDT

Kids are priceless, but not cheap

Aug. 5, 2009 at 3:44 pm CDT

Maple Leaf Recalls Hot Dog Products

Aug. 5, 2009 at 9:53 am CDT

Organic controversy continues

Aug. 5, 2009 at 9:46 am CDT

Editors’ pick: U.S. dairy producers in crisis

Aug. 4, 2009 at 11:30 am CDT

The Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal is reporting a crisis in Wisconsin’s dairy industry that it’s linking to the ongoing meltdown in the U.S. and global economies. The story says the industry is losing about $4 million a day, or $100 a cow each month: “That’s largely because farmers, who received about […]

Brian Wittal’s Daily Market Report

Aug. 3, 2009 at 7:45 pm CDT

Equity markets made some solid gains today as inflation talk is starting to heat up which helped to start things off with an upward push. This helped to spur grains upward, as there seems to be a bullish momentum building in the grains right now with technical indicators pointing […]

Editors’ Picks: Organics yield no nutritive gain in study

Jul. 31, 2009 at 6:08 pm CDT

An independent British review of organic foods compared to conventionally-grown foods has found “no important differences” in the nutritive content, or in any additional health benefits, for organics. The “data mining” study, carried out by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and commissioned by the […]

By Dave Bedard

Feds to seek, fund rural broadband service providers

Jul. 31, 2009 at 3:58 pm CDT

The federal government plans to start accepting applications this summer from private-sector firms interested in expanding rural Canada’s broadband access. Speaking Thursday at Adstock, Que., about 30 km east of Thetford Mines, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government has wrapped up a “comprehensive nationwide survey of broadband access” to […]

Feds to seek, fund rural broadband service providers

Jul. 31, 2009 at 12:00 am CDT

The federal government plans to start accepting applications this summer from private-sector firms interested in expanding rural Canada’s broadband access. Speaking Thursday at Adstock, Que., about 30 km east of Thetford Mines, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government has wrapped up a "comprehensive nationwide survey of broadband access" to […]

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Insights and Stories on General

Editor’s pick: Tight economy not hampering smaller farms

Editor’s pick: U.S. farmland values falling

Kids are priceless, but not cheap

Maple Leaf Recalls Hot Dog Products

Organic controversy continues

Editors’ pick: U.S. dairy producers in crisis

Brian Wittal’s Daily Market Report

Editors’ Picks: Organics yield no nutritive gain in study

Feds to seek, fund rural broadband service providers

Feds to seek, fund rural broadband service providers

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