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An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive production for the extra virgin market. Complete Story...
Researchers recently found an insect in north Georgia that has never before been reported in the Western Hemisphere — and its arrival could be both a blessing and a curse.
Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.
Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada.
There’s a scene in “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” that has stuck with me more than any other scene in the new game from Infinity Ward. And it’s not the scene you think it is.
Tropical Storm Ida may not have done much damage when it hit the Gulf Coast this week, but its wind and rain compounded the misery for Southern farmers already coping with a wet, difficult harvest season.
Newly released estimates for U.S. wheat, corn and soybean crops may put to rest fears that a wet harvest season in many parts of the country could cut into production.
Several soldiers wounded in last week's shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, have made their way onto a stage in front of thousands gathered for a military memorial service.
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was promoting a complex legislative package to rebuild California's water system, he often appeared alongside farmers who were unable to cultivate their land amid a third year of drought and federal pumping restrictions.
A broken pelvis and injured knee nearly put an end to North Dakota farmer Dustin Lien's harvest, but a group that helps injured farmers and the families of those who have died came to his aid.
Hartwell Huddleston returned the extra combine he bought to help harvest what looked to be one of his best soybean crops ever.
Here's a look at the states where the most land is being released from the federal Conservation Reserve Program:
Surveying undulating grasslands that disappear into the western Kansas horizon, retired farmer Joe Govert pointed out parcel after parcel no longer enrolled in a federal program that pays property owners not to farm environmentally sensitive land.
A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed Friday after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct.
WIMER, Ore. — Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient.
For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural pest in the nation's history.
After years of tilling away in obscurity, Will Allen has found sudden fame as the face of the urban farming movement.
Ohio voters will decide next week whether to create a board overseeing livestock care in a move that could give farmers in rural America a blueprint for battling animal rights groups intent on outlawing cramped cages for chickens and hogs.
After burning through $1 million in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn't have much choice — they had to kill the cows.
Six years ago, Precept Brands chose not to compete with companies making big-bucks wines, instead seeing opportunity in the under-$10-a-bottle market.
Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.
In their straw hats, rolled up sleeves and work boots, a dozen or so Latinos gathered by a field of ripening strawberries still look like farmers. All but one of them, however, have lost their land.
More than 150 years after Virginia's last native elk was killed, game officials may try to populate the state's southwest corner with its bigger, buff-colored cousin — the Rocky Mountain elk.
Oregon has been accredited to certify farms under the National Organic Program, which sets standards for farms and other operations that market agricultural products as organically produced.
'I'm Harriet Harman - you know where you can get me...' What Minister allegedly told witness after crashing into parked carHarriet Harman is being investigated by police after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in which she drove into a parked car while talking on her mobile phone.
Man arrested for crashing car into house, abandoning son at scene Saturday at 8:44 p.m. Meridian Police Officers responded to vehicle crashing into a home on W. Maple Avenue.
Caylee Anthony Case: PDF DOCUMENT: Deputy Spent 25 Minutes At SceneWriten documentation (August 13, 2008) about the call for service near where Caylee's remains were found later in December.
Baez lashes out at investigators AND Anthony case prosecutors visit scene where body was found"Baez lashes out at investigators" On Wednesday Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez released the following statement regarding the crime scene:
Waterboarded actor now opposes methodExcerpt: LONDON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- British actor Richard Armitage said a scene in which his Spooks character endures waterboarding was as difficult to shoot as it is disturbing to watch.
Government report finds drinks industry 'flouting voluntary code on sales'The government yesterday threatened the drinks industry with tougher legislation limiting the promotion and sale of alcohol, following a report revealing flagrant breaches of the voluntary code.
Are you gonna eat that? How to curb food wasteAmidst growing concerns about global warming and the effects of our individual "carbon footprints," many Americans are taking a closer look at what they do - and don't - eat.
Israel Fears the Womb More Than the BombIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has laid it out in the starkest possible terms for his fellow Israelis. If they do not relinquish control of the occupied territories, he has warned them, Israel will ultimately cease to exist as a Jewish and democratic state.
First published in www.groundreport.com/mohannepali
Rosie Perez Describes 'awkward' Sex Scene With John Leguizamo ...."It was in the sex scene between husband and wife that things started to go bad. ... It was the hardest scene, very difficult," she said. "I respect him so much and he respects me so much. I know his wife, he knew my husband and introduced me to my boyfriend.
Serial Bandit Leaves ID At CrimeAn armed gunman suspected in at least three Central Florida holdups has been identified after he accidentally left his wallet and photo identification at a crime scene, according to investigators.
Breaking: Hello Kitty Found Dead, Charred in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES, California (Agencies) — Hello Kitty, actress, astrophysicist and acclaimed author of the play I Can Has Pink Cheezburger, has been found dead in her Los Angeles apartment on Tuesday, probably because of an accident with a home appliance and drug overdose.
Sound of 2008: The Top 10 I listened to each one of these musicians and have become addicted to most of them, amazing and very different style of music. I really liked the new funky sound of ADELE, DUFFY, TING TINGS and GLASVEGAS.
Homeless Man Raids Nativity SceneA 53-year-old man with nowhere to sleep on Saturday night decided to warm himself up by stealing the three wise men's garments from a full-size nativity scene standing in the center of Essen, western Germany.
Jessica Simpson ready to strip naked for HollywoodJessica Simpson is ready to strip naked in a Hollywood movie. The blonde beauty wants to be taken seriously as an actress and believes baring all is the best way to earn the respect of Tinseltown, even if it goes against her family's wishes.
Tape 'puts Knox at Meredith murder scene' Dramatic evidence has emerged linking the American woman accused of murdering Meredith Kercher to the scene of the crime, according to Italian police.
FOXNews.com - Kite Runner Kids Moving To Dubai Due To Nature of FilmThe three boys who star in The Kite Runner, a new film with Oscar potential, will be moved from their homes in Afghanistan to new ones in Dubai thanks to Paramount Vantage, the studio releasing the movie.
You always hear those 'what-if' stories about stupid criminals who sign their names on walls, (okay, or maybe you don't) but I never thought I'd actually hear of one who did.
Great Movie Death - DJ Get ScratchedIn this scene from Hellraiser 3, Pinhead crashes a Nightclub and makes his presence known. After unleashing the hooks and chains on some party goers, Pinhead goes after the DJ.
On June 18th, 2007, after 13 years and 80 issues, the bi-monthly 'zine Punk Planet announced its closing. Started in 1994, the Chicago based publication was an ardent voice for and supporter of independent thought and expression.
Meet EZTV, The Leading TV-torrent Distribution GroupEZTV has been the leading TV-torrent distribution group for over a year now. They collect and distribute the TV-torrents, that find their way to millions of people every week. Time to have a chat with one of the EZTV crew members, to find out a little more about them.
New Amish school rises near murder sceneMembers of the community are raising a new Amish schoolhouse a few hundred yards from the spot where a gunman shot five girls to death in October.
New Amish school rises near murder sceneMembers of the community are raising a new Amish schoolhouse a few hundred yards from the spot where a gunman shot five girls to death in October.
The Story of "Vanilla Face," Borat's Reluctant Co-StarAndrew Tobias, a blogger personally acquainted with the bamboozled hotelier that has appeared in trailers for months, shares a meticulous examination of the events surrounding one scene Borat.
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