Record-high grain prices are fueling a rural economic boom in farm states such as Kansas.
Farm equipment dealers have a backlog of several months in orders for new machinery. Cropland rents are rising, along with agricultural land prices.
A South Carolina agriculture official accused of abusing horses has resigned from the department.
Agency spokeswoman Becky Walton said Friday that James Trexler has resigned as assistant agriculture commissioner. He had been suspended
Officials in Paisley, Fla., say four horses have died in Lake and Volusia counties from complications of the mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
Health department officials say a horse in northeast Lake County died from the
Investigators searching for dead horses on land once owned by the family of a suspended (South Carolina) state official on Friday picked through a South Carolina field marking spots where they found bones or thought shallow graves were dug for
A top South Carolina agriculture official and two of his relatives are accused of mistreating dozens of horses in South Carolina and in Georgia, where authorities described some of the animals as looking like someone “draped a hide over bones.”
An expected surge of air traffic in conjunction with the 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games has expedited a $4 million expansion at the Georgetown-Scott County, Ky., Airport.
The expansion includes a ramp extension and a new terminal
The Iraqi military indefinitely banned all motorcycles, bicycles, and hand-pushed and horse-drawn carts from Baghdad’s streets on Sunday, two days after a bomb hidden under a horse-drawn cart exploded downtown, killing three civilians.
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The value of all principal crops grown in South Dakota in 2007 more than doubled from the previous year to $5.29 billion, according to the Agricultural Statistics Service.
The 2007 total was up 112% from the $2.49 billion value of 2006 crop
Three Amish men from western Kentucky were found guilty and fined Thursday for failing to display lights and a slow-moving vehicle symbol on their horse-drawn buggies.
When announced last year, the case started a conflict between religious
A second Miniature Horse has died after being attacked by pit bulls last month. (For more on the attack see Five Miniature Horses Attacked by Dogs, One Killed.)
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Five horses that were donated to a Deming, Wash., children’s summer camp have been removed after being found to be malnourished, Humane Society officials and Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies say.
A report from a concerned citizen led to the
The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association will testify before Congress this month as part of its investigation into steroids in sports.
Alexander Waldrop has been asked to appear Feb. 27 before the House Energy and Commerce
Jackie Chan saddled up for a video to promote the Beijing Olympics’ equestrian events.
In the 30-second video, the 53-year-old “Rush Hour” star urges audiences to visit his hometown of Hong Kong to watch the event and introduces various
A Loudoun County, Va., grand jury has indicted a horse trainer on 48 counts of animal cruelty.
Dennis Danley faces up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine on each count. The charges were brought in connection with the seizure of
The fee for grazing livestock on federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service will be the same as last year, $1.35 per animal unit month.
The two agencies announced the fee Feb. 8. An animal unit month is
A wild horse herd along the Montana-Wyoming border that traces its ancestry to the mounts ridden by Spanish conquistadors could be reduced through adoption by more than 35 percent under recommendations released Monday by federal
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