http://farmers.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for farmers en Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:48:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024186 unknown@Netscape.com The March-May period - the informal "spring" chronicled by meteorologists - brought Memphis a mere 6.73 inches of rain. That total shattered a 76-year-old record for dryness - eclipsing the Dust Bowl years and the drought of 1988 - and is only about 40% of the normal precipitation level for what should be the wettest months of the year. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:48:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024186MemphisdoughtdustbowlfarmerswatershortageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011350 unknown@Netscape.com Because of overuse of muscles and joints on the job, farmers are prone to developing arthritis and should modify their work habits to stay healthy, said Bill Field, a Purdue Extension safety specialist. Sat, 26 May 2007 16:16:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011350farmersarthritisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2007217 unknown@Netscape.com At least 11 farmers have committed suicide in the past two days in a western Indian state after failing to repay bank loans because of crop failures, an activist group said Thursday. Thu, 24 May 2007 20:32:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2007217groupsays11farmerscommitsuicideNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1617579 unknown@Netscape.com TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's bee farmers are feeling the sting of lost business and possible crop danger after millions of the honey-making, plant-pollinating insects vanished during volatile weather, media and experts said on Thursday. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:18:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1617579beestaiwanbeefarmersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1543428 unknown@Netscape.com How do you buy organic? The answer isn't simple anymore, because now that large corporations have co-opted the term, "organic" doesn't mean what it used to. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:09:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1543428organiceColifarmersmarketdeliveryshoppingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1227788 unknown@Netscape.com American farmers are planning to plant more corn this year than anytime since World War II, as farmers rush to cash in on high prices bolstered by the demand for ethanol. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:31:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1227788usfarmerscorn1944ethanolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/915858 unknown@Netscape.com A mysterious disease is lurking in the potato fields around Texas, threatening farmers with millions in losses and jeopardizing their share of the lucrative potato chip market. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:03:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/915858agriculturefarmerspotatodiseasezebrachipNews http://web2announcer.com/go/839390 unknown@Netscape.com As migrant laborers flee Colorado because of tough new immigration restrictions, worried farmers are looking to prisoners to fill their places in the fields. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:06:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/839390illegalImmigrantsmigrantlaborersfarmersprisonlaborNews http://web2announcer.com/go/400699 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. farm program, dating from the Great Depression era, should be remodeled to protect grain, cotton and soybean farmers from low prices and poor yields, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns proposed on Wednesday. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:15:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/400699bushbacksrevenueprotectionusfarmersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/261894 unknown@Netscape.com High corn prices are wreaking havoc on Mexico's inflation rate and forcing shoppers to pay more for eggs, milk and tortillas. But they're a godsend to farmers. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:18:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/261894ethanolbiofuelMexicoinflationfarmerscommoditiesNews