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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In an effort to increase awareness about Illinois food products and businesses this holiday season, the Illinois Department of Agriculture will hold its first ever 12 Days of Christmas Contest from Dec. 14 - 25. A winner will be selected randomly each day from the Department...

Could they not have walked? Is it their fishing hut just on the other side?

Like all of agriculture, aerial applicators are facing potentially onerous regulations that could ground them if they are allowed to continue. The biggest issue they are dealing with right now is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, which National...

Be interested in hearing your comments - personally I can't drive and text at the same time so I won't do it but I have seen people do all kinds of things while driving and they're not using electronic devices - sometimes those people can't seem to drive straight.

Built-in systems like OnStar would not be affected. WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- U.S. drivers couldn't send text messages or use mobile phones -- even with headsets or portable speakers -- under U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recommendations aimed at preventing distracted-driving...

Blaming a breakdown in its supply chain, a major poultry packer in northern New Brunswick says it plans to lay off about a quarter of its 250 remaining employees. Nadeau Poultry, which operates the province's only federally-inspected chicken processing plant, announced the layoffs at the St...

I will sure try to remember to do this next year for Christmas - sounds like a great idea and the kids would love it.

The debate over the midsize pickup truck segment won't be solved anytime soon, especially with companies like GM preparing to spend millions of dollars to bring in a new Chevy Colorado to the U.S. and Ford suggesting there is no need for a Ranger replacement or added investment. Our colleagues...

By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY So Toyota's expected earnings are being decimated by the Thailand floods that knocked out parts suppliers. A sky-high exchange rate of the yen is causing havoc. And the automaker is still feeling residual effects of March's Japanese earthquake and tsunami. But...

Santa, we need more snow A perfect gift for the snowmobiler in some parts of the world would be some snow. There's a lot of places that are looking a little brown.

Visiting Santa

Iowa The proportion of Iowa farms owning or leasing a computer in 2011, at 68 percent, increased slightly from 2009, and is 5 percentage points higher than the U.S. percentage. Farms using computers for their farm business rose to 52 percent in 2011, up 5 percent from 2009 and 15 percent higher...

Beginning with the 2012 crop year, farmers purchasing crop insurance for corn and soybeans in 14 Midwestern states will have the option to use the Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History Yield Endorsement. This endorsement will allow farmers to increase the yields used in calculating crop...

By Ken Anderson Although corn and soybean prices have come down considerably from their summer highs, it doesn’t seem to be slowing the increase in farmland prices. A recent auction of 74 acres of farm ground in northwest Iowa brought 20-thousand dollars per acre—a new record for the state...

Went and found it very informative.

Very good meal! I made this yesterday and it was a big hit - would make this again.

Saturday December 10th 10 am to 6 pm Sunday December 11th 10 am to 5 pm Our 2nd Annual Show! Held at the Keystone Centre, in Brandon MB, in the Convention Hall, across from the Ticket Booth, this Gift show will be like no other. A huge variety of vendors come together this special weekend...

December 13-15, 2011 Minneapolis Convention Center and adjacent Hilton Hotel. More info at http://www.extension.umn.edu/agprofessionals/cpmshortcourse.html

If your near Maumee, OH and are Christmas shopping this is the place to go. http://www.jazzmotorsports.com/

- 1/2 cup softened margarine - 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter - 1/3 cup sugar - 1/3 cup packed brown sugar - 1 egg - 3 tbsp milk - 1 tsp vanilla - 1 1/2 cups flour - 1/2 tsp baking soda - 1/2 tsp salt - mini kisses Cream margarine, sugars and peanut butter. Beat in 1 egg, milk and vanilla...