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Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Growers planting biotech beets now while judge weighs injunction request

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Sugar beet growers are already planting genetically modified seed even though a federal judge is expect to rule any day on an injunction that could bar further planting and use of the crop. Some beets have already been planted in the Amalgamated Sugar Company's growing ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:24 PM

Uncertainty persists on details of looming sugar beet injunction

With a judge's decision imminent on whether genetically modified sugar beets will be prohibited until July, the industry this week was left wondering exactly how the injuncti ...

Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:16 AM

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Energy groups, ranchers relieved sage grouse won't be listed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued deve ...

Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:28 AM

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Growers planting biotech beets now while judge weighs injunction request

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Sugar beet growers are already planting genetically modified seed even though a federal judge is expect to rule any day on an injunction that could bar further planting and use of the crop. Some beets have already been planted in the Amalgamated Sugar Company's growing ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:24 PM

Growers planting biotech beets now while judge weighs injunction request

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Sugar beet growers are already planting genetically modified seed even though a federal judge is expect to rule any day on an injunction that could bar further planting and use of the crop. Some beets have already been planted in the Amalgamated Sugar Company's growing ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:24 PM

Growers planting biotech beets now while judge weighs injunction request

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Sugar beet growers are already planting genetically modified seed even though a federal judge is expect to rule any day on an injunction that could bar further planting and use of the crop. Some beets have already been planted in the Amalgamated Sugar Company's growing ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:24 PM

Montesano creamery recalls some cheese

MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) -- The Estrella Family Creamery of Montesano, Wash., has recalled a production of Old Apple Tree Tomme cheese. The company says the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young ch ...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:29 PM

Officials to decide fate of two key ag issues

We await today two decisions that could have major consequences for agriculture in the West. In California, a federal judge is hearing arguments from plaintiffs who want a temporary order barring farmers from planting Roundup Ready sugar beet seeds and sugar companies from processing suga ...

Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:08 AM

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