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Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform
Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's Montes de Maria range. The land repeatedly switched hands before being sold to a businessman. Nearly a decade later, a court in April returned the 770-acre (310-hectare) farm, ...
UNR pays $7,446 fine over sheep deaths
The University of Nevada, Reno has paid a $7,446 federal fine over the deaths of three sheep at one of its farms in September 2011. The incident that left 10 sheep without water for five days was the result of human error, and a manager was fired, UNR officials said. ...
More humpback whales visit Washington state waters
The video shows an exceptional wildlife sighting for a big city: A humpback whale surfaces just yards from Seattle's busy waterfront at twilight. The city's port cranes, Ferris wheel and car headlights glow in the background, and a ferry cruises by while the giant tail disappears back into the Puget ...
Bilingual cops make a connection in NJ communities
Englewood officers carry bilingual dictionaries in their patrol cars. Fairview police recently completed an eight-week Spanish course to learn basic terms. A Korean-speaking officer is stationed at the Fort Lee police front desk on a regular basis. And North Jersey police departments, including Clifton, Bergenfield and Hackensack, have become more ...
2 re-enactments give Gettysburg a new skirmish
This summer, the Battle of Gettysburg will happen twice. For the first time in at least a decade, two re-enactments, planned and organized by different groups, will take place on farms outside Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary of the battle. They are expected to draw thousands of re-enactors and tens ...
Refugee center wants to bring camels to Weld
Colette West and Asad Abdi have devoted their careers to helping an influx of African refugees in Greeley simply function in their new community, but now they're ready to watch the displaced people thrive here by creating a camel farm. For about a year and a half, West and Abdi, ...
Judge won't stop Klamath irrigation shut-off
A judge on Friday denied motions to temporarily stop the state of Oregon from shutting off irrigation on ranches in the upper Klamath Basin to satisfy water rights the Klamath Tribes are using to protect fish. The Herald and News (http://bit.ly/12LQp4L ) reported that Klamath County Circuit Judge Cameron Wogan ...
USDA: Modified wheat appears to be isolated
The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, and the department is investigating how the engineered wheat got in the field. ...
Smithfield Foods' 4Q profit falls 63 percent
Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc.'s profit sank nearly 63 percent in the fourth quarter as feed costs rose and its exports to China and Russia declined. The Smithfield, Va.-based company, whose brands include Armour, Farmland and its namesake, said Friday it earned $29.7 million, or 21 cents per share, for ...
Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices
A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers' pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America's spud farmers of driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow. Associated Wholesale Grocers' lawsuit ...
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