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Peanut farms avoid the drought, and flourish
Bob Moon Oct 26, 2012
Peanut farmers in the South are reaping a bumper crop. That’s bringing down wholesale prices and likely will benefit consumers, at some point.
Rising milk prices affect foods from pizza to nachos
Eve Troeh Oct 10, 2012
Many dairy farmers culled their herds because of high feed prices caused by the drought, reducing the supply of milk. Price increases will flow through many food products beyond a carton of milk.
Drought severely diminished U.S. crop supply
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Oct 11, 2012
After this summer's drought, nobody expected good news from this morning's USDA crop report.
Midwest rancher recovers from drought
Kai Ryssdal Oct 4, 2012
Recent rain in Missouri has helped drought-stricken farmers. Cattle rancher Ken Lenox says the grass is practically jumping out of the ground. Despite the promise of new feed, hay prices remain high, and ranchers are closely guarding what they have.
What are your cows eating? Cookies, ice cream, and more...
Daryl Paranada Sep 24, 2012
The Midwest drought has withered the nation's corn crop and pushed prices up. Now, the market for alternative feed for cattle is skyrocketing -- sending farmers scrambling for cheaper alternatives, like gummy worms and ice cream sprinkles.
As corn prices rise, farmers add candy to cows' feed
Sarah Gardner Sep 24, 2012
Substitutes for expensive corn feed range from the unprocessed -- straw and cottonseed hulls -- to a teenager's diet -- ice cream, chocolate and gummy worms.
The science (and business) of sowing seeds
Kai Ryssdal Sep 18, 2012
Author Janisse Ray talks about her new book "The Seed Underground," which explores why many farmers today aren't using the seeds their grandfathers used.
Paying for beauty in a drought
Adam Allington Sep 14, 2012
It's not easy to maintain a beautiful lawn...especially when there's no water.
Where food prices are heading
Adriene Hill Sep 6, 2012
Global food prices are expected to rise in the long term as population grows, but a new study warns that severe weather events like this year's drought in the U.S. could spike prices higher suddenly.
Isaac brings rain to Missouri cattle ranchers
Kai Ryssdal Aug 31, 2012
Missouri cattle rancher Ken Lenox is happy for several inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac.
