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Posted on February 21, 2010
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California wine grape growers produced the second-largest harvest in state history in 2009, but a number of factors, including the large crop, made it a challenging year for some local growers.
Posted on February 21, 2010
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Snowpack is low in many sections of the state, worrying farmers who depend on spring and summer melt to water their fields.
Posted on February 21, 2010
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In the year since receiving its first contract, Bridgetown Natural Foods LLC can't keep up with demand.
Posted on February 19, 2010
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Kansas State University will receive $12 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a "Center of Excellence" in zoonotic and animal disease defense.
Posted on February 19, 2010
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Two state parks in Erie County, two in Niagara County, and one in Chautauqua County are on a list of 41 parks and 14 historic sites that are recommended for closing in 2010 because of New York's fiscal crisis.
Posted on February 18, 2010
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A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment Thursday charging the former owner of SK Foods LP with racketeering "in connection with his direction of various schemes to defraud SK Foods' corporate customers through bribery and food misbranding and adulteration, and with wire fraud and obstruction of justice." 
Posted on February 18, 2010
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Four farmers from Illinois and Nebraska tell Farm Industry News what's been on their shopping list for the year, including utility vehicles, a planter and tillage equipment
Posted on February 18, 2010
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Shares of Hormel Foods Corp. shot up 4 percent Thursday, after the Austin, Minn.-based food manufacturer reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. (HRL)
Posted on February 17, 2010
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General Growth Properties Inc., owner of Honolulu's Ala Moana Center, has rejected a $10 billion offer to sell to rival Simon Property Group. (SPG)
Posted on February 17, 2010
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Wine industry icon Fred Franzia -- the inventor of "Two Buck Chuck" bargain wines and bane of traditionalists -- and a family partnership have taken control of Sonoma's 585 Wine Partners and installed new managers.