BELOW-ZERO TEMPS PUSH INTO MIDWEST, NORTHEAST
By TAMMY WEBBER and KERRY LESTER Allan Umscheid, owner of Yards By Al in Lawrence, Kan, feels the bitter wind and catches drifting snow on his face as he runs…
Fruit farming
Listeria victims’ families meeting with farmers
File- This Sept. 26, 2013 file photo shows Ryan Jensen, 33, front, and brother Eric Jensen, 37, leaving the federal courthouse in Denver. The two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded…
Birds of prey seize the day in battle with gulls
By GILLIAN FLACCUS In this Oct. 28, 2013 photo, Mia, a 5-year-old Harris hawk eats a bit of meat after working at the Olinda Alpha landfill in Brea, Calif. The…
Michigan growers trying to get apples to doze off
By MIKE HO– USEHOLDER and JOHN FLESHER In this Nov. 7, 2013 photo apples moving along a conveyor line at the King Orchards production warehouse in Central Lake, Mich. This…
Local fight with Mexican cartel a small victory
By KATHERINE CORCORAN In this Nov. 5 photo, armed men from to a self-defense group create a checkpoint in the town of Las Colonias, Mexico. Several communities have created their…
NEW ENGLAND EXPECTS AMPLE APPLES AFTER DISMAL 2012
By DAVE GRAM Crab apples grow at the Rocky Ridge Orchard, Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in Bowdoin, Maine. New England’s apple crop is expected to be just below its five-year…
APNEWSBREAK: AUTHOR BERRY WINS OHIO PEACE AWARD
By DAN SEWELL In this March 10, 2011 photo, author Wendell Berry talks with a reporter at his home in Port Royal, Ky. For his career of writings about the…