The Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association announced Tuesday that projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicate that Wisconsin will yield 3.85 million barrels of cranberries during the 2008 fall harvest, about a 4 percent increase over the state’s 2007 harvest.

Wayzata-based Cargill Inc. earned more than $1 billion in its fiscal fourth quarter, taking advantage of a turbulent market for commodities and the sale of some operations.

Hawaii’s farm work force totaled 10,500 in July, roughly the same as last year.

Families that use food stamps will be able to use them to buy locally grown produce at a greater number of farmers’ markets in New Mexico.

Several Democratic politicians from Missouri will meet at Sappington Farmers' Market in St. Louis on Tuesday to detail Barack Obama's farm policies.

Law firm Faegre & Benson has launched a practice group that will focus on the food, agriculture and biofuels industries.

Georgia’s first corn-based ethanol plant will open for business on Oct. 9, Murray Campbell, president and chairman of First United Ethanol LLC, announced Monday.

Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has created an ingredients and contract manufacturing division.

New York state's agriculture commissioner announced $313,750 in funding to help 14 towns in the state develop local agricultural and farmland protection plans.

An early summer hail and wind storm that caused widespread damage has resulted in the U. S. Department of Agriculture approving assistance for farmers.

The city of Groveland is poised to become home to one of the largest concentrations of biodiesel plants in the U.S., should plans to operate three facilities there by early next year come to fruition.

Monsanto Co.'s decision to sell its Posilac business, which makes an artificial growth hormone for dairy cows, means an uncertain future for the approximately 280 Posilac employees, including 40 in St. Louis.

R.W. “Bob” Garcia is the founder of R.W. Garcia Co. Inc., which manufactures corn tortilla chip products for retail grocery and food service channels. It makes its own name-brand products such as organic blue corn tortilla chips and also creates private label products for other companies. In May, the San Jose-based manufacturer, having achieved 186 percent growth in the past five years, was named one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States on the Inner City 100 list, put out by Inc. Magazine and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City project. Garcia uses nongenetically modified corn and other ingredients in his products, and he aims for sustainability in his company’s manufacturing processes.

Ward site moves on from crabs to tacos to sports bar Honolulu diners are saying “kanpai!” to a new sports bar in the space that previously housed Tio’s Garage and Taco Station and Dixie Grill Bar-B-Que & Crab Shack.

Foreign ownership of Alabama agricultural land tripled between 2006 and 2007, according to a recently released USDA report.

Foreign investors are snapping up hundreds of thousands of acres of timberland in Georgia and other states.

Lots of people are watching the Olympics on television from Beijing, but Alejandro Albor is watching the road cycling competition more closely than most. That’s because the Elk Grove resident and business owner will be competing on the same circuit in September as part of the U.S. Paralympic handcycle team.