FAO rushes aid to poor Peruvian farmers

Amid a world food crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping poor Peruvian farmers confront a cold spell threat called "El Friaje". This friaje phenomenon "involves a combination of unseasonable low temperatures, frosts, snow and hail that damages crops...

Ranchers decry grass-fed beef rule plan (AP)

" WASHINGTON - Meat-eaters usually assume a grass-fed steak came from cattle contentedly grazing for most of their lives on lush pastures, not crowded into feedlots. If the government has its way, the grass-fed label could be used to sell beef that didn't roam the range and...

Border rancher concerned about disease from illegal crossers

The holes, cut by individual migrants or blasted out by fence-crashing vehicles, also created an easy passageway for cattle. In an effort to keep Mexican cows out, and their own cows in, they would devote an entire day each week to repairing the breaches.