Agricultural Issues

May 4, 2007 - The South is among the regions of the United States hit hard by colony collapse disorder, in which large numbers of honeybees are dying off and disappearing, never to be seen again.

April 10, 2007 - Record-low freezing temperatures around the South over this past weekend had a devastating impact on crops that could result in damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars and higher prices for produce in the coming months.

January 4, 2007 - Cable TV and wire reports are pouring in about the heroic efforts to feed cattle and other livestock affected by the blizzards out West:

October 6, 2006 - The firm that owns the North Carolina plant where a chemical fire has been burning out of control since Thursday evening was fined earlier this year by state environmental officials for unsafe practices.

August 3, 2006 - TVA is asking customers to conserve:

July 19, 2006 - In the wake of the 2005 hurricanes, experts offered an avalanche of proposals for jump-starting the ravaged Gulf economy.

July 7, 2006 - This has been a especially deadly year to be a miner.