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Fri, May 16 2008

Agriculture

High input costs force rethinking of cattle grazing strategies

With skyrocketing feed and fertilizer prices, cattle producers may be looking at management alternatives, from reduced stocking rates and paddock-style grazing to legume usage and new fertilization strategies.....more>>

Family counts blessings, friends after tornado ravages community
Rockie Peterson's family has lots of friends and they have shown up to help them rebuild.
Trust protecting wide open spaces
Members of the Kansas Livestock Association formed Ranchland Trust of Kansas as a mechanism for grazing lands owners to perpetually protect the working ranch landscape of the state.
Higher costs may force industry to downsize nation's cow herd
Speaking to cattlemen at a Kansas State University field day, K-State Economist James Mintert outlined forces at work in the beef industry and discussed how they may impact producers.
Just Past the City Limits: Pig roast
9. The pig roast was okay—it was the hanging-from-the-tree-in-the-front-yard processing that seemed to upset folks.
College beating record fuel prices with vegetable oil
Merrimack College isn't known for breakthrough science discoveries but the head of the school's maintenance department has cooked up an odd mix to save money on diesel fuel.
Kennedy: keep government, corporations apart to save environment, economy
“They have put polluters in charge of virtually all the areas of government that are supposed to be protecting us from pollution.”
Technology a friend to modern cowboys
Modern amenities, traditional gear blend for happy trails.
May hay harvest poses challenges
Putting off baling can result in forage quality dropping like a rock.
Just Past the City Limits: What's that, Doc?
Farm page top 10 column

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Sports

• North rules 'home turf' in boys track and field sectional
• Valley teams get favorable high school baseball draws
• Bats go silent for Engineers in NCAA loss
• NEW: IHSAA announces baseball sectional pairings
• Dominant performances turned in at middle school track meet

Features

• Sullivan-based band Precore excited about July recording session with famous producer
• Blues at the Crossroads Festival to go green
• Terre Haute Eagles plan Charity Ride for Guard group on Saturday
• Human-powered race team pedals to victories
• As gardening becomes more organic, it gets easier being green

Opinion

• FLASHPOINT: We must make ‘clean coal’ part of our energy future
• Readers' Forum: May 16, 2008
• MARK BENNETT: Americans might finally be ready to curb fuel usage
• Readers' Forum: May 15, 2008
• EDITORIAL: A time to be bold

Business

• Pfizer to shutter Vigo plant
• SOCIAL SECURITY: A good time to dust off financial blueprint
• Nearly $1 million available for E85 pumps
• Budget Truck Rental offers GPS
• Administration honors small businesses at celebration

Multimedia

• VIDEO: Morse Code Telegraph Club celebrates Samuel Morse's birthday
• SLIDESHOW: Ribbon cut on Terre Haute Community Garden
• VIDEO: Sen. Barack Obama makes campaign stop in Terre Haute
• VIDEO: Bill Clinton stops at South Vermillion High School
• SLIDESHOW: Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks at North High School

At the Movies

• New ‘Narnia’ is both darker and funnier
• Wabash Valley movie times
• ‘Speed Racer’ just spinning its wheels
• ‘Iron Man’ a blockbuster with a brain
• ‘Harold & Kumar Escape’ delivers a few scattered laughs

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