Far be it from me to be the bearer of bad news, but according to Massachusetts Financial Services August historically has been the worst performing month for the S&P 500...
WASHINGTON - As the drought worsened in the Midwest and Great Plains, Congress did not provide broad relief for farmers and ranchers before leaving for a month of campai...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the July 31 livestock auction.
Commercial bulls, $62. to 95.50; commercial cows, 41. to 80.; commercial ste...
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Medicaid health care service providers still got paid by the government even though they owed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal taxes,...
Congress hears group's report
CHICAGO — The report to Congress was blunt: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had failed to regulate pollution from the nation’s live...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shell Oil is downsizing its plan for off-shore drilling in the Arctic this year amid delays completing a spill containment barge required by the fede...
Zinnia, vinca tolerate heat
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s hot. It’s dry. Your garden resembles a moonscape.
This isn’t fair. There’s still two months of summer left. You need a...
Dumping claims refuted
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department has granted a request from Whirlpool to impose tariffs on washing machines imported from South Korea and ...
Postal service billions short
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for its first default on billions in payments due to the Treasury, adding to widening uncert...
FULTS, Ill. — As he watched his 10-year-old son ease a tractor across a soybean field, Dennis Mosbacher acknowledged the risks of farming.
But Mosbacher said the U.S. La...
