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  • Officials invite insurers to offer more policies 21 Nov 2009 08:59 GMT
    ... Louisiana, especially in coastal communities battered by hurricanes in recent years. Homeowner Francis Guerrero of ... Amid his 40 years with his State Farm, he's only for filed one claim, for the ... as effective in showing how improvements, like storm shutters and hurricane-resistant windows, withstood the force of ...

  • A wet summer has pecan prices going a little nutty 21 Nov 2009 07:52 GMT
    ... Brett Mason, of Mason's Pecans and Peanuts, said the ... 15 million pounds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Oklahoma field office recently estimated the state's ... the Tulsa area, McAlester, Ada, Ardmore and farms along the Red River as the state's ...

  • Ecological change means it's sink or swim down on the bayou 21 Nov 2009 02:33 GMT
    ... the east along the shore line of Louisiana and on into Texas in the west, ... came to the bayou to fish and farm: towns and villages have names that echo that ... they elevate them in stone tombs. “When hurricane Gustav swept through here last year, it ...

  • Oysters, or not 21 Nov 2009 08:10 GMT
    ... Every year, about 15 people die after eating ... nation's oysters are harvested, irate legislators, oyster farmers and connoisseurs told the government to back ... a shot. Also, markets currently closed to warm-weather Gulf Coast oysters because of the dangers ...

  • Vitter Urges Approval of Louisiana Ag Disaster Designation 20 Nov 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... Nov 20, 2009 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) ... sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack urging his quick approval ... Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and this year farmers across Louisiana were hit with drought early ...

  • Financing Completed, Construction on Louisiana Sugar Refinery Set to Begin; Brings 500 Construction Jobs and 145 Permane 20 Nov 2009 00:20 GMT
    ... designed to help the region recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The refinery is expected ... in the financing was through First South Farm Credit. "Construction of the refinery will begin immediately," ... an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded ...

  • Imperial Sugar, SUGAR and Cargill receive USD100m financing for Louisiana sugar refinery 20 Nov 2009 10:33 GMT
    ... Cargill, a producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, on ... in the financing was through First South Farm Credit. The sugar refinery, which is reportedly the ... designed to help the region recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The refinery is expected ...

  • Strain: State still waiting for funds 20 Nov 2009 07:26 GMT
    ... The state agriculture department should have nearly all of $44.5 ... from the SURE program to help our farmers,” Strain said. The rules for the SURE ... program were not created when the federal Farm Bill was passed last year and are ...

  • Christmas tree outlook optimistic 20 Nov 2009 22:12 GMT
    ... AgCenter, recently met with 70 Christmas tree farmers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama at the ... pumpkin patches and arts and crafts. Curry Farms in Start, for instance, has branched out ... aroma. To find a Louisiana Christmas tree farm, visit Mary Ann Van Osdell is assistant ...

  • Imperial Sugar and group closes financing of USD100m tax-exempt bond offering 20 Nov 2009 11:53 GMT
    ... USD120m and help the region recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Owned equally by Imperial, ... Bank NA was documentation agent. First South Farm Credit provided local involvement in the financing. SUGAR ... with around 700 growers. Producer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, Cargill ...

  • Regional Briefs: Giving Thanks Festival set Saturday in Ruston 20 Nov 2009 08:52 GMT
    ... Giving Thanks Festival set Saturday in Ruston RUSTON — Ruston Farmers Market, come rain or shine, will hold its Giving Thanks Festival from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday ...

  • CF Industries' Three Director Nominees Elected to Terra Industries Board of Directors (BIZ) 20 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
    ... , headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is the holding company ... cyclical nature of our business and the agricultural sector; changes in global fertilizer supply and ... operate; conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry; weather conditions; our inability to accurately predict seasonal ...

  • CF Industries' Three Director Nominees Elected to Terra Industries Board of Directors 20 Nov 2009 15:31 GMT
    ... CF Industries Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is ... cyclical nature of our business and the agricultural sector; changes in global fertilizer supply and ... operate; conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry; weather conditions; our inability to accurately predict seasonal ...

  • CF Industries'' Three Director Nominees Elected to Terra Industries Board of Directors 20 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
    ... CF Industries Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, is ... cyclical nature of our business and the agricultural sector; changes in global fertilizer supply and ... operate; conditions in the U.S. agricultural industry; weather conditions; our inability to accurately predict seasonal ...

  • Events calendar: 11-19 20 Nov 2009 05:51 GMT
    ... ART Toledo Museum of Art: 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000; ... Sat.; Jason Laporte, Steven Mullan and The Storm and Bartones: Wed. Harbor Inn & Ale: ... Christmas: Fri.-Dec. Hours: Fri.-Sun., 5-9; Mon.-Thu., 5-8. Farmers Markets: Huron and Market streets; 255-6765. Hours: ...


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