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Smithfield returns to profit, tops Street view - Reuters

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:59 GMT+00:00

Smithfield returns to profit, tops Street view
Reuters
If so, hog farming will break an unprecedented string of eight straight quarters in which the business lost money," JP Morgan analyst Ken Goldman said in a ...

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Coal mining continues legacy of affordable energy, job source in an era of ... - The Hill
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:01 GMT+00:00

Coal mining continues legacy of affordable energy, job source in an era of ...
The Hill
“A dirty, deadly fuel that is neither cheap nor clean,” Kennedy once said of coal. His political agenda is just as simplistic as his rhetoric: Stop coal. ...

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Max Watman's rollicking history of moonshine, Chasing the White Dog: An ... - Nashville Scene
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:15 GMT+00:00

Max Watman's rollicking history of moonshine, Chasing the White Dog: An ...
Nashville Scene
Farmers didn't register their still any more than they registered their plows, for distilling a harvest of grain was simply good farming. ...

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Green groups host alternative energy forum - Staunton News Leader
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:52:08 GMT+00:00

Green groups host alternative energy forum
Staunton News Leader
Deerfield farmer Taylor Cole told the forum that in 1999, he planted 43 acres of his farm with 5 1/2 pounds of mixed native warm season grass seeds. ...

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Switchgrass Bio Fuel Could Boost Local Economy - WHSV
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:59:38 GMT+00:00

Switchgrass Bio Fuel Could Boost Local Economy
WHSV
Local farmers and scientists are promoting a form of fuel that you can grow in your backyard... called switchgrass. It's a tall warm season grass, ...

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Fraternal ties to Kensington Runestone? - Alexandria Echo Press
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:38:50 GMT+00:00

Fraternal ties to Kensington Runestone?
Alexandria Echo Press
He had served as chief of the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Department and was fuel administrator for Douglas County during the war. He purchased the farm where ...

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Cement, auto stocks nudge higher - BloombergUTV
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:24:31 GMT+00:00

Cement, auto stocks nudge higher
BloombergUTV
He also said the government must pay good prices to farmers to ensure higher farm production. The prime minister said the government will take all practical ...

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Bay states poised to take lead in bioenergy field - The Chesapeake Bay Journal
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:06:00 GMT+00:00

Bay states poised to take lead in bioenergy field
The Chesapeake Bay Journal
At the Virginia Farm Bureau, Andrew Smith is excited about Osage's prospects-and, he said, so are his members. "The only way to keep agriculture viable in ...

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Sun, wind offer jobs, new energy options - TriCities.com
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:02:49 GMT+00:00

Sun, wind offer jobs, new energy options
TriCities.com
Some of these could have a future in Southwest Virginia. Certainly coal has been important for Virginia and will continue for the immediate future. ...

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Gas Rush Is On - Wheeling Intelligencer
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:02:00 GMT+00:00

Gas Rush Is On
Wheeling Intelligencer
Tim Carr, a professor of geology at West Virginia University, said, "People are drilling more and more wells and having success. Many people are trying to ...

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