Youngsters' animals bring fair price.
Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard To begin with, 13-year-old Brett Deedon thinks he might like to be a baseball player. There will be time later for medical school and a career as a cardiologist. But for now, he'll settle for his new titles: Grand Champion...

A life painting animals: Rosa Bonheur's love of animals went hand in hand with her love of art.
"Moo!" "Baa!" Animal sounds filled the air as drovers prodded the cattle and sheep into town. The September livestock market was underway. All at once, unnerved by the throngs of people, the oxen lowered their long horns and charged. Screaming onlookers ran for cover. But Rosa Bonheur stood her...

Kids display agriculture skills at 4-H Youth Fair.
Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Horses and chickens and pigs, oh my! You can see all those farm animals and many, many more at the Lane County 4-H Youth Fair, which runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday at the Lane...

Getting serious about farm subsidies.
Whenever the subject of global poverty is discussed, the devil of farm subsidies paid in rich countries is raised as a leading cause of global poverty. No amount of aid to poor and developing countries can correct the imbalance of denying them competition for their agricultural goods on the...

Obituaries.
Byline: The Register-Guard A. Edna Colby The funeral will be held today, May 2, for A. Edna Colby, who died April 29 of age-related causes. She was 82. Colby was born July 11, 1919, in Sherman, Texas, to Mary and Albert Guthrie Whitten....

Used materials enter the economic mainstream.
The U.S. recycling industry passed a landmark last October, as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) launched its Recyclables Exchange. Secondary materials such as glass, PET and HDPE plastics, and paper now have their own market on the CBOT, which for 148 years has been one of the world's foremost...

Synod responds to farm crisis.
In response to the current farm crisis, the Rural Ministry Committee of the Synod of Southwestern Ontario sponsored an evening event called "Handling Falling Farm Commodity Prices." The event featured a panel discussion held at Knox Church, Mitchell, Ontario. John Field, a stress relief counsellor employed by...

THE UNITED STATES--NEW ZEALAND LAMB DISPUTE.
Yoichiro Sato provides a political interpretation of a complex trade problem which arose in 1998-99. The temporary tariff on lamb imports from New Zealand and Australia imposed by the United States in July 1999 has angered New Zealand farmers, the public and free trade advocates in general....

Mad cowboys: the beef industry takes aim at 'food disparagement.'
"You said [mad cow disease] could make AIDS look like the common cold?" asked TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey. "Absolutely," said her guest, Howard Lyman of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). "That's an extreme statement, you know," Winfrey said. "Absolutely," Lyman said again. "A hundred thousand...

Down on the farm: the reality of rural life.
Life on many family farms today has become a desperate struggle for survival Many people think life on the farm is idyllic. A slower pace, fresh air and green pastures are all popular images of rural living. The problem is, that image doesn't always fit....