Ed Maixner
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Foods Raising Your Grocery Bill in 2013
Smart Buying
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Rising Cost of Your Summer Cookout
spending Ah, the temperature is high and the living is easy.
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10 Insect Superheroes
real estate You might have heard the buzz: Our payback for the warm winter and early spring will be larger-than-usual hordes of mosquitoes, midges, aphids, termites and other bad actors this summer.
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8 Ways the Drought Will Affect You
Economic Forecasts This year's drought, which is toasting more than half of the U.S., is the nation’s worst since the 1950s.
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10 Bad Bugs that Bug Us Most
Economic Forecasts Bugs surround us.
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Eager World Awaits American Crop Bounty
Economic Forecasts in the face of dwindling stocks of major field crops and fears of global shortages.
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Consumers Face Higher Food Prices
Economic Forecasts Rising farm costs prompt a price upswing in the grocery aisles
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Egg Recall Will Spur Congress to Act
Politics There's nothing like truckloads of germy eggs to grab lawmakers' attention.
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Push for Healthier Diets Means Big Industry Change
Business Costs & Regulation Americans haven’t responded well to urgings, so governments, doctors and employers are getting tough.
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A Renewed Global Focus On Helping the Hungry
Economic Forecasts Rebounding global ag commodity prices add a sense of urgency to fighting hunger.
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Lower Food Prices Hit Farmers, Help Grocers
Economic Forecasts Next year will tell a similar tale, though look for grocery store prices to edge up by year-end.
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Centrist Lincoln Takes Helm of Senate Ag Panel
Politics Count on Sen.
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When Bad Peanut Butter Does Some Good
Business Costs & Regulation All the alarming news about bad peanut butter, tainted baby formula and other food scares may have some benefit.
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