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USDA: Farmers can plant genetically modified beets

DES MOINES, Iowa - Genetically modified sugar beets designed to withstand the weedkiller Roundup can be planted under strict conditions with no threat to the environment and other plants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday in a decision anxiously awaited by farmers.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
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Midwest farmland prices soar due to high demand

DES MOINES, Iowa - Increased commodity prices and strong demand have sent prices of farmland skyrocketing, making it more difficult for young and beginning farmers to get established but strengthening the balance sheets for those who own the land.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO
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Sugar supply rests on USGA's shoulders

DES MOINES, Iowa - A judge's ruling halting planting of genetically modified sugar beet seeds has left growers feeling uncertain as they wait for federal officials to decide the next step for a crop that provides half of the nation's sugar supply.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer: Client who viewed Obama records was bored

A defense attorney for a man who pleaded guilty Friday to illegally looking at President Barack Obama's student loan records said his client only found the records because he and others were bored at work.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO