1.   We would not allow a farmer to stick something in a cow and chase it three times around five fields before it died, Gummer said.

2.   Beneficial weekend weather allowed farmers to press ahead harvesting the fall soybean crop.

3.   CORN AND SOYBEAN FUTURES FALL Corn and soybean futures prices fell as ideal weather was forecast for this weekend, allowing farmers to harvest bumper crops.

4.   Corn futures plunged on the Chicago Board of Trade as blistering heat and dry weather in the Midwest this weekend allowed farmers to resume seeding crops.

5.   In the meantime, they say, Bt-endowed plants will delay the process of insect adaptation to man-made chemicals by allowing farmers to use them less frequently.

6.   Still, some traders expect that favorable weather this week allowed farmers to plant, particularly in regions east of the Mississippi River.

7.   The extra money, the foreign planners say, will allow Haitian farmers to hold on to their land.

8.   To satisfy their needs, he has sometimes had to plant more corn than the government would allow farmers participating in its programs.

9.   A drier, warmer weather forecast for harvest regions should allow farmers an active week in the field, market analysts said.

10.   A European Union decision to allow farmers to produce more grain should not affect international agricultural trade agreements, U.S. officials said Tuesday.