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Posted: 8/6/2012 6:57:48 AM EST
Governor of al-Qunatara city and former agriculture minister Riyad Hijab is seen in al-Qunatara in this February 15, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri/Files
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:03:22 AM EST
Grass begins to grown on the cracked bottom at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. The reservoir is six feet below normal levels. More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought. The U.S. Agriculture Department on Wednesday added 218 counties in a dozen states as disaster areas. That brings this year's total to 1,584 in 32 states, more than 90 percent of them because of the drought. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Posted: 8/2/2012 11:03:22 AM EST
A dock extends into a dry cove where grass has begun to grow at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. The reservoir is six feet below normal levels. More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought. The U.S. Agriculture Department on Wednesday added 218 counties in a dozen states as disaster areas. That brings this year's total to 1,584 in 32 states, more than 90 percent of them because of the drought. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Posted: 7/31/2012 10:57:54 AM EST
Carl Lewis (C), nine-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), arrives at a school in Port-au-Prince June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Swoan Parker
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Posted: 7/25/2012 6:08:37 PM EST
Meat is on display in a case at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Posted: 7/25/2012 6:08:37 PM EST
Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Posted: 7/25/2012 6:08:37 PM EST
Butcher Freddie Quina cuts meat at Super Cao Nguyen in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by 3 percent to 4 percent next year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Posted: 7/20/2012 1:18:30 PM EST
In this photo released by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture veterinarians Dr. Nan Hanshaw, left, and Dr. Danielle Ward offload some of the nearly 200 Chihuahuas seized from a home in northeastern Pennsylvania,. on Friday, July 20, 2012, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pa. Department spokeswoman Nichole Bucher says veterinarians who checked the 187 dogs found no serious health problems, only minor eye, teeth and skin problems. She says the two men who kept the dogs at their Columbia County home treated them as pets and identified them by name to officials who took them away. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, William R. Nichols)
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Posted: 7/20/2012 1:18:30 PM EST
In this photo released by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Humane Society of the United States representative Sarah Speed, left, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Veterinarian Dr. Nan Hanshaw examine one of the nearly 200 Chihuahuas seized from a home in northeastern Pennsylvania, on Friday, July 20, 2012, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pa. Department spokeswoman Nichole Bucher says veterinarians who checked the 187 dogs found no serious health problems, only minor eye, teeth and skin problems. She says the two men who kept the dogs at their Columbia County home treated them as pets and identified them by name to officials who took them away. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, William R. Nichols)
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Posted: 7/16/2012 4:12:31 PM EST
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (L) speaks as U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack looks on during a news conference at the Iowa State Capitol March 28, 2012. REUTERS/Brian C. Frank
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Posted: 7/11/2012 4:55:39 PM EST
A trader reacts in the Corn Options Pit at the CME group in Chicago July 11, 2012, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its crop production, ending stocks and world supply/demand forecast. REUTERS/John Gress
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Posted: 7/11/2012 1:52:28 PM EST
A trader reacts in the Corn Options Pit at the CME group in Chicago July 11, 2012, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its crop production, ending stocks and world supply/demand forecast. REUTERS/John Gress
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Posted: 7/10/2012 11:58:25 AM EST
In a June 20, 2012, photo ten-year-old Jacob Mosbacher guides a tractor through a bean field on his grandparents' property near Fults, Ill. Agriculture organizations and federal lawmakers from farm states succeeded last spring in convincing the U.S. Labor Department to drop proposals limiting farm work by children such as Jacob, whose parents say such questions of safety involving kids should be left to parents. (AP Photo/Jim Suhr)
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Posted: 7/10/2012 11:58:25 AM EST
In this June 20, 2012, photo ten-year-old Jacob Mosbacher guides a tractor through a bean field on his grandparents' property near Fults, Ill. Agriculture organizations and federal lawmakers from farm states succeeded last spring in convincing the U.S. Labor Department to drop proposals limiting farm work by children such as Jacob, whose parents say such questions of safety involving kids should be left to parents. (AP Photo/Jim Suhr)
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Posted: 7/10/2012 11:58:25 AM EST
In a June 20, 2012, photo ten-year-old Jacob Mosbacher guides a tractor through a bean field on his grandparents' property near Fults, Ill. Agriculture organizations and federal lawmakers from farm states succeeded last spring in convincing the U.S. Labor Department to drop proposals limiting farm work by children such as Jacob, whose parents say such questions of safety involving kids should be left to parents. (AP Photo/Jim Suhr)
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Posted: 6/29/2012 11:23:25 AM EST
FILE - In this May 23, 2012 file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks in Richmond, Va. Vilsack is pressing the Republican-led House to vote on a long-term farm policy bill. He says in an Associated Press interview that failure to act on the measure could leave livestock producers exposed to disasters and other farmers uncertain about the future. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Posted: 6/19/2012 11:22:46 PM EST
Farmer Scott Wason holds a stalk of wheat during a harvest on his property near Roma, 430 km (267 miles) west of Brisbane, in this October 29, 2011 file photo. Asia's top companies are less upbeat on their business outlook than in the first quarter, with mounting concern over the euro zone crisis and a slowdown in China's growth, according to the latest Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asia Business Sentiment Survey, published on June 20, 2012. To match story ASIA-COMPANIES-SENTIMENT/ REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/Files (AUSTRALIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS COMMODITIES)
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Posted: 6/19/2012 5:54:39 PM EST
Relatives of peasant farmers who were killed in armed clashes during a land eviction in Paraguay react during the burial ceremony in Curuguaty, about 270 km (168 miles) from Asuncion June 18, 2012. At least 17 people were killed and dozens hurt during armed clashes on June 15, 2012 that occurred when police attempted to evict landless peasant farmers squatting on a privately-owned farm in Paraguay, officials said. According to local media, two top security officials have since been replaced after the events. Picture taken June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (PARAGUAY - Tags: AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Posted: 6/19/2012 5:46:25 PM EST
Relatives of a peasant farmer who was killed in armed clashes during a land eviction in Paraguay carry the coffin during the burial ceremony in Curuguaty, about 270 km (168 miles) from Asuncion June 18, 2012. At least 17 people were killed and dozens hurt during armed clashes on June 15, 2012 that occurred when police attempted to evict landless peasant farmers squatting on a privately-owned farm in Paraguay, officials said. According to local media, two top security officials have since been replaced after the events. Picture taken June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (PARAGUAY - Tags: AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
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Posted: 6/19/2012 5:42:10 PM EST
Relatives of a peasant farmer who was killed in armed clashes during a land eviction in Paraguay carry the coffin during the burial ceremony in Curuguaty, about 270 km (168 miles) from Asuncion June 18, 2012. At least 17 people were killed and dozens hurt during armed clashes on June 15, 2012 that occured when police attempted to evict landless peasant farmers squatting on a privately-owned farm in Paraguay, officials said. According to local media, two top security officials have since been replaced after the events. Picture taken June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (PARAGUAY - Tags: AGRICULTURE CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
