Higher food prices find winners and losers among rural companies. Meanwhile, President Bush holds out veto threat on farm bill supported by Democrats.
Crashes involving pickups are twice as likely to cause fatalities than wrecks involving only SUVs or passenger cars.
The global food crisis is leading countries to rethink their bans on genetically modified seed, hoping the new products will increase crop yields.
2007 was relatively good for the rural economy, as rising prices for oil, gas, coal and ag products propelled those industries. Wages for rural jobs rose more than for jobs in the cities.
Yonder 40 outpaces all other indexes, led this week by meatpacking stocks. Smithfield and Tyson rise after South Korea drops its beef ban.