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Federal regulators are proposing new meat testing requirements that small processors say would impose staggering new costs and force businesses to drop products or go out of business.

Federal regulators are proposing new meat testing requirements that small processors say would impose staggering new costs and force businesses to drop products or go out of business.

Truro native Drew Locke opened the door of his brand-new brooder yesterday, built under his family's house deck on Perry Road, and took a quick glimpse inside. About 200 fluffy, tan Redbro chicks had arrived only minutes before from Pennsylvania, via the North Truro post office. The chicks will enjoy the hatchery heat lamps for three weeks, and feed for eight weeks more on grass, alfalfa, clover and grain inside a covered pen in Locke's lower yard.

Truro native Drew Locke opened the door of his brand-new brooder yesterday, built under his family's house deck on Perry Road, and took a quick glimpse inside.

About 200 fluffy, tan Redbro chicks had arrived only minutes before from Pennsylvania, via the North Truro post office. The chicks will enjoy the hatchery heat lamps for three weeks, and feed for eight weeks more on grass, alfalfa, clover and grain inside a covered pen in Locke's lower yard.

Tipping the scales at 3,000 pounds. That describes a steer at the Montana Livestock Auction on Tuesday.

Tipping the scales at 3,000 pounds. That describes a steer at the Montana Livestock Auction on Tuesday.

Harnessing the rich detail, creativity, and individual relevance of personal narratives, Shareable.net and Latitude Research co-sponsored an innovation study to explore food information needs, information accessibility in decision-making contexts (e.g. while food shopping), and technology solutions for the future of food and offline purchasing in general.

Harnessing the rich detail, creativity, and individual relevance of personal narratives, Shareable.net and Latitude Research co-sponsored an innovation study to explore food information needs, information accessibility in decision-making contexts (e.g. while food shopping), and technology solutions for the future of food and offline purchasing in general.

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sharply questioned a lower court's decision that has prohibited biotech giant Monsanto Co. from selling genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, possibly paving the way for the company to distribute the seeds for the first time since 2007.

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sharply questioned a lower court's decision that has prohibited biotech giant Monsanto Co. from selling genetically engineered alfalfa seeds, possibly paving the way for the company to distribute the seeds for the first time since 2007.

GRAYS RIVER — A septic company's plan to dump treated human waste on a Grays River farm has caused a stir among residents here, but the farmer predicts that some neighbors poo-pooing the idea now will want a piece of the action once they see its benefits.

GRAYS RIVER — A septic company's plan to dump treated human waste on a Grays River farm has caused a stir among residents here, but the farmer predicts that some neighbors poo-pooing the idea now will want a piece of the action once they see its benefits.