Headache over soaring fertiliser prices

Ben Riensche, who farms 16 000 acres in Iowa, would be ecstatic to get US$80 per acre selling his corn.But it'll cost him US$240 an acre to feed the plants with nitrogen, triple what he's used...

Top US agriculture official admits praying for rain as drought worsens

America's top agriculture official, Tom Vilsack has admitted he gets on his knees and prays for an end to the country's worst drought in 50 years.Vilsack, who is President Obama's Agriculture...