Agriculture

Novel mixes horses, riders, and encroaching wealth
When Aryn Kyle began writing about a girl growing up at a Montana riding school, she meant it to be a short story. Yet, when she came back to it a few years later, it became her best-selling novel "The God of Animals."
New case of bovine TB could downgrade Minn.'s status
Another case of bovine tuberculosis in northern Minnesota will lead to a downgrade in the state's TB status. This is the fourth infected cattle herd since last fall, and the 11th since the disease was first found in 2005.
Cashing in on  global warming
Thousands of farmers, and a few cities are earning money from climate change. They're trading on the carbon market.
President, Congress at odds over farm bill
President Bush is threatening to veto the $286 billion farm bill passed by the House and the Senate because it would raise taxes, and doesn't contain enough reform on subsidy payments to wealthy farmers. Midmorning looks at the issue of who's getting those subsidies, and why the current bill has become so controversial.
NASA-funded study to examine crops' effect on weather
A new study at South Dakota State University -- and funded by NASA -- will try to find out how a move from corn and soybeans to grasses grown primarily for biofuel would affect the weather.
The bovine TB challenge
Minnesota faces new sanctions if another case of bovine TB is found. State and federal officials are talking about ways to ease the economic impact on farmers and ranchers.