(Originally posted at An Animal-Friendly Life) In light of the House's much-contested permanent ban on horse slaughter in the U.S., it seems more...

By: FWI Staff Writer An Archimedes' Screw, or the Archimedean screw, is a machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. It is one of several inventions and discoveries reputed to have been made by...

During this growing season, western Corn Belt farmers battled drought, central Iowa growers worried about early-planted corn in cold soil, and some eastern Corn Belt farmers worried early rains would wash away nitrogen.