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Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
Drier weather early this week in the U.S. crop belt will allow active corn plantings, countering the slowest seeding pace in nearly 30 years, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday.
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Crop insurance expands, costs grow in latest farm bills
The federally subsidized crop insurance program, the costliest part of the U.S. farm safety net, would spin off at least three new types of coverage and could cost 10 percent more under draft farm bills pending in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
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Caution in hiring
As radical groups have adopted the practice of sending operatives out to seek employment in agriculture, employers need to use due diligence in screening and hiring applicants.
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Weather report: Warm and dry in the West
In the West, warm, dry weather favors a rapid pace of fieldwork and crop development. On the Plains, much warmer weather accompanies scattered rain showers in the Dakotas. In the Corn Belt, frost and freeze advisories were in effect early today from the Mississippi River eastward. In the South, cool but dry weather favors planting activities and other spring fieldwork.
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D.C. Watch: Blame House Ag Committee for farm bill delays
Farm bill debates in the House and Senate Ag Committees will begin this week – May 14 in the Senate and May 15 in the House. Senate leaders would like to bring the bill to the floor before the end of the month, but the floor debate in the House will probably be delayed until late summer or even later.
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Subclinical hypocalcemia: Hidden disease that hinders your herd
Take steps to monitor fresh cows for the lesser-known counterpart of clinical hypocalcemia or milk fever, and provide them the calcium they need.
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Record world crops on horizon, USDA says; grain prices dip
Record-large U.S. corn and soybean crops will end three years of punishingly tight domestic supplies, the government said on Friday in a report that offered the brightest outlook in years for world food supplies.
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NMPF praises dairy provisions in House Ag Committee farm bill
Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation, released a statement in response the House Ag Committee farm bill.
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Crop markets fell in reaction to the Friday USDA reports
Corn futures declined significantly prior to the midday release of the USDA WASDE and Crop Production reports, which probably reflected early U.S. dollar gains.
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Health tax would hit small business employees
The Health Insurance Tax will hurt small business employees the hardest, according to congressional testimony today by New York Farm Bureau President and dairy owner Dean Norton.
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Little change expected in milk prices
Only minimal shifts were reported in milk price estimates for 2013 in the USDA’s latest "World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates" report.
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- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
- Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
- April milk production up 0.3 percent
- New crop cottonseed market rallies in face of tight supplies
