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More criticism of raw milk after Alaskan outbreak
Raw milk sickened at least 31 people in a recent Campylobacter outbreak in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
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Take that ‘carbon footprint’ down another shoe size
Thanks to funding from the USDA, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will study ways to reduce the dairy industry’s carbon footprint even further.
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Dicey U.S. corn planting weather to continue
Better corn planting weather is seen for the next week to 10 days in the U.S. Midwest but conditions will be less than ideal with widespread rains expected to surface beginning Wednesday and continue into the weekend, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.
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Will celebrities, clergy sway Tennessee’s “ag gag” bill?
As Tennessee’s “ag gag” bill sits on Governor Bill Haslam’s desk, both sides of the spirited debate are vying to be heard.
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Battle over U.S. immigration bill starts in Congress
The U.S. Congress this week opens its first debate in six years on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, testing whether business and labor groups can hold together on a delicately crafted deal that already is under attack.
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Block cheese closes up 0.5 cent on CME
Yesterday, Class III and cheese futures prices opened down and eased off their lowest levels of the day with more volume coming on the uptick than the downtick.
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Weather report: Rain showers spread across the central Plains
In the West, widely scattered showers stretch from California to the Intermountain region. On the Plains, rain showers are spreading across central areas, including parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather accompanies a gradual warming trend, although cloudiness lingers across the Ohio Valley.
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Ag markets generally higher after Monday decline
After dropping sharply on Monday in response to forecasts for drying weather and accelerating planting, corn futures bounced modestly overnight. The reason for the rebound was quite obvious, since the Monday afternoon Crop Progress report published by the USDA stated current corn plantings at just 12% complete, which is the slowest pace since 1984.
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They're back: 17-year cicadas to swarm from Georgia to New York
Colossal numbers of cicadas, unhurriedly growing underground since 1996, are about to emerge along much of the U.S. East Coast to begin passionately singing and mating as their remarkable life cycle restarts.
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Corn planting crawls to 12 percent as drier weather returns
Major states such as Iowa and Illinois still lagging behind.
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Most ag markets declined again Monday
Talk that drying conditions will spark a surge in U.S. corn plantings reportedly sank the market Monday morning.
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