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Local Milk within Hawaii’s Grasp
An affiliate of Dairy Solutionz (NZ) Ltd. in New Zealand has teamed with partners and investors to establish an initial 1,000-cow farm by 2013 on Hawaii island and help rebuild Hawaii’s local milk supply.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Bullish Prospects for Australian Beef
DROUGHT in the US is set to be great news for Australian beefexports and local cattle prices by next year, despite uncertain economic times hindering global demand in the near future. Despite short term obstacles like the high Australian dollar, a bulge in US drought-induced herd slaughter rates and global economic insecurity, beef’s longer-term market prospects were literally “bullish”, said Rabobank animal protein market specialist, Wendy Voss. The bank’s latest Beef Quarterly report, co-authored by Ms Voss, has forecast a notable upturn in demand for the second half of 2012. Cattle prices within Australia are tipped to hit record highs later next year as overseas markets shift from a summer supply bulge - primarily caused by the US where herds are being culled due to severe drought - to materially lower supplies.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Land Idling Program Shrinks as Prices Soar
The town of Seymour, Iowa, has lost one-third of its population over the past three decades, and John Flood, who manages a local grain elevator, figures that one of the causes was a federal program that took large swaths of Wayne County cropland out of production. “You had all that land idled and no one doing anything with it,” he said.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Farmers’ Income to Hit Record High
Farm income will jump 28 percent this year to a record $100.9 billion because of higher crop and livestock prices, the government said.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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N.J. Taking Another Look at Tax Break for Farmers
The miniature donkeys that graze at the Mount Laurel homestead of U.S. Rep. Jon Runyan became political fodder as soon as the former Eagles tackle announced his candidacy in 2009. Under a New Jersey law designed to protect farmers from soaring property taxes, Runyan receives a 98 percent tax break on most of his land because he keeps donkeys and sells firewood. Democrats attacked Runyan, whose median net worth is estimated at $7 million, for taking advantage of a farm program to avoid paying the full tax rate on 20 of his 23 acres. Two years later, tax breaks for the wealthy are drawing even sharper criticism as Congress fights over how to spur the sluggish economy and manage the country’s debt.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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MF Global Collapse Hits U.S. Farms Hard
The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and agricultural business owners are nervously waiting to learn how much money they’ve lost.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Horse Slaughter OK’d in U.S.; Obama Signs Bill Meant to End Abuse Elsewhere
President Obama last month quietly signed into law a spending bill that restores the American horse-slaughter industry, just a few months after a government investigation said the ban on slaughtering was backfiring.The domestic ban didn’t end horse slaughter but instead shifted the site of butchery to Mexico and Canada - which meant increased abuse or neglect as the horses were shipped out of the country and beyond the reach of U.S. law.The ban had been imposed in 2006 when Congress defunded the government’s ability to inspect plants that butchered horses for consumption. Without inspections, the meat couldn’t be sold, and the industry withered.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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1,033 acres of Bradford farmland saved for new generation of farming
BRADFORD, Maine -- After 47 years running a farming and dairy operation in town, Adrian Pray was ready to retire. But first, he had to find a new owner for some of his 2,300 acres of farmland spread across Bradford, Hudson and Charleston.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Dairy Future Looks Bright; Wisconsin Farm Leader Says, ‘The World Is Demanding Our Products’
Steve and Karen Sponem have been dairyfarmers most of their adult lives, so they learned a long time ago how to live through the radical ups and downs of milk prices. Earlier this year, and despite the struggling global economy, dairy industry experts were giddy when prices improved to almost $21. Steve Sponem said that was the highest he has ever seen.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Grocery Prices Expected to Rise in 2012
A trip to the grocery store is going to cost more next year, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Becoming the Big Cheese; Vermont Farm Expands Operations to Meet Demand
South Woodstock -- Vermont FarmsteadCheese Co. started producing cheese only in January and didn’t begin distributing until June, but it’s already struggling to keep up with customers’ requests.
November 19, 2020 08:30 PM
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Protecting a Gem: Landowners Help Clean Up a Washington River
As the Washington Department of Ecology searches for ways to improve water quality in the Little Spokane River, state officials are looking for ways to engage private landowners. Landowners hold the key to reducing pollutants such as phosphorus and fecal coliform bacteria in the water.
November 19, 2020 08:29 PM
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NM Group Warns of Hay Shortage, Sellers Running Out of Feed
FARMINGTON -- Navajo Agricultural Products Industry is running out of alfalfa hay, a spokeswoman said Monday."We are actually possibly going to run out of hay by Saturday,” said marketing assistant Rae DeGroat. “It could go on till next week, but we wanted the public to be aware of this information.”
November 19, 2020 08:29 PM
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Wisconsin’s Global Ties Are Growing
This month’s announcement that Thiel Cheese & Ingredients of Hilbert was acquired by the Irish Dairy Board might have struck some people as a bit odd. Have the Irish run out of dairyfarmers or lost their historic knack for making cheese?Fear not. Cheese-making in Ireland is in tip-top shape, as they might say in Dublin. The purchase of a Wisconsin company by the Irish Dairy Board, a commercial cooperative, represents a strategic investment in a high-quality partner with strong research and innovation tools. For Thiel Cheese and its 66 employees, it means better access to markets in North America and abroad.
November 19, 2020 08:29 PM
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Cheese Producer Saputo Says Higher Prices and Cross-Border Shopping to Blame for Lower Volumes
MONTREAL - Saputo Inc. says cross-border shopping and higher dairy prices at home have caused a continued reduction in its milk and cheese sales volumes in Canada.
November 19, 2020 08:29 PM
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