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U.S. dairy policy must reflect global economic reality if it is to be effective in fostering an economic climate in which our dairy farm families can grow and prosper, says this California dairy producer.
A report blasting Georgia’s environmental oversight of large livestock farms has raised concerns about potential contamination of Georgia waterways with chemicals from manure.
Western states, Florida and Texas led with increased input, while extreme heat curbed Midwest production.
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson advocates discussion draft, rather than legislation, to achieve dairy reform.
Local governments have been stretched to the limit of their capabilities to check food for radiation just before harvesting the first rice crop since the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The farm ministry has attached extra importance to the safety of rice, the nation’s staple food,
Method saves fuel, labor and equipment costs, also reduces soil disturbance and dust.
When American farmers are allowed to compete in international markets, they can win. We already export to China, Japan, Mexico and Europe, and now need to knock down barriers to our exports in other countries. The pending Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama would allow Ohio farmers to compete on a level playing field in these important markets, and I urge the U.S. Congress to immediately approve and implement these agreements.
Three major construction phases due to be completed by fall 2012 will allow FDA to enhance both efficiency and quality
These days, farm subsidies are blamed for lots of things, even the nation’s obesity epidemic. Critics say the billions of dollars in annual subsidies encourage farmers to grow too much grain. Prices drop, food gets cheaper, and we eat too much. Seems like a simple equation, except it’s not.
Europe’s biggest farms will see their EU agricultural subsidies capped at E300,000 a year under draft proposals to reform the bloc’s farmpolicy from 2014, according to a leaked draft.
Recent high temperatures and high-priced feed expected to constrain growth in per-cow milk.
Kraft has increased advertising and used other ways to blunt the increase in commodity price costs.
Scientists with the USDA look at ways to get more corn to one of the fastest growing dairy states.
The South American country hits a pothole on the road to becoming a challenger to U.S. dairy export ambitions.
U.S. Department of Transportation walks away from creating new regulations that would be detrimental to agriculture.
Porter Family honored with Agricultural Environmental Management Award.
The two congressmen pledge to build a more effective economic safety net for the U.S. dairy industry.
Any large-scale expansion of U.S. ag exports will only be possible if the nation can get more commodities and farm products to market, something some experts say the country already struggles to accomplish.
EMMETSBURG, IOWA - Each fall in corn country, big combines prowl through the fields, stripping the valuable kernels from ears and spitting out bits of cornstalk, leaves and empty cobs.The residue, which used to lie on the ground and rot, has become a money crop for the next generation of biofuel.Poet LLC, the nation’s leading ethanol producer, says it is determined to open a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in 2013 next to its existing corn-ethanol plant in this northern Iowa community. The $250 million project could be the first such plant in the nation. Last month, the U.S. Energy Department conditionally committed to a $105 million loan guarantee for it."The technology is there -- it is definitely to the point where we can build the best-in-class plant, and the trick is getting these plants up,” said Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, which represents many of the approximately dozen U.S. companies working to commercialize cellulosic ethanol.
Three attendees and an exhibitor tell what brings them back to Expo.
Farmers from Egypt, China, the UK and Peru tell why they come to Expo.
July Class 3 milk prices have reached an all-new level, beating the previous record set in July 2007.
With the political mood in Washington focused on cutting federal programs, it’s imperative to get dairy economic safety net reforms done right, says this California dairy leader.
Rabobank research shows California dairies, processors uniquely positioned to capitalize on growing global demand.
USDA announced the July Class III minimum price at $21.39/cwt.—breaking the record by a penny set in July 2007.
The 3,200-cow dairy is expected to increase Fonterra’s overall milk production in China to 360 million cups of fresh milk every year.
The U.S. is ideally positioned to take advantage of this gap if it can get dairy policies realigned to be focused on the export market.
National dairy leader Jerry Kozak points out the inadequacy of the current program and the need for better dairy policy.
Kraft expects the deal to be done by the end of 2012.
Tour teams dairy farmers and Easton Hamlin, 14-year-old country musician.