Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 12 in support of 3,000 Iowa pork plant workers who filed a class action lawsuit against a Tyson Foods slaughterhouse, hoping the high court will uphold a $5.8 million judgment awarding back pay to the Storm Lake plant employees.
U.S. vows sanctions if South Africa doesn’t lift ban
President Barack Obama is vowing to impose trade sanctions on South Africa if a ban on U.S poultry and unfairly viewed restrictions on other imported U.S agriculture goods is not lifted.
The USDA is leading a trade mission this week to Sub-Saharan Africa to increase U.S. ag exports in the region, which is a growing market for U.S. table-ready food.
Missionary teaching in Dominican Republic to grow, harvest crops
Their mission: To teach the people of the Dominican Republic how to grow food instead of feeding them for the rest of their lives. Mission ongoing, not yet complete.
Corn tops 264 bushels in a NW Ohio seed field test
Rarely do corn seed field tests produce astonishing results, but a full-season test conducted by Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) at the farm of Bill and Ken Glantz in Napoleon left FIRST Site Manager Rich Schleuning a bit amazed.
The corn numbers in the November supply and demand report held little support for the complex. The average corn yield increased 1.3 bushels per acre to raise total crop size by 99 million bushels – to a large 13.65 billion.
WASDE: Milk-per-cow growth remains slower than expected
USDA bean counters reduced their 2015 and 2016 milk production estimate in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report as "the dairy herd is expected to decline more rapidly from its second-quarter peak, and growth in milk per cow in 2015 remains slower than expected."
WASDE sees meat production rising, with pork climbing the least
USDA’s November World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates predicted that U.S. meat production would be up 2.9 percent in 2016 with pork up 1.7 percent, beef up 4.8 percent, broilers up 1.9 percent and turkey up 7.9 percent.
Equipment shows are good way to learn more on local dealers
The Half Century of Progress took place from Aug. 27-30 at the Rantoul Airport and former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill. At this show, one tractor had some Minneapolis Moline history that was pretty special.
