IFBF: Bird flu is costing Iowa nearly $427M in lost income
The 2015 outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has cost the nation’s top egg-producing state nearly 8,500 jobs and close to $427 million in lost income and tax revenue.
Sponsoring NASCAR driver is a winning formula for ag firms
Brandt Consolidated, Inc., the National Corn Growers Assoc. (NCGA) and New Holland Agriculture are among several sponsors using the National Assoc. for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR, as a way to get their messages across.
USDA projects lowest farm income in 6 years for 2015
The August forecast reflects less optimism than February’s numbers. Declining prices for row crops, pork and milk are responsible for much of that decline.
Analyst: Wall Street rollercoaster shouldn’t harm U.S. grain market
The key point of grain fundamentals is that supply and demand drive prices, and that idea is crucial to understanding what may – or may not – be an influence in commodity prices.
On Aug. 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia gave members of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC or Council) and the farmer-directors of the checkoff-collecting National Pork Board (NPB or Board) one more reason to loathe the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
POLICY PENNINGS: U.S. District Courts: Ag-gag law in Idaho unconstitutional
Idaho’s law was passed in response to an undercover video of animal abuse recorded at a dairy facility in Hansen, Idaho, that showed a number of instances of animal abuse, including the wrapping of a chain around a cow’s neck and pulling it out of the barn with a tractor.
