Illinois NLRS is ready for July rollout; meetings set
The agriculture industry-backed Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy provides to producers a framework for reducing nutrient losses, improving local water quality and the quality of water leaving the state and entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, the manufacturer of the first genetically modified apple, announced last week Intrexon Corp. had finished the process of acquiring it.
Alltech to acquire Ridley stock, pending shareholder approval
One of the largest animal nutrition and health companies in the world is about to get bigger, with the announcement that Alltech will be acquiring all of the outstanding stock of Ridley, Inc., another giant in the animal nutrition industry.
Markets working for price discovery, as was intended
Many analysts tend to forget the basic function of the commodity market is price discovery. There are several factors that can and do work into this process, but the simplest one is supply and demand.
Milk production still rising, but pace is slowing somewhat
U.S. milk production continues to top year-ago levels but may be slowing. Preliminary data in this week’s March Milk Production report shows output in the top 23 producing states at 16.9 billion pounds, up 1.1 percent from March 2014.
Farmers need to be aware of federal protection for this bat
The northern long-eared bat is on the verge of becoming an endangered species, and this will have implications for landowners in Michigan and elsewhere in the bat’s range.
