Iowa producers: WOTUS creates adversarial relationship with Feds
As sixth-generation farmers, Brad and Kristy Pellett are concerned about the proposed Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule they believe would create what they feel has already existed for many years: an adversarial, dictatorial relationship between U.S. cattle producers and federal regulators.
Commerce secretary: Ag central in U.S.-Japan trade
Resolving agricultural trade differences will help complete the Transpacific Partnership (TPP), giving businesses in both the United States and Japan greater access to the growing Asian middle class.
Kentucky vet: ‘Feedback’ still best way to inoculate for PED
Last winter Kentucky hog producers found themselves battling porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), a virus that according to the American Assoc. of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) can cause severe diarrhea, vomiting, high morbidity and variable mortality, sometimes as high as 100 percent in young pigs.
Late last week, The Associated Press reported police in southern Tennessee were searching for two men they said took thousands of dollars in cows and sold them in Kentucky.
Illinois anticipates record grain storage applications
The abundant Illinois harvest has propelled the number of grain storage facility temporary or emergency option applications to an anticipated all-time high, according to Stuart Sellinger, Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) Bureau of Warehouses chief.
No shortage of Michigan hay, but quality could be an issue
Michigan State University extension grazing and field crop educator Jerry Lindquist said it appears there is a surplus of some types of hay; however, he believes hay marketing will become more challenging than it has been in the last few years.
Here is a little experiment. Type the phrase "animal care dairy" into your favorite search engine. Then open a second tab in your browser and type the phrase "animal cruelty dairy." Then compare the two lists of results.
In a series of toughly-worded articles published in Choices, the quarterly journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Assoc., nearly every major element of the 2014 Farm Bill – from the its expanded crop insurance program to its impact on global trade negotiations – comes under fire as either "perverse," "false," "vacuous," "absurd," "failing" or "wasteful."
USDA lauded for APH exclusion, but faulted over delay for wheat
Farmers and ranchers affected by continuous years of extreme weather welcomed the announcement by USDA that the new Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion initiative contained within the 2014 farm bill was launched on Oct. 21.
