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U. S. Farm Group: Stop EPA On Greenhouse Gases

By Charles Abbott January 21, 2010

“They don’t have enough lipstick to put on that pig (climate legislation) to make it look good.” – MISSOURI FARM BUREAU PRESIDENT CHARLES KRUSE The largest U. S. farm group called on Congress Jan. 12 to prevent the government from regulating greenhouse gases if lawmakers kill climate change legislation. The six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation

Crops, Forages

U. S. Top Court To Decide Monsanto Alfalfa Case

By James Vicini January 21, 2010

The U. S. Supreme Court said Jan. 15 it would hear an appeal by Monsanto Co. of a ruling that barred the company from selling its genetically modified alfalfa seed, until an environmental review is done. The justices agreed to review a ruling by a U. S. Appeals Court in California that upheld a federal

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

U. S. Farmers To Cut Wheat, Boost Cotton, Corn Acres

By Christopher Doering January 21, 2010

American farmers, taking advantage of rising cotton prices, will sharply increase their plantings of that crop this year, and also look to reap better returns from corn and soybeans, growers said in a poll released Jan. 13. A random survey of 980 farmers at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting found they will increase

News

Largest U. S. Farm Group Rallies Against Climate Bill

By Charles Abbott January 14, 2010

The largest U. S. farm group will oppose aggressively “misguided” climate legislation pending in Congress and fight animal rights activists, said American Farm Bureau Federation president Bob Stallman Jan. 10. In a speech opening the four-day AFBF convention, Stallman said American farmers and ranchers “must aggressively respond to extremists” and “misguided, activist-driven regulation … The

Opinion

These Grassroots Are All Astroturf

By Alan Guebert September 17, 2009

In the long, expensive battle fought by U. S. farmers to make corn-based ethanol the premier alternative fuel in America, few Washington, D. C. influence-peddlers fought harder and spent more in opposition to it than the American Petroleum Institute. In fact, you name the biofuel issue and API and its fat cheque-book made it into

Opinion

Ag’s Two Faces In Global Warming Debate

By Alan Guebert July 9, 2009

Ionce asked a well-informed acquaintance what the consequences were if he was wrong in his insistence that global warming was simply Al Gore’s revenge for the 2000 presidential election. “Well,” he replied, “if I’m wrong my grandchildren will curse my name.” That introspective reply come to mind after the narrow, 219 to 212 U. S.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Farmers To Plant More Soybeans, Less Corn

April 9, 2009

U. S. farmers are aiming for a record soybean crop this year but high costs for fertilizer and other supplies will mean less corn, wheat and cotton, U. S. government data showed March 31. After two years of booming returns, farmers are more cautious about their planting this year as the global recession hits exports,

Livestock

Antibiotic Ban On Livestock May Hurt U. S. Food Safety

By Christopher Doering April 2, 2009

A bill that would ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animals would hurt the health of livestock and poultry while compromising efforts to protect the safety of the country’s food supply, the leader of the largest U. S. farm group said March 24. Bob Stallman, president of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation, said

Hogs, Livestock, News

Farm Lobby Still Effective, Despite Changing Times – for Feb. 5, 2009

By Ron Friesen February 5, 2009

“Farm groups have punched way over their weight for some time.” – jack wilkinson When Bert Hall raised the gavel on January 15, 1985 to call the first annual meeting of Keystone Agricultural Producers to order, he recalled looking out over the smartly dressed, articulate audience and thinking, “What an impressive group of young people.”

News

What U. S. farmers need from Obama

November 13, 2008

”We’ve got too many countries that are not interested in increasing trade flows.” Bo Stallman U. S. farmers and ranchers are anxious about the economic outlook for the farm sector and need access to credit and ways to hedge their risks, the head of the largest farm group said on Nov. 4. Bob Stallman, president

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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