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Russia-U. S. Meat Fight Heats Up Ahead Of Talks

January 21, 2010

As U. S. officials head to Moscow to try to assuage Russian concerns about meat safety, the political tension over the issue has been dialed up, raising fears the talks won’t bring quick relief. U. S. chicken and pork have been effectively shut out of Russia, the No. 1 export market for poultry and in

Cereals, News

Dorgan Won’t Run Again For U. S. Senate

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 14, 2010

“It is a hard decision to make after 30 years in the Congress, but I believe it is the right time for me to pursue these other interests.” – SEN. BYRON DORGAN The U. S. Senate will lose a vocal opponent of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk and vocal supporter of COOL this

News

Future Food, Fuel Conflict Can Be Avoided

January 7, 2010

An increasing shift away from fossil fuels such as gasoline to alternatives derived from plants and waste need not produce an increase in food prices, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters. Speaking on the sidelines of a UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Vilsack added he expected the U. S. Department of Agriculture to

Livestock

Carbon Emission Agreements Worry Cattle Producers

By Ron Friesen December 17, 2009

“You want to be harmonized.” – JOHN MASSWOHL, CCA Canada’s cattle producers are waiting nervously to see how international agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions will affect their industry. The immediate concern is about what will emerge from the United Nation’s world conference currently underway in Copenhagen. Nearly 200 nations are working toward a political

Livestock

NFU Backs U. S. Senate

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 4, 2009

The National Farmers Union wants Canada to follow the U. S. government’s lead and curtail captive supply in cattle markets. Captive supply is a technique wherein beef-packing companies use cattle they own, or cattle they control through contracts that do not contain fixed prices, to push down prices to independent sellers. Captive supplies allow packers

News

U. S. Senate Panel Rejects $250,000 Farm Subsidy Cap

April 2, 2009

The Senate Budget Committee rejected a proposed $250,000-a-year limit on farm subsidies March 26 in a rebuff to reformers and the Obama administration. President Barack Obama proposed a $250,000 payment cap in his fiscal 2010 budget plan. It was part of a package of farm cuts estimated to save nearly $16 billion over 10 years

News

Vilsack Sees Carbon Cuts As New Cash Crop

February 26, 2009

U. S. farmers could make money from carbon credits and other steps to control greenhouse gases with more security than farm subsides, often eyed for budget cuts, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 16. “I strongly believe this is a tremendous opportunity for rural America,” Vilsack said at the National Cotton Council annual meeting. “We

News

Iowa’s Harkin remains chair Senate ag

By Reuters January 1, 2009

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin will remain as chairman of the Agriculture Committee when the Senate reorganizes in January, Democratic leaders said last month. Harkin was Agriculture chairman during passage of the 2002 and 2008 farm laws. He backed a provision in the 2002 law that rewards stewardship of “working” farmland and in the 2008 law

Other

USDA needs to improve slaughter inspection: report

By Christopher Doering December 18, 2008

The U. S. meat inspection system has flaws that may create food safety risks, although the problems that forced a California packer to conduct the largest meat recall ever are not widespread, according to a federal review. The audit by USDA’s inspector general came after a videotape released Jan. 30 showed Hallmark/Westland Meat Co. workers

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

“Farmers will be driving Maseratis” and other news

November 13, 2008

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed futures at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Nov. 6 higher. Canola prices rallied as farmers virtually turned off the tap and stopped delivering. Traders feel it will take farm gate bids of

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives United States Senate — page 2

Russia-U. S. Meat Fight Heats Up Ahead Of Talks

Dorgan Won’t Run Again For U. S. Senate

Future Food, Fuel Conflict Can Be Avoided

Carbon Emission Agreements Worry Cattle Producers

NFU Backs U. S. Senate

U. S. Senate Panel Rejects $250,000 Farm Subsidy Cap

Vilsack Sees Carbon Cuts As New Cash Crop

Iowa’s Harkin remains chair Senate ag

USDA needs to improve slaughter inspection: report

“Farmers will be driving Maseratis” and other news

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