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Farm group backs U.S. immigration reform

By Charles Abbott February 15, 2013

The largest U.S. farm group is throwing its weight behind a new immigration law reform that would allow undocumented workers already in the country to gain legal status. Delegates at the annual meeting of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation issued the call after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asked them to speak up for

Crops, News

Fiscal battles block work on new U.S. farm subsidy bill

By Charles Abbott February 6, 2013

Reuters / Fiscal battles in Congress could prevent lawmakers from writing a new Farm Bill for weeks or months, prolonging disputes over farm subsidy reforms and cuts in food stamps for the poor that together could save up to $35 billion. Agricultural leaders in Congress originally hoped for speedy work on the overdue Farm Bill

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New top Republican on ag committee

January 17, 2013

washington / reuters Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran has claimed the role of Republican leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee, giving the U.S. cotton and rice growing region a more powerful voice in the debate over how to reform farm subsidies. Cochran displaced Pat Roberts from Kansas, one of the largest wheat-growing states. Roberts was an

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Efforts continue to keep Mississippi River open

By Tom Polansek January 17, 2013

The drought-drained Mississippi River has enough water for barges to maintain shipments of billions of dollars’ worth of commodities, and the White House will consider “any option” to keep it open for commerce, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said on Jan. 7. Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said the outlook for the nation’s

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Move over, Ted Turner

November 30, 2012

John Malone, founder and chairman of Liberty Media, is now the largest private landowner in the U.S., The Land Report magazine says. The magazine states Malone owns 2.2 million acres, which puts him just ahead of Ted Turner with two million acres. Malone moved into the No. 1 spot with his purchase of one million

Crops, News

McCain names top potato growers for 2012

November 21, 2012

Red Baron Farms was named the 2011-12 McCain Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Carberry and Portage plants during the annual Growers’ Banquet held November 7 at the Carberry Community Memorial Hall. More than 200 guests gathered to celebrate the top growers and their achievements and enjoy a social evening together. Darryl Rowe, president of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

By Nigel Hunt November 21, 2012

A surge in feed grain prices has stripped many livestock farmers of profit and set off a chain of events that threatens to drive up world meat prices in 2013. The global economic downturn has made it difficult for farmers to pass on rising costs to cash-strapped consumers, and they have sought to scale back

Crops, News

Millions of acres expected to exit U.S. federal conservation program

By Tom Polansek April 19, 2012

Reuters / North Dakota farmer Justin Zahradka will plant wheat this spring on 40 acres that has been off limits for two decades, protected by a government conservation program that is shrinking as high crop prices make farmland more valuable. The 18-year-old high school senior leased the land a year ago from a neighbour who

International news, News

Obama calls for end to direct payments

March 5, 2012

With Congress beginning an overhaul of U.S. farm law, President Barack Obama called Feb. 13 for elimination of a $5-billion-a-year subsidy paid to farmers regardless of need but held steady funding for the department’s often-criticized data forecasting arm. Obama proposed reforms totalling $32 billion over 10 years for farm supports in his new budget. It

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Farm group backs U.S. immigration reform

Fiscal battles block work on new U.S. farm subsidy bill

New top Republican on ag committee

Efforts continue to keep Mississippi River open

Move over, Ted Turner

McCain names top potato growers for 2012

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

Millions of acres expected to exit U.S. federal conservation program

Obama calls for end to direct payments

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