USDA Archives - Page 217 of 254 - Manitoba Co-operator

What’s in a catchy phrase? Plenty if the term is ‘pink slime’

By P.J. Huffstutter March 16, 2013

Lawyers for Beef Products Inc. say ABC’s characterization of lean finely textured beef made it  sound vile, but network says it’s an accurate term for a thick, slippery substance

A year ago, Beef Products Inc. had four state-of-the art plants, more than 1,300 employees and was expanding aggressively. The meat company was the leading maker of “lean finely textured beef,” a low-fat product made from chunks of beef, including trimmings, and exposed to tiny bursts of ammonium hydroxide to kill E. coli and other

Crops, News, Oilseeds

U.S. crop insurance guarantees push big acres

By Julie Ingwersen March 16, 2013

Reuters / Crop insurance that guarantees prices for the 2013 growing season should encourage U.S. farmers to again plant a large number of acres, with soybeans possibly claiming ground from corn, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency set the guarantees March 1, which act as the “floor price” for crop insurance

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Declining prices damping interest in durum in North Dakota

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 16, 2013

A recent decline in durum prices south of the border will likely lower durum acreage in North Dakota, says an official with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. Durum prices are fairly close to spring wheat values right now, “which doesn’t help durum acreage at all,” said Erica Olson, the commission’s marketing specialist. “It will be

Crops

Devastating new potato disease headed north

By Gord Gilmour March 7, 2013

The disease, which causes brown stripes in potatoes,  has spread like wildfire since being found in Texas in 2000

Manitoba growers haven’t seen zebra chip disease yet — but it’s only a matter of time, says John Nordgaard. The transplanted North Dakotan manages a potato operation for Black Gold Farms near Piersall, Texas, which he describes as one of the epicentres for the disease, which results in striped chips that look like a white

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Wheat: Short-term trend down – long-term trend up!

By David Drozd March 7, 2013

The wheat market has been under pressure since prices peaked in July 2012 So what has changed since last summer’s high? Wheat futures prices have declined $2.50 per bushel and cash prices have declined $1. The $1.50 difference in price is due to a better basis and a lower Canadian dollar. We have an open

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Forced government furloughs could cause meat shortages

March 7, 2013

Reuters / Americans should expect to experience spotty shortages of meat due to furloughs of food inspectors caused by federal budget cuts, but the government will stagger the layoffs to minimize the impact, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 27. Automatic budget cuts began to take effect March 1 when the nation’s largest employer, the

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S. seeks upgrade in its BSE rating

By Charles Abbott February 28, 2013

Reuters / The United States is expected to get the top safety rating for mad cow disease in spring, under a recommendation from international livestock health experts that was greeted Feb. 20 as a surefire boost to U.S. beef exports. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the recommended upgrade, to “negligible” from “controlled” risk, was

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. budget cuts could affect trading contracts

February 28, 2013

chicago / reuters / Automatic U.S government spending cuts may affect some CME Group livestock and dairy contracts that depend on U.S. Agriculture Department grading and inspections, the exchange operator said Feb. 21. A spokesman for the CME did not say if the exchange would be forced to halt trading in some contracts due to

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Drought projected in parts of the U.S.

By Charles Abbott February 23, 2013

Reuters / U.S. farmers will plant crops this spring under the shadow of a persistent drought that grips prime farmland from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, with grain supplies already tight from drought losses in 2012. In all, 56 per cent of the contiguous United States is under moderate to exceptional drought, twice

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

High costs expected to bite into U.S. farm profit

By Reuters February 22, 2013

The seven-year-old U.S. agricultural boom, driven by record-high commodity prices and painfully tight supplies, is expected to peak this year and then come to an abrupt end as high costs start to bite, the government projected Feb. 11. The U.S. Agriculture Department said farm income would soar to a record $127.6 billion this year, up

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

Tag Archives USDA