Some Nebraska landowners and groups are continuing their opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline project despite House passage of legislation to speed approval.
The owner of Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, South Dakota is unhappy with the CME’s announced discount of a dollar per hundred weight on cattle delivered to this site.
America Needs Farmers is teaming up with the Iowa Farm Bureau to bring much needed food donations to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma City to help tornado victims.
Iowa legislators have approved at $ 40 million budget for the State Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the next fiscal year. It represents an increase of $ 5 million from 2013.
Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association’s Board of directors are meeting this week to iron out their budget for the coming year as well as formulate policy strategies.
Pheasants Forever, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency are hosting a series of meetings to spur interest in getting producers to sign up for the conservation reserve program.
Late last week, The National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed a case of PEDV or Porcine Epidemic Diarhhea showing up in Iowa. It is a virus disease associated with outbreaks of diarrhea and vomiting in swine.
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer will soon raise half of its hogs on feed that doesn’t contain ractopamine. That’s the feed additive that makes hogs leaner.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association have filed a complaint with the General Court in Luxembourg challenging the European Commission’s 9.6 percent anti dumping duty on all ethanol imported from the United States.
Some Nebraska landowners and groups are continuing their opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline project despite House passage of legislation to speed approval.
