Decline in hog slaughter and lower weights send price up
This past week was a fabulous week for hog prices. The negotiated carcass price Thursday, April 30, for plant-delivered hogs averaged $72.96 per cwt., which is $9.96 higher than a week earlier.
Congress and a national task force have taken action in recent days to address the challenges of providing safe, nutritious, sufficient and sustainable food worldwide.
Report: Farm loans rising for 2015 operating expense
Non-real estate farm loans continued to increase in the first quarter of 2015, according to a quarterly report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
USDA’s climate change plan is designed to help farmers
USDA announced a detailed plan that will begin to help farmers to begin building a long-term strategy to keep their farm sustainable in spite of any climate change.
Freeze sours Tennessee’s peaches, but other fruits OK
A hard freeze in late March has soured yield prospects for Tennessee’s fresh peach crop. Prospects for the Volunteer State’s apple, grape and berry crops are better.
Introduced to Congress on March 24 as the Food Security Food Act 2015, House Resolution 1567 is co-authored by Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and has 19 bipartisan cosponsors.
Michigan, Chesapeake settle at $25 million for bid-rigging
The Michigan attorney general’s office announced last week it has reached a settlement with Chesapeake Energy Corp. over allegations of bid rigging and racketeering related to oil and gas leasing in 2010.
Indiana’s firefighter training bill should help rural departments, too
Indiana House Enrolled Act 1182 authored by state Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg), a retired firefighter, passed unanimously in the House and Senate during the 2015 legislative session.
Monsanto, BASF join Dow in labeling herbicides for drift
Monsanto Co. and BASF Corp. have agreed to wording regarding wind direction on labels for their dicamba-based herbicides, according to the chair of the Save Our Crops Coalition.
EU OKs biotech traits, while proposing opt-out provision
The European Union has approved 10 new biotechnology traits and renewed seven others, while also proposing a program that would allow any of its 28 member countries to "opt out" of genetically modified food and feed imports.
