U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
Agri View: Food Production Impact
…an anti-farmer environmentalist until about half way through it hit me. This is a pro farm writer being facetious. He was advocating outlawing all animal farming. Halting all pesticide and…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…market gap while farmers in more southern regions accelerate their production, but Hawk said there’s not likely to be a shortage during the transition this year. “There’s lettuce, romaine; other…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for December 02
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Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: North American Olive Oil Association Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, who has come under fire for relying on junk science,…
Canada Ranchers Under Quarantine to Receive Federal Funding
…Alberta earlier this year. Many of the cattle within the quarantine zone are slated to be destroyed, according to Canada’s government. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
FTC Says Ethanol Industry Still Competitive
…Trade Commission (FTC). The agency’s annual update concluded: “The exercise of market power to set prices or coordination on price and output levels, is unlikely.” Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today…
Ending Subsidies for Renewable Energy
…at wind and solar for their “high” subsides. During the campaign, Trump said the EPA would be gutted if he is elected. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Australia Moving on TPP
…11 nations included in the trade agreement are moving forward with approving the deal and hoping Trump will reconsider the agreement. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Agri View: Hard Work
…if you measured the labor input of all agriculture dairy farming would be at or near the top. Dairy farmers have to produce a crop just like any other farmer….
Farm City Newsday Podcast for December 1
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California Fighting Global Warming on the Backs of Dairy Farmers
…installing methane digesters at dairy farms, but the industry says that won’t be enough to help all 1,500-some dairy operations in California. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Wisconsin Dairy Bull Calves
…bull calves or other cattle the week before becoming ill. Laboratory testing concluded the outbreak is likely linked to ill calves. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Lesser Prairie Chicken Proposal
…to protect the lesser prairie chicken. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Image credit: Lesser Prairie Chicken From The Crossley ID Guide Eastern Birds, Richard Crossley/Wikimedia Commons….