…will purchase Cargill’s agriculture retail business in the United States. John Keating, president of Cargill’s beef business, says selling the feed yards in the Texas Panhandle allows the company to…
Western View: Rodeo Time in Salinas
…few days in Salinas and going to the biggest rodeo in California. Visiting Salinas anytime is worthwhile; the town is set in a beautiful valley made famous by John Steinbeck,…
Agri View: Golf Course Farming?
…nine-hole golf course into a working organic produce and egg farm in 2010. Dennis DeYoung is turning a Michigan golf course into a hog farm. And John Taylor is converting…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…Partnership (TPP) Agreement, which would eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. products, the National Pork Producers Council reiterated in congressional testimony. NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from…
Attorney Comments on Ruling in Duarte/WOTUS Lawsuit
…case in counter lawsuits between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and John Duarte of Duarte Nursery. Sabrina Hill reports. Listen to the report on the WOTUS lawsuit ruling It…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…skill can open the door to gratifying and high-paying seasonal work. “I tell my sheep shearing students, ‘You’ll never be unemployed,’” said John Harper, UC Cooperative Extension livestock and natural…
NPPC Honors Industry Leader ‘Pig’ Paul
…NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa. “We’re very pleased to honor his leadership and contributions to our industry with this first commemorative painting.” Canvas and paper…
A Better Way to Fight Poverty
…Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX), Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), and Ways…
Cuba Wants Credit to Increase Food Production
…Cuba needs new equipment as many farmers are using Caterpillar, John Deere and Massey Ferguson farm equipment that were imported before the 1959 revolution. Financing exports to Cuba, even of…
Analysis of California WaterFix Potential Effects
…here, and the petition for the new points of diversion can be found here. John Laird, Secretary for the California Natural Resources Agency, said, “With California WaterFix, we seek to…
Agri View: Problem for Honeybees
…is changing. Hafernik Dr. John Hafernik, a biology professor at San Francisco State University, had collected a few honeybees to feed a captive praying mantis. After few days in a…
Impacts of Food Waste
…Fink, Managing Director, Mission Point, Norwalk, CT Mr. John Oxford, President and CEO, L&M Companies, Raleigh, NC Ms. Meghan Stasz, Senior Director, Sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC Ms. Diana…
Technology, Innovation and Food Waste
…Amyris; Hank Giclas, Western Growers; Brook Porter, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; John Stephenson, Amazon; John Jefferson, AT&T; Jay Keasling, Joint BioEnergy Institute; and companies participating in Western Growers’ Center…
John Deere Tightens Leasing Terms
Deere and Company announced it has tightened conditions for equipment leasing as lower farm incomes are leading farmers to lease rather than purchase equipment. Dow Jones reports that the fall…