…jugs of low-fat white milk and fat-free chocolate milk only from cows not treated with rBST, an artificial growth hormone sometimes used in cattle. McDonald’s realizes that there’s no significant…
Livestock Review
…million milk cows for June that produced 3.36 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is down 5 percent from May, 2016 and down 1 percent from June 2015. Monthly milk…
July Dairy Market Report
…well as for total milk use in all products. The rate of annual decline in fluid milk sales continues to slow, while consumption of milkfat in the entire fluid milk…
Specialty Crop Research and Extension Investments
…Bluff, Pine Bluff, Ark., $50,000 The American Olive Oil Producers Association, Clovis, Calif., $50,000 Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Ill., $3,694,012 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., $3,673,611 Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville,…
Cotton Tour Connects Growers
…Producers Information Exchange western tour, sponsored by The Cotton Foundation and Bayer CropScience, had several stops in the Central Valley on its schedule. Public relations representative with Bayer CropScience, Lee…
Dockers Union Contract Negotiations
…$40 million a week during the slowdown. The National Pork Producers Council and 112 other trade associations in March sent a letter to the groups urging them to begin early…
Lower Hog Prices
…as many consumers eat fewer meats during the hottest months. American producers were raising over 68 million hogs as of June 1, which is up two percent from last year….
U.S. Grains Council Elects New Chairman
…and the Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board to become a leading farm educator and conservationist. He said his passions in life are his family, farming, and the U.S. Grains Council….
Effects of Agricultural Conservation
…and ranchers to participate. Their collective responses can directly benefit themselves and all producers by helping leaders focus on what producers need to install conservation practices that are best for…
Organic Livestock Rule Concern
…the letter that says “the proposed rule raises significant concerns regarding the impact on current organic poultry and egg producers, as well as access and price for organic consumers.” Further,…
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component
NMPF Introduces FARM Environmental Stewardship Component to Help Measure Progress Made by Dairy Farms in Sustainability Practices The Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program, administered by the National Milk Producers…
Ag Lenders Helping Producers
Ag Lenders Helping Producers Restructure Debt during Challenging Prices A new poll of senior leaders from Midwest Farm Credit lenders by AgriBank shows commodity prices are the greatest challenge facing…
Agri View: Farmers Benefit from Oil Prices
…prices will most negatively impact the economies of those commodity exporting countries least equipped to absorb them. The reality for producers With most industry analysts in agreement that oil prices…
Electronic Bug Trap Reduces Labor
…of several pests that are of concern to California producers. “There are around ten species currently that we support today and an individual trap will just monitor one pest at…