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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Renovating High-Traffic Areas With Annual and Perennial RyegrassUS - Many areas in pastures are susceptible to severe damage between late fall and early spring, writes Lyndsay Jones from the University of Kentucky. ...
Organisations Join to Promote Animal Well-BeingUS – The National Pork Producers Council has joined with the National Pork Board, the dairy industry and the Center for Food Integrity – a not-for-profit corporation that builds consumer trust and confidence in today’s food system – to launch...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Art of Good Hay Still Vital for ProfitabilityUS - With better hay, it’s possible to reduce or eliminate feeding cubes and other supplements...
CME: Consumer Preference Still There for BeefUS - Cattle futures were notably higher in Wednesday's trading although trade overnight was mixed....
Another Surprising Corn Stocks EstimateUS - The USDA’s quarterly estimates of US corn inventories have become a source of substantial surprises for the corn market, writes Darrel Good. ...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Nutrition Conference to Look at Cattle Health During Hard TimesUS - Dairy nutritionists, veterinarians, producers and others interested in the industry are invited to attend the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, hosted by Ohio State, Purdue and Michigan State Universities....
Groups Collaborate in Food and Rural Development SchemeDOMINICAN REPUBLIC – The food industry and agricultural sectors are expected to benefit from collaboration between two production development agencies....
Experts Cast Eye on Grazing Lessons Learned From 2012 DroughtUS - Eastern Corn Belt livestock producers heading into breeding, calving and grazing seasons have much to learn and apply from last year's drought, two Purdue Extension specialists say....
CME: Corn, Wheat & Soybean Acres Expected to RiseUS - USDA will release a number of market moving reports on Thursday. In recent years, the March "Grain Stocks" report has been particularly interesting as trade has had trouble accounting for the pace of feed use during the December-February period,...
2012: Record Year for Land O'LakesUS - Land O'Lakes has reported strong performance in 2012. Its Crop Inputs, Feed and Layers segments achieved record sales....
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Concern Over 240,000 Acre Monument DesignationUS - Ranchers have responded in outrage at news of President Obama's decision to designate a 240,000 acre area in New Mexico as a monument area. ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
2013 Corn and Soybean Acreage and Yield ProspectsUS - Corn and soybean production prospects in the US in 2013 will hinge mostly on the nature of the growing season and yield prospects. The magnitude of planted acreage, however, will provide the basis for anticipating total production. Likely acreage...
Novus at 2013 Excellence in Best Practices Awards Gala; Receives Award for MINTREXUS - Novus International, Inc. was presented the Animal Feed Ingredients Product Differentiation Excellence Award for its trace minerals product line MINTREX® at a gala hosted by Frost & Sullivan, a global research organization, on Tuesday, 12 March...
Friday, March 22, 2013
Management Tips for Drought-stressed ForagesUS - The Midwest U.S. has seen some of the most extreme drought conditions of recent memory. Some precipitation has come over the fall and winter for much of this area, but not enough for most of us to feel comfortable about, writes Steve Barnhart, ISU...
Strong Financial Results Confirmed for DFAUS - Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) ended 2012 with strong operating results from both commercial investments and increased earnings from affiliates....
CME: Mixed Picture for January Meat Product ExportsUS - Analysts expect a return to year-on-year declines in the key numbers in this month’s USDA Cattle On Feed report, due to be released this Friday afternoon, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner....
US Senators Commended for Working to Shine Light on Antibiotics PracticesUS - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has come under fire for not including provisions that would improve the Food and Drug Administration's annual reporting of antibiotic sales for use on industrial farms in the Animal Drug...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Weekly Roberts Market ReportUS - CORN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) closed up on Monday. MAR’13 corn futures closed at $7.200/bu; up 3.0 ¢ /bu but 14.0 ¢ /bu less than this time last week. The DEC’13 contract closed at $5.620/bu; up 0.25 ¢ /bu and 8.0 ¢ /bu...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
NFU Reflects on Contributions of American Agriculture US - As the agriculture industry celebrated the 40th anniversary of National Ag Day, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson stated that farmers and growers should use this time to be reminded that Congress has paused on taking action on...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Mid-year Soybean StocksUS - The 2012 US soybean crop was 79 million bushels smaller than the 2011 crop. Because of smaller beginning stocks, the 2012-13 marketing year supply was 121 million bushels (3.6 per cent smaller) than the previous year supply, writes Darrel Good....
Monday, March 18, 2013
Shock Therapy: A Critical Look at Nutrients, Farm ManagementTimes are pretty good in agriculture right now, writes Van Slack of Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District. Livestock prices are good, commodity prices are good but the cost of feed, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals is high and increasing. It may...
Legistlation to Restrict Antibiotic Use Introduced - AgainUS - Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has introduced new legislation designed to stop the overuse of antibiotics on the farm - a practice she says is accelerating the growth of antibiotic-resistance disease....
Friday, March 15, 2013
Producers Federation Reaffirms Support for Dairy Security ActUS - The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Board of Directors reaffirmed the organization’s support for a new farm bill, containing a better safety net for dairy farmers, at the Federation’s spring meeting Tuesday in Arlington....
Economic Impact of Missouri Dairying Shown by University StudyUS - Missouri's dairy product manufacturing and production industry revenues translated into annual statewide economic output worth $7.7 billion, according to a study by the University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture (CA) Program....
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Mastitis Grant to Reduce Antibiotic DependenceUS - After receiving a $3 million grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) the University of Michigan has lined up a project to integrate mastitis programmes in order to reduce antibiotic use. ...
Grazing School Works to Improve Pasture ManagementGrazing is the most cost-effective way for producers to feed ruminant animals, write researchers at the University of Kentucky....
Cattleman’s Cow/Calf Clinic Confirmed For March 28 in AthensUS - The lead speaker at an upcoming cattleman’s clinic warned that producers sometimes feel like they've been browbeat out of the business after his presentations on rebuilding cow/calf herds....
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Anticipating USDA's 1 March Corn Stocks EstimateUS - On 28 March, the USDA will release an estimate of US corn stocks as of 1 March 2013. That estimate is based on a survey of all commercial storage facilities and a large sample of farmers, writes Darrel Good....
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