Home Markets News Weather Farm Futures NOW! Magazine Online RSS News Land For Sale Mobile Subscribe Reprints Register Login About Us Advertise Southern Brazilian Drought Costs Billions Next Generation Insecticides Under Development What to Do with Extra Cash Energy, Trade Big for Agriculture in State of Union Address Brazil Gets Rain - Finally What Poses the Biggest Risk to Farmers? Are Courts Assaulting Our Liberties? They're Everywhere, They're Everywhere Why Europe Still Loves Farm Subsidies Farm Groups Concerned Over Consolidating U.S. Trade Agencies Will You Need EPA Spray Permits? The Kinds of People You Don't Want Working for You As Costs Rise, Shopping For Deals Pays Off USDA Tightens Spending Belt It All Comes Down to Intent Southern Brazil's Drought Dings Corn, Threatens Beans Powerful Farm Benchmarking Tool at Work Farm Bill: Time to Start Over Ethanol Subsidy Expiration Won’t Largely Impact Industry Stay Focused on What's Important Will Washington Fix What it broke? Climate Change, Sugarcane and Self-Cleaning Cotton Judge Finds California’s Ethanol Law Unconstitutional Make Farm Legacy Planning Your New Year's Resolution For High Plains, 2011 Ends on a Strong Note New Program to Boost Ethanol Sales Work Continues on FTAs Implementation Brazilian Crops Need Rain NCGA Yield Champ Proves No-Till Works Two More Financial Gauges for Farmers Online Shopping and Legal Moves Blow a Merger EPA Seeks Private CAFO Data Settling MF Global Concerns More Paramount Than Next Farm Bill Brazil's 2012 Ag Outlook: Mostly Sunny, With Some Clouds Tackling Thorny Farm Succession Issues Farm-to-City Connection Can Build Ethanol Demand Two Important Gauges You Should Be Watching Farm Dust Bill Approved in House Occupy Movement Now Threatening Blue Collar Workers Brazil Battles Corruption Meeting a Flex Fuel Challenge 'I'm bidding for my kids and my grandkids' Measure Your Financial Performance Congress Works to Slow EPA Regulatory Train Grazing, and Biodiversity Go Hand in Hand Protecting the Future of a Farming Partnership Court Curbs Endangered Species Act Authority Early Bird Deadline Approaches for 2012 Management Summit Farm Bill Headed For More Open Debate Black Friday Specials? Beware? Probably Not Tax Planning Lack of Qualified Workers Hurting Agriculture Mini-bus Agricultural Spending Bill Slightly Cuts Funding Who Will Dominate Ag in Ten Years? Speed, Youth and Tillage? Building Trusted Relationships Dept. of Labor Changing Youth Labor Laws Nitrogen and America's Lawns What Landlords Really Want More Wheat Acres Expected for 2011-2012 Crop More Consumer-Friendly Biotech Crops On the Way Conference Work on Ag Appropriations Underway Brazil Takes a Step Toward Clarity Walmart’s Next Big Move Data Powers New Insurance Product Critical Decision for Animal Agriculture Building Bonds with Landlords New Farm Bill Proposal Addresses Systemic Risk What Drives Consumer Trust in Food? Residue: Big Problems for Wheat Planting Sorting Corn Stover for Efficient Ethanol The Cash Rent Question Top Ag Congress Leaders Suggest $23B in Cuts Brazil's New Land Policy Can We Produce Enough Food? Too Many Choices, Too Much Information Can EPA Take Your Property Without Court Review? Yes! GPS Challenge: Who Pays? Time to Capture Lost Markets Now That FTAs Are Approved Keep Conservation in New Farm Bill Smart Phone Chuckle The Keys to Forging Farm Success Bipartisan Representatives Introduce RFS ‘Safety Valve’ Bill Tech to Boost Biofuels from Biomass The Keys to Forging Farm Success Now Not the Time to Cut Conservation Funding High Incomes May Lead to Irrational Purchases Siting Laws Endanger Livestock Operations Smart Phone Wars to Heat Up The Keys to Forging Farm Success Obama Targets Ag for Cuts Brazilian Producers Cheer for a Strong Dollar Future of Crop Insurance Looks Bleak LightSquared 'Gift' Keeps Giving The Keys to Forging Farm Success Telling the World About Agriculture Can ACRE 'ADAP' to What Farmers Need? Drought May Force Early Wheat Planting Researchers Worry Over Extended Drought The Keys to Forging Farm Success Wringing Necks in Brazil Vilsack: ‘Ag is Cool Again’ High-Moisture Harvest Captures More Yield The Keys to Forging Farm Success Chalk One Up for Big Farms Chinese Sourcing Brazilian Beans Pew's Poultry Pollution Promotion Tech Challenges Companies, Farmers Can Crop Insurance Work as the Only Safety Net? A Shot in the Arm or a Shot in the Foot? Lining Up the Tech The Keys to Forging Farm Success Obama Tries to Eliminate Red Tape Paying the Piper in Herbicide Resistant Weeds It’s Move-in Week at Farm Progress Show How to Take Time from Work New Political Leader for Brazilian Agriculture Defining Integration Obama’s Biofuels Funding Causes Peterson Concerns The President As Grand Moderator Keeping Your Batteries Charged Google Buys Motorola…And Other Tech Stuff National Animal Traceability Rule Finally Released Take Jim Rogers with a Grain of Salt Budget Deal, in Real Terms? A Laugher Tour Proves Why Conservation is Still Cool Be Open to Feedback Are You a Middle Class Brazilian? Hug a Farmer Arguing for Biotech Salmon Farm Tile Runoff: The Next EPA Battle? Debt Deal Leaves Ag Cuts Until Later Heat-Ravaged Crop Showing Signs of Stress Fertilizer: Tight Supplies, Higher Prices Ahead Fight to Protect GPS Continues Leverage All the Tools Making a Federal Case out of Simple Farm Activities Ethanol Reform Within Debt Package Stalls Finally: Farmers Reaching Out to Worried Consumers Tillage Back In Style Tillage Back In Style Power up Your Web Cam Why You Need a Plan Ag Watches as Debt Talks Continue Heat Dome is Killing Corn Crop Putting a Value on Your Time What Managers Need to Know Brazilian Farmers Flush with Cash Government Sending Farmers to Jail House Aims to Rein in EPA Water Jurisdiction Equal Rights for Water The New Rules of Profitable Farming Random Thoughts on All Things Tech End of Ethanol Subsidies May Be Near Food Retailers Continue Rapid Consolidation When You Discover a Financial Mistake A Warning About Nano-Materials Free Trade Agreements Caught in Politics Protecting GPS, and What is iCloud? Illinois Farmland Tops $11,000 Per Acre Should You Pay Down Debt? Senate Ag Committee Passes Pesticide Bill Lots of Harvesters, Not Enough Wheat For Brazil, the Future is Now No Sugarcane Tsunami in Sight Farmers May Dodge EPA Spray Permits A Note about Climate Change Is Your Working Capital Working? Symbolic Senate Ethanol Vote Shows Support Waning Is This the Moon? No, it’s Missouri Farmland Using Soil to Improve Education for Students Why 40% Working Capital? Can EPA Be Trusted? Life in Serbia Brazil's Dry Winter Wheat Limps to Finish Line A Student Tech Challenge The Game of Working Capital Wetlands: The New Land Grab by EPA WTO Says COOL Not Kosher Capitalism: Gaining Ground in Eastern Europe Keeping Alert, Informed with a Smart Phone A Handy Tool for Succession Planning House Subcommittee Approves 2012 Ag Spending Signs of Hope in Serbia Finding Affordable Fuel in Brazil EPA 'Out of Control' Make Replant Decisions by the Numbers Tell Your RTK Story Debt Ceiling and Budget Discussions Include Rural Funding Cuts Shortening the Brazilian Commute Wanted: More Weed Scientists? Being a Contrarian Ag Secretary Opposed to Abrupt End to Ethanol Subsidies Brazil: Lunch with the Ag Minister Brazil to Vote on New Forest Code Welcome to Finance First Genome Work Continues, and a Different Kind of Breakthrough Ethanol Industry Can Survive Without VEETC Expectations Dim for Kansas Wheat Brazil's Small Farms Create Pipeline for Profits Meet Your Competition A Note about 4G Cell Phones Embrapa: The Engine Behind Brazil's Miracle A Bright Future for Brazil CAFO Ammonia Emissions Blamed for Infant Deaths! EPA Releases Guidance on Waters No-till Continues Growing, Despite Naysayers Is Momentum Coming on FTAs? Wind Farming, Weed Seeds and Cell Phone Privacy Plains Drought Intensifies Eight Ways to Keep Planting Season Running Smoothly More Beans for Brazil? Answering the Blackberry Question The Trouble with CSP EPA Faces Hostile Ag Congressmen President Signs 1099 Repeal In Brazil, it's a Chinese Buffet... Corn Biotech Refuge Management Gets Even Easier Let the Budget Games Begin Misleading Consumers about Family Farms Soybean Rust Work Continues Could Conservation Save Subsidies? Do CAFOs Pollute? House Stands Up Against Unneeded Pesticide Permits Be Nice to Your (Brazilian) Banker Glossing Over '9 Billion' Fertilizer Crunch Ahead? A Closer Look at Brazil's Infrastructure Obama Visits Brazil and Talks Energy A Network Merger Feral Hogs: Public Enemy no. One Rare Victory for Ag over EPA Japan's Growing Food Safety Fears Letters Urge Action on Waterway Infrastructure Japan's Harsh New Reality Hola from South America Apps vs. Mobile Sites An Uphill Battle in Sendai NEPA's Effect on Farmers Banker, Beware Bill Fixes Duplicative Pesticide Requirements Why Farm Subsidies Can't Be 'Fixed' Meet the New Chairman Time to Reform NEPA More Ways to Connect the Whole Farm Mexico Trucking Dispute Agreement Reached The Attacks Continue Senate Takes Up Spending Bill Next Week Farmland: Still Red Hot Biotech Wheat's Blurry Future Arizona Loses To EPA on Farm Dust New Use for Carbon Dioxide House Considers Ag Amendments in CR Debate Are We Running Out of Phosphorus? Population Control and Sustainable Ag Zeroing in on Precision Ag Obama Wants Review of Burdensome Regulations Giving Voice to the Voiceless USDA Sides With Science in Full Biotech Alfalfa Approval Did Biotech Dodge a Bullet? What You Should Know About Climate Change What's Wrong with Rural Development, part two No-Till's Unanswered Questions DIY Website What's Wrong with Rural Development? State of the Union Hits Ag Buzz Words Cash Rents Explode Farm Oil Spills! Ocean Map Shows Dead Zones EPA Approves E15 for 2001 and Newer Vehicles Dioxin Scandal Casts Shadow over Euro Food Celebration Tablet Wars Heat up for 2011 What Keeps Young Farmers Up at Night? EPA to Control Tillage Practices Stabenow Wants Strong Safety Net Tech Support, Hypoxia and Miscanthus 2011 Starts On Good Note Another Summit for the Ages Lucas Names House Ag Committee Leadership Better Yeast May Mean More Ethanol Struggling to Compete Ethanol Industry Wins One-Year Extension Best of Both Worlds Algae-Based Biofuels Closer to Reality? Inside EPA's Pollution Diet Another Benefit of No-Till? How EPA Regulates Farm Spills Rising Interest Rates, Bigger Headaches Will New USDA Approach to Biotech Approvals Work? Got Some G's Man? Summit Countdown: How to Build a Championship Farm Land Bubble: Ready to Pop? Antitrust Enforcement: Too Little Too Late? Estate Tax Deal Acceptable to Agriculture Biomass Energy Sources Not Simple Crops Can Congress Rein in One Agency's Spending? Summit Countdown: Management Tips for Family Operations Senators Call for End to Ethanol Tariffs Wheat's Big Problems Dead Zones and Precision Ag Are We Running Out of Phosphorus? Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? Gene Find Offers Biofuel Potential Stabenow Gets Nod for Senate Ag Chair Farm Policy: What's Next? Time for Reflection, Connection China Throws It’s Weight Around Will Congress Now Rein in EPA? Tough Work Ahead for Legislators From Weed to Biofuel Source Why India Is Next Farm Dust Will Lead to Dust up with EPA Rural Districts Help Republicans Take Back House New Leadership, Same Course Creating Another Green Revolution No-Till Wheat a Risky Bet Controlled Drainage: Next Big Thing for Ag? Mid-Term Election Brings Major Implications Computer Buying Made Easy? Better Cash Flow for Cash Grain Farmers EPA's Clumsy Move for Ethanol Bees, Cyber Threats and Invasive Species EPA: Gunning for Agriculture? Ethanol Industry Throws Hail Mary Let's Rebrand Beef for Consumers EPA Partial E15 Approval Leaves Questions Unanswered Tech Offers Benefits for All? Crop Insurance Worries Farmers Need to Share Values with Consumers Study Raises New Questions About Bt Corn Fertilizer is 2011 Wild Card Backlash Over Increasing EPA Authority Heats Up Dry, and Getting Drier Back to the 'Oldies but Goodies' EPA's Misguided Math Fifty Years of Service to Agriculture Sky is Falling? Not Just Yet EPA Targets Agriculture in Chesapeake Bay Southern States Receive Disaster Assistance Egg Illness Drums Up More Consumer Myths Sensor to Aid Plant Growth Research Pollution Diets For Farmers Historic Cycle Predicts Lower Prices Election Seats on the Bubble Measuring Productivity GIPSA Marketing Reforms Won’t Stop Consolidation Say Cheese: Dairy Taps Local Food Demand Exploring Engine Tech Choices Another Harmful Court Decision for Farmers Report Outlines Farm Payment Inequalities Can Breeders Get More Yield from Wheat? "We pray the government will let farmers produce" E15 Approval Doesn't Guarantee Demand The Trouble with Subsidized Crop Insurance Tackling Drought, Another Perspective Texas Takes Stand Against EPA Bills Limit EPA's Pesticide Authority The Gospel According to OCM Tackling Drought from the Seedbag Why Conservation is Cool (Again) In Kansas, GOP Failing on Immigration USB Cleared of Wrongdoing Niche Crop Boosts Farm Revenues Social Media, What? Thank Goodness This Bill Did Not Pass Senate Drops Cap and Trade Push for Now Another Ag Hero: Danny Klinefelter Getting a Better Handle on Carbon? Will Accelerated Depreciation Make a Comeback? President Signs Financial Reform Bill Control Your Dust - or Else Exploring Cover Crops for Biomass Production What is Local Food? Low Expectations? Time Ripe for Ending Ethanol Tax Credits Reviewing Biomass Yield Greed Could Be the End to Estate Tax Reform Web, Brochures, Help Tell Farm's Story Wheat Yields Pop, But… Climate Bill Compromise? Senate Again Fails to Act on Biodiesel Tax New Way to Measure Drought Tolerance Meeting Emissions Standards Farming Smart, Farming Sustainable Supreme Court Delivers Mixed Bag In Alfalfa Case Brazil Gets Serious About Low Carbon Ag Is Your CAFO Proposing to Discharge? Wheat: From Bad to Worse Groundwater Safety and Irrigation Explored Ethanol Blend Decision Delayed..Again USDA Releases 3rd Draft of Crop Insurance Cuts Getting at the True Costs of Agriculture How Transportation Costs Impact Your Bottom Line Are You Getting True Value For Your Wheat? More Regs for Livestock Farms? New Way to Stop Invading Weeds? Draft Pesticide Rule Could Cause Concern for Farmers Stripe Rust: A "Perfect Storm" in 2010 Dialogue With a Farmer, Part Two New Approach to Stop Long-Time Pests In The Final Hours Tax Extenders Pass in House Dialogue with a Farmer, Part One Corn Demand Could Get Big Boost Biodiesel Tax Hung Up Again Getting a Better Handle on Ethanol Just What you Need: More Help From EPA Enough Political Capital to Pass Climate Bill? Creating a Connected Farm The Colonel Goes to China Ethanol Future Hangs in California's Hands Rethinking Internet Provider Regulations Rise of the Romantic Agrarians The Yin and Yang of Fathers and Sons Here Come the Woofers! Global Warming: The Truth is Out There New Computing Tech - Toy or Tool? Ag Loses Another Hero Answering Key Cellulose Questions Spraying Case: Limited Help for Agriculture The Bombs Below Flanders Fields Ag Groups Push for Estate Tax Fix Making the Most of a High-Speed Web Hookup on the Farm Another Ag Hero: Marc Van Montagu Proposed Crop Insurance Changes Cause Concern Is your Business Sustainable? Taking the Smart Phone Plunge Is Kansas Still the Wheat State? US, Brazil Negotiate Roadmap for Settling Cotton Dispute Rethinking Nutrients in Corn, Soybeans Tables Turned on Animal Activists Tougher Emission Standards Bring Equipment Changes Spring Corn Harvest in North Dakota Ethanol Tax Extenders Proposed Will You Grow Crops for Cellulosic Biofuels? Stealing from the 'Enemy' Historical Health Care Bill Passes House Michigan Governor Shows Vegetarian Slant Conservation Funds Slashed for Child Nutrition Bill Where Will the Ethanol Come From? Telling Your Sustainability Story A Planting Season Checklist Tax Extenders Package Includes Disaster Assistance, Biodiesel Tax Extension Back to Basics for Weed Control - Consider Mode of Action Going Organic: Easier Said Than Done Will Congress Rein in EPA? Online Farm Tools Offer Support Ethanol Pipeline Bill Reintroduced Supreme Court Won't Review Pesticide Case Moving to the Connected Field RFS2 – New Opportunities for Farmers? Why Sustainable Agriculture Isn't Closer look at EPA's Latest Renewable Fuel Standard Stay Flexible with N Sources Advancing New-Tech Biofuels Traceability Power Given Back to States Viva, Italia! Good News: Cleaner Water Family Farms are Alive and Well High-tech Models help Track Diseases Don't Try This at Farm Progress Show GM debate in the Land of Gladiators EPA Releases Final RFS2 Rule The Italian Job Getting a Life, Off the Farm Ag's Heroes: A Defender of Science Weather Chaser Hits the Road Control Runoff From Your Farm – or Else Justice Department: Getting Serious with Ag? Growing Corn Imperils Wildlife? Soybean Genome Sequenced Climate Change Bill Chances Diminish Global Ag Leaders Talk Climate Change Who's next on your farm? Innovation Award Winners Announced EPA Takes Aim at Chesapeake Bay Germany's rising ag star Wheat's Dismal 2010 Outlook Raising Animals in Confinement: Is it a Sin? Evaluate How to Claim Income with SURE Payments Tech Conversations Reveal New Ideas War of Words Coming over Market Power Abuse DDGs as World Hunger Solution? Farming Gets a Bad Label Copenhagen and Agriculture – Any Progress? Payment Loopholes Really Getting Tightened? Happy New Year! Your N Price Just Went Up Corn Reveals New Secrets Perchlorate May be in Your Farming Future Grassley: Biodiesel Extension Could Come in Late January Copenhagen: What Next? Putting Tech to Work Vilsack questions USDA's climate change modeling China goes High Mech USDA implements new dairy program Mother Nature's Mid-life Crisis Checkmarks Off the Gift List House Approves Biodiesel Tax Extension Global Temperature Report Offers Contrast What's in a Name? Unlocking Biofuel Potential Monsanto Loss Hurts Farmers Great Plains Storage Dilemma Sorting Through the Smartphone Choices EPA to Regulate Your Farm Dust Beer and Bockwurst - But no Biotech Senate Will Wait Until Spring to Move on Climate Change Bill Storm Water Runoff Exemption Threatened Selling power Computer Choices Abound...Again European Farm Equipment: Bigger, with Better Gadgets Looking at How Land Use May Impact the Climate Estate Tax Fix Could Be Coming CAFOs Under Fire Good News on Corn and Milo Harvest Food Security is Everyone's Concern Ohioans Vote in Favor of Issue 2 Got an EPA Permit? Avoiding Trouble with that E-mail In Box Europeans, Americans Face Hard Truths in Ag Policies Rains Delay Wheat Emergence Get Rid of Livestock! Save The Planet! New Fuel Source Breakthrough Taking on the Animal Activists Less than 10% of farms participate in ACRE program Who Wants to Regulate and Shut Down CAFOs? Advances in Bioenergy This is no Winter Wonderland A Tough Harvest A Change for Microsoft Realistic Look at Long-Term Yield Goals U.S., Canada Unable to Resolve COOL Issues Cow Gas, More Corn, Health in Soybeans Cheaper Crop Insurance! Meet Buffalo Bill Senate Climate Change Bill Lacks Ag Provisions Planting Wheat in Trying Times More Attacks Against Animal Ag Why 'Net Neutrality' is an Issue to Follow Asian Connection in the Corn Belt Measure Introduced to Prevent EPA from Implementing Indirect Land Use Rule Climate Change Legislation May Get Delayed Keeping the Right Priorities Fact-based Farce Puts Ag in Spotlight A True Farm Tech Pioneer Will the Environmental Protection Agency Clamp Down on Runoff? Harkin Will No Longer Head Senate Ag Committee A checklist: Ways to Reconnect with Consumers Interesting Software Tips from High-Producing Growers Tech Trend Questions Give Pause Sanctions Approved in Brazil Cotton Case Senate Ag Committee Chairmanship Could See Changes Putting the Policy Cart Before the Science Horse Productivity a Plus with New Tools Indirect Land Use Model Undergoes Peer Review Putting a face on 'corporate' farming Is ag facing a culture war? Resources available for those considering to sign-up for ACRE Timing for Tech Purchases Makes Sense CSP sign-up begins today From Corn Yields to Prions House passes food safety bill with grain farm exemption A big party in Texas Not Starting from Square One Vilsack testifies that agriculture can benefit from climate change legislation Researchers Make Progress on Salt Tolerance What is a megafarm, really? Social Media Gets More Serious Judging the Cost of Overlap Can we feed hungry world without proven technology? House passes climate change bill Heavier Semis: A Good Idea? Agriculture finds some middle ground in climate change bill Wisdom of the Fathers ACRE sign-up moved back until Aug. 14 Ohio's battle plan for animal activists Court grants extension on Clean Water Acts Post crash thinking for a better world Peterson unhappy with climate change bill Trading punches over E15 Ag has concerns over cap-and-trade provisions Save a hog farmer, eat more pork Interagency working group formed EPA proposes anticipated RFS2 rule "Indirect Land Use charges:•bCrLf The next ethanol battleground Ethanol victory, but the war goes on Has Obama been good for Ag? Senators introduce ethanol pipeline legislation Senate passes death tax amendment USDA extends ACRE sign-up by 10 weeks USDA and IRS want to collaborate on policing farm payments Goodbye, Corn-man Concern over land use calculations continue Managing for higher yields USDA announces start of economic stimulus funding Winding down in Hong Kong "China will be the last to fail•bCrLf China now king of grain processing world Ethanol groups request higher ethanol blending level Chinese agriculture is woefully inadequate How trade with China happens How to feed, manage 1.3 billion people First impressions: Beijing is big, proud and smoggy Obama's call for farm subsidy cuts unwelcome in Congress The view from China Stimulus package provides funds for rural America Acre shifters: What factors impact last minute planting decisions? Payment limitation booklet available online Are payment limits unfair? Why Buy American' is a bad idea Deep in the Bear Pit, hope reigns supreme USDA extends comment period on payment limitation rules Vilsack quickly confirmed once Obama assumes helm A real life Valkyrie Playing chicken with fertilizer Smooth confirmation expected for Vilsack Obama less left than originally feared Global warming: Is the sky really falling? Finally more details on ACRE released Obama nominates 'pro-trade' Ron Kirk to lead USTR Top energy and environmental posts named Vilsack named new ag secretary ASA vs USB: Did anyone see this coming? Two ag secretary potentials work to the top Big Food: Nowhere to hide Obama targets farm payments in financial mess States also see growing Democratic control after elections "Toms" top next ag secretary list Obama improved Democratic presence in rural areas Tight credit, poor prices keep grain out of export channels President Obama: Good for agriculture? Agriculture welcomes Obama as new president Election only days away The Tigers Woods of Presidential Hopefuls Candidates differ on ag subsidies Keeping Ag Out of the Eye of the Financial Storm Presidential candidates on tax policy Congress wraps up loose ends Congress approves farm bill fixes Transportation efficiency: It's your business McCain ahead in rural swing states House approves speculation limiting bill Energy package goes to floor today ACRE implementation causing concern Are you SURE on farm bill disaster program? Biodiesel survey reveals consumer good will Farm Progress Show opens with a bang Farm bill questions? Who needs Doha? An ethanol victory (for once) Ethanol industry support maintained Grain exports through a farmers' eyes Doha hopes sizzle away again USDA: Penalties remain in place for existing CRP contracts Judge Limits CRP Grazing Tax Provision Tweaks in This Year's Farm Bill The Port: Firing on all cylinders Buy-in to get covered under new disaster assistance programs Rural Vote Up for Grabs Key Ag Issues Hinge on Fall Elections Bin building boom continues World food policies must change — including our own Farm Bill Implementation Underway Revisiting ethanol mandates Full farm bill finally becomes law "This growing season sucks" Animosity Over ACRE Climate bill hits ag's bottom line Farm bill limbo Revenue-based program offers protection against low prices and/or yields Would farmers back Barack? USDA, farm groups slam anti-biofuel campaign Farm bill becomes law, almost entirely Clerical error sends farm bill into limbo Managing for 300-bu. corn (part two) President officially vetoes farm bill Congress sends farm bill to White House Managing for 300-bu. corn (part one) House passes farm bill by veto proof margin Grocers target biofuels, with Big Oil's help Bush unhappy with lack of reform, budget gimmicks President Bush veto threat still stands Farm bill negotiators lower payment limits Go vegan? A billion or so Chinese would disagree Big Oil: Laughing all the way to the bank Conference continues, extending again 2002 farm bill How do countries manipulate their farm economies? Let's count the ways Maybe we've finally got a deal• Are we feeding the fuel tank but starving the world? President calls for one year farm bill extension One more week to settle out tax credit differences Agreement made on three titles, tax breaks stall talks One-week extension in the works Farm bill conference starts off on rough patch When Will Corn Belt Dry Out? House conferees named•ball is finally rolling Final farm bill still up in the air Auto steer and auto swath: Worth the money? Why farmers outsource Paying a price for prosperity Direct payments on the chopping block Disaster program bogs down farm bill President grants one more month Be careful out there! Fight over who controls the money Administration keeps fighting for reforms Farm Bill: Chance for reform ticking away Revenue assurance still on the table Cleaning the desk! (part one) Senate, House work on farm bill compromise Even Jaws loves biodiesel Framework deal offers glimpse of hope in farm bill negotiations Bush reiterates farm bill veto threat Biodiesel plants won't gain much from mandate More biodiesel... from less soy oil Welcome to the biodiesel rock concert Biodiesel industry may look for cheaper feedstock Schafer's first week as ag secretary Despite Demand, same old European trade mentality Hold-up on Schafer confirmation It's profit in any language British food prices up 12% Farm Bill Dominates Farm Bureau Convention Discussion Beware! Farm Bill Changes Ahead Anhydrous prices have farmers hopping mad Finalized energy bill gives needed boost for 2008 Mystery surrounds •world demand' for fertilizer Farm Bill failure fuels anti-ag campaign No real reform in Senate passed farm bill Senate gets deep into farm bill amendments Biofuel battle: Fact and fiction New ag secretary looks to be nothing more than an administrator Chief economist says goodbye High input costs enrage farmers Are the Republicans out to sabotage the farm bill? Politics fly in potential farm bill extension The business-as-usual Farm Bill U.S. beef is back - on European shelves Congress finally passes WRDA 2008 Farm Bill? Wanted: Fiscally Sound Farm Bill Administration issues veto threat on Senate farm bill version Floor fight expected on revenue option New ag secretary surprises many Senate ag committee approves farm bill Senate farm bill markup underway Ethanol plant margins get thinner Ethanol opponents duke it out Senate ag committee set to begin debate Wednesday Can you eat a tree for breakfast? WTO: Will U.S. Congress reject any new deal? Is a permanent disaster fund really the solution? Mike Johanns listened WRDA finally approved, Presidential veto looms Japan's farmers face uphill struggle Japan's ag policies difficult to digest Johanns resigns from USDA post Senate wrangles over farm bill funding Japan's jittery consumers need a little faith in science Time to build liquidity? Time to build liquidity? See how farm bill proposals pay A great time to be a farmer WTO takes August to regroup Harkin releases commodity title draft Why on-farm storage pays Growing Degree Days: leading to record yields? Bumper crop ahead? Farm bill expiration not a concern A look at revenue assurance House passes farm bill with tax provision included Partisan fires fuel over farm bill Peterson threatens pulling bill if Kind-Flake amendment adopted Johanns issues presidential veto threat Groups welcome House farm bill House Ag Committee finalizes farm bill Payment limits tightened, farm bill hearings continue Congress wrangles with farm bill While I was out• President Signs Disaster Bill Into Law Legislative Roundup: New bills introduced on Capitol Hill Johanns Delivers Draft Farm Bill Legislation House passes WRDA, White House not supportive Wild planting season ahead Finally EPA makes RFS law, so what! Biofuels lovefest continues Free trade activity heats up Budget battle won't hurt farm bill How to step out of the •production trap' First Payment Limit Attempt Made The end of •cheap' food First Farm Bill Debate Begins With Budget Markup NCGA Gives Revenue Assurance Second Look The Tigers Woods of Presidential hopefuls Happy days in stormy Tampa Doha Deal Not Imminent, But Hope Exists Canada's colorful farm management guru The world according to Lowell Catlett Two Farm Bill Debates - The First is Increasing the Baseline Does the Budget Cut It? Low-lin soybeans looking for more acres Vultures circle around ethanol Johanns Calls for Farm Bill Change - But Only Minimal Congress Tepid on Farm Bill Proposals 10 million more corn acres coming Bush Pushes Biofuels in State of the Union Budding biofuel business in Germany German farmer saves thousands on home-grown energy German farm fueled by rapeseed oil A bumpy ride ahead for Farm Bill Why biodiesel is the next boom Ethanol Has Banner Year in 2006 The CEO farmer of tomorrow Building spreadsheets that work on your farm Expect Less Money in Farm Bill Commodity Title A passion for planning Senate Denies Ag Disaster Aid CRP Won't Be Ethanol Factor in 2007 Ethanol investors: Make sure it's business first Fixed costs, farm bill speakers added to Management Summit CSP Will Continue, But Don't Bet The Farm On True National Program Will biofuels free us from subsidies? New Democrats More Conservative, But Not on Energy, Environment Ag Issues Take Back Seat to Urban-focused Issues Continuous corn may need biotech boost Democrats Take Full Leadership In Writing Next Year's Farm Bill Dems Take Over House, Senate Still Up for Grabs GOP Burns Loses Senate Seat Is Change What U.S. Agriculture Needs? Farm equipment makers see slowdown in 2007 Moving beyond corn-based ethanol Texas oil man cheers for ethanol ADM's new CEO heralds bio boom Are you subject to FDA's bioterrorism rules? Oil change should be voluntary Johanns Wants New Farm Bill Will you plant more corn next year? Live and in living color: The next generation of biotech wonders Let's get a little mud on the tires! More than a free lunch at this field day Meet a Specialty Crop Warrior Back to the future with closed-loop farming Start planning now for 2007 "We're eliminating the middleman" The biofuel revolution Rail companies anticipate grain market needs Corn piles ahead? Joining the hay burner fraternity Meet me in St. Louis! Food, then and now - a world apart Low-lin Soybeans Face Yield Drag Debate Low-linolenic soybeans take center stage Life of a farmhouse Trade's cleanup hitter gets benched The world according to Flinchbaugh: "The federal budget is irrelevant to the farm bill" World's largest indoor cornfield The coming crop rotation war Land prices headed for a fall? Six factors to watch Part two: More tips for a smooth farm transition Smooth transition: The right way to bring young farmers into the fold The heart of Andy Markwart Inside the mind of the European farmer Alexander Graham Bell would be amazed Why care about farm exports? Pumped up land prices hurt future farmers Do you know your magic number? U.S. subsidies at risk Show time with Max and Orion The cloudy future for trade talks What farmers say about WTO WTO: Sound and fury, little else Pepper spray and riot gear WTO: This is what deadlock looks like And now, on to Hong Kong Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention BASF Presents Research On New Herbicide Mahindra Max Series Is A Mid-Compact Tractor; Real Tractor Design UC Davis Researchers Partner in Beef E. coli Research Project UC Davis Researchers Partner in Beef E. coli Research Project NBB Working for Tax Credit Renewal, Higher RFS NBB Working for Tax Credit Renewal, Higher RFS Senators Are Pressing for Approval of XL Pipeline Senators Are Pressing for Approval of XL Pipeline MF Global Bankruptcy Drives New Protections MF Global Bankruptcy Drives New Protections Afternoon Recap by Arlan Suderman Lack of News Has Markets Trading Cautiously Grain Prices Still Have Support Soybean Sales Weak Again Morning Call by Bryce Knorr Livestock Call By John Otte Weekly Energy Review Markets Pull Back Overnight Weekly Basis Review Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Conservation Leaders Honored by NACD Conservation Leaders Honored by NACD DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule Most MF Global Funds Found Most MF Global Funds Found Case IH Launches Field Of Deals Sweepstakes Better Beef Sales: Beef Up Knowledge at the Meat Case Better Beef Sales: Beef Up Knowledge at the Meat Case Rural Refinance Pilot Program Announced Rural Refinance Pilot Program Announced Grains Aided By Triple Threat Rally Trade Hopes Rally Is For Real Wheat Organizations Want an Open Border for U.S. and Canadian Farmers Wheat Organizations Want an Open Border for U.S. and Canadian Farmers Branson Puts Cabs On The 20C Series Ag Tractor Nations Losing Confidence in Doha Trade Talks Nations Losing Confidence in Doha Trade Talks Biodiesel Production Expanding Biodiesel Production Expanding NFU Supports COOL Requirements NFU Supports COOL Requirements NFU Supports COOL Requirements Weekly Fertilizer Review Strong Cash Basis Supports Grain Prices Wheat Prices Rise As Russia Considers Tax Gloom And Doom Over Markets Lifts Ag Groups Meeting to Iron Out Differing Views Ag Groups Meeting to Iron Out Differing Views Bill Introduced to Approve Portion of XL Pipeline Bill Introduced to Approve Portion of XL Pipeline Weekly Financial Review Agriculture Bank Portfolios Strong Agriculture Bank Portfolios Strong Yanmar Meets Tier 4 Emissions Standards For Off-Road Students to Attend USDA Outlook Forum Students to Attend USDA Outlook Forum New Long Term Agricultural Projections to be Released New Long Term Agricultural Projections to be Released Greece, Portugal Top Worry List for Traders Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation Soybeans Sink on Rain Prospects Gloom And Doom Over Markets Lifts World Economic Forum Held World Economic Forum Held Cattlemen's College Will Present Wide Range of Topics Cattlemen's College Will Present Wide Range of Topics MF Global Official to Testify Before Congress MF Global Official to Testify Before Congress Deere Takes Twin-Row Planters to the South USTR Reports Progress in Trade Talks USTR Reports Progress in Trade Talks Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Add The Right Adjuvant To Spray Mix This Spring ASA Biotech Working Group to Meet in D.C. Jan. 30-31 ASA Biotech Working Group to Meet in D.C. Jan. 30-31 John Deere, MacDon Agree on Self-Propelled Windrower Production, Sales Cash Market Argues Against USDA Data The Buzz: Markets Face Turning Points Uncertainty Seen Headed into Weekend Weekly Corn Review Weekly Soybean Review Weekly Wheat Review New Kids On The Block In Sprayer Market How to Help Pollinators How to Help Pollinators ASA Helps Launch New Afghan Association for Food and Feed ASA Helps Launch New Afghan Association for Food and Feed U.S. Forest Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement U.S. Forest Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement NAWG, U.S. Wheat Visit Capitol Hill NAWG, U.S. Wheat Visit Capitol Hill Federal Reserve Gives Grain Prices a Boost Corn Sales Beat Guesses Don’t Fight The Fed Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Lock or Dam Failures Studied Lock or Dam Failures Studied Senator Questions President's Energy Stance Senator Questions President's Energy Stance Improvements to School Meals Announced Improvements to School Meals Announced New Plant Hardiness Zone Map Unveiled New Plant Hardiness Zone Map Unveiled Market Trading Europe and South America Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management Summit Scheduled Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management Summit Scheduled Grains Battle Economic Fears with Stronger Fundamentals Farm Groups Respond Positively to State of the Union Farm Groups Respond Positively to State of the Union New Electric Tarp Roll from Shur-Co USDA Awards E. coli Research Grant USDA Awards E. coli Research Grant Great Exportations! Great Exportations! Great Exportations! CARB Motion for Case Reversal Denied CARB Motion for Case Reversal Denied Prices Surge on Russian Export Tax Rumor Deteriorating South American Crops Anchor Markets Greek Debt Worries Resurface Agriculture Hopes to Hear Support for Safety Net Agriculture Hopes to Hear Support for Safety Net Senator Reports Questionable Contact to Ethics Committee Senator Reports Questionable Contact to Ethics Committee NPPC, NCBA Says New Legislation Backed by UEP, HSUS Dangerous USDA Launches New Energy Website USDA Launches New Energy Website Dow AgroSciences Sued by Bayer Argentine Production Estimates Drop MF Global Claims Due Jan. 31 MF Global Claims Due Jan. 31 Argentine Rains Fall Short State Agriculture Directors Meet with EPA State Agriculture Directors Meet with EPA Sign-Up Begins for DCP and ACRE Sign-Up Begins for DCP and ACRE USDA Announces Renewable Energy and Efficiency Grants USDA Announces Renewable Energy and Efficiency Grants USDA Changing Poultry Inspections If You Haven't Heard About Cover Crops, You Will Soon! USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year Corn Refuses To Go Down South American Losses Mount Despite Rains USDA Export Sales Offer Surprise Land Pride's New Grooming Mower Aimed At Commercial Use NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal Federal Agency Consolidations Pose Concerns for USGC Federal Agency Consolidations Pose Concerns for USGC Nelson Irrigation Features Low-Pressure Pop-Up Sprinkler Progress for Pollinators Progress for Pollinators Acid Rain Study Shows Substantial Decreases Acid Rain Study Shows Substantial Decreases The Buzz: Is The Bottom In? Corn Takes the Lead Role Grains Get Demand Boost National FFA Organization Seeks Student Travelers National FFA Organization Seeks Student Travelers Grains Bounce Back Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected USDA Providing Additional Disaster Assistance USDA Providing Additional Disaster Assistance Buffett Foundation, Borlaug Institute Advance African Agriculture Buffett Foundation, Borlaug Institute Advance African Agriculture Deadline Extended for Conservation Stewardship Program Deadline Extended for Conservation Stewardship Program Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report FMC Announces Cadet Convoy Winners Pigskin Poetry Contest Announced Skepticism Leads to Chart Selling LightSquared, Farm GPS Saga Continues LightSquared, Farm GPS Saga Continues Trade Perceptions Leave Grain at Risk USDA Rural Development 2011 Progress Report Released USDA Rural Development 2011 Progress Report Released Yetter Manages Residue On The Twin Row Possibility of Merging USTR with Other Agencies Possibility of Merging USTR with Other Agencies Big Apple a Big Potential Market for Soy Bioheat and Biodiesel Big Apple a Big Potential Market for Soy Bioheat and Biodiesel Despite Budget Cuts USDA Committed to Expanding Broadband Despite Budget Cuts USDA Committed to Expanding Broadband LED Lights Extend Meat Shelf Life LED Lights Extend Meat Shelf Life Soybeans Anchor Grain Complex Grains Benefit From China’s Growth Markets Try To Bounce Back Thermal Arc Unveils Fabricator 252i For MIG, Stick, Tig welding USMEF Reports on Meat Exports USMEF Reports on Meat Exports Ag Secretary Holds Business Roundtable Ag Secretary Holds Business Roundtable Study Provides New Insights into Antibiotics and Pig Feeds USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA Sukup Designs Answer For Keeping Elevator Legs Straight EPA Eyes Improving Science Underlying Regulations EPA Eyes Improving Science Underlying Regulations USDA Works With Aviation Officials to Promote Biofuels Use USDA Works With Aviation Officials to Promote Biofuels Use Transforming the U.S. Grains Council Begins in Panama Transforming the U.S. Grains Council Begins in Panama Fuel Up to Play 60, Let's Move! Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity Will Sagging Grain Prices Make Those Who Paid High Cash Rent Uneasy? Grain Trade Battles Many Variables Today Scientists Say Red Meat Vital for a Healthy Diet Scientists Say Red Meat Vital for a Healthy Diet NASS Summarizes 2011 Crop Year NASS Summarizes 2011 Crop Year New Organization to Link Veterans with Ag Careers New Organization to Link Veterans with Ag Careers The Buzz: Bulls Head For Cover USDA Surprises Ag Markets Again On The Rise Standard Operating Procedure for the Farm Bill Standard Operating Procedure for the Farm Bill Oil Prices to Reach All-Time High Oil Prices to Reach All-Time High Estate Tax Battle is Set to Resume Estate Tax Battle is Set to Resume Calm Before the Storm January Reports Known for Limit Price Moves Farm Bureau Delegates Issue Latest Marching Orders Farm Bureau Delegates Issue Latest Marching Orders Vilsack Highlights Commitment to Renewable Energy Vilsack Highlights Commitment to Renewable Energy Lawsuit Against EPA Could Impact Agriculture Lawsuit Against EPA Could Impact Agriculture 11th Annual Heart of America Grazing Conference Begins Jan. 25 11th Annual Heart of America Grazing Conference Begins Jan. 25 Mahindra Introduces Snow Blower And Blade Groups Wants EPA Dioxin Assessment Stopped Groups Wants EPA Dioxin Assessment Stopped Mike Miller Named to NCBA Position Mike Miller Named to NCBA Position Thursday’s USDA Reports to Shape Winter’s Trade GAO Releases Recommendations for EPA IRIS GAO Releases Recommendations for EPA IRIS Protecting Your Estate Protecting Your Estate Protecting Your Estate Grains Cautious Ahead of USDA Report Rains Start Over Argentina Ag Secretary Outlines Cuts Ag Secretary Outlines Cuts Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Iowa Caucuses Bring Good Opportunities for Farmers to Communicate Iowa Caucuses Bring Good Opportunities for Farmers to Communicate Unique Chemistry In Armezon Herbicide Is Tough On Weeds, Safe On Corn Court Decides In Favor Of Makhteshim Agan Deadline for USDA Conservation Innovation Grants is Jan. 31 Deadline for USDA Conservation Innovation Grants is Jan. 31 Managing Risk Has Never Been More Important Managing Risk Has Never Been More Important Scrutiny in Wake of MF Global Could Breakup CME Scrutiny in Wake of MF Global Could Breakup CME Corn, Soybeans Reach Chart Objectives AFBF's Stallman Says U.S. Ag Underappreciated by the Public AFBF's Stallman Says U.S. Ag Underappreciated by the Public Renewable Energy Sources See Growth Renewable Energy Sources See Growth Grains Garner Boost From South American Heat This Will Not Be the Usual Farm Bill Debate This Will Not Be the Usual Farm Bill Debate MF Global Plot Thickens MF Global Plot Thickens Effort Aims to Collect Farmers' Stories Effort Aims to Collect Farmers' Stories Protecting Your Farm Estate Protecting Your Farm Estate Protecting Your Farm Estate Portable Lithium Ion Battery Packs Offered For 12 VDC Lighting FDA Milk Residue Survey Underway Company Offers Rural School District Grants Run Numbers, Seek Plenty Of Results Before Changing Practices Farm Bureau President Recaps Challenges Ahead Farm Bureau President Recaps Challenges Ahead Traders Cautious Ahead of the Weekend Jobs Report Fails to Support Grains Tools for Uncertain Times Ethanol: Ready to Stand on its Own? MF Global Aftermath: Industry Hopes to Restore Futures Market Make Your Business Life More Productive FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs New Committee Will Advise Land Management Planning New Committee Will Advise Land Management Planning Traders Seek new Trifecta New Year is Time for Dairy Producers to Find Farm Energy Opportunities EPA Focuses on Renewable Fuels Standards EPA Focuses on Renewable Fuels Standards Tackle Your Repair Costs Tackle Your Repair Costs Tackle Your Repair Costs The Buzz: January USDA Report Could Be Bullish Forecasts Take the Steam Out of Grain Rally Farmers Rein In Bullish Hopes For 2012 Farmers Rein In Bullish Hopes For 2012 Wetter Forecast Trims Rally USDA Agency Reminds Farmers and Landowners of Compliance Issues USDA Agency Reminds Farmers and Landowners of Compliance Issues NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. Food Prices Moderate in Fourth Quarter Food Prices Moderate in Fourth Quarter Senninger Introduces New UP3 Dual Nozzle Carrier Lower Prices Represent Healthy Pullback Producer Selling Leads to Soft Open Farm Bill This Year Could Depend on Time Farm Bill This Year Could Depend on Time Hobart Champion Elite Welder Is Light, Quiet, Powerful Controversy Brewing over Poultry Cage Size Celelulosic Ethanol Industry Will Expand with Strong Policy Celelulosic Ethanol Industry Will Expand with Strong Policy CoBank Closes Merger With U.S. AgBank CoBank Closes Merger With U.S. AgBank RFA Lists Top Five Ethanol Industry Stories for 2011 and 2012 RFA Lists Top Five Ethanol Industry Stories for 2011 and 2012 New OpTill PRO Herbicide Gives Growers A More Complete Foundation Commodities Ride Rising Tide to Start 2012 Corks Could Pop To Start New Year Of Trading February Most Important Risk Management Month February Most Important Risk Management Month FDA Plans To Release New Food Safety Rules Jan. 4 Choose The Right Precision Ag Options For Your Farm Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Farm Bureau Will Consider Catastrophic Revenue Loss Program Farm Bureau Will Consider Catastrophic Revenue Loss Program U.S. Military Take a Trip to the Market U.S. Military Take a Trip to the Market California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional Domino's Stuffed Cheesy Bread Satisfies Consumer Demand Grain Trade Remains Positive Overnight Markets Down then Up Grains Council Remains Focused On Moving Trade Even Further Grains Council Remains Focused On Moving Trade Even Further NBB 2013 Biodiesel Goals Announced NBB 2013 Biodiesel Goals Announced Signup Time Limited for First Conservation Stewardship Program Signup Time Limited for First Conservation Stewardship Program Consortium Will Develop Grass-Fed Dairy Farms Angus Records Program to be Introduced Lack of News Keeps Markets Quiet Farming Practices Threaten Widely Grown Corn Crop Farming Practices Threaten Widely Grown Corn Crop First Biotech-based Drought Tolerant Corn Cleared First Biotech-based Drought Tolerant Corn Cleared USDA My Plate Video Winners Announced USDA My Plate Video Winners Announced 'Culinologists' Discover What Really Makes Bacon Sizzle Grains Poised to Start Higher EPA Issues Renewable Fuel Standards for 2012 EPA Issues Renewable Fuel Standards for 2012 Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy Tainted Milk in China Caused by Bad Feed Farm-Impacting Lawsuits Could be Settled in 2012 Farm-Impacting Lawsuits Could be Settled in 2012 Busted: Pork Myths Solid Soybean, Wheat and Corn Numbers in Market Trade Wheat, Corn, Soybeans Up As Markets Open MF Global Action Creates Stir MF Global Action Creates Stir Researchers Put Farm Fish on Vegetarian Diet Researchers Put Farm Fish on Vegetarian Diet Pork Steals the Show at Cooking Schools More Tiny, but Harmful Frogs Showing up in Hawaii More Tiny, but Harmful Frogs Showing up in Hawaii Dairy Checkoff Board Amended Aerial Application Scholarships Awarded The Buzz: 2012 Farm Price Projections Don't Be Surprised If USDA Drops Final Yield Numbers With Prices Up, More Farmers May Plant Peanuts With Prices Up, More Farmers May Plant Peanuts Keepseagle Settlement Claims Filing Period Closes Dec. 27 Keepseagle Settlement Claims Filing Period Closes Dec. 27 Be BOLD - And Healthy - With Beef Be BOLD - And Healthy - With Beef MBW Hitch Gives Pull-Type Farm Implements 'Steering' FFA Programs Receive a Boost FFA Programs Receive a Boost USDA Releases Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report USDA Releases Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Grains Positive in Thin Trade Dry Weather Continues in South America Saudi Dairy Giant Spends $83 Million on Argentina Farms Tracking Beef’s Shrinking Footprint Tracking Beef’s Shrinking Footprint John Deere Unveils the Welderator 3-in-One Tool USDA Reports on Land Use USDA Reports on Land Use Ethanol and Biodiesel Production at Record Levels Ethanol and Biodiesel Production at Record Levels Argentina Limits Foreign Landowners New Web Tool Designed to Help Americans Make Healthy Choices New Web Tool Designed to Help Americans Make Healthy Choices South American Rains Leave Many Areas Dry Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety Prices Choppy in Pre-Holiday Trade H-2A Wage Rate Published H-2A Wage Rate Published H-2A Wage Rate Published Grains Recover Overnight Losses Farm Bureau President Speaks Out on Child Labor Regulations Farm Bureau President Speaks Out on Child Labor Regulations Tax Packages Waiting for Next Year Tax Packages Waiting for Next Year Feds List Possible Methods for Blocking Asian Carp USDA, HHS Highlight Food Safety in Report USDA, HHS Highlight Food Safety in Report Midwest Producers Gather to Learn About Using Cover Crops Midwest Producers Gather to Learn About Using Cover Crops Grain Prices Exceed Chart Objectives NCGA Announces 2011 National Corn Yield Contest Winners NCGA Announces 2011 National Corn Yield Contest Winners Grain Rally Hesitates on Euro Weakness Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations More Young People See Opportunity In Farming More Young People See Opportunity In Farming Kinze and Tonutti Wolagri Reach Disribution Agreement Winter Farmers Markets Expand Winter Farmers Markets Expand BASF to Distribute Sovran Fungicide Through Cheminova LightSquared Makes a Legal Move LightSquared Makes a Legal Move Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 Prices Move Seasonally Higher Blizzard Fails to Stop Price Rally New Zemax Herbicide Receives EPA Registration for 2012 Season Economic Growth Spurs Commodities Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill CME Recommits to Chicago After Receiving Tax Relief CME Recommits to Chicago After Receiving Tax Relief NPPC Provides Input Into MF Global Inquiry NPPC Provides Input Into MF Global Inquiry Brazil to Change Amazon Deforestation Law Brazil to Change Amazon Deforestation Law The Buzz: Top Stories Of 2011 HSUS Targeted By Pro-Shelter Campaign HSUS Targeted By Pro-Shelter Campaign Combining Efforts Adds Value to Two Company's Products Grains Trade Fundamentals Again Grains Heat Up with South America Team Investigates FTA Implementation Team Investigates FTA Implementation U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia Michael Scuse Testifies During Confirmation Hearing Michael Scuse Testifies During Confirmation Hearing Effort Launched to Get Proposed Labor Department Rule Dropped Effort Launched to Get Proposed Labor Department Rule Dropped WTO Approves Russian Membership . 2011 Season Becomes Bookend For Comparison Purposes Texas Drought Takes Cow Numbers Down Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Argentina Slashes its Wheat Production Estimate Monsanto's Vistive Gold Soybeans Trait Receives USDA Deregulation Farm Credit Continues to Support Agriculture Bayer CropScience and Performance Plants Sign License Agreement Grains Firm on Weather Concerns Experts: Corzine Avoided Missteps in his Testimony Experts: Corzine Avoided Missteps in his Testimony NPPC Responded to Traceability Comment Period Krone Powers Up Hay Harvest with New MAN Engines USDA Unveils New Food Safety Plan USDA Unveils New Food Safety Plan Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Extension of Cellulosic Tax Credit and Allowance Sought Extension of Cellulosic Tax Credit and Allowance Sought Legislation Passed that Ends CWB Marketing Monopoly Legislation Passed that Ends CWB Marketing Monopoly WTO Director General Calls for Multilateralism Speculators Wary of Building Ownership Dryness Spreads in South America Exports Weaken, But China Buys Corn Farm Worries Continue Over LightSquared Farm Worries Continue Over LightSquared Farm Weather Concerns Stabilize Grains Biodiesel Industry Appeals for Continued Tax Credit Biodiesel Industry Appeals for Continued Tax Credit House Passes XL Pipeline Proposal House Passes XL Pipeline Proposal New Farm Machinery Drive Belts from ContiTech TPP Agreement Moves Forward TPP Agreement Moves Forward USDA Releases Energy Efficiency Dollars USDA Releases Energy Efficiency Dollars Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed NASS Reinstates Several Key Reports NASS Reinstates Several Key Reports Grains Face Key Test USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision CME Group Exec Challenges Corzine CME Group Exec Challenges Corzine Farm Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods Farm Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods Grains Council Works To Build Chinese Market for U.S. Corn Grains Council Works To Build Chinese Market for U.S. Corn Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Marks First Year Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Marks First Year What Are the Next Steps for Farm Bill? What Are the Next Steps for Farm Bill? Corzine Testifies Never Authorized Fund 'Misuse' Corzine Testifies Never Authorized Fund 'Misuse' Weather Supports Soybeans Grains Seek to Carve Out Seasonal Lows Traders Watching the Fed Presidential Candidate Holds Agriculture Conference Call Presidential Candidate Holds Agriculture Conference Call Labor Department's Desire to Move Quickly Concerns Ag Professor Labor Department's Desire to Move Quickly Concerns Ag Professor Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports Wall Street Takes Notice of LaSalle Street U.S. Farmers Have One of Their Best Years U.S. Farmers Have One of Their Best Years Credit Rating Agencies Underwhelmed by EU Debt Deal Crop Insurance APH Adjusted for Lag Crop Insurance APH Adjusted for Lag Ability Of Insects, Disease And Weeds To Mutate, Change Fact of life Generation 2 Schaffert Fertilizer Disc Sports New Engineering Illinois General Assembly Special Session Could Determine if CME Stays or Goes Illinois General Assembly Special Session Could Determine if CME Stays or Goes Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group My Bookshelf Food Companies Margins Healthier Now Time Runs Out on Deficit Reduction Plans Successful Farm Transition Can Take Years Judge Frees Up $2 Billion in MF Global Deal Make Your Farm Joint Venture Profitable Make Your Farm Joint Venture Profitable The Buzz: Another Bearish USDA Report Strength of the Market is in Hard Wheat Grain Traders Digest USDA Report Ag Leader Announces Planter Down Force Monitor and Control Corzine Accepts Responsibility for European Investments Corzine Accepts Responsibility for European Investments Hypro Offers Express Wet Boom Fittings for Chemical Sprayers Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Funding for Rural Education and Health Care Announced Funding for Rural Education and Health Care Announced House Holds Hearing on MF Global Bankruptcy House Holds Hearing on MF Global Bankruptcy Europe Trumps USDA Positioning Corn Exports Improve Traders Get Ready for USDA Report Farmers Grill Gingrich On Ag Issues AFBF Supports Dust Bill AFBF Supports Dust Bill AFBF Supports Dust Bill USDA Invests in Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid in Six Countries USDA Invests in Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid in Six Countries Stripped Down Antitrust Rule Published by USDA Stripped Down Antitrust Rule Published by USDA Groups Request Hearing on RFS Groups Request Hearing on RFS Groups Request Hearing on RFS AHA Expands Programs to Benefit Farm Animals & Rural Communities Rabobank Releases Ag Commodity Outlook for 2012 Rabobank Releases Ag Commodity Outlook for 2012 Grains Remain Soft as Fear Index Rises Brazilian Senate Loosens Amazon Protections Grains Slip as Germany Casts Doubts Company Offers Program for Farmers Who Go 'All In' Farm Credit Supports 25x'25 Alliance with Renewable Energy Grant First Carbon Sequestration Report Issued First Carbon Sequestration Report Issued CFTC Head Recuses Self from MF Global Situation CFTC Head Recuses Self from MF Global Situation New Tactics Announced to Enhance SNAP Program Integrity New Tactics Announced to Enhance SNAP Program Integrity McCrometer Strengthens McPropeller Flow Meters Bills Would Help Restore Regulatory Balance Bills Would Help Restore Regulatory Balance Senate Panel to Subpoena Ex-MF Global Chief Senate Panel to Subpoena Ex-MF Global Chief Alabama Considers Inmates to Replace Immigrant Labor Alabama Considers Inmates to Replace Immigrant Labor App of Nutrient Removal Data for Your Crops Grains Resilient Despite Debt Worries Grain Prices Vulnerable This Week Bayer Streamlines Crop Protection Portfolio Grain Markets Tank Overnight Possible Scenarios for Moving on the Farm Bill Possible Scenarios for Moving on the Farm Bill Growers Can Earn Cash Rebates NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Examines the National Cattlemen's Beef Association NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Examines the National Cattlemen's Beef Association USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf River Basins USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf River Basins CME Discussing Relocation to Indianapolis CME Discussing Relocation to Indianapolis Cargill to Lay Off 2,000 Employees Cargill to Lay Off 2,000 Employees Japan Expands Import Capacity Japan Expands Import Capacity Sukup Introduces new Phase Converter for Centrifugal Dryers Environmental Group Sues Over LBL Farm Subsidies Environmental Group Sues Over LBL Farm Subsidies Credit Rating Threat Pressures Markets Late U.S. Navy Buys Biodiesel U.S. Navy Buys Biodiesel Grains Rise on European Hopes Corn Growers Grade Presidential Candidates Corn Growers Grade Presidential Candidates MacDon Completes Self-Propelled Windrower Lineup Land Rent Continues To Capture Attention Across Corn Belt Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Shock Waves from MF Global Collapse Felt On Farms Shock Waves from MF Global Collapse Felt On Farms FCC Comes Out Against Phone Merger FCC Comes Out Against Phone Merger New Concerns Arise for Wheat Supplies Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Refuge in a Bag Will Make Planting Easier Jobs Report Surprises Grain Traders House Ag Committee Votes to Subpoena Corzine on MF Global House Ag Committee Votes to Subpoena Corzine on MF Global Traders Turn Attention Back to U.S. Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor New Insurance Pilot Program for Biofuel-Friendly Oilseed Crop New Insurance Pilot Program for Biofuel-Friendly Oilseed Crop Sorghum Food Symposium Kicks off Japan Initiative Sorghum Food Symposium Kicks off Japan Initiative House Agriculture Subcommittee Audits USDA Inspector General House Agriculture Subcommittee Audits USDA Inspector General Pork Reinvigorates Holiday Flavor Flashbacks One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture Krone Redesigns Fixed-Chamber Baler for More Capacity and Efficiency Congress Could Intervene To Stop Railroad Strike Congress Could Intervene To Stop Railroad Strike The Buzz: Central Banks Don’t Cure Crisis Economic Malaise Grips Grains Senate Agriculture Committee Will Investigate MF Global Collapse Senate Agriculture Committee Will Investigate MF Global Collapse U.S. Envoy Criticizes China's Controls on Economy Grains Cautious Ahead of Jobs Report Corn Exports Disappoint Again Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Committee Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Committee Former Deputy Ag Secretary Sees Benefit from Ag Committee Proposal Former Deputy Ag Secretary Sees Benefit from Ag Committee Proposal U.S. Wheat Export Official Sees Full Market Share Recovery in Colombia U.S. Wheat Export Official Sees Full Market Share Recovery in Colombia Ranking Dates Announced for Four Major Conservation Initiatives Ranking Dates Announced for Four Major Conservation Initiatives Cattlewomen are Telling the Beef Story Cattlewomen are Telling the Beef Story EWG Seeks Elimination of Commodity Title in 2012 Farm Bill EWG Seeks Elimination of Commodity Title in 2012 Farm Bill FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice Chinese Economy May Be Weakening Faster Than Thought EPA Extends Registrations For Smartstax Corn Kuhn Knight Redesigns RC 200 Commercial Feed Mixer BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies Central Banks Move To Stabilize Financial System Central Banks Move To Stabilize Financial System Grain Trade Seeks Proof of Sustainability Central Banks Stimulate Grains Europe Delays Major Debt Decisions for 10 Days Europe Delays Major Debt Decisions for 10 Days Lifting Horse Slaughter Ban Creates Controversy. Lifting Horse Slaughter Ban Creates Controversy. USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance American Farm Bureau Says European Debt Could Cut U.S. Exports American Farm Bureau Says European Debt Could Cut U.S. Exports Time for Action on Lock and Dam Modernization Time for Action on Lock and Dam Modernization Students Learn to Pick Pork Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 $100 Crude Oil Supports Grain Prices Grains Get a Boost from Consumer Confidence Buffett, Gates Foundations Fund African Soil Fertility Program Global Financial Markets Influence U.S. Crop Prices UN Warns 25% of World Land Degraded UN Warns 25% of World Land Degraded RMA Lowers Some Crop Insurance Premiums RMA Lowers Some Crop Insurance Premiums Biodiesel Industry Sets Production Record Biodiesel Industry Sets Production Record Farmland Sales Strong Across U.S. Farmland Sales Strong Across U.S. CWT Assists with 7.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Grains Ride Investor Optimism Retail Sales Boost Grain Optimism Pioneer Hi-Bred, Farms Technology Announce Enhancement to DPP Grain Desk Mobile App Delayed Planting Cost Bushels In Exclusive Test Plot USGC Delegation Visiting Colombia USGC Delegation Visiting Colombia Wind Energy Needs Some Certainty to Ensure Continued Growth Wind Energy Needs Some Certainty to Ensure Continued Growth Pork Producers Should Wait to Expand Pork Producers Should Wait to Expand Plans Underway for 10th Annual Beef Industry Safety Summit Plans Underway for 10th Annual Beef Industry Safety Summit E85 Wants Five Year Bridge E85 Wants Five Year Bridge Farm Surprise at the Market Open? Wheat, Soybean Export Sales Pick Up USDA to Hold Public Meeting on E. Coli Rules USDA to Hold Public Meeting on E. Coli Rules Negative World Market Talk to Impact Trade Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Boost Corn Per Acre Output with Texas Research Boost Corn Per Acre Output with Texas Research Timpte Lengthens Its American Ag Series Bulk Commodity Trailer Restoring Domestic Horse Slaughter Restoring Domestic Horse Slaughter Fun Turkey Facts For Thanksgiving Fun Turkey Facts For Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Questions and Answers Via Social Media Thanksgiving Questions and Answers Via Social Media Sysco Slammers Serve Up Pork Inspiration Retrofit Your Tractor Cab for Like-New Appearance Weak Outside Markets Pressuring Markets Global Selloff Has Prices Down Across the Board More Money Missing from MF Global More Money Missing from MF Global Farm Bill Will Need Additional Work Farm Bill Will Need Additional Work Rural Development Funding Will Improve Health Care Rural Development Funding Will Improve Health Care Rebound Seen From Monday's Selling South Korea Ratifies FTA South Korea Ratifies FTA South Korea Ratifies FTA Bumpy Trade Expected for Rest of Week Markets Factor in Failure in Washington Super Committee Admits Failure Super Committee Admits Failure U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference Lamy Calls for Trade Opening Lamy Calls for Trade Opening Domino's Delivers for the Dairy Industry ATV-Mounted PolyFence Wizard Makes Temporary Fencing A Snap Super Committee Fails, Now What? Super Committee Fails, Now What? Weak Outside Markets Feed Anxiety Thin Trade Expected During Holiday Shortened Week DuPont and Evogene Enter Multiyear Collaboration for Soybean Rust Resistance Farm Bill Proposal Delivered to Super Committee Farm Bill Proposal Delivered to Super Committee South Korean President Urges FTA Passage South Korean President Urges FTA Passage South Korean President Urges FTA Passage Celebrate Thanksgiving With Beef Celebrate Thanksgiving With Beef Check Corn Plot Trial Results As They Are Posted Automate Farm Tractor Cooling System President Proclaims National Farm-City Week President Proclaims National Farm-City Week WTO Rules on COOL WTO Rules on COOL WTO Rules on COOL Grains Successfully Test Fall Lows Thanksgiving Caution Caps Grains Big Selloff in Grain Market on Thursday NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill Dairy Reform a Hot Topic at NMPF Annual Meeting Dairy Reform a Hot Topic at NMPF Annual Meeting Pork Checkoff Supports Return of McRib Nationwide Deal Struck to Change Route of Pipeline Deal Struck to Change Route of Pipeline Federal Partners Unite to Help Rural Communities Federal Partners Unite to Help Rural Communities ESCO Offers New Wheel Dolly for Agricultural Equipment Making a Statement with a Combine Rollout Fear Drives Money Out of Commodities Sales to China No Match for European Debt Corn Sales Awful Again Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Farm Bill Talks Concern NCGA Farm Bill Talks Concern NCGA Ag Appropriations Bill Out of Conference Ag Appropriations Bill Out of Conference NMPF Elects New Board Officers at Annual Meeting Yetter Stalk Devastator Prevents Tire and Track Stubble Damage The Buzz: Debt Story Clouds 2012 Outlook China Purchases U.S. Soybeans Crude Oil Catches Fire American Farm Bureau Voices Concerns About the Farm Bill American Farm Bureau Voices Concerns About the Farm Bill MF Global Bankruptcy Will Have Repercussions for Grain Markets MF Global Bankruptcy Will Have Repercussions for Grain Markets USDA Funding Broadband Services in Rural Areas USDA Funding Broadband Services in Rural Areas USMEF's Branded Products Program to Begin New Fiscal Year USMEF's Branded Products Program to Begin New Fiscal Year Alliance Offers Speed-Rated Agricultural Flotation Tire Grains Rally on China Talk Farmland Gains: Largest in Three Decades Grains Find Value at Current Prices Traders' Attention Turning to Exports Making a Charitable Contribution of Grain Making a Charitable Contribution of Grain We Test Oregon-Blount's Battery Chainsaw Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Senator Charles Grassley Says Any Hope for Payment Limits Rests with Super Committee Senator Charles Grassley Says Any Hope for Payment Limits Rests with Super Committee Italian Debt Impacts Grain Prices Soybeans Gain on China Export Rumors Ag Secretary Announces Agricultural Export Numbers Ag Secretary Announces Agricultural Export Numbers Senator is Uncertain about Ability of Super Committee Senator is Uncertain about Ability of Super Committee Final Push to Complete Pork Checkoff Budget Take a Corn Seedsman to Lunch for a Change! Still No Free Lunch? Still No Free Lunch? BinMaster Has New Level Sensor for Bins and Silos Japan Wants Spot at Table for Trade Initiative Talks Japan Wants Spot at Table for Trade Initiative Talks FSIS Delays Labeling Rules Implementation FSIS Delays Labeling Rules Implementation Corn, Wheat Sink into the Weekend Soybeans Find Strength in Demand Rumors 'Protein' Coalition Applauds Labeling Delay 'Protein' Coalition Applauds Labeling Delay Tensions Ease as Europe Grapples with Debt USDA Releases Funds for Energy Projects USDA Releases Funds for Energy Projects Council Begins Lower-Oil DDGS Education Efforts Council Begins Lower-Oil DDGS Education Efforts Cost of Thanksgiving Day Meal Higher Cost of Thanksgiving Day Meal Higher Power Mig 256 Joins Lincoln's Welder Line Monsanto Reinforces Commitment To Product Stewardship Deadline Extended to Meet New Spill Requirements Deadline Extended to Meet New Spill Requirements United Ethanol Settles Air Quality Suit United Ethanol Settles Air Quality Suit Import Rumors Undermine Grain Prices Corn Sales Plummet In Latest Week A Time for Greater Conservation Farm Bill: Farewell to Direct Payments? Why Farmers Can’t Stand Prosperity Bid Sheets, Spec Sheets Help Input Decisions What’s Behind Deal Between Humane Society and Egg Producers American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues Report Shows Benefits of Atrazine Report Shows Benefits of Atrazine International Chefs Show Love for American Pork Butt Assessing Farm Cropping Options Assessing Farm Cropping Options Reducing Energy Costs for Rural Businesses Reducing Energy Costs for Rural Businesses FCA Board Proposes Rule Amending Liquidity Management Regulation FCA Board Proposes Rule Amending Liquidity Management Regulation Europe's Problems Too Much for Corn Fear Trumps Fundamentals Positives Abound During USFRA's First Year Positives Abound During USFRA's First Year The Buzz: Black and Blue and Red All Over Window to Submit Farm Bill is Closing Window to Submit Farm Bill is Closing Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture USFRA Communication Advisory Committee Planning for 2012 USFRA Communication Advisory Committee Planning for 2012 Pfizer Animal Health Opens Equine Research Center We Like the Oregon PowerSharp System CruiserMaxx Advanced Soybean Seed Treatment Now Available Market Anticipates Friendly USDA Report Historical Tendencies Support Soybeans, Wheat Getting Ready for USDA Report New Global Study Reveals Gaps Between Consumers, Farmers New Global Study Reveals Gaps Between Consumers, Farmers USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting Lawmakers Want Answers from Army Corps on 2011 Flood, Plans for 2012 Lawmakers Want Answers from Army Corps on 2011 Flood, Plans for 2012 Grains Garner Support from Crude Oil U.S. Supreme Court Upholds RFS2 U.S. Supreme Court Upholds RFS2 Grain Prices Reflect Ongoing Uncertainty Dow AgroSciences Successfully Produces 2,4-D Choline Syngenta Receives Approval For Triple Stack Corn In Argentina Still No Farm Bill Details from Ag Leadership Still No Farm Bill Details from Ag Leadership Pork Checkoff Offers Insight, Tips on Manure Pit Foaming Switch From Harvest Mode To Grain Keeper Mode Economists Question ACRE's Worth Economists Question ACRE's Worth Meeting Between U.S. and China Scheduled Meeting Between U.S. and China Scheduled Grain Prices Show Firm Undertones Jobs, Greece Lead To Pre-Weekend Cautions Volatile Export Week Comes To A Close Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Subcommittee Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Subcommittee Chesapeake Bay Watershed Battle Continues Chesapeake Bay Watershed Battle Continues FSA County Committee Elections Begin FSA County Committee Elections Begin Slow Soybean Sales Raise Red Flat Fed Bank Economist says Agriculture Strong in Midwest and Great Plains Regions Fed Bank Economist says Agriculture Strong in Midwest and Great Plains Regions Beef Checkoff Announces Landmark Sustainability Project Beef Checkoff Announces Landmark Sustainability Project USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson Japan to Ease Import Restrictions on Beef Japan to Ease Import Restrictions on Beef EPA's Chesapeake Bay Model a Burden to States, Rural Communities EPA's Chesapeake Bay Model a Burden to States, Rural Communities Caution Caps Grain Prices The Buzz: Out Of Focus Markets Find Support from Fed Meeting Clearing Up The Misunderstanding About So-Called Shallow Loss Programs Clearing Up The Misunderstanding About So-Called Shallow Loss Programs USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef House Members Press Forward with Effort to Stop EPA Regulation of Farm Dust House Members Press Forward with Effort to Stop EPA Regulation of Farm Dust Interstate Sale of Raw Milk Debated Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Grains Finish Strong as Debt News Turns Greece Inserts Uncertainty into Grain Markets Negative News is Hitting Markets Hard Senate Fails to Address Pesticide Ruling Senate Fails to Address Pesticide Ruling Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Sukup Designs Corrosion Prevention for Grain Bins Pigford II Settlement Receives Court Approval Pigford II Settlement Receives Court Approval MF Global Bankruptcy Reinforces Bearish Tone Japanese Intervention Undermines Grain Prices Window of Opportunity Closing on Pesticide Permits Window of Opportunity Closing on Pesticide Permits Farm Bill Energy Funding Pushed by AEC Farm Bill Energy Funding Pushed by AEC Curtis Industries Cabs Polaris Ranger Crew USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule Surveys Reveal Consumers' Knowledge Gap on Food Surveys Reveal Consumers' Knowledge Gap on Food What Comes After Harvest? Prices Drift into the Weekend Grains Maintain Firm Undertones Super Committee Failure Would Cripple Ag Super Committee Failure Would Cripple Ag Build A High-Profit Beef Business Build A High-Profit Beef Business Mahindra Adds More Traction to 4025 Nebraska Governor Concerned About Route of Pipeline Nebraska Governor Concerned About Route of Pipeline Senators Seek Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Labor Rule Senators Seek Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Labor Rule USDA Announces Economic Development Funding USDA Announces Economic Development Funding A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats The Buzz: Is EU Plan The Real Deal For Grains? Grains Benefit from European Debt Deal Sluggish Exports Could Tarnish Rally Traders Questioning Lack of Detaills in European Debt Deal Comprehensive Tax Reform is Needed to Resolve Uncertainty Comprehensive Tax Reform is Needed to Resolve Uncertainty Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November House Ag Chair Admits Pulling Farm Bill Together a Tall Order House Ag Chair Admits Pulling Farm Bill Together a Tall Order Chicken Markets Starting To Approach Breakeven American Ethanol Paint Scheme Featured in Upcoming NASCAR Race American Ethanol Paint Scheme Featured in Upcoming NASCAR Race Versatile Answers Critics With Comfort, Power and Clean Air Prices Fall as Talks Stumble DuPont and Plant Sensory Systems Collaborate to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Corn Farm Bill Process Rolling with Ag Leaders Striving for Nov. 1 Deadline Farm Bill Process Rolling with Ag Leaders Striving for Nov. 1 Deadline Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Senate Not Likely to Bring Relief from Pesticide Permits Before Deadline Senate Not Likely to Bring Relief from Pesticide Permits Before Deadline All Versatile Farm Makes it 100,000! Son Tek Unveils Doppler Irrigation Meter Grains Swim Upstream Nerves High Ahead of European Deal Eurpean Union Has to Finalize Debt Plan on Wednesday Farm Bureau Proposes 'Systemic Risk Reduction' Farm Program Farm Bureau Proposes 'Systemic Risk Reduction' Farm Program Coalition Presents Roundtable Discussion in Continued Push for Open Fuel Standard Coalition Presents Roundtable Discussion in Continued Push for Open Fuel Standard World Dairy Expo Has Record Setting Year Cub Cadet Ups the Ante in Zero Turn Mower Market Senate Passes Income Cap Amendment Senate Passes Income Cap Amendment Roadblock to Russia's WTO Bid Removed Roadblock to Russia's WTO Bid Removed Direct Payments Likely Out of Next Farm Bill Direct Payments Likely Out of Next Farm Bill Stronger Euro Boosts Grain Price Outlook Grain Futures Rise with Basis Food Day is About Food Food Day is About Food European Debt Crisis Solution Still Days Away European Debt Crisis Solution Still Days Away USDA Secretary Vilsack Sends Key Message to FFA: Think Ag USDA Secretary Vilsack Sends Key Message to FFA: Think Ag How Should You Handle Wet Corn? Worksaver Clamps On Snow Blade for Convenience U.S. EPA Seeks to Collect CAFO Information Grain Markets Show Signs of Fall Strength Grains Rise Ahead of High-Stakes Weekend It's Official: Obama Signs FTAs It's Official: Obama Signs FTAs Farm Futures Summit Program on 'Track' Europe and Export News Impact the Markets Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Top 10 Title I Alternatives Studied Top 10 Title I Alternatives Studied Eight Factors for Confident Vaccine Selection Proposed Labor Regulations Under Review Proposed Labor Regulations Under Review LS Tractors Takes The Clutch Out Of Shifting Summit Deal Hopes Lift Grain Prices Corn Tries to Rally as Greece Votes on Austerity Latest Export Sales Data Could Disappoint Vilsack Speaks Out On FTAs Vilsack Speaks Out On FTAs Deadline is Drawing Near for Pesticide Permits Deadline is Drawing Near for Pesticide Permits Recycling Company Offers Wares to Agriculture 'Stay Home and Grill Out' Summer Grilling Beef Promotion 'Stay Home and Grill Out' Summer Grilling Beef Promotion EPA Extends Oil Containment Regulations Deadline EPA Extends Oil Containment Regulations Deadline AerWay Offers Single-Pass Aeration, Seeding Wounded Confidence Hurts Grain Markets The Buzz: Plenty of Questions Basis Strength Confirms Grain Fundamentals A Closer Look at the ARRM Farm Bill Proposal A Closer Look at the ARRM Farm Bill Proposal Senators Promote Program Cap Bill Senators Promote Program Cap Bill Syngenta Introduces Gramoxone SL Herbicide for Optimal User Experience Miss America Promotes Agricultural Website Temporary Berms Provide Spill Protection McCain Seeking Ethanol Amendment Vote McCain Seeking Ethanol Amendment Vote Break in Grain Prices Uncovers Buyers Grains Weather Economic Turbulence Foreign Financial Markets Weigh on Grains NASS Announces Elimination of Some Surveys and Reports NASS Announces Elimination of Some Surveys and Reports Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Ag Committees Recommend $23 Billion Cut to Ag Spending Ag Committees Recommend $23 Billion Cut to Ag Spending Winners of HealthierUS School Challenge Saluted Winners of HealthierUS School Challenge Saluted Producer Input Needed to Help Improve PQA Plus Program Ward Off Cold Air Effects This Winter EPA Regional Administrator Confirms EPA Dust Decision EPA Regional Administrator Confirms EPA Dust Decision German Official Comments Cool Markets Beans Took A Beating Overnight USTR Chief Ag Negotiator Says More Trade Efforts in the Works USTR Chief Ag Negotiator Says More Trade Efforts in the Works Conner Believes Request for Moratorium on Regulation a Fair One Conner Believes Request for Moratorium on Regulation a Fair One U.S. Meat Export Figures Released U.S. Meat Export Figures Released Corn In Storage Next Thing to Watch Currency Exchange Rate Bill Passes Senate Currency Exchange Rate Bill Passes Senate President's Jobs Package Fails President's Jobs Package Fails EU CAP Changes Considered Great Plains Introduces The Turbo-Max Grains Track the Euro Grains Benefit from Demand NCBA Expresses Their Support and Appreciation for FTA Passage NCBA Expresses Their Support and Appreciation for FTA Passage China Continues Quick Turnaround On Corn Purchases Markets Trend Higher Overnight Super Committee's Cuts Will Impact Farm Bill Super Committee's Cuts Will Impact Farm Bill American Lamb Jam Masters Hits the Big Apple Extend Diesel Fuel with Natural Gas for Savings Checkoff Work in Nigeria Pays Big Dividends for U.S. Wheat Growers Checkoff Work in Nigeria Pays Big Dividends for U.S. Wheat Growers Favorable Reaction to FTA Passage Continues Favorable Reaction to FTA Passage Continues NRCS Chief Touts Progress in Conservation NRCS Chief Touts Progress in Conservation Soybeans Lead a Late-Day Recovery USDA Confirms Big Export Sales Positive Reaction Pouring in on FTA Passage Positive Reaction Pouring in on FTA Passage Pork Checkoff Recommends Producers and Workers Get Flu Vaccination Senator Sees Merit in Moratorium on Regulations Senator Sees Merit in Moratorium on Regulations Topcon and AMAZONE Form Partnership And Now, The Perfect Bungee Hearing Focuses on Reform Legislation Hearing Focuses on Reform Legislation Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Wall Street Reform Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Wall Street Reform Both Chambers of Congress Pass FTA's Both Chambers of Congress Pass FTA's The Buzz: More Data, More Confusion USDA Math: Lower Prices Equals Lower Demand New CAST Report Looks at Climate Change Research Final Days for Committees to Make Recommendations to Super Committee Final Days for Committees to Make Recommendations to Super Committee Data Collection is Easy from Grain Cart Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? National School Lunch Week Underway National School Lunch Week Underway Ground Beef Recalled by California Firm Ground Beef Recalled by California Firm Corn to Face Expanded 60-Cent Limit Farmers In Developing World Need To Use Technology Farmers In Developing World Need To Use Technology New All-Season Bar Track from Bobcat Panama Canal Expansion Should Reduce Cost of Transport Panama Canal Expansion Should Reduce Cost of Transport Feinstein to Introduce Guest Worker Program Feinstein to Introduce Guest Worker Program ASA Calls on Producers to Contact Legislators on FTA ASA Calls on Producers to Contact Legislators on FTA Pioneer, Bunge Announce 2012 Plenish High Oleic Soy IP Contract Program Grain Prices Rally on French, German Commitment Groups Voicing Recommendations for Super Committee Groups Voicing Recommendations for Super Committee Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Congress Will Be Focusing on FTAs This Week Congress Will Be Focusing on FTAs This Week World Dairy Expo Hosts Six Successful Breed Sales Farm Bill Proposals Continue to Pour In Farm Bill Proposals Continue to Pour In Expect Exports to Continue As long as Foreign Buyers Can Afford Grain Kuhn Offers New Bale Processor Bullish USDA Report Would be Justified Grains Get a Lift from Jobs Report Farm Bill Proposal Would Save $40 Billion Farm Bill Proposal Would Save $40 Billion Immigration Issues Linger in Congress Immigration Issues Linger in Congress Importance of Transportation Highlighted at Economic Summit Importance of Transportation Highlighted at Economic Summit Tracking Study Shows New Brand Resonates with Target Market Tracking Study Shows New Brand Resonates with Target Market New Honda Four Wheeler For Work and Play RFS Report Misses Some Developments RFS Report Misses Some Developments The Buzz: Looking For Fall Lows Rain Forecasts Fail to Derail Wheat Demand Gives Grains a Lift Asian Buyers Snap Up Corn Bargains Swift Action Taken on Pending FTAs Swift Action Taken on Pending FTAs Legislation to Alter RFS Introduced Legislation to Alter RFS Introduced USDA Funds Support Specialty Crops USDA Funds Support Specialty Crops Mahindra USA Cuts Ribbons to New Headquarters in Houston House Ways and Means Passes FTAs House Ways and Means Passes FTAs House Ways and Means Passes FTAs Agricultural Policy Highlights and Lowlights Expect Better Fertilizer Prices Next Spring Is a Wind Turbine in Your Future? More Broadband for Rural America What is Your Money Worth? What is Your Money Worth? Grains Rally on Tight Production Estimates USFRA Pleased By Food Dialogues USFRA Pleased By Food Dialogues Absence of Wall Street Fear Yields Gains for Grains Vilsack Talks About Opportunities FTAs Offer Vilsack Talks About Opportunities FTAs Offer USGC Releases Results of Their China Corn Tour USGC Releases Results of Their China Corn Tour National Academy of Sciences Report Criticizes RFS National Academy of Sciences Report Criticizes RFS Information Issued to Combat Meatless Monday Information Issued to Combat Meatless Monday AFBF Backs Capital Gains Legislation AFBF Backs Capital Gains Legislation Michelin Offering Rebates On Ag Tire Purchases Through November Brehmer Adds Aluminum Silage Box Pioneer Hi-Bred Releases New Silage BMR Hybrid Corn Battles to Separate from Wall Street Fed Chairman Fails to Reassure Grain Markets Markets Continue to Trade Weak Overnight Sending FTAs to Congress Receiving Favorable Reactions Sending FTAs to Congress Receiving Favorable Reactions Senator Touts Bipartisan Farm Bill Proposal Senator Touts Bipartisan Farm Bill Proposal USDA Announces Funding for Economic Development in Rural America USDA Announces Funding for Economic Development in Rural America Former USB Chair Stepping Down from Board Former USB Chair Stepping Down from Board IDF and FAO Launch Revised Guide To Good Dairy Farming Practice Hauler Utility Vehicles From Cushman Hit The Market Early Reports Say It Wasn't A Good Year for Corn after Corn Recovery Rally Trips on Outside Market Weakness European Flu, Stocks Weigh on Grains Farm Bureau Farm Bill Reviewed Farm Bureau Farm Bill Reviewed Goodlatte Wants Rollback of RFS Goodlatte Wants Rollback of RFS Ag Committee Chair Addresses Farm Bill Ag Committee Chair Addresses Farm Bill Checkoff-Funded Market Research Checkoff-Funded Market Research AGCO to Acquire GSI Holdings President Sends FTA's to Congress President Sends FTA's to Congress President Sends FTA's to Congress The Buzz: Bunker Mentality Meat Recall Leads to Russian Ban Meat Recall Leads to Russian Ban USDA Will Resurvey Where's the Beef? Funds Announced to Support Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Funds Announced to Support Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Midwest Crops Lack Health Farm Bill Proposals Coming Fast and Furious Farm Bill Proposals Coming Fast and Furious NCGA Encourages Passage of Three Key Trade Agreements NCGA Encourages Passage of Three Key Trade Agreements DMI Annual Report Available at Dairy Checkoff Website ASA Issues Action Alert ASA Issues Action Alert The Wheels On The Rig Go Round And Round Market Leans Hard in One Direction Ahead of USDA Reports Not a Time to be Short Grains Everybody (in China) Loves A Soybean Bargain Struggle over FTAs Continues Struggle over FTAs Continues Grassley Speaks Out on RFS and Farm Bill Grassley Speaks Out on RFS and Farm Bill Wisconsin Lawmakers Seek to Overturn State's Margarine Ban USDA Official Leads Trade Delegation to Vietnam USDA Official Leads Trade Delegation to Vietnam Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Higher Inventory Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Higher Inventory Grains Approach Harvest Low? Grains Mark Time Ahead of USDA Report Missouri River Flood Damage Revealed Missouri River Flood Damage Revealed Payments for Advanced Biofuels Announced Payments for Advanced Biofuels Announced Nominations Open for Positions on National Pork Board Syngenta Fails to Obtain Injunction Against Bunge Syngenta Fails to Obtain Injunction Against Bunge Sweepstakes Celebrates Speed, Staying Power Of Kixor Herbicide Porter-Cable Redesigns 18 Volt Drill/Driver, Hammerdrill Grains Wrestle with European Flu Hangover Grains Rally as Pessimism Eases Markets Show Some Signs of Life Study Finds Pork Producers Receive Return on Investment in USMEF's Market Development Programs Flusher Keeps C-P Irrigation Machines Clean House Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Internet House Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Internet Sampling for SCN This Fall Can Save Soybean Yield Next Growing Season Sampling for SCN This Fall Can Save Soybean Yield Next Growing Season USDA Launches MyPlate Video Challenge USDA Launches MyPlate Video Challenge Demand Talk Strengthens Grains Grains Look to Greece New Farm Bill Plan Introduced New Farm Bill Plan Introduced RFA Wants Current RFS Maintained RFA Wants Current RFS Maintained Value of Ag Export Programs Recognized by White House Value of Ag Export Programs Recognized by White House When To Harvest Could Boil Down To Numbers New Dairy Program Offered New Dairy Program Offered IAS Introduces a Wireless Blockage Monitor for Air Seeders Beef Checkoff Sets FY2012 Plan of Work Wheat Shines Amid Market Fears Trade Confidence is Rocky Ahead of Weekend Super Committee Holds A Lot of Sway Over Farm Bill Super Committee Holds A Lot of Sway Over Farm Bill Yamaha Introduces a 'Baby' Bear Atrazine Up for Review Again Atrazine Up for Review Again USTR's Kirk and WTO's Lamy Meeting to Discuss Doha USTR's Kirk and WTO's Lamy Meeting to Discuss Doha USFRA: Get Family Back To The Dinner Table (4 of 4) USFRA: Get Family Back To The Dinner Table (4 of 4) Food Dialogues Talk About Sustainability (3 of 4) Food Dialogues Talk About Sustainability (3 of 4) Food Dialogues Hit Hot Topics at D.C.Town Hall Meeting (2 of 4) Food Dialogues Hit Hot Topics at D.C.Town Hall Meeting (2 of 4) Expanded Corn Limits Matter USFRA Holds First Town Hall Meeting in Indiana USFRA Holds First Town Hall Meeting in Indiana No Need to Panic Corn Ponders Chinese Future Food Dialogues Event Hosted by USFRA Food Dialogues Event Hosted by USFRA Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' Robo-Sharpener From Case IH Keeps Tillage Blades Sharp More Problems for FTA? More Problems for FTA? Votes Impacting Agriculture Taken in House Votes Impacting Agriculture Taken in House NMPF Board Advocates Changes to Peterson-Simpson Dairy Policy Reform Package Crop Health Suffers Most in Eastern Midwest, Plains Trade Choppy as Yield Estimates Fall Traders Mark Time Ahead of Fed Statement Senate Vote May Clear the Way for FTAs Senate Vote May Clear the Way for FTAs USGC Signs Letter of Intent With Taiwan Feed Millers President's Recommendations to Reduce Deficit Receiving Some Heat President's Recommendations to Reduce Deficit Receiving Some Heat Meat Products Recalled Vermeer Unwraps New Bale Wrapper USTR Files Case Against China With WTO USTR Files Case Against China With WTO Job Creation Partnerships Promoted by USDA Rural Development Job Creation Partnerships Promoted by USDA Rural Development Grains Languish Amid the Uncertainty Lower Crop Ratings Help Refocus the Trade Grain Markets Turn Around Monday and Could Move Higher Tuesday President's Deficit Reduction Package Released President's Deficit Reduction Package Released Vermeer Has New Baler Offerings FSA Extends Sign Up for BCAP FSA Extends Sign Up for BCAP Around The World of Dairy in Five Days WTO Public Forum Opens Senninger Flow Meter is New Monitoring Tool Orthman Grain Cart Features Double Auger Grains Victim of Fear Cycle Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight This is a Critical Week for the Grain Markets Senators Want EPA Administrator to Take Stance Senators Want EPA Administrator to Take Stance REAP Funding More than 500 Rural Projects REAP Funding More than 500 Rural Projects The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices EPA Seeking Public Comment on Request for Atrazine Ban EPA Seeking Public Comment on Request for Atrazine Ban Subcommittee Listens to Concerns about Feed Availability VR1428 Makes a Lot of Hay Drop in Corn Yield May Not Be Over Yet Chart Support Holds Up to Late-Week Test Cautious Optimism Refocuses on Fundamentals Time for Farmers to Plan for 2012 House Ag Leadership Concerned about Super Committee House Ag Leadership Concerned about Super Committee Threat of Dry Winter for Already Drought-Devastated States Threat of Dry Winter for Already Drought-Devastated States Senate Approves Cuba Amendment Senate Approves Cuba Amendment Bipartisan Ag Research Bill Introduced to Spur Innovation Bipartisan Ag Research Bill Introduced to Spur Innovation Consumer Contest in Japan Highlights U.S. Pork Butt Recipes Lindsay Unveils New Model Numbers Chart Sell Stops Escalate Selling in Grains Grains Battle Plethora of Negative Economic News Corn Sales Surprise Subcommittee Completes Audit Series Subcommittee Completes Audit Series Crop Health Deteriorates in the Eastern Midwest AFBF Reports Marketbasket Survey Results AFBF Reports Marketbasket Survey Results Freeze Event This Week Could Greatly Impact Immature Crops Freeze Event This Week Could Greatly Impact Immature Crops FTA Delay Costing American Farmers FTA Delay Costing American Farmers FTA Delay Costing American Farmers RFA Says Ethanol's Bad Rap Unwarranted RFA Says Ethanol's Bad Rap Unwarranted Propane Powered GM Conversions Pork Inspires Barbecue Buffs in Washington, D.C. Propelling Growth Across The Value-Chain From Seed-To-Shelf 'Nervous' Sums Up Today's Trade Grains Follow Seasonal Trends NFU is in Washington for Their Fall Fly-In NFU is in Washington for Their Fall Fly-In Farmers with Flood-damaged Crops Are Getting Assistance from USDA, FDA Farmers with Flood-damaged Crops Are Getting Assistance from USDA, FDA Farmers Union Leader to Take Helm of International Ag Group Farmers Union Leader to Take Helm of International Ag Group Driving Demand for Dairy, Food and Product Innovations Check the Tires Please Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Price Break Reflects Speculative Nerves Expect Average Corn Crop Soybeans Try to Control Fallout from Bearish USDA Report NCGA Releases Farm Bill Proposal NCGA Releases Farm Bill Proposal How the American Jobs Act Applies to Rural America How the American Jobs Act Applies to Rural America Keeping The Latest USDA Corn Numbers In Perspective Keeping The Latest USDA Corn Numbers In Perspective Hearing Being Held in Sugar Lawsuit Against HFCS Hearing Being Held in Sugar Lawsuit Against HFCS Burton Eller Retires from NCBA Burton Eller Retires from NCBA Cover Crop Movement Gaining Momentum NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups The Buzz: USDA Report Leaves Work To Do Corn Feeds on USDA Data European Debt Trumps USDA Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Ethanol Exports Continue Strong Pace Ethanol Exports Continue Strong Pace U.S. Geological Survey Finds Surprising Results About Glyphosate U.S. Geological Survey Finds Surprising Results About Glyphosate AC21 Gets Three-Pronged Assignment from Ag Secretary AC21 Gets Three-Pronged Assignment from Ag Secretary AMS Pressured to Enforce COOL Law Now Deficit Super Committee Meets Deficit Super Committee Meets Deficit Super Committee Meets Emotional Day of Trading La Nina Returns La Nina Returns La Nina Returns How Many Soybeans Is China Buying? Sharp Selloff of Stocks at Open on Wall Street Cautious Financial Markets Could Limit Trade President Addresses Congress and Nation President Addresses Congress and Nation Committee Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Committee Approves Ag Appropriations Bill July Beef, Pork Exports Continue to Surge Lincoln Offers Better View of Welding Booming Ag Economy Bringing Young People Back to the Farm Booming Ag Economy Bringing Young People Back to the Farm Market Continues to Grind Lower Choppy Overnight Trade for Corn and Soybeans U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues Biomass Potential Still Promising Drought Wilts Farm Income Super Cuts from Super Committee? Land Prices and Rents Spiral Higher Congress Setting the Table for FTAs Congress Setting the Table for FTAs Cover Story: Gauging Storage Risk Report Outlines Food Insecurity in America Report Outlines Food Insecurity in America Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries USDA Rolls Out First Themed MyPlate Healthy Eating Message USDA Rolls Out First Themed MyPlate Healthy Eating Message What's a Building Worth? What's a Building Worth? National Beef Checkoff Looks at 25 Years of Successful Industry Information National Beef Checkoff Looks at 25 Years of Successful Industry Information Profit-Taking Happened When Corn Couldn't Take Out Yesterday's High Production Estimates Fall Ahead of USDA Report Satellite Images Show Midwest Crop Dry-Down Hobart Gives Welder Generator More Run Time USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs High-Oleic Soybeans Hold Big Potential for U.S. Industry High-Oleic Soybeans Hold Big Potential for U.S. Industry Predictors Lower Some Crop Estimates Predictors Lower Some Crop Estimates WTO Leader Predicts Lower World Trade New Stable Lien Provisions Signed By Illinois Governor Stalk Rot and Ear Rot Season Ahead? Money Flow is Behind Negative Numbers Grains Pay the Price for European Debt European Sovereign Debt Cast Negative Mood Over Markets Congress Returns to Washington Congress Returns to Washington Congress Returns to Washington Gypsum Provides Potential Benefits Proposed 2012 National Pork Board Budget Continues Consumer Focus Vilsack Calls American Agriculture Resilient Vilsack Calls American Agriculture Resilient The History of Labor Day The History of Labor Day Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Private Production Estimates Continue to Fall Grains Hold Up Amid Bearish Jobs Data Job Numbers Could Affect Grain Market's Ability to Bounce Back NRCS Gets First-Hand Look at Dakota Flood Mitigation Efforts NRCS Gets First-Hand Look at Dakota Flood Mitigation Efforts FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines World Dairy Expo Offers Continuing Educational Credits Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Weather Models Cause Selling Pressure in Grains Money Flow is Causing Markets to Drift Lower How Much Corn Is China Buying? Bayer Meets Grower Demand USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year Army Corps Updates Levee Restoration Progress on Mississippi River Army Corps Updates Levee Restoration Progress on Mississippi River Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene AAEP Issues Wild Horse Recommendations Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond Beans Try to Lead Grains in Choppy Trade ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam Slowdown Seen in Demand Checkoff Aims to Increase National Soybean Yield Average Checkoff Aims to Increase National Soybean Yield Average Crop Condition Continues to Decline Crop Condition Continues to Decline Greek Yogurt Sales Rise In U.S. Dairy Aisles USDA Alerts Organic Industry of Fraudulent National Organic Program Certificate AGCO RoGators Get Update CME Modifies Wheat Futures Contract CME Modifies Wheat Futures Contract Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Smart Grid Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Smart Grid Corn Stages Dramatic Recovery The Buzz: 2012 Planting Intentions Outside Markets Continue to Look Bumpy Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs North Carolina Ag Commissioner Reports on Damage North Carolina Ag Commissioner Reports on Damage Bird Flu Rears Its Ugly Head Again Governors Seek Flooding Answers from Corps Governors Seek Flooding Answers from Corps Farm Credit Publishes Community Impact Report Farm Credit Publishes Community Impact Report Show Week Begins with Higher Prices DuPont Announces U.S. Approval of New Insect Protection Farm Bill Hearing Focuses on Risk Management Farm Bill Hearing Focuses on Risk Management Soybean Checkoff Continues Conversations with EU on U.S. Soy Biodiesel Soybean Checkoff Continues Conversations with EU on U.S. Soy Biodiesel Wind Power Has the Ability to Maintain Rural Communities Wind Power Has the Ability to Maintain Rural Communities Beef Checkoff is Changing Perceptions of Beef Beef Checkoff is Changing Perceptions of Beef Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift Saga of Low Yields Picks Up Steam Late Maturity of Crops Shows up in Satellite Imagery NFGA and NAEGA Weigh in on AgriSure Viptera (UPDATED!) NFGA and NAEGA Weigh in on AgriSure Viptera (UPDATED!) Grains Explode Higher on Supply Concerns Grains Rise on Bernanke, Exports Grassley Says Super Committee Needs to Rely on Expertise of Each Committee Grassley Says Super Committee Needs to Rely on Expertise of Each Committee Biotech Acceptance in China Impeding Growth of U.S. Corn Export Market Biotech Acceptance in China Impeding Growth of U.S. Corn Export Market Importance of High Speed Broadband to Jobs, Development in Rural America Importance of High Speed Broadband to Jobs, Development in Rural America EPA Issues Compliance Orders to Egg Farm, Cattle Feedlots EPA Issues Compliance Orders to Egg Farm, Cattle Feedlots Wheat Shines Despite Economic Fears Market Has Firm Undertones Russian Again Captures Egyptian Tender Making a Corporate Statement Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Government-Wide Regulation Review Plan Announced Government-Wide Regulation Review Plan Announced Budget Process Could Have Big Impact on Writing of 2012 Farm Bill Budget Process Could Have Big Impact on Writing of 2012 Farm Bill Changes in Crop Acres Since Freedom to Farm Changes in Crop Acres Since Freedom to Farm Farm Bureau Supports LightSquared Goal Farm Bureau Supports LightSquared Goal World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Contest Announces Grand Champion Winners Grains Hold While Gold Tumbles EPA Science Advisory Board Releases Nitrogen Report EPA Science Advisory Board Releases Nitrogen Report Bunge Responds to Suit Bunge Responds to Suit Grains Well-Supported Amid Economic Malaise Chinese Trade Delegation Getting Firsthand Look at U.S. Corn Chinese Trade Delegation Getting Firsthand Look at U.S. Corn Corn and Soybean Conditions Continue Slight Decline Corn and Soybean Conditions Continue Slight Decline Frustration Growing as FTAs Remain Undone Frustration Growing as FTAs Remain Undone USDA Weather Assumptions Undermining Forecasts USDA Weather Assumptions Undermining Forecasts Class III Sets Record High In July Bestway Offering New Transport Hitch Satellite Imagery Shows Increased Disease Presence, Dryness Weather Firm Pegs Corn Yield at 148.7 Bushels per Acre Lower Yields Support Prices Canadian-Colombian Free Trade Agreement In Effect Canadian-Colombian Free Trade Agreement In Effect Ag Secretary & Ag Chair Highlight Importance of Ag Research Ag Secretary & Ag Chair Highlight Importance of Ag Research Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July More Dollars Released for Broadband Service More Dollars Released for Broadband Service USSEC Animal Utilization Stakeholders Meeting Takes Place in Seattle USSEC Animal Utilization Stakeholders Meeting Takes Place in Seattle Checkoff Teams with Sodexo to Promote Pork Reason for Daily Trading Limit Change Doesn't Ring True for NCGA Reason for Daily Trading Limit Change Doesn't Ring True for NCGA PowerSharp System Keeps Chainsaw in Action Economic Worries Slow Gains in the Grains Syngenta Files Suit Against Bunge Syngenta Files Suit Against Bunge Vilsack Holds Rural Forum at Iowa State Fair Vilsack Holds Rural Forum at Iowa State Fair Supply Concerns Couple with Inflation to Support Grains Growth Energy Disputes Auto Industry Claims Growth Energy Disputes Auto Industry Claims Study Group Looking at Renewables Study Group Looking at Renewables 25X'25 Favors President's Biofuels Plan 25X'25 Favors President's Biofuels Plan Dairy Draft Legislation Discussed Dairy Draft Legislation Discussed Strange Pollination Patterns Showing up in Corn Fields Trichomonaisis Risk Could Increase With Western Drought Trichomonaisis Risk Could Increase With Western Drought Grains Play Safe-Haven Role Council on Foundations Partners with USDA Grains Eager to Rise as Fears Subside Wall Street Suffers Through Nervous Breakdown Changing Market Impacts Latest Biotech Trait Changing Market Impacts Latest Biotech Trait Ag Lenders Survey Results Revealed Ag Lenders Survey Results Revealed Biotech Acres Continue to Grow Globally Biotech Acres Continue to Grow Globally Sunflower Drill Simple, Easy to Operate and Fast RFA Responds to President RFA Responds to President Your National Beef Checkoff: 25 Years and Counting Your National Beef Checkoff: 25 Years and Counting The Buzz: 2008 All Over Again? Grains Hold Well amid Wall Street Panic Additional Rural Investments Announced Additional Rural Investments Announced Additional Rural Investments Announced Forget the Fundamentals Obama Blames Congress in Farm Tour Obama Blames Congress in Farm Tour No Back-to-School Sale In Grains Ethanol Compromise Unlikely to be Salvaged Ethanol Compromise Unlikely to be Salvaged NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement USDA Official Highlights Renewable Fuel Choices for Missouri Drivers USDA Official Highlights Renewable Fuel Choices for Missouri Drivers Butterfly Mower Can Cut 30 Acres Per Hour Dairy Stabilization Program Not Active Strategic Oil Reserve Release Impacts the Grains Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Dollar's Weakness is Gain for Grains Obama Opens White House Rural Economic Forum Obama Opens White House Rural Economic Forum Obama Says Biofuels Should Leave No Stone Unturned Obama Says Biofuels Should Leave No Stone Unturned What to Know About Installing a Wind Energy System on Your Farm What to Know About Installing a Wind Energy System on Your Farm Senator Expects Pending Trade Deals Could Be Approved Soon Senator Expects Pending Trade Deals Could Be Approved Soon Pork Checkoff Study: PRRS Costs Industry $641 Million Annually USDA Announces Historic School Nutrition Improvements as Children Return to School USDA Announces Historic School Nutrition Improvements as Children Return to School Extra-Density Baler Packs More Mass In Same Space Grains Advance on Supply Fears Euro Woes Cap Grains French and German Presidents Meet on Creation of Euro Zone Bond President Announces New Rural Economic Programs President Announces New Rural Economic Programs ASA Listens To Missouri River Farmers' Concerns ASA Listens To Missouri River Farmers' Concerns RFA Comments on EPA Proposals RFA Comments on EPA Proposals Obama Makes Campaign Start in Minnesota Obama Makes Campaign Start in Minnesota Grains Ratchet Higher on Declining Yield Prospects Farm Futures Exclusive: Vilsack Discusses Rural Council Grains Benefit from Calmer Financial Markets Renewable Energy Industry Focusing on Federal Supports President Obama Touring the Midwest USMEF Releases Detailed Export Report USMEF Releases Detailed Export Report USDA Announces Availability of Additional Conservation Reserve Program Acres Horror Stories are Anecdotal So Far Rural Economic Growth, Jobs Focus Of Council Forum Rural Economic Growth, Jobs Focus Of Council Forum Market Still Has Work To Do Grains Cautious Ahead of the Weekend USDA's Bullish Crop Report Thursday Sparked a New Round of Selling Super Committee Challenges Could Mean Greater Challenges for Agriculture Iowa RFA Trying to Gain Political Support Drought Affecting Land and Livestock USDA and DOE Fund 10 Research Projects Agco's 90-Foot White Planter Rolls On Tracks The Buzz: Volatility Squared Grains Rise on Yield Cuts USDA Awakens the Bulls No Changes to CDL Ag Regulations Super Committee on Debt Reduction is Forming Report on Agricultural Trade Trends Released by Congressional Research Service Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers Hold First Meeting Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers Hold First Meeting Grains Poise for USDA Report Cheap Dollar Policy Supports Grains APHIS Releases Proposed Livestock Traceability Rule Truck Fuel Efficiency Standards Launched U.S. Economy Benefits from National Forests AGCO's New Equipment Launch Largest Ever Grains Firm on Cautious Optimism Bargain Hunters Emerge as Fears Subside Corn Market is Trying to Overcome Fallout from the Wall Street Meltdown Vilsack Emphasizes Success Stories of U.S. Agriculture Reforming USF Big Step Forward for Broadband FTA Passage Expected in September July Weather Took its Toll on Crops USDA Providing Assistance to Producers Hurt By Disasters USDA Providing Assistance to Producers Hurt By Disasters Grains Try to Hold Against Wall Street Blues USDA and EPA Join Forces to Help Rural America Grains Caught in S&P Hangover Funding for Modernization of Inland Waterways Faces an Uphill Battle NCBA's Woodall Lays Out Farm Bill Priorities NCBA's Woodall Lays Out Farm Bill Priorities Ag Lobbyist Discusses Impact of Debt Deal on Farm Bill National Farmers Market Week Kicked Off Late-Season Corn Field Checks Could Prove Interesting Grains Battle to Overcome Uncertainty Jobs Report Provides Cautious Optimism Peterson Gives Perspective on Future of Farm Policy Debt Debate Leaves FTAs Hanging in Balance Debt Debate Leaves FTAs Hanging in Balance ARS Studying Impact of Higher CO2 Levels on Climate Change Corn Resilient Amid Stormy Outside Markets. Economic Fears Trump Falling Yield Estimates Corn Exports Disappoint NFU President, NCGA CEO Part of Farm Bill Panel USB See for Yourself Program Participants Return from Mexico Senators Weigh In with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Vilsack Addresses International Association for Food Protection Center for Rural Affairs Releases Study Economy Weighs on Grains Ahead of Jobs Report Senate Passes Debt Compromise, President Signs It Heat Starting to Hurt Corn and Soybean Conditions FSA to Streamline AGI Compliance Paperwork Farm Safety Net Needs Crop Insurance Fungicides Don't Control Every Disease Grains Explode Higher on Yield Concerns No Change to National Corn Crop Ratings House Passes Debt Agreement How Big a Hit Will Ag Programs Take in Next Farm Bill? Mississippi River Improvements Needed Alliance Promoting Sugar Policy Weakness Filters into the Wheat Market Cautious Optimism on Debt Deal Supports Grains President Announces Debt Ceiling Agreement Mexico Wants U.S. Soybeans NFU Voices Concerns Over CDL Requirements Retail Beef Prices Continue to Climb Retail Beef Prices Continue to Climb Grain Traders Grasp at a Glimmer of Hope Economic Data Spooks Already Nervous Traders Uncertainty Continues About Debt Ceiling Crop Health Below Year-Ago Levels Senate Staffers Briefed on Renewable Energy Spending Bill Will Rein In EPA Beef Shortage Means Hold on to the Cows Beef Shortage Means Hold on to the Cows Research, Specialty Crops Examined by Congress Grains Slide as House Considers Yet Another Option Corn Exports Slow Ag Title Audit Shows Need for Farm Safety Net Debt Proposals Impact Agriculture, Farm Bill Additional Biomass Production Projects Announced Ag Official Discusses Conservation and Economic Growth The Buzz: Plenty Of Drama Wheat Leads the Grains on Strengthening Fundamentals Fear Index Rises as Debt Deadline Nears Sides Are Inching Closer to Debt Deal Ethanol Compromise Looking for Legislative Vehicle Guiding Principles for Federal Energy Policy Released Additional 14 Biobased Categories Established by BioPreffered Rule Grains Firm as Yield Prospects Decline Deteriorating Crops No Match for Debt Talks, Yet Grains Tried to Rally Overnight Direct Payments Expected to be Reduced in Next Farm Bill Clock Continues to Tick Down to Debt Deadline FTA Supporters See Passage on the Horizon Microsoft Helps National FFA Build Agricultural Career Network Debt Negotiations Dominate Trade Rains, Debt Fears Weigh on Grains A New Farm Bill Next Week? Taxes Drive Debt Talks Action Continues on Budget Proposals CFTC Rules Should be Carefully Crafted USDA Providing Funds for Several Programs Odd Things Happen in Weird Crop Years Futures Firmed Despite Rain over Central Corn Belt Traders Cautious Ahead of Weekend Investors Around World Are Breathing Easier Republicans Find Votes for TAA President Opens Door for Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase Agriculture Subcommittee Focuses on SNAP Debt Talk Emotions Create Volatility for Grains Export Sales Drop After Rally Ag Organizations Applying Pressure to Complete Debt Deal USB Farmer-Directors Take Steps to Transform Organization and Industry Organizations, Congress Gearing Up for the Next Farm Bill First Lady Leading Attack on 'Food Deserts' in America Grains Rebound From Yesterday's Close Debt Negotiations Limit Gains in Grains Congress Briefed on Importance of Farm Bill Energy Title Waiting Game Continues for FTAs Lawmakers Still Reaching for Debt Ceiling Compromise Congressman Pressuring CFTC on Rules Push Back the Night The Buzz: Volatile Weather Markets! 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced Outside Pressures Eased on Tuesday Ban of Pesticide Permits Has Been Put on Hold Reid and McConnell Redesign Old Deal AFBF Questioning USDA's Numbers Pork Exports Likely to Set New Value Record in 2011 Midwest Heat Assessment Continues Debt Over-Rides Weather Market Farm Futures Publishes Special Issue on Sustainable Farming Federal Cuts Likely for Energy Programs Proposed Dairy Legislation Defended y NMPF How Much Nitrogen is Left in Your Corn's Tank? USDA Offering Assistance to Severe Weather Victims FF Extra: The Greening of U.S. Agriculture, Online Resources FF Extra: What Kind of Farmer are You? Cover Story: Decision-Making Tool for New Business Ventures Conservation's Uphill Fight Key Components of a Succession Plan 'Now, Brazil is Arriving' Weather Models Provide Volatility for Grains Make Your New Vehicle Work for You Make Your New Vehicle Work for You Weather Market of 2011 Arrives Traders Nervous Moving Into Weekend Addition of ACRE Was Step Toward Contemporary Safety Net Bill Stops EPA Overregulation Beef Checkoff Stakeholders Asking USDA to Take Action Regulations are Choking Agriculture Grains Row Through Turbulent Waters Corn, Soybean Sales Strong House Republicans Skeptical About Senate GOP Debt Plan Clean Water Federalism Act Supported by Coalition Japanese Recovery Being Aided by USMEF Job Growth Hearing Scheduled in Senate Weather Concerns Build in the Midwest China's Growth is Our Gain EPA Proposal Meets Approval of National Biodiesel Board Agricultural Helps Extract Iron from Ore NCBA Weighs in on UEP-HSUS Deal USDA Announces Farm to School Report The Buzz: Is Corn Rally The Real Deal? USDA Report Supportive Long-Term European Debt Frustrates Grains Study Shows Food vs. Fuel Debate Has No Standing Congressman Sends GIPSA Message to Vilsack Rancher Testifies on Border Security REINS Act Would Require Congressional Approval of Regulations Prices Consolidate Ahead of USDA Reports Euro Drags Grains Lower Ethanol Compromise Was Best Deal Industry Could Muster Vilsack Optimistic About FTA Reality of Small Corn Sets In RFA Questions President's Town Hall Remarks EU Sorghum Levy Changed Corn Bucks Negative Trend in Outside Markets Disappointing Jobs Report Didn't Dent Enthusiasm First Commercial-Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant will be Built in Iowa Corn Export Sales Surge Chinese Purchases Help Corn Market Lawmakers Move on FTAs Ethanol Agreement Reaction Continues to Pour In Livestock Industry Concerned by UEP-HSUS Deal Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Reintroduced Futures Market Hangs on to Rallies Ethanol Incentive Compromise Reached Grain Markets Open Higher Than Expected Trucking Agreement Signed by U.S. and Mexico House Budget Document Would Cut EPA Spending House Budget Document Would Cut EPA Spending Senate Gives FTA Markup Another Go Senate Gives FTA Markup Another Go U.S. Corn and Soybeans in Decent Condition Two-sided Trade Seen on Wednesday Booming Agricultural Land Values Are Not In a Bubble Profit Taking Overnight Brings Prices Lower FTA Mock Markup Scheduled, Again NCGA Questions Witness List on E15 Hearing SURE Sign-up Deadline Approaching U.S. Drops Opposition to Voluntary GM Labeling Grants for Rural Business Available Higher Commodity Prices: "The New Normal"? Warmer Temperatures Boost Crop Growth Corn and Wheat Enjoyed Nice Gains Tuesday Grains Start Stronger EU- South Koreas Trade Deal in Affect USDA Reinstates Farm Labor Survey RMA Changes Prevented Planting Rules USGC Will Look At Progams, Initatives and Directioon at Annual Meeting 'Wiinning the Future' Roundtables Continue Across the Country Be On Guard For Foliar Diseases Economic Development Funding Provided by USDA Holiday Recess Canceled for Senate Big Corn Sale Helps Market Find its Footing Dust Settles on USDA Report Baucus Forced to Cancel Mock Markup Direct Payments Likely to Be Cut One Way or Another MAP and FMD Funds Grow Mexican DDGS Market NASS Resurveying Acreage USDA Data Puzzles the Trade Deere Retools Midsize Players Some Doubt About If Deal Will Move Ahead Some Doubt About If Deal Will Move Ahead Senators Call for Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment Timing of U.S. Trade Deals Important Legislation Relieves Regulation on Ag Transportation Agriculture Education and Research Taking Hit From Budget Cuts Pre-Report Positioning Leads to Erratic Trade Tight Stocks, Chinese Demand Underpin Corn White House Announces Trade Program Agreement E15 One Step Closer FTA Mock Markup Planned Senate Ag Committee Examines Livestock Industry National Food Safety Campaign Aimed to Reduce Foodborne Illness NIFA Funding Will Help Corn and Soybean Growers Grains Enjoy Pre-Report Bounce Crop Ratings Slide Ahead of USDA Reports Optimism over Greek Debt Bolsters Euro Yield Contest Deadline Pushed Back Weather Carries Big Cost Reform Part of Pledge by New FAO Head Long-Term Perspective Supports Corn Chinese Demand Refocuses Trade After the Floods Recede, Action Needed Next Chief Named for UN Food and Agriculture Organization Hog Inventory Rises Biotech Committee Members Appointed Broadband Report Emphasizes Rural Needs Scout for Corn Diseases and Take Effective Control Measures Market Downturn Continues Threat to GPS Signal Draws Industry Response Pressure Drags Down Market Open Environmental Working Group Releases Farm Figures Better Market Picture Today USDA Supports G20 Action Plan DOE Announces Release of Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve Stabenow Calls for Focus on Accountability Environmental Symposium Focuses on Which is Better for Ag - Regulation or Legislation Problems with Flooding and Drought Continue More Soybean Cancellations Announced NFU Says Action Needed Now On GIPSA Rule Disaster Areas Toured by USDA Officials Uncertainty Remains on Ban of Pesticide Permits Buhler Industries Enters Tillage Market Black Sea Production Hits Corn Market Money Flowing out of the Markets EPA Releases 2012 RFS Proposal Wisconsin Congressman Has Mixed Feelings on Ethanol Votes Farm Program Changes Are Coming Time is Growing Short to Get FTA's Done December Corn Higher on Chinese Rumors RFA Ready to Move on Following Senate Vote Greek Debt Concerns are Easing G-20 Ag Ministers Meet This Week Can Sides Reach Deal to Cut Federal Spending? Bogs Footwear Caters to Farmers and Ranchers Soybeans Lead Market Higher Jordan First to Import U.S. DDGS in the Middle East Ag Secretary Vilsack Tours Flooded Areas Along Missouri River House Makes Big Ag Cuts Bobcat Offers Tread Design Choices Seed Corn Industry Announces New Shifts Investor Confidence Suffers Despite Strong Fundamentals Germany's Commitment Revives Grain Trade Greece Gets a Reprieve, for Now House Ag Spending Cuts Hit Wide Range of Targets Plains, Midwest Vegetative Health Remains Disappointing Groups React to Ethanol Votes Corn Production Gets Even More Efficient Happy Cows? Not so Fast Recycled Advertising Handy Around Farm Grain Losses Put into Perspective Senate Kills Ethanol Tax Credit End Users Ready to Pounce on Markets Ethanol Subsidy Up for Another Cut? Aussie Cattle Export Ban Impacts Local Markets Aussie Cattle Export Ban Impacts Local Markets Agency Clarifies Prevented Planting Rules E. coli Outbreak Could Trigger New Rules Biodiesel Industry Reaches Out to Consumers Ethanol Report Sees Improved Industry Health Power MIG Line Now Includes 180 Dual Fear Trumps Fundamentals Pioneer to Investors: New Soybeans Delayed Canadian Wheat Board Slashes Acres Shell Rotella Offers Engine Warranty Program Soybean Growers Issue Call to Action Top Farmer Meeting Agenda Released Food Technologists Tackle Global Challenge Ethanol Tax Move Creates Strange Alliances Vote to End Ethanol Support Fails Price Break Uncovers Demand Seasonal Factors Weigh on Corn Inflation Rampant in China Senate Poised to Vote on Coburn Ethanol Amendment Administration, Ag Committee Weigh In on Ag Appropriations Bill Thune and Klobuchar Introduce Bill Changing Ethanol Tax Policy Administration Announces Energy Initiatives Vilsack Talks of Feeding the World Prices Slip Ahead of USDA Data Grains Mark Time Ahead of USDA Data U.S. Beef and Pork Exports Remain Strong Producers Will Have to Work Harder for Record Corn Crop USDA Funding Several Grants Salmonella Outbreak Being Investigated Fewer Test Plots No Excuse for Less Scouting Midwest Continues to Lag 2010 in Vegetative Health Grains Battle Economic Fears Weather Plays Role in USDA Report White House Rural Council Formed U.S. Corn Growers Get Firsthand Look at China Spring Crop Progress Marketbasket Survey Shows Rising Costs Young People Face Barriers to Enter Farming Mustang RT Series Trackloaders for 2011 The Buzz: Corn Hits All-Time High Markets Volatile on USDA Data Vilsack Urges Participation in FSA County Elections APHIS Targets Plant Diseases and Pests Progress Seen in Reducing Foodborne Pathogens ESCO Offers Wheel Heat Warning Label Crude Oil Surges on OPEC Not Raising Production Threat to Export Market Development Programs a Threat to Producers Yamaha Upgrades Grizzly Grassley Again Ready to Move Forward with Effort to Cap Farm Program Payments Dow AgroSciences Announces Prairie Brand Seed Purchase New Kuhn Power Merger for Hay Fields Agco Parts Offers Parts 'Rewards' Program Soybean Planting is Lagging Committee Says Collaboration Vital to Food Productivity Corn, Beans Rally on Supply Concerns Mexico Purchase Fuels Bullish Talk Debt Ceiling Battle Draws New Warning New Line of Sub-Compacts from John Deere Sukup Offers Accessory for Clearing Bin Clumps Inspector General Finds Fault with FSA Weather Issues Could Mean Record for Unplanted Acreage 'See for Yourself' Program Announces 2011 Participants European Trade Hurts Grains, Again Economic Recovery Works to Outpace Inflation Risk Management Tools Are Needed in Next Farm Bill Defending Crop Insurance Important As Next Farm Bill Written John Deere Financial Announces New Name For Farm Plan Michelin Extends Tire Line for Skid Steers Peterson Angling to Move Dairy Pricing Reforms Through the House Now To Replant or Not to Replant, That is the Question! Rhino Expands Flex-Wing Mower Line Grains Prove Resilient on Supply Concerns Jobs Report Haunts Grain Trade Exports Sluggish As May Ended Forecast is for Wet Weekend in Upper Midwest Ranking Member of Senate Ag Committee Reflects on First Farm Bill Field Hearing Ranking Member of Senate Ag Committee Reflects on First Farm Bill Field Hearing Ethanol Battle Continues Ethanol Battle Continues MyPlate Draws Positive Response New Icon Unveiled to Replace MyPyramid Mitas Expands Row-Crop Tractor Tire Line Ag Futures Hold Up Well Grain Market Moves Higher House Moves Could Cause Trade Issues Euro-E. Coli Controversy Heats Up Corn Farmers Take Get Inside 'The Beltway' Saying Goodbye to the Food Pyramid Leica Updates Ag Guidance Products Lost Acres Lift Corn, Soybeans The Buzz: Slow Planting Or Slow Economy? Fundamentals Battle for Control Livestock Groups Back House Spending Bill Livestock Groups Back House Spending Bill Groups Line Up in Opposition to Conservation Cuts China Wildcard on Imports Could Have Impact Weather Pushes Interesting Debate at Planting Time There is a Top Limit on Planting Speed! High Plains Cattlewoman America's Farmers Mom Of The Year Pioneer Hi-Bred Launches Mobile Version of Website France Warns of Wheat Shortages Pivotal Week for Grain Prices Grains Recover from Russian Announcement Ag Agreement for Doha Round Unlikely...for Now Russia Back in Wheat Export Market? Australia Bans Live Cattle Shipments to Indonesia Australia Bans Live Cattle Shipments to Indonesia Bill Would Speed Biotech Crop Approvals Prevent Overflowing Grain Bins with Level Indicator Euro E.Coli Scare Spreads Turkey Has Growing Market Potential for Grains MOU Signed to Work On African Food Security Markets Are Looking For Direction Corn Planting Deadline Causes Uncertainty The Buzz: Ag Markets Break Free Eastern Midwest Off to a Poor Start Preliminary Ruling Made Against COOL Council Kicks off Agricultural Dialogue Series in India Holiday Travelers Saving Due to Ethanol Need For Safety Net Stressed at Farm Bill Hearing Grains Firm Ahead of the Weekend Export Sales Support Corn Buyers Turn Cautious In Export Market Ag Secretary Says It's Time to Fix Our Broken Immigration System Deadlines for REAP Applications Approaching Softening Derivatives Reform Could Impact Ag Commodity and Input Prices Concerns About Acres Lost in Flood Ag Organizations Gather to Push Action on FTA Ag Organizations Gather to Push Action on FTA REAP and Other Energy Programs Cut During Markup Farm Groups Worried About Farm Bill Safety Net More than 3.5 Million Acres Impacted by Flooding Toro Blends Small Engine Synthetic Oil Market Continues to Weaken House Appropriations to Look at Ag Spending Bill Commodity Outlook Gets a Boost Ethanol Gauntlet Tossed into Presidential Ring Food Security Gets Biofuel Boost That's Logistics...No That's Biodiesel! Mark Those Calendars - June 1 is Coming U.S. Beef, Pork in Japan Relief Effort Gehl Launches Compact Track Loaders Traders Eye Ohio Corn Acres Investor Fears No Match for Corn Bulls Is a Three-Way Asian Trade Deal Ahead? More Answers on GOP Prez Ticket Senators Worry over GPS Protection Ignite Herbicide Label Change Provides Greater Value New Kuhn Drum Mower Get the Facts...on Your State How Souped Up Is Your Planter? Cautious Optimism Prevails Syngenta To Invest In New Genetics Research Facility Farmland Value Increase Matches 30-Year High Spanish Elections Impact US Grain Prices Traders Courage Being Tested Johanns Questions Delayed FTA Flooded Areas Visited by Administration Officials USGC Revives Sales of DDGS to Peru Unfair Livestock Marketing Practices Targeted Topcon Expands Farming Operations with System 210 Updated Vegetative Maps Show Latest Crop Conditions Big Gains Yield Modest Corrections Cover story: Farming With Non-Family Members Pros and Cons of Speculators Fuel Storage Regs Tighten Land Price Bubble Ahead? Defusing Food Inflation Simplify Late Planting Decisions Simplify Late Planting Decisions Investors Re-Think Grain Positions Yamaha Increasing ATV Production in USA Reduction in 'Gang of Six' Stirs Budget Discussions Congress Asks USDA When to Expect GIPSA Analysis New EPA Proposal Extends Beyond Pesticides Restrictions Relay Timer Reduces Dead Battery Surprises Flood Waters Shouldn't Hinder Exports Grains Lead Commodity World Higher Risk Appetite Returns Administration Backs Cutting Big Oil Tax Loopholes Crop Projections Will be Re-Assessed By USDA Putting Wind Energy Education, Networking At Farmer Fingertips New Options in Utility Tractor Tires New Study Shows No Bond Between Land Use Changes and Biofuels Ag Sector Shines Crop Concerns Provide Lift to Grain Prices Global Affairs Drive Grain Prices Markets Should Be Afraid of Fear Rising Ag Exports Important to U.S. Economic Recovery, Trade Pending FTA with South Korea Could Open Doors to Other Countries Increased Sales of DDGS to Southeast Asia Kubota Offers Choice in ZTR Technology Grains Overcome Debt Concerns Grains Rise Against the Tide Comment Period Closes on Mexican Trucking Plan Ag Organizations Voice Opinions on FTA Rule for Wind Leasing Released Biodiesel Benefits Pushed in Congressional Hearing Haymaker's Handbook In Third Edition Plenty of Problems to Look For in Young Corn Safety Play Continues to Hurt Commodities Fresh Exports Support Prices Extreme Volatility Seen in Thursday Markets. Topcon Expands Farming Operations with System 210 Flaws in USDA's Program Delivery System Pointed out by Report RFA Analysis Shows Ethanol Production Provides Livestock Feed House Ag Committee Holds Trade Hearings New Vegetative Maps Offer Insight into Crop Conditions Optimism Lies Beneath the Surface Corn, Soybean Sales Still Weak U.S. Farm Exports Set Record Legislation Reflects Realities of Ethanol Industry Senate Democrats Want Stop Big Oil Tax Breaks Administration Against Outer Continental Shelf Plan Industry Leaders Support Open Fuel Standard Broader Sell-Off Amplifies Losses from USDA Report The Buzz: Market Reacts To Bearish Reports USDA Data Produces Big Price Swings Brazil Estimates Highest Ever Grain Harvest in 2011 Washington Focusing on Budget Talks Senator Hopes for Quick Action on Colombia Trade Deal Senator Hopes for Quick Action on Colombia Trade Deal DOI Changing Endangered Species Listing Plan President Focuses on Immigration Bullish Expectations Ahead of USDA Report Lift Prices USDA Confirms Crop Concerns Vegetative Health Maps Reveal Crop Conditions Corn Planting Varies Geographically Soybean Coalition and Panama Canal Sign Memorandum of Understanding NCBA, NPPC Pushing for Action on FTAs Report Calls For Government to Expedite Trade Agreements Researchers Sequence Rust Fungi New Hay Technology Unveiled Grains Start the Week on a Strong Note Triple-Digit Heat Leads Wheat, Grains Higher Circuit Court Rules on CAFO Permits Roundtable Hearings Held With Flooded Missouri Farmers Clinton Urges Working Together on Feeding World Bipartisan Proposal Would Improve Rural Healthcare Weigh Expected Corn Yield Loss vs. Sloppy Planting Beef Leadership Meets to Discuss Checkoff Generation III Gyrorake for Hay Producers Grains Get a Lift from Jobs Report Fear Causes Market Meltdown FTA Agreements Aren't Done Deal Yet FTA Agreements Aren't Done Deal Yet First Biomass Crop Assistance Project Announced USDA Holds Discrimination Meeting AMI Launches Campaign to Combat Meat Myths New Mapping Receiver from Topcon Drip Pans Can Fit Together in Many Shapes The Buzz: The Piñata Bursts Corn, Beans Sales Slip Grassley and Conrad Introduce Ethanol Tax Proposal USMEF Gearing Up to Win Back South Korea USMEF Gearing Up to Win Back South Korea Free Trade Agreements Are Moving Forward Peterson Critical of H.R. 1573 Cruise Control for Center Pivot Sprinkler Grains Try to Swim Upstream Joint Committee Hearing Looks at Interagency Review of Pesticides Legislation to Stop Ethanol Subsidies Introduced in Senate Lincoln's New Welder/Generator Blasted Levee Leaves Flood of Questions WTO Leader Continues Push for Doha Agreement Move to Safety Weighs on Grains Risk Aversion Creates Fund Selling Weather is Not Influencing Traders Ag Policy Initiative Designed to Nurture Dialogue and Solutions Kuhn Krause, Inc New Name in Farm Equipment Field Vilsack Sees Infrastructure Problems in Areas Hit by Storms Supreme Court Won't Hear Levee Appeal Fund Re-Balancing Weighs on the Grains Grain Traders Willing to Look Past bin Laden Baucus Bill Targets Big Oil Corn Refiners Dispute Sugar Industry Claims Beachy Resigns as Director of NIFA More Than Planting Date Impacts Corn Yield Potential Members Pledge To Seek Meaningful Way Out Of Doha Prices Rebound as Trade Rumor Dissipates New Stock Index Reveals Agribusiness Strength CME Group Considers Raising Daily Corn Price Limit CWA Guidance Concerns Agriculture Corn Sugar Campaign Draws Ire of Sugar Farmers NCBA, FCA File Suit to Challenge EPA NCBA, FCA File Suit to Challenge EPA Investment Rumors Send Chill Through Commodity Markets The Buzz: Watching The Fed Look for Erratic Trade to Close Out the Month Export Sales Slump Ethanol Boosts Economy, Keeps Money in Consumer Pockets Military Families Needs Will Be Addressed by USDA, DoD Lincoln Repowers the Outback 145 Welder Administration Releases Framework for Clean Water Grains Firm on Fed's Cheap Dollar Policy Fed Change Keeps Trade on Edge Obama Targets Big Oil for Tax Break Elimination Weather Keeping Brakes on Planting Angus Groups Enter Discussion of GIPSA Rule Two New Hay Makers Hit the Meadows Late-Month Positioning Leads to Erratic Trade China Applies the Brakes Farmers Would Be Hit Hard By Expanded EPA Jurisdiction Legislation Would Change H-2A to Benefit of Dairy Farmers NCBA Calls on EPA Administrator to Take Low Road Zinc Stops Rust! Report Assesses Western Water Supply Risks Strong Fundamentals Lift Grains Grains Follow Path of Precious Metals Trade Pacts Seeing Movement Meeting Discusses Russia's Energy System Rural Survey Shows Positive Trends Be Ready To Watch For Early Season Pests Agco Offers Assisted Steering for Windrowers Corn Specialist Says No Need To Worry About Delay Yet MF Extends Tier IVA Technology Traders Start Holiday Weekend on Positive Note Dollar Breaks to 32-Month Low Soybean Sales Still Strong Legislation Would Stop EPA from Regulating Dust Every Day is Earth Day for Farmers Compromise Reached by Missouri Groups Over Dog Breeding Proposition USDA, DOE Make Research Funds Available Rotary Tillers for Compact Tractors Corn Posts a Bearish Reversal The Buzz: Investors Ready To Roll Dice Again Dollar's Collapse Strengthens Grains Block Says S&P Warning Adds Urgency White House Releases More Panama FTA Information This Machine Specializes in Food Plots EPA Administrator Visits Iowa Farms Volatility to Rise Ahead of Option Expiration WTO Ag Negotiations Slow Prices Respond to USDA's Crop Data Panama Trade Agreement Moving Forward Representatives Challenge EPA, Corps of Engineers on Regulatory Guidance Upgraded Honda Foreman Still a Workhorse U.S. Fish and Wildlife Funding Habitat Conservation Plans Weather Rattles Markets a Bit Land Pride Makes New Flail Mower Food-Based Commodities Attractive Amid Debt Warnings S&P Downgrades US Outlook, Shaking the Markets House Passes Ryan's 2012 Budget Proposal CBO Says Actual Spending Cuts Small U.S. Activities in Japan are Returning Bill Introduced to Increase Border Security Cool, Slow Start to Spring Could Affect Weed Control Strategy Ag Leader and HARDI Unveil HC 9500 Controller Grains Find Support from Weather Outlook Grains Suffer from China Inflation Data House and Senate Pass 2011 Budget Groups Critical Of Ethanol Policy Forum Grassley Believes Farm Bill Changes Coming, But Not Through Budget Process Hearing Focused on Renewable Fuels Subcommittee Chair Critical of CFTC Actions Chevron Introduces New Delo ESI Planting Delays Make Traders Nervous The Buzz: Nervous Investors Weigh Commodity Bets Big Swings Make Price Rationing Difficult Shipments Strong, Sales Mixed In Latest Week Congress Will Vote on 2011 Budget Compromise Appropriation Bills Have More Impact Than Budget Fertilizer Industry Launches New Initiative U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth Crary Industries Providing Hopper Covers Grains Can't Shake Outside Market Influence Weather Impacts Rise Farm Bureau Shows Support for Pending FTAs with Visit to South America Congress Examining 2011 Budget Compromise National Boat Racing Association to Showcase E10 in Races Ag Economists Explore Federal Budget Multi-Voltage Hobart Welder Has Seven Output Voltages Chicago Wheat Tops Corn Ag Secretary Talks Food Security and Energy Production Fear Prevents Market From Doing Its Job U.S. Waterway Infrastructure Lagging USDA Releases First Crop Progress Reports Calculating the Cap Rate Farm Futures Selling Strategies Study State Tax Database Available Figuring How to Pivot Vilsack Challenge: If Government Doesn't Do It, Who Does? 2012 Budget Cuts Funding for Energy, Conservation RFA Encouraged by Automaker Willingness to Discuss Higher Ethanol Blends State Beef Councils Unite To Support Japanese Disaster Relief State Beef Councils Unite To Support Japanese Disaster Relief Chamber of Commerce Takes Stance Against HSUS Plan Now for Fall Storage Plan Now for Fall Storage Narrower Trailed Mower from Kuhn Soybeans Sink on China Threats Corn Reaches New Record High RFA Economist Sees Positives in WASDE Report Biofuel and Farm Groups React to Pump Announcement Congress Averts Shutdown WTO Leader Says Financial Crisis Still With Us Foreign Market Development Focus of Hearing Monsanto Releases Refuge-in-the-Bag Concept Magnalight LED Boat Light could easily be a 'farm light' Vilsack Unveils Rural Energy Program Bullish Reaction to a Bearish Report Trade Discounts USDA Report USDA Will be Impacted if Government Shuts Down Another Short Term Funding Bill Passes GHG Regulation Bill Passes House USGC Teaching U.S. Testing Procedures USGC Teaching U.S. Testing Procedures Auto Industry Willing to Talk Higher Ethanol Blends The Buzz: Bearish Report, Bullish Reaction Another Japan Earthquake Rocks Trade Confidence Grains Firm Ahead of USDA Reports Reaction to Colombian FTA Deal Amendments Aimed at Stopping EPA Fail in Senate When FTAs Will Go to Capitol Hill Still Unknown Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade NFU Speaks Out on Position Limits Calculator May Help Determine Stocking Rates Calculator May Help Determine Stocking Rates Miller Dons New Line of Gloves U.S. and Colombia Reach Breakthrough on FTA U.S. and Colombia Reach Breakthrough on FTA Pre-Report Positioning Leads to Erratic Trade Fuel Storage Regs Tighten 1099 Repeal Bill Ready for Obama Signature 1099 Repeal Bill Ready for Obama Signature House Budget Committee Reveals 2012 Plan USDA Proposes Test and Hold Requirement for Meat and Poultry Budget Negotiations Fail ATV PTO Add-On Increased Demand in China Could Lead to Long-Term Trade Grain Trade Gets Back to the Fundamentals China Rate Hike Hurts Grains USDA Releases First Crop Conditions Report Canadian Court Finalizes Colombia Free Trade Deal Beef Industry Increases Aid to Japan Beef Industry Increases Aid to Japan U.S. Watching Japan Dump Contaminated Water Could Budget Compromise Be Near? Roto-Mix has New Mixers Dirt-Less Digger Corn Challenges Record Highs Triple-Digit Heat Stresses Wheat FB Delegation Promoting Trade in Panama, Colombia Congress is Against the Clock on Budget World Farmers Organization Formed Enhanced Coupling Kubota Upgrades RTV900 with XT Model Some of Nation's Largest Fleets Accept Challenge Get Rid Of Sidewall Compaction Fuel Container, Container On-farm Trials Jump In Popularity Investors Zero In on Corn Tight Stocks Battle Strong Dollar Estate Tax Repeal Legislation Introduced USDA Quarterly Stock Report Surprises Trade Coburn Pulls Anti-Ethanol Amendment from Small Business Bill Despite High Prices Demand is Strong RFA Focuses on Reports' Affects One-person Wood Processor Take The Strain Out Of Fencing New Soil Fumigant Applicator House Passes NPDES Permits Legislation Senators Propose Change in Farm Equipment Depreciation Schedule The Buzz: Put On Your Rally Hats Corn Prices Lock Daily Limit Higher USDA Pours Fuel on Bullish Embers Obama Encourages Greater Use of Renewable Fuels Positive Reaction Pours in on President's Energy Address USTR Ambassador Speaks Out on Trade Talks Tax Repeal is Stuck in Congress Twin-auger Mixer Pork Industry Pushing Trade Agreements Gas Prices Subject of Ag Committee Hearing Claim $$ for Propane Conversion Contain A Fuel Spill Cash Cattle Prices Explode to New Record Highs Stocks Could be the Sleeper in USDA Data Producers Invited By USB to 'See For Yourself' White House Ready to Offer More Cuts President to Address Energy Lightweight Corn Head Faster Bin Unloading National Debt Vote Expected New Ute from Cushman Corn Trade Volatile Ahead of USDA Reports Grains Play the Money Game AFBF, Other Groups Intervene in Court Case The Dollar is Strengthening Government Officials Visit New NASS Office House Schedules Panama FTA Hearing Japan Recovery Moving Forward Enhancing A Deep-till Rig Higher Rate For Anhydrous U.S. Sorghum Leads Sales Boost to EU Late-Day Rush to Safety Hurts Grains Automakers Want Rule Stopping E15 Grains Drift Ahead of USDA Reports Secretary Addresses Food and Energy Prices U.K. Group Calls Current Food Policy Inadequate Corn Group Says Billionaire is Out of Line Markets Anticipate Thursday News Radiation from Japan has Long Reach Sidedress Pro Protect Your Tires Farmers Fired Up and Ready to Roll in Southern Corn Belt Big Corn Sales Excite Trade Talking Planting Intentions, Euro-Debt Taiwan County Confirms FMD Outbreak Taiwan County Confirms FMD Outbreak Farm Bureau Argues Against Online Chemical Labels New Hampshire Ban May Not Be Legal Trail Mower Provides Options Innovative Loader Gets An Upgrade Farmers and Ranchers Asked to Tell Agriculture's Story Prices Surge on Demand, Weather China Wheat Sale Boosts Prices China Missing From Corn Buyers List Chile Opens Trade Doors to U.S Beef Chile Opens Trade Doors to U.S Beef RFA Questions 10% Ethanol Mandate Administration Officials Touting Health Law Weatherproof Ag Notebooks Rugged Electric Vehicle ASA President Talks Farm Bill The Buzz: Corn, Soybean Acres Rise Farm Futures Survey Reports Gain in Corn and Soybean Acres Senator Wants China to Open Its Trade Doors Predictions Indicate GHG Emissions Falling New Hampshire House Bans Ethanol Nominations for Biotech Advisory Committee are Open Energy Efficient Dryer Grains Swim Upstream Look to New-Crop for Leadership Center for Food Safety Brings Lawsuit Against USDA U.S. and Brazil Sign Cooperation Agreement WTO Trade Talks Going Slowly House Ag Committee Chair Lucas Speaks Out on Ag Committee Challenges U.S. and Chilean Presidents Pledge More Trade Cooperation Acreage Battle Keeps Prices Supported FAS Seeking Food Development Proposals Energy Policy Review Requested by 25x'25 Alternative Energy Continues Growth Farmers Receiving Less of Food Dollar Eye On Your Soil EU at Odds over Cloned Animals EU at Odds over Cloned Animals When Will We Have 300 Bushel Per Acre Corn? Safe Grain Mover GAO Calls Food Safety Working Group Positive First Step Supportive News Was Seen Overnight No New Developments in Libya or Japan Warning Issued on Government Consolidation Colombia FTA Subject of Subcommittee Hearing Pork Industry to Aid Japanese Recovery Pork Industry to Aid Japanese Recovery MBW Launches ProTrakker Rotary Cutter Addition Markets Attempt to Bounce Back CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide EPA Still Moving Forward With Chesapeake Plans Amendment to Repeal VEETC Under Discussion Congressional Leaders Say FTAs Will Pass More Reaction to CWA–EPA Court Decision More Reaction to CWA–EPA Court Decision Green Subcompact Player The Buzz: Making Sense Of The Chaos Grains Rebound on Fundamental Refocus Grains Council Provides Update on Earthquake Impact Grassley Notes International Trade Tied to Jobs and Economy House Ag Adopts 2012 Budget Views and Estimates Letter House Committee Addresses GHG Bill Japanese Meat Imports Will Recover Japanese Meat Imports Will Recover Snow Blower Choices Putting the Crash in Perspective Japan Nuclear Threat Creates Fear Japan Having a Major Influence NFU President Focuses on Energy, Safety Net APEC Agreement Moving Forward House Set to Move Another CR Confederation Addresses Potential Feed Shortage Confederation Addresses Potential Feed Shortage A Proper Grade End Users Cautiously Return Biofuels Fight Back in Blame Game CFOs: Keeping the Farm's Investors and Stakeholders in the Know CFO: The Job Description Ag and Ethanol Groups Respond Positively to Energy Proposals House Republicans Propose New Budget Deadline Both Chambers Addressing Energy January Pork and Beef Exports Show Continued Growth January Pork and Beef Exports Show Continued Growth Doha Round Talks Moving Forward Crop Treatment Decisions Made Easy Crop Treatment Decisions Made Easy New Zero-Turn Player High Prices Force Agronomist to Expand Chart Indian Agriculture at a Glance Japan Earthquake to Impact Grain Trade Japan Earthquake to Impact Grain Trade Peterson Voices Concern with EPA Secretary Testifies on 2012 USDA Budget E-15 Label Time-Line is Set New Hydro For Utility Vehicle New Compact Series Markets Fall Sharply As Earthquake, Tsunami Strike Japan Earthquake Rocks Grain Markets Could Oil and Gas Drilling in Alaska be Next? Prices Slump Ahead of the Weekend Fear Trumps Fundamentals, Again The Buzz: Trying Times Final Flush for Grains? Pressure On to Pass Three FTAs Two Proposed Budget Bills Voted Down In Senate Bill Would Eliminate VEETC Regulation Reducing Act Examined by House Ag Committee Staying On Track Maxi-Probe Prices Volatile Ahead of USDA Report Japan's Desire to Enter TPP Agreement Questioned WTO Negotiations at Snail's Pace FTA's Would Benefit Agriculture Ag Secretary Addresses South Korean Trade Agreement A 'Super' Forage Box Tap U.S. Ethanol Supply is Former OPEC Official's Advice New Mower Lineup Battle for Acres is Still Alive Grain Markets are Still Fundamentally Sound Crude Oil Rally High Hopes for Korean Free Trade Agreement RFS Can Be Met Primarily with Ethanol EPA's Jackson Defends Agency Spending Big Manure Mover New Transmission For Compact Tractor ASA Delegates Set Priorities Planting of Biotech Crops is Climbing Demand Destruction Fears Unwarranted Senate Will Debate Two Budget Bills Strong U.S. Corn Sales to Egypt USGC Addresses Export Issues A Power Mixer New Pork Campaign Unveiled Value-Priced Zero-Turn Mower R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case Ask Your Dealer For Sample Bags Of New Hybrids Vilsack Sees Banner Year Ahead for Agriculture House Ag Chair Addresses Commodity Classic Soybean Growers 'Disconnected' to Livestock Market Optimism Reigns at Commodity Classic U.S. and Mexico Strike Deal on Trucking Dispute House and Senate Looking for Solution to EPA Registration Issue A Dry Soil Amendment Adding A Problem Solver AFBF Backs New GHG Legislation The Buzz: Commodity Classic Concerns Strong Day for the Grains It's Still a Buy-the-Break Market Corn Exports Stay Strong New Fungicide Tool on the Way Obama Signs Continuing Resolution Government Wide Saving Focus of GAO Report Thursday Vote Expected on 1099 Repeal Aggressive Closer New Equipment Rubber HedgeHog Has the Grip House Passes Two Week CR House Set to Vote on 1099 Reporting Repeal RFA Finds Problems With EPA Report Get Nutrients Where Needed Vilsack Promotes President's 2012 Budget DEF Solution On The Go Thailand Opens Seed Potato Market Porter-Cable Angle Grinder Ready to Cut Grains Swim Upstream Traders Skeptical of Funds House GOP Wants Two Week Extension of CR Ethanol Producers Have Another Record Year Senate Panel Will Question CFTC and SEC Animal Antibiotics Legislation Coming Crary Air Reel For Case IH Headers Corn Gets Back on Track Investors Seek to Re-Establish Trends in Grain Ag Sec Confident Budget Resolution Will Be Reached Sorghum Feeding Trials to Begin in Saudi Arabia Groups Push for Renewable Fuels Implementation Secretary to Sign Biofuels Memorandum Left-Hand Row Unit for Post Emerge Nutrients Prices Bounce as Money Flow Returns Strong Demand Lifts Grain Prices Ag's Budget is Targeted Corn Exports Set Marketing Year High Crude Oil Markets are Affecting Prices Former President Suggests Ethanol Connection to Food Riots RFA Official Addresses High Oil Prices Ag Exports to Remain Strong USDA Economist Says 2011 Livestock Prices Will Remain High Battle for Acreage Remains Intense Mahindra Unveils New 5010 Tractor The Buzz: Rally Caps A Wild Week Grain Correction Well Supported 2011 Crop Prospects - Corn Grain Fundamentals Remain Strong House Ag Chair Says 2012 the Best Year to Write Next Farm Bill Tough Tax Talk in Washington On-Farm Enegy Production Growing Fast No Time to Hinder Ethanol Production 2011 Crop Prospects - Soybeans RFA Provides Comments to CARB Kuhn Knight Builds AccuSpread Cautious Optimism Returns to the Grain Pits End User Buying Lifts Soybeans Lamy Encouraged by Recent Discussions Democratic Senators Set Own Agenda Treasury Secretary Talks Finances Wal-Mart Official Addresses Food Safety JCB 3230 Comes to the U.S. as Xtra Bulls Take a Holiday Fear Trumps Fundamentals Volatile World Events Impact Grain Markets. A United Voice is Needed for Ethanol Trade Rule Change Sought Recent House Vote Puts Ethanol on Chopping Block U.S Farmers Have Increased Corn Production Since RFS Grain Prices Rise with Social Unrest January Feedlot Numbers Higher than Expected U.S. Meat Exports Help Balance of Trade WTO Agriculture Talks Continue Hard-facing Makes Yetter Knife Tougher Corn Remains Strong in Adversity China Sobers Grain Trade Vilsack Testifies on Strong Farm Economy Annual GHG Emissions and Sinks Report Readied Program Makes Connection for Potential Exporters ASA Concerned With Disproportionate Cuts Massey Ferguson Intros MF1526 Tractor NRCS Chief Gives Students a Larger Look at Agriculture Emotional Pendulum Swings Upward in Grains Pit Again Cotton Holds Lesson for the Grains Corn Exports Strong For Third Week Chairman Says Investment in Production Agriculture Needed Now Continuing Resolution Amendments Negative to Renewable Fuels South Central Plains Could be Hurt by Quick Weather Change Solutions From the Land Initiative Announced Toshiba Offers Money-Saving Pump Speed Drive The Buzz: Is Correction For Real? Plains Wheat in Trouble Conservation Tax Deductions Proposed RFA and Growth Energy Speak Out on E15 Amendment Support Growing Against Dust Rule Support Growing Against Dust Rule White House Budget on the Line New Hooded Sprayer Aims at Pigweed Corn Tries to Anchor the Grain Complex Market Ebb and Flow USDA Baseline Projections Cause Fallout New Budget Will Require Some Tough Choices World Ethanol Production Building Coalition Pushes for Action on Colombia and Panama FTAs Meat Export Numbers Released for 2010 Meat Export Numbers Released for 2010 Crustbuster Foursome Set for Planting Seasonal Selling Triggers Chart-related Selling Fresh Demand Lifts Grains U.S. Ag Exports Thrive Climbing Fuel Prices Will Continue Regulations Proposal Passes House Ethanol and DDGS Exports Continue Growth Three new Farmall Models from Case IH Can Congress Halt EPA's Overarching Authority? Farm Debt Level on the Rise More Green Initiatives for Agriculture Producers Can Have Input on Pork Mandatory Price Reporting Insurance Review Checklist Know Your Options Know Your Options Corn Hits 31-Month Highs Media Hype Supports Grains Bidding Wars FCA Board Approves Spring Plans Weather Still Impacting Grain Markets House Ag Committee Focuses on Derivatives Rules Move Made on KORUS House Begins Debate on Regulation Review Resolution President Gets on 4G Technology Ride M-F Launches 2600 High Clearance Lineup Strong Dollar is No Match for Corn Corn Exports Stay Strong USTR Announces South Korean FTA Plan Action on Two Trade Programs Delayed RFA Expects Negative Comments EPA Administrator Takes Stance Against Bill The Buzz: Corn Bulls Ready To Rumble! Grains Make New Highs on USDA Data USDA Boosts Corn Fundamentals Former Ag Secretaries Back Korea FTA Grassley Points to Senseless Dust Regulations Vilsack Says Budget Cuts Complicated by Fiscal Year Wheat Rises on China Drought China Rate Hike Drags on Grains Senator Johanns Presses for Trade Deal with Colombia Optimism About The Doha Round In 2011 E-15 NASCAR Promotion Begins USDA's Agricultural Projections to be Released Krone Unwraps Big X Forage Harvesters Senator Says All Ag Cuts Shouldn't Come From One Area Seasonal Rolling of Positions Weighs on Grains Wheat Leads on Fresh Demand House Pushing Federal Funding Cuts Colombian Ag Representatives Visit Capitol Hill China Prospects Reportedly Strong Ethanol is Not to Blame for Egyptian Riots How Many Hybrid, Variety Choices Do You Need? Sukup Adds Double-Run Conveyor to its Line Corn Anchors Grain Complex The Buzz: Unsettled Markets Grains Cautious Despite China Talk Senator Pressing for FTA Action Senator Pressing for FTA Action Congress Attemps to Stop EPA Tough Choices Are Ahead for America Senate Passes 1099 Amendment Grains Give Way to Broad-Based Selling Export Sales Trump Strong Dollar China Buys Even More Beans Than Expected South American Trade Mission Building on Earlier Agreement Talking About Cattle and Trade Talking About Cattle and Trade Time to Move Forward with Doha Round Arctic Cold Leaves Wheat Vulnerable Winter Storm No Match for Grain Prices World Economy Gives America Chance to Control Energy Future Doha to Oil Wheels of World Commodities Is a FiberMax Couch In Your Future? Brand Promotion Program Available for 2011 Brand Promotion Program Available for 2011 Ag Leader adds 'Russian' to ParaDyme's Language Arctic Cold Threatens Plains Winter Wheat Commodities Rallied on Monday North America Supplying FMD Vaccine to South Korea Court Says Health Care Law Unconstitutional Homeland Security Being Pressured on H-1B Visa Program Problems White House Begins 'Startup America' Initiative USDA, HHS Release New Dietary Guidelines Ag Leader Gears OptRx to Wheat Egypt, Winter Storm Focus of Grain Trade Egypt's Turmoil Supports Grains USDA Announces CRP General Sign-Up Visitors Focus on Sorghum Trade and Investment Mission Leaves Monday for Peru Wind Industry Rebounding NPPC Urges South Korea FTA Agreement Nitrogen Sensing for On-the-Go Applications Still In Infancy AGM disc mower series feature oval-shaped cutter discs Egypt's Turmoil Rocks Commodities Global Feed Grain Tightness Supports Prices Initiative to Increase Food Security Announced Stabenow Announces Senate Ag Committee Interior Department Sets New Goals Call Made for Agency to Replace EPA Cattle Inventory Report May Provide Clues The Buzz: Wheat Prices Soar Economic Data Provides Mixed Signals for Grains CBO Forecasts 2011 Deficit of $1.48 Trillion Wheat Belt Concerned about Weather State of the Union Reaction Still Coming Bill to Support Biofuels Introduced RR-Alfalfa Finally Gets 'Green Light' Vilsack Says Political Support a Must for Biofuels NCGA Hears Positives from President on Trade Soybeans Spike and Then Falls Back Senator Believes River Transportation Issues Fall Under Infrastructure Markets React to State of the Union Address China Makes Record U.S. Soybean Purchase Testimony Offered on FTA Inaction House Votes to Cut Spending NCBA Wants Korean FTA Passed Pork & Wheat Bright Spot in Tuesday's Trade Pork Futures Hit New Highs USDA Error Messes with Trade International Developments are Affecting Crop Markets Coalition Pushes for Korean FTA Meetings on Solar Impact Study Announced WTO Ag Discussions Continue Slowly Drug Testing Furthers Stall of Taiwanese Talks Drug Testing Furthers Stall of Taiwanese Talks Praise and Criticism Pour in on E15 Decision President Clinton to Speak at Outlook Forum Center For New Energy Economy Being Established NRCS Official Returning to Afghanistan Supportive News has Grain Market Higher EPA Issues Approval of E15 for Older Vehicles Exports Surge In First Full Week of 2011 Cold Weather Has Much of Central Midwest in Deep Freeze Chinese Delegation Purchases Soybeans Budget Pressure Will Impact Farm Policy Agriculture Wants Real Regulatory Reform Miller Headed Back to Congress House Ag Committee Holds Biotechnology Forum Bioenergy Funding Released Leader Promises Senate Health Care Vote Commodities Fall on China Fears German Ag Minister Outlines Dioxin Reforms House Passes Health Care Repeal RFA Speaks Out on WTO Compliance USDA Announcing Biobased Products Label Science-Based Regulatory System For Biotechnology Requested South Korea and U.S. Due to Meet on Trade Pact The Buzz: Key Factors To Watch President Orders Review of Regulations Presidential Directive May Open Cuban Doors Connected Farm Integrates Farm Data With New Abilities Grain Rally has Historical Roots Reorganization of House Ag Subcommittees USDA Under Secretary Resigns Vilsack Questions Attempt to Repeal Health Care Law Long-term Dynamics Support Money Flow into Grains Grains Benefit from Weaker Dollar Signs of Inflation Emerging Around the World Trimble Introduces New Precision Ag Tools Purdue Economists Predict No Land Bubble Social Media Training for Farmers Groups File Lawsuit Against USDA's MyPyramid Johanns Sends Letter to Ag Leadership Grain Markets Hold Inherent Risks Pork, Beef Exports Continue Strong Pork, Beef Exports Continue Strong South Korea Vaccinating Against FMD South Korea Vaccinating Against FMD Clean Energy Grew in 2010 EPA Releases Emissions Data Traders Turn Cautious Ahead of Holiday Weekend January, 2011 Cover Story: Trends that Will Impact Agriculture Australia Weather is Impacting Markets New School Nutrition Standards Proposed Large Response to China's DDGS Investigation Changes Coming on Capitol Hill Blending Wall Has Been Reached When USDA Gets it Wrong Deadline Extended for CSP Ethanol Industry Commits to Reform Dairy's Disneyland: What Other Farms Can Learn Crop Insurance Facelift Put It Together This Year Put It Together This Year Missing FFA Attendee Found in Canada Dollar's Woes Lift Grains Grain Prices Surge on Strong 2011 Fundamentals Grains Offer Attractive Alternative for Investors Wheat Sales Slump Permitting Requirements for GHG Delayed Senate Ag Chair Discusses Farm Bill More Resolutions Passed by Farm Bureau Delegates Mexico Won't Change Punitive Tariffs List The Buzz: USDA Pops Cork Farm Bureau Members Want Congress to Act on EPA South Korean FMD Fight Continues Dioxin Problem in German Feed Agriculture Needs Advocates Index Fund Rebalancing Caps Grains Grain Traders Cautiously Optimistic Outside Money Flow Keeps Market Mood Upbeat Farm Bureau Files Suit Against EPA Prevention is the Core of Food Safety Trade Could Be A Positive This Year More Soybeans Could Be Planted Instead of Corn Soybeans Rise on Drier Argentine Forecast Barriers to Farm Bill CBO Issues Report on Costs of Repealing Health Care NCBA Backs DOT Trucking Proposal IEA Issues Warning USGA Conducts Brief Registration Period USGC President Addresses Chinese DDGS Anti-Dumping Case Reining in EPA on GHG Regs May be Tough NCGA Supports the Term Corn Sugar NCBA Hosting Five Nations Beef Alliance NCBA Hosting Five Nations Beef Alliance DOT Proposes Long-Haul Concept Corn Sales Remain Poor Pork Prices Should Be Strong During 2011 Farm Credit Service Banks Want Merger Organizations Have Alternatives to Simplified E15 Label U.S. Agriculture Faces Several Challenges Fundamentals Battle Money Flow Finding Food Safety Bill Funding is Next Step Monday is Start of SURE Sign-Up USDA Announces January CCC Rates Healthcare Repeal Effort Begins this Week Traders Ponder Year Ahead The Buzz: Plenty of Choices Acreage Battle Just Beginning, Says Farm Futures Survey Prices Are High So Not Much Change in Rotation House Expects to Repeal Health Package NASS Raises Numbers for Horticulture Production Food Safety Bill to Be Signed Wheat Rises to New Highs on Australian Flooding Fertilizer Outlook Released Discovery Could Increase Biomass Production FSIS Proposes Humane Treatment Measures Groups Push for Discontinuance of LAPS in Poultry GHG Regulation Is Here Temperatures Concern Southern Hemisphere Crops Inspector General Criticizes FSA EPA Releases Chesapeake Bay 'Pollution Diet' China Investigating U.S. DDGS for Anti-Dumping Study Focuses on River Emissions South Korea Raises FMD Alert to Highest Level Cholera Fear Could Halt Haitian Rice Harvest Indian Officials Respond to U.S. Ag Secretary USDA Proposes Meat Labeling Rules Officials Worry Over Rising Prices Federal Tax Changes to Keep an Eye On Florida Growers Face Freeze, Losses Telling the DDGS Story States Invited to Participate in Market Program Cooperative Program Helps Export Cheese Why You Need Performance Evaluations China to Vote on Biotech Ag Hog Inventory Falls 1% USDA to Revise Brucellosis Testing Requirements Michigan School Gets Grant for E15 Study Why Run the Farm Like a Business? Trade Pacts Extended Ethanol Production Slips Where Are the Food Safety Funds? Deadline Nears for Heatlhy Kids Competition When Outsourcing Makes Sense FFA State Officers to Visit Argentina CCD Research Summarized by USDA Seminars Will Train Farmers on Social Media Court Delays Destruction of GMO Sugar Beet Plants Organic Producers Can Apply for Conservation Funding Better Accounting, Better Decisions Concerns Surround Extending EPA Authority State of Virgina Finds No Evidence of Animal Abuse Republican Subcommittee Chairs Appointed Organizations Push for Enhanced Market Oversight Major Export Channel for U.S. Grains Shut Down House Passes Food Safety Bill Court Upholds RFS Solar Energy Zones Proposed Being Prepared to Borrow E15 Lawsuit Brought Against EPA Russia Meat Import Goals Set U.S. Exports Finding Customer Growth Soy Flour Headed to Afghanistan Three Ways to Maximize Input Purchases Senate Passes Food Safety Bill Tax Bill Signed into Law House Agriculture Committee Getting New Members Senator Not Giving Up on Effort to Stop EPA Carbon Rules Funding for Government Extended Three Days 2009, 2010 Set the Outer Boundaries on Corn Maturity The Most Profitable Farm Practice Is… Friday Trade Reflects Underlying Positive Sentiment Holiday Trade Kicks in Early Trading Winds Down for the Year House Sends Tax Bill to President China and U.S. to Resume Beef Talks Commodity Speculation Regulations Delayed by CFTC Alfalfa EIS Released by USDA Online Tool Released by NRCS The Buzz: Naughty or Nice? Seven Steps to Better Financial Health Thin December Trade Exaggerates Market Moves Soybean Sales Fall Off Cliff Ag Groups Applaud Tax Passage Animal Drug Use Report Issued Hearing on Wall Street Act Held Anaylsis of GIPSA Rule Supported by R-Calf Senate Passes Tax Package GIPSA Economic Analysis Announced by USDA Market for U.S. Red Meats Strong DOE Funding Next Generation Energy Projects Stronger Dollar Undermines Rally Efforts in the Grains Wil-Rich Offers Single-Pass Tillage and Compaction Control Floor Vote Expected Soon on Tax and Unemployment Bill RFA Disputes California Senator's Claims Planning for the Worst Macro-Market Influence Increase as Holidays Approach Traders Nervous Ahead of Federal Reserve Meeting Companies Ink Trait Licensing Agreement Senate Votes to End Debate on Tax Package Health Care Requirment Found Unconstitutional U.S. China Trade Subject of Talks Doha Round Goals Set Climate Agreement Reached Agri-Inject Simplifies Bleeder Valves Move Over, Dad Grains Rally as Dollar Breaks Vote on Tax Bill in Senate Could Happen Monday Lower Tariffs Open Doors to DDGS Vilsack Meets With Mexican Ag Secretary Renewable Energy Funding Gains Support The Buzz: USDA Reports Don’t Help Bulls New Tool for Aquatic Weed Control USDA Has New Energy Policy Director Trade Guesses that USDA Will Drop Corn Carryout House Democrats Reject Tax Cut Deal Dream Act Sidelined Vilsack Focuses on Climate Change New Management Plan May Help Funding Seed Monitoring Added to Ag Leader's Integra Display Wheat is Holding Corn Above Water Ag Secretary Hopes Congress Will Pass Tax Package Choppy Trade is Seen Overnight and Into Morning. Beans Sales Start To Fade House Passes Food Bill as Part of Spending Bill Ties With Consumers Need to be Strengthened RMA Combines Policies Oklahoma's Frank Lucas to Chair House Ag Committee Food Safety Rider Added to Continuing Resolution BASF Announces Expanded Label for Stamina Holder: Justice Department Can't Solve All Ag's Problems Grain Gets Boost from Pre-Report Positioning Justice, Ag Officials Defend Competition Workshops No Guarantee CRP Will Be Re-Authorized Dollar Sets Tone for Grains Capitol Hill Discussing Tax Deal HHS Unveils Healthy People 2020 Program Throughout History, Fewer Players Mean Higher Prices Think Like a Carbon Manager The Farm Bill in 250 Words or Less Web Links We Love Some Democrats Say Estate Tax Agreement Too Lenient June Basis Projections Measure Your Farm's Growth Measure Your Farm's Growth Koreans Dealing with Foot-and-Mouth Global Food Prices Should Resume Rise Caution Returns to Grains as Tax Battle Heats Up Obama and GOP Reach Tax Deal Tax Cut Extension Raises Optimism in Grain Pits Wheat Plantings Expected to Rise During 2011 President Meets on Tax Negotiations Corn Exports Continue to be Dissapointing Economist Offers 2012 Farm Bill Advice Soybean Group Highlights Checkoff Help in China Demand Dairy Industry Prospects Improve USDA/DOJ Workshop Agenda Released Report Sees Higher Corn Prices Ahead New Dry Storage From American Craftsmen Supply Concerns Drive Hard Wheat to 27-Month Highs Grains Get Mixed Message from Bernanke, European Debt KCBT Board Votes to Change Wheat Contract House May Add Senate Food Safety Language as Amendment USDA-DOJ Holding Final Workshop Budget Deficit Commission Report Fails Muster U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal Baucus Tax Bill Up for Saturday Vote Talk of QE3 Sinks Dollar The Buzz: Wheat Leads The Way Markets Are Watching Weather in U.S. and South America Positive Reaction to Passage of Child Nutrition Act Grassley Speaks Out on Renewable Fuels Tax Trust Campaign Picks Up Steam in South Korea Trust Campaign Picks Up Steam in South Korea Congressional Review Act May Target EPA Rules NASCAR Will Use E15 Administration Stops Future Oil Drilling ASA Action Alert Issued Grains Hang on European Bank Comments Beans Sales Still Booming Debt Commission Issues Final Recommendations Senators' Letter Supports Ethanol Tax Credits Extension Window of Opportunity for Doha Round Conclusion FDA Food Safety Act in Trouble President Will Sign Claims Settlement Act Judge Orders Biotech Sugar Beet Seeds to Be Destroyed Kubota L-Series Gets More Muscle and Comfort Grains Reap Gains From Increased Money Flow Ethanol Industry Reacts to Letter NFU Seeks Renewable Electricity Promotion Act FY 2011 Farm Exports Expected to Hit All-Time High AEM Updates Mower Safety Manual Passage of Food Safety Bill by Senate Praised USDA Increases Forecast for 2010 Net Farm Income Ag Groups Speak Out On Estate Tax Demand Drives Soybean, Wheat Prices Senate Passes Food Safety Bill Wheat Tries to Hold Against Strong Dollar European Union Not Out of the Woods Yet Clock is Ticking for Lame-Duck President Hears from Ag Groups on Estate Tax EPA Announces RFS2 Requirements for 2011 ASA Asks Growers to Contact Congress Wheat Provides Strength for Grains Russia Trade Rumors Lift Grains Short-Term Ethanol Tax Extension is Only Hope Small Business Conference Announced Senate Could Debate Food Safety GIPSA Rule Finalization Next Today's Planters and Planter Maintenance Score Well New Loader for Montana Model Option Expiration Supports Grains Grains Battle Bearish Global Tensions Merger of House Committees Proposed HSUS to Benefit from Pepsi Program Funding to Help Cut Rural Energy Bills USDA Announces Conference to Promote Rural Contract Opportunities Fun Facts About The Turkey FFA Surpasses Volunteer Goal Grain Market Holds onto Gains Strong Outside Markets Fueled by Upbeat Economic Data WTO Ag Committee Meetings Report Released Second Alternative Energy Bill Introduced Deficit, Debt Reduction Plan Released Congress Returning to Washington After Thanksgiving Bulk Seed Treatment Just Got Quicker Surprising Rally in the Grains Outside Markets Pressure Grain Trade China Signs Soybean Purchase Agreement HSUS Holds Town Hall Meeting in Nebraska National Farm-City Week Proclaimed House, Senate Ban Earmarks All-Wheel Steering from Unverferth Lack of Moisture Could Impact Winter Wheat Ag Leadership Set for New Congress Pigford Settlement Funding Finally Allocated E15 Decision Delayed Again NPPC Files GIPSA Rule Comments; Coalition Voices Support New Indirect Land Use Change Will be Used in California Plan Insect Control Now Onset Computer Adds New Soil Moisture Meter The Buzz: Fertilizer Prices Depend On Crops Money Manages Cut Risk Exposure Ahead of the Holidays China Reserve Policy Impacts Grains Updated Information Available on U.S. Soybeans Congress May Discuss Some Cap and Trade Issues NCBA Speaks Out on Proposed GIPSE Rule Hong Kong Records Case of Bird Influenza Grains Benefit from Ireland's Decision Corn Sales Still Lag Government Policy Crucial for Advanced Biofuels Leadership of 112th Congress Taking Shape EPA Issues Draft Guidance on Biofuels Underground Storage Congress Hasn't Looked at Tax Cuts Yet RFD-TV to Air AARP National Special Wheat Has Solid Direction Following Tuesday Collapse Senator-Elect Moran Talks About the Issues That Might Come Up During Lame Duck Rockefeller Pushing for EPA Vote Biofuels Groups Visiting Congress and White House This Week Farm Spending Expected to Take a Hit DOJ-USDA Announces Workshop in Washington Small Improvements Make a Big Difference Keep Long-Term Perspective on Grain Prices Market Losses Put into Perspective Honda Boosts Towing/Load Capacities for 2011 Big Red Risk Report on NBAF Has Shortcomings G20 and APEC Leaders Expect the Doha Round to Be Deliverable Next Year Pork Board Looks to Restructure Committees Red Meat Exports Maintain Solid Momentum Alliance Offers New Flotation Radial Strong End User Buying Erases Friday Corn Losses G20 Leaders Agree on Fossil Fuel Subsidies USDA Releases Final Funding Totals Stallman Urges President on Tax Action Stallman Urges President on Tax Action DeLaval Unveils More on Its Robotic Milking Rotary Five Ways to Become a Better Farm Manager Grain Price Collapse Could be Temporary Pork Producers Consider Change to Committee Structure End Users Poised to Buy the Break Wheat Exports Pick Up What's Next for Food? Estate Planning in Uncertain Times Advanced Marketing Class FSA Head Talks Farm Programs What am I Bid? New Forks for Compact Tractors Higher Ethanol Blends: Impacts on Corn New Alliance Wants to Build Consumer Trust in Agriculture Farm Broadcasters Visited by Ag Secretary Farm Subsidies One Target in Plan USB Works to Continue Relationship With Japan Yetter Builds On-Target Tip Get the Most Out of Your Corn Stalks Get the Most Out of Your Corn Stalks JCB Offers 'All American' Skid Steer Loader Lineup Study Highlights Renewable Electricity Standard Soybeans Assume Leadership Role South Korea Trade Pact - No Deal Yet Building Better Landlord Relationships Johnson Says GIPSA Proposed Rule Seeks to Restore Original Intent NCBA Absent from Lawsuit Against E15 NCBA Absent from Lawsuit Against E15 Study on GIPSA Rule Released This Casts a New Light on Things Portable Plasma from Lincoln Ag Economist: Avoid Debt Students Offer Novel Uses for Grains Corn Slides Following USDA Report EPA Moves in Chesapeake Bay Questioned U.S. Beef Gaining Traction in Asia U.S. Beef Gaining Traction in Asia Debate Over GIPSA Proposed Rule Continues Legislative Relief Sought for Clean Water Act Permiting Work Focuses on Afghan's Crop Needs Ownership Change at Germplasm Company Trimble Makes it Flow Downhill Groups File Lawsuit to Overturn EPA's E15 Decision China News Causes Big Overnight Move President Visits Ag Expo in India Peterson Eager to Move to Ranking Member Symposium Focuses on Sustainable Energy Production ICON AG-10 Comes to the Farm The Buzz: Beans in the Teens! Grains Feel Pressure of Stronger Dollar President Obama Visiting Asia to Talk Trade GOP Expected to Be More Pro-Trade CWT Assists in 2.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Ag Leader Unveils List of New Products USDA is Making ACRE Payments Satellite Inventory of Land Use Underway Communications Tools for Farms Soybeans, Wheat Push Higher on Chart Strength The Buzz: Outside Markets Rule! Uncertainty Grips Grains Ahead of Weekend Traders Beginning to Guess How Much Corn Was Lost Groups Question Ethanol Industry Proposal NCGA President Speaks To Corn Supply Issues Dairy Cattle Antibiotic Residue Prevention Manual Available Free to Farmers No Change In Strategy Following Prop B Condor G with Dry Box Sinking Dollar Lifts Commodities to Historical Highs Corn Exports Tread Water Some Valuable Allies to Cattle Industry Will Not Be Returning to Congress Dog Industry Proposition Passed in Missouri Decreased Biomass Could Impact Production of Cellulosic Ethanol NanoCourier Transmitter Keeps Irrigators in Touch Canada Blocks Potash Takeover Ag Leadership Changed by Election South Korean Trade Agreement on the Line GOP Win Could Sink Climate Legislation Boyle Blasts Proposed Rule in Letter Boyle Blasts Proposed Rule in Letter Landoll Corporation Acquires Brillion Farm Equipment Canadian Livestock Transportation Fines Increased Flexxifingers To The Rescue Limit-Higher Cotton Prices Ignite Acreage Battle Early Elections Indirectly Impact Grains Pork Checkoff Supports Return of McRib Nationwide Election May Impact the Markets Japan Wants To Join Trade Talks Polls Open on Mid-Term Elections Weed Scientists Urged to Boost Communication Skills Cut Fertilizer Bill Currency Uncertainty Hits the Pits Eight Marketing Secrets of the Best Managed Farms Author Sets Sustainability Tone for Science Event Europe Changing Biotech Rules Again Rains Slow Brazil Soy Planting Report Alleges Government is 'Digging Up' Payment Recipients Raw Horsepower on the Cheap Grains Brace for Upcoming Volatility Big Week of Market News Starts Today U.S., South Korea Officials Meet New Congressional Members Will Need Ag Education Ethanol's Pressure on Gasoline Prices Explained NFU Backs GIPSA Changes Sniffing Out Bugs Automatically The Buzz: Trick or Treat? Robust Soybean Demand Lifts Prices Corn Exports Remain Lackluster Election Could Change Ag Leadership Russia Slated to Join WTO Agriculture Sales Couldn't Match 2008 Pace ERS Report Shows Ethanol Puts Money Back into Economy Wheat Steady, Corn and Soybeans on a Rollercoaster Positive Economic Reports Weigh on Grains WTO Rules Against U.S. More Food Safety Managers Wanted by FDA Critics Question E15 Labels Low Wheat Ratings Drag Grain Complex Higher Dollar is Stronger After Weaker Monday WTO Leader Says It's Time to Bring Doha Deal To Higher Level Where Beef Trade Stands with Japan, China and South Korea Where Beef Trade Stands with Japan, China and South Korea USDA Announces Grants for Specialty Crops New Technology Testing Guidance Outlined Grains Rally on Greenback's Weakness AMI Study Says GIPSA Regulations Will Cost Jobs Producers with Moisture Damage Receiving Disaster Assistance Now is Time to Take Measures to Cut Winter Utilities Positive Reaction to Renewable Energy Announcement Immigration Reform Requested by CRA Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Support Republicans Want EPA Cost Estimates Ohio Livestock Care Board Sets Penalties EU Commissioners Considering Cloned Animal Meat Strong Week Of China Buying Surprises Even The Bulls The Buzz: Beans Lead Volatile Week Economists Propose Variable Blenders Credit Lab Reports No Indirect Land Use Change from Ethanol Sustainable Ag Commitment Launched by Wal-Mart Grains Rise on Dollars Demise WTO Leader Hints at Doha Conclusion USDA, DOJ Settle Keepseagle Case Some Producers Welcome Stormy Weather African Farmers Beat Drought With Cell Phones New Tool Focuses on Future Consumers New Options and Sizes From Krause Organizations Drop Out of Sustainable Ag Standard Development Commodity Break on Dollar Surge Part of Necessary Correction Farmers Face Short-Run Challenges U.S. Needs to Pass Trade Agreements, Improve Transportation to Compete in Trade Alliance Hopes to Create Unified Voice for Ag Chicken Industry Leader To Retire NACD Supports Legislation to Halt CWA Regulations New Top-Spin Pre-Cleaners Beef Grading System Upgraded by Canadian Packers New NASS Center to be Established in St. Louis U.S. Beef-Pork Exports Remain Strong U.S. Beef-Pork Exports Remain Strong Diesel Energy Will Play Big Role in Future Collect bales with 2-Banger Sluggish Close to the Week for Grains Beans Take Leadership Role on Strong Exports Three Factors Impact Prices This Week President's Transportation Plan Doesn't Include Agriculture Cattle Inspection Facilities Now North of the Border Cattle Inspection Facilities Now North of the Border JBS Has Limited Time to Reply to GIPSA Complaint World's Small Farmers Benefit from Puchase for Progress Program The Buzz: Searching for Value Demand Pushes Soybeans Toward Leadership Role Grains Seek End User Buying EPA Decision is Important First Step According to Growth Energy RFA Feels Decision is Incomplete Groups Incorporate New Farmer Alliance Growers Worried About Wheat in Some Areas EPA Grants Waiver for E15 Disappointing Day for Bulls in the Corn Pit World's Needs Growing Faster Than Ag Productivity EPA Schedules Press Conference on Ethanol Mostly Higher Trade on Residual Momentum New World Soybean Production Record Set by Missouri Farmer Ethanol Supporters Get Proactive Livestock Are Important In Helping Alleviate World Hunger Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge Announced U.S. Showcasing High Quality Meat at International Food Show Investors Chase After Ag Commodities Soybeans Play Catch-Up Game Was Changed by USDA Report Letter Sent to President on Reopening Trade With Cuba Producers Need to Talk to All Candidates CRP Interim Rule Opposed by NGFA Expanded Margin Requirements Limit Gains Corn Market Seeks New Area of Value Positive Testing Results For Higher Ethanol Blends in Newer Cars New Borlaug Fellows Selected Dairy Digester Produces Renewable Energy No Positives to GIPSA Rule Proposal According to Economist The Buzz: Corn Crop Shocker! Grain Trading Limits to Expand Next Week Early Outlook on Next Farm Bill USDA Prompts Limit Move in Grains Big Cuts in Corn and Bean Crop Estimates Soy Market Access to Turkey in Question Export Exchange Underway in Chicago PLF Files Endangerment Lawsuit Active Buying by End Users Wall Street Heavyweight Makes Big Move in Farmland Breaking through the 'Feed Wall' Wheat And Soybean Sales Active Administration Wants Public Support for Trade Before Acting on FTAs Siddiqui Says Doha Talks Could Continue Into 2012 Dairy Industry Working to Improve Ag Image Grassley Says Republican Congress Would Be More Interested in Trade, Energy Schaffert Improves Disk Design for IH Planters Farm Groups Face Uphill Battle in Animal Welfare Five Tips for Passing on the Farm Embezzlement: It Happens on Farms, Too Desire for Cheap Corn Fueling Ethanol Opposition Milk Cow Numbers Drop for First Month This Year Milk Cow Numbers Drop for First Month This Year Doubts Arise Concerning Stopping EPA Regulations Zip It Up! Cover Story: Where Farm Diversification Fits Best Portraits of the New Entrepreneurs New Business Ventures: A Resource Guide Cover Story Video Exclusive: Positioning Your Business for Next Generation Biofuels Beef's Carbon Hoof Print Shrinks Food Purchase to Benefit McGovern-Dole Program Global Town Hall Meeting to be Headlined by Ag Secretary Economist Says Future Economy and Demand Important to Pork Consolidation of Pesticide Legislation Requested Make Your Lease Work for You Make Your Lease Work for You Slight Improvement Seen in Both Corn and Soybean Crop Valley Irrigation Offers VRI Grains Find Support From Active Demand Uncertainty Surrounds Taxes Senate Bill Would Help Stabilize Workforce World-Wide Effort Focuses on Climate Change USDA Study Looks at Land Degradation and Recovery on Western Rangelands Saturn Offers Pair of New Waste Oil Heaters VeraSun Attorneys Retract Demands For Farmer Payments Volatility Follows USDA Report USGC Brings Buyers to U.S. RFA Members Elect Leadership Food Safety Vote Expected in Senate Undocumented Worker Legislation Announced The Buzz: Corn Crop Confusion Soybean Demand Trumps Suspect Corn Stocks Data Congressmen Say EPA is Out of Touch Argentine Beef Situation Spotlighted at World Meat Congress Argentine Beef Situation Spotlighted at World Meat Congress China Poultry Duty Bring Reactions House Foreign Affairs Cancels Cuba Travel and Trade Markup Corn Anchors the Grain Complex Plot Corn and Soybean Strategy Foreign Affairs Committee to Markup Cuba Trade Bill Weather Looks Favorable for Harvest Japanese Media Tour U.S. Beef Production Facilities Japanese Media Tour U.S. Beef Production Facilities Pork Business Still Profitable For Producers and Packers Brief Bounce is Short Lived Wall Street Casts Bearish Shadow on Grains Mixed Trade Overnight U.N. Urged to Reveal Impact of Crude Oil Prices on Food Prices President Signs Mandatory Price Reporting Act Sales Closing Date for Fall Crop Insurance Coming Up Corn Harvest Numbers Differ Due to Weather New Watershed Center Established by EPA John Deere Boosts Power on 8R Series Tractors Senators Introduce Legislation to Give Agriculture Voice U.S. Hog Herd Smaller than Last Year Southeast Asia Conference Results in Strong Sales Senators Introduce Renewable Energy Bill NACD Supports Locally-Led Conservation Efforts Deadline for Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Bill Approaching New Telematics Available for John Deere Equipment Strong Gains in Grains have Implications for Next Week Soybeans Challenge Corn for Leadership at CBOT Wet Weather in the North Helping the Market EPA Administrator Testifies Before Senate Ag Committee House Passes Small Buisness Bill EU Using Incorrect Sorghum Information USDA Study Supports Climate Change Priority Wheat Drops Double Digits Several Factors Soften the Commodities Markets Corn Sales Lag Again This Week What's Going to Happen With Estate Tax? Egg Recall Hearing Makes Little Progress Obama Tells Town Hall His Policies Need Time Dairy Industry Completes Fluid Milk Carbon Footprint Study Picture This: Images from Husker Harvest Days Picture This: Images from Husker Harvest Days How China Fits Into the National Export Initiative Mexican Trucking Retaliation Hurting Pork Exports Healthier Soybean Lines Found World Energy Congress Looking Ahead Lincoln Wants to Avoid Regulations The Buzz: Basis Risk Increases Valmont's Bender 30 Is Easy to Install Porter-Cable Adopts Lithium Batteries Grains Mark Time Markets Run Out of Steam Overnight Corn is Maturing Quickly and Harvest is Progressing China Continues to Grow as a U.S. Ag Trade Partner Corn and Beans Still Ahead of Schedule E15 Works Well With Older Cars SURE Seems to Be Falling Short Covering Disasters Feedlot Placements Exceed Expectations Brodaband Bill Backed by AFBF Schuler Offers New Vertical Mixer NCGA Disappointed That USDA Picked Winners and Losers With Disaster Package Cautious Approach Advised at Current Grain Prices Cautious Approach Advised at Current Grain Prices Biodiesel Tax Extension Fails in Senate U.S. and Japan Discuss Beef Issues U.S. and Japan Discuss Beef Issues Cuban Embargo Discussed in Washington Homegrown Eco Ultra Oils Save Petro-dollars Grains End the Week with a Bang Corn, Beans Attempt Pre-Weekend Break-Out Corn, Beans and Wheat All Move Higher Overnight Corn Refiners Propose Name Change to Corn Sugar Farm Inputs are Increasing Schuler's New Feed Wagon is All Hydraulic New Grower Assistance Programs Announced Smallholder Farming Focus of 2010 World Food Prize Symposium Export Sales Mixed Last Week Tri-Traction, Compaction Fighter From Reinke Expect Fewer Dollars for Next Farm Bill USMEF Reports on Meat Exports Enrollment Open for National Dairy FARM Program USDA Makes Renewable Energy Grants The Buzz: Too Far, Too Fast? Sprinkler Control via the Web Export Conference To Focus On Distillers Grains More than 4 Million Acres Sign-Up for CRP Deere's Tillage Family Grows Forward Movement on Animal ID Weather Outlook Is Mostly Mild Senninger's UP3 Upgraded to Easy-Clean/Change Capability EPA Okays Ford V-10 Irrigation Engine on Propane After Monday's Euphoria it's a Turnaround Tuesday WTO Will Brief AFBF Delegation on Doha Round FSA Annoucing CRP Results Communication Broke Down Between USDA and FDA Digital Camo Is Latest Miller Helmet Design Cow Feed Costs Cut by Co-Products and Cornstalks USDA Downgrades Russian Wheat Crop Again Groups Request Reversal of Tax Law Corn Genetic Mapping Helping Researchers Hobart Has Problem Solver Netherlands BSE Renews Call for Canceling OTM Rule The Buzz: USDA Gives Half A Loaf Corn-Soybean Storage Strategies: What Works Best? Trade Uncertain About What Report Will Say About Soybeans Keep on Trucking Evaluating Option Strategies USDA Releases September Crop Report on Friday China Becoming a Major Customer for Distillers Dried Grains Bringing Instant Noodles to Africa Could Boost U.S. Farm Exports EPA Draft 'Kicks up Dust' Again Dust Regulation Rears its Head Again Former Ag Secretary Sees Potential Power Shift Sending a Message President Obama Addresses Tax Situation Research to Study Carbon Capture And Storage EPA Rejects Missouri River Dredging Proposal Bearish Wheat News Pressures Grain Complex Ahead of USDA Report New Player for 1000-gallon Sprayer Market First-Hand Look AT U.S. Crops Yields Relationships, Purchases Dairy Industry Facing Change Corn Condition is Ahead of Last Year Increased Co2 In Atmosphere Could Benefit Agriculture Grains Turn Higher Heat In Eastern Corn Belt Sets Record Putin Halts Russia's Grain Exports Long-Term EPA's Climate Regulations Being Readied Fuel Demand for Energy Use Down FAO Meeting on Wheat Shortage FMC Corporation Announces Development and Distribution Agreement Kuhn Adds Conventional Plow Stem Rust Fight Moves Forward September is National Rice Month Grain Prices Surge on Bullish Corn Yield Estimate Markets Nervous about New Oil Platform Fire Exports of DDGS Is Becoming More Important 2011 Budget to be Considered by Pork Board FTA Costing Farmers in Exports Gentic Breeding of Feedstocks Receives Funds Shell's New Coolant Lineup Touts Long Life Russian Export Ban Fuels U.S. Hopes Big Congressional Change Possible After November Voting USDA Takes Steps to Authorize GMO Sugarbeets Call Issued for New Pathogen Testing Regulations House Committee Hearing on Food Safety Scheduled Call Made for Continued Use of Antibiotics Crop Conditions Holding Steady ERS Predicts Higher 2010 Farm Income Ethanol Production and Demand Set Highs Agriculture Helps Keep Unemployment Rates Low Agco Presents Sunflower 6630 Vertical Till System Wheat is Able to Move Off Overnight Lows The Buzz: Farmers Hope to Increase 2011 Acreage Farm Futures Survey Sees Acreage Increase for 2011 Crops Soybeans Continue to Fall. U.S. Corn Important to Saudi Arabia Tour Group Looking at Sorghum Production Wheat Genome Code Cracked Livestock Competition Workshop Draws Crowd FAS Attempts to Sooth Moscow Jitters NFU Speaks Out at Workshop South Korea Officials Says No Concessions Pushing the Combine Envelope Weatherproofer III Gets New Muscle Trade Will Be Interested In What Fed Chairman Says USDA-DOJ Host Highly Anticipated Livestock Competition Workshop Russia Braces Against Salmonella USDA's Objectivity at Livestock Workshop Questioned CRP Sign-up Deadline is Here Demand & Yield Concerns Lift Grains Exports See Another Big Week Grains Benefit from Increased Risk Appetite Taking the No-SCR Approach Mexican Retaliatory Tariffs Hit Pork Hard Panelist Plans to Fight for Family Farms at Livestock Workshop Russia and U.S. Debating Chlorine Rinse Brooks Says EPA is Not Targeting Agriculture United Fresh Conference Taking Shape Salford Unveils New Finance Program September Options Hold Corn Above $4 FDA Looks for Salmonella Contamination Clues at Two Iowa Egg Farms Vilsack's Job Offer Turned Down By Sherrod Farmers and Ranchers are Being Encouraged to Attend USDA-DOJ Workshop Statistical Education Promoted by USDA-FFA Partnership Massey Ferguson Phasing In Sisu Engines Soybeans Swimming Upstream Korean Free Trade Agreement Must Be Passed CFTC Turning up Heat on KCBT U.S. Faces Increased Export Opportunities Feeding Fish Soybean Based Feed Is A Developing Market Egg Inspection Rules Have Changed Ammonia Application Made Simple Pfizer Animal Health Introduces INFORCE 3 Respiratory Vaccine Seasonal Selling Caps Corn Rally FSU Drought Supports Prices Amid Unceratinty in Outside Markets Farmers Should Talk to Members of Congress During Recess More Details for USDA-DOJ Workshop Announced Egypt to Run Sorghum Feeding Trials Clean Water Strategy Draft Released by EPA Strong Investments Seen in Clean Energy Kuhn Offers new Bale Processor Strong Exports Support Corn Wall Street Malaise Weighs on Grains Improved Grain Market Puts Fertilizer Stocks in Play Mexico Activates U.S. Pork Tariffs Ban or Rate Reduction of Atrazine Would Hit Farmers Hard President Makes USDA Recess Appointment Farmer-to-Farmer Program is Working Wall Street Money Continues to Be Fickle The Buzz: Top 10 List for Volatile Grain Market Huge Week of Export Sales All Around Oklahoma Congressman Discusses Ag Disater Aid Broadband Expansion is Announced Farm Values, Incomes Reported by Federal Reserve Bank White House Preparing Openings to Cuba ARRA Dollars to Upgrade Research Facility North Dakota Floodplain Program Funded USTR, NPPC Addresses Trucking Dispute with Mexico Iowa Ethanol Plant to Be Purchased by Flint Hills Resources ARS Signs Partnership Agreement CBO Scores Food Safety Measure KZValve Offers Hand-held Remote Storage Squeeze Shifts North Storage Squeeze Shifts North Sudden Death Syndrome Showing Up in Soybeans Expect to See More Beef Business With Mexico Expect to See More Beef Business With Mexico Grassley Discusses Expectations for Senate Agenda After Recess NCBA President-Elect Says Cattle Industry Needs to Stand United NCBA President-Elect Says Cattle Industry Needs to Stand United Animal Rights Movement Recharged During D.C. Events Pork Added to Mexico's Retaliation Economic Rebound Will Show R&D Investments Wise Syngenta Receives Approval from Mexico, the Philippines for Two Agrisure Viptera Trait Stacks Wheat Collapse Pulls Corn and Beans Lower Focus Shifts to Corn Biotech Beet Approval Overturned USMEF Reports on Pork and Beef Exports USMEF Reports on Pork and Beef Exports Grain Ban and Grain Shortage Bring Opportunities to U.S. Sorghum, Corn U.S. Not Focusing on FTA Movement in Other Countries Obama Wants More Clean Energy Tax Credits EU Investigating U.S. Biodiesel Dumping Charges J-Wheelz Add ATV Traction In Loose Terrain Strong Export Demand Supports Grains Big Numbers From Producers Offset World Demand Senators Urge Russian Government to Reopen Markets Under Agreement Paperwork for Health Care Reform is an Administrative Nightmare USDA's Biofuel Program Changes Welcomed by ASA A Bigger Crop With Bigger Yields Sugar TRQ Announced The Buzz: USDA’s Surprising Wheat Cut House Ag Ranking Member Offers FIFRA Companion Legislation H1N1 Flu Pandemic Officially Over USDA's Vilsack Concludes Meeting with Canadian Ag Minister Additional Traceability Meetings Set Russia May Change Mind on Wheat Export Ban We Ride Yamaha's New Grizzly 450 EPS 'Super' Combine Rolls for 2011 GIPSA Reforms Needed, Says Group USDA Will Introduce Regulations for New Animal ID Next Spring NCBA, USMEF Pleased With Duty Elimination by Mexico for U.S. Beef Producers NCBA, USMEF Pleased With Duty Elimination by Mexico for U.S. Beef Producers U.S. and Israel Officials Sign Research Agreement Bobcat Introduces Two New Bigger Loaders Some Decline Seen in Crop Ratings National Animal ID Rules Being Developed USDA Addresses Ageing of its Workforce NASS Expects Better Idea of Yield Expectation for August Crop Report Soybean Rust Contained to South, But Still a Threat Beef Loses Market Share to Pork and Poultry Beef Loses Market Share to Pork and Poultry Valspar Implement Paint Stands Up to Nature Uncertainty Leads to Choppy Trade Senate Passes Price Reporting Reauthorization U.S. and China Building Wind Energy Resources U.S. Ethanol Production Hits Record High Vietnamese Ag Leaders Visit U.S. in Congruence with USGC Program Kuhn Upgrades Power Harrow Series CFI Settles with Government Hybrids Separate Themselves By This Time of Year Wheat Bulls Run for Cover Farm Futures Survey Shows Record Corn and Soybean Production Senate Approves Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill Reid Says Energy Funds Will Be Restored Missouri Voters Reject Mandatory Health Insurance RFA Analysis Questions RFS2 Harkin Leads Bipartisan Groups of Senators in Amendment to Energy Bill Mahindra USA Launches a Baker's Dozen The Buzz: What USDA Report? Wheat Hits Daily Limit on Russian Export Ban Exports Sales Post Big Week Report Looks at Health Care Reform Legislation Russia Throws Up New Roadblocks to U.S. Poultry Exports Ag Committee Holds Trade Focused Hearing USTR, Others Testify at Trade Hearing Grassley and Feingold Propose Legislation Focusing on More Payments to Small Farms We Test the ThermaCell Outdoor Lantern Trade Representative Kirk Sees Positive Progress Economists Survey Results Reported Economists Survey Results Reported Virginia Joins Immigration Debate Bioheat Coming to New York City Fold-up Wing Float Pulverizer Warning Issued Against False Comfort Mine Closure Could Tighten DAP Supplies Buyer Fatigue Weighs on Prices Turnaround Tuesday as Traders Take Profits Senate May Move on Amendments Next USDA, DOJ Livestock Workshop at Colorado State Next USDA, DOJ Livestock Workshop at Colorado State Senator Reid's Energy Legislation Not Expected to Pass Climate Change Negotiations Begin NCBA Passes Resolutions at Summer Conference to Prioritize Policies for Washington Grains Rise on Global Feeding Frenzy New Tire Aims for Big Sprayers Center for Rural Affairs Analyzes Health Care Legislation Military Focusing on Energy World Bank Changes Tune on Biofuels Impact on Commodity Prices Report Focuses on Energy Supports Sunflower Launches New Disc Harrow EPA Rejects Climate Science as Flawed Estate Tax Remains Outside of Bill Considerations Senators Question USDA Budget ASA's Steps to Doubling Exports by 2015 New York Times Mischaracterizes Fueling Freedom Plan House Ag Committee Passes Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting Bill NCBA Releases Responses to Audit NCBA Releases Responses to Audit Importers Flock to U.S. Wheat NCBA Wants Less Talk, More Action on FTAs for Beef Exports NCBA Wants Less Talk, More Action on FTAs for Beef Exports Changes in Crop Acres Since Freedom to Farm Parts of Arizona Immigration Law Blocked The Buzz: Wheat Leads The Way Money is Pouring Into the Pits from Wall Street Audit of USB is Complete Reports Concludes NCBA Breached Financial Firewall Legislation Extending Market Reporting Offered Limited Energy Bill Not Renewable Fuels Friendly New Dynamic Emerging in WTO Talks Fold That Subsoiler! Black Sea Rumors Support Wheat GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended Farm Bureau Says Changes Necessary to Meet Goal of Doubling Exports in Five Years Ethanol Groups Say EPA Must Act on Ethanol Blend Wall Issue Brazil Meatpackers Suspending Some Cattle Purchases We Drive Polaris Redesigns for 2011 August Weather will Make or Break Corn Yields, says Taylor USDA Issues Extension of GIPSA Comment Period Another Farm Crisis? Not Likely, Say Financial Veterans USDA Foreign Ag Services Under Secretary Explains Keys to Growing Exports Senate Will Act on Energy WTO Report Indicates Cooperation is Necessary Colombia Ambassador: U.S.-Colombia FTA Needs to Be Ratified Soon FAS Review Gives USMEF Highest Rating Sunco Launches NutriMate 3 U.S. Exporters, Cotton Producers Welcome Pakistani, Bangladeshi Manufacturers House Ag Subcommittee Meets on Crop Insurance Iowa's Grassley Tries to Address 'EPA Overreach' on Agriculture House Will Look to Senate on Tax Cut Extensions Obama Administration to Tour State Fairs Importance of Agriculture and Safe Food Supply Promoted By Race Car Kinze Offers $5,000 Rebate Corn Gets Knocked Down as Wheat Surges Higher. Media May be Hyping Benefits of Organic Food New Crop Purchases Swell Export Totals Senate Ag Committee Discusses Farm Bill, Renewable Energy Wall Street Reforms Signed Into Law R-CALF Proposes Renegotiation of FTAs Milk Marketing Plan Reviewed More Farmland Owned by Foreign Interests Secretary Vilsack Apologizes to Sherrod Bargain Hunters Return to the Grains Russia Poultry Market Opening World H1N1 Pandemic Nears End? Finding Enthusiasm for Ag Biotech In Honduras House Subcommittee Reviews Livestock Programs Report: How Climate Change Could Impact Crops Export Conference to Focus On Distillers Grains Income Tax Cuts in Limbo Senate Wants to Start Energy Debate Next Week Paper Quantifies Petroleum's Indirect GHG Emissions Yetter Adds to Residue Manager Choices Snowblower Designed for Bobcat Tractors Rhino, Wells Fargo Partners on 0% Retail Financing Program Iowa Legislators Support Possibility of Renewable Fuel Pipeline New Heavy Tiller From Kuhn Weather Causes Panic on Both Sides of the Market Prices Correct Lower on Easing Weather Concerns Administration Officials Holding Climate Change Meeting House Minority Leader Backs Moratorium on Regulations USGC Observes Export Process of DDGS in Canada New Apps Provide Easy Access to E85 Fueling Stations Senators Focus on Renewables with SAFEST Act Will It Be Year of Gray Leaf Spot? Great Plains Owner Talks About British Acquisition Planting Accuracy for Smaller Operators Crazy Numbers Seen at Markets on Thursday Groups Think Timing is Too Short for Growth Energy Proposal Senate Passes Financial Reform Legislation Growth Energy Fueling Freedom Plan Supported by NFU. House Committee Approves Child Nutrition Reauthorization Growth Energy Proposes Change to Biofuels Policy Traps Indicate Early Corn Earworm Moth Flights China Again Leads Rush to Buy Soybeans Money Flows to the Grains USDA Finalizes Crop Insurance Cuts Senators Put Forward Estate Tax Proposal Renewable Fuels Association Says CBO Missed Big Picture NCGA Corn Congress Lobbies in Washington Nebraska Senator Wants to Know What We're Waiting For on Pending FTAs A Closer Look at Organic Forum on Clean Energy Economy Hosted by Administration Ethanol Leaders Say the Time for Action on Energy is Now South American Sustainability Cellulosic Fuel: Off to a Slow Start Cover Crops Boost N in Continuous No-till Poultry Workshop Shows Two Sides of Anti-competition Issue Why I'm Building a Farm Website Nutri-Pro Fertilizer Bar Provides Flexibility The Buzz: Up, Up and Away! Maximizing Field Efficiency Maximizing Field Efficiency Bonus Online Feature: Help a Farmer, Save the Rainforests Weather Market is Alive and Well in Chicago Energy Bill May be Vehicle to Pass Biodiesel Tax Extension Weather Drives Money Flow for the Grain Markets White House Ag Policy Advisor Finally Appointed Standard Reinsurance Agreements Are Signed Financial Services Overhaul Has 60 Votes Ethanol Exports Take Downhill Slide in May Ethanol Percentage Standards for 2011 Released Tighter Dust Regulations Are Possible Top Farmer Workshop Set At Purdue Corn Feels Pressure of Moderating Midday Weather Models Monsanto Completes Key Regulatory Submission Agco Cash Back for the Summer Strong Earnings on Wall Street Provide Support on LaSalle Street. Market is Conflicted About Weather EU Wants to Put GMO Dispute to an End Congress Running Out of Time to Act on Estate Tax Fiscal Warning Issued by Presidential Commission WTO Ag Talks Going into Summer Break Old-Crop Soybeans Rise on Tight Stocks Americans Want Immediate Passage of Food Safety Legislation Secretaries Applaud Food Safety Agencies Other States Consider Immigration Laws Projects Approved for Conservation Practices Vilsack Pushes for Clean Energy R-CALF USA Wants Producer Participation Discussion of 2011 Pork Board Budget this Week RK Series Rotary Rake New from MF The Buzz: Beans Stay Bullish Soybeans Traded Higher USDA Report is Bearish. China Remains Strong Buyer of Old Crop Soybeans Big Adjustment Seen Since June 30 Report President Speaks on Trade Food Safety Bill Draws Support from President U.S. Companies Travel on Trade Mission to Republic of Georgia R-CALF USA Forms Alliance with Australia Producers NCBA CEO Says Progress is Being Made New Program Helps Make Private Lands Accessible for Recreation Trader's Await Friday's USDA Numbers Proposal Would Streamline Services of FSA and NRCS Congressmen Listen to Farm Bill Discussion in North Dakota Separation of State Beef Councils Supported by Several Groups Administration's Recovery Summer Visits Continue Energy Use Projection Released Welcome to a Weather Market BASF Plant Science and Monsanto to Expand Their Collaboration in Maximizing Crop Yield White House Explains E-15 Testing Soybean Growers Set Top Legislative Priorities Fish Feed Provides DDGS Opportunity in Japan There's An App for That: Food Safety Gets Ally Through Smartphone John Deere Creates SeedStar XP Monitor for Planters Margin for Error on This Year's Corn Stocks is Razor Thin Humane Watch Changes Stance on Ohio Compromise USDA 2010 Planted Acreage Report Was Shocking DDGS Success Story in China Former CIA Director Cites Electric Concerns, Touts Biofuels Conservation Technical Assistance Critical According to NACD President Unclaimed Bean Shipments Clog Chinese Ports AAA Says Learn From Ohio Agreement Markets Winding Down to Close the Week Jobs Report Expected to be Quite a Bit Lower After Years of Trying There is Positive Movement on Trade with Cuba Ohio Farmers Need Reassurance After Industry Leaders and HSUS Compromise Ag Appropriations Moving Through House President Says Both Sides Have to Work Together to Get Immigration Reform USMEF Supports Administration's Move on Korean FTA ASA Supports Opening Cuban Trade Barriers Markets Mostly Higher on Thursday Corn Sales Slip; China Missing From Buyers' List NCGA Stresses that Now is Time for Ethanol Senate Ag Committee Focuses on Safety Net USDA Report Affects Land Use Theory Ag Committee Passes Cuba Bill Analysis Shows Steady Progress Toward 25x'25 Renewable Energy Goal House Farm Bill Hearing Did Not Address Several Issues Monsanto Seeks U.S. EPA Registration for Refuge-In-The-Bag Option for World Leaders Drop Deadline for Completing Doha Round First Hearing in Senate on Farm Bill is Wednesday President Pushes Energy, Climate Legislation Sukup Offers Medium Duty Hopper Bin Money is Flowing Out of Commodities Markets Not Paying Much Attention to Crop Conditions Another Ugly Day at the Markets U.S. Moving Forward with Korea FTA Financial Reform Votes Being Lined Up FDA Wants More Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use Ag Committees Getting Jump Start on Farm Bill Studies Bring Encouragement to Ethanol Producers Grain Markets Have a Bad Day New Holland Introduces More Powerful WORKMASTER Tractor Canada Ratifies FTA With Colombia as U.S. Still Waiting Conference Committee Passes Financial Overhaul Madison Hosts Third USDA/DOJ Competition Workshop Dip Seen in Crop Conditions House Ag Subcommittee Hears Testimony from Farm Groups E85 Fueling Dispensers Approved The Bull Provides Mobile PTO Power Proposed Governance Changes Put on Hold by NCBA New Beef Agreement Announced Between Canada and China New Beef Agreement Announced Between Canada and China Markets are Pretty Steady to Start the Day Success for Corn Shipment to China Might Signal Things to Come Senator Says There is a Need for Immigration Legislation Agreement Reached to Lift Russan Ban on U.S. Poultry NCBA Governance Proposal Still Concerns Outside Groups Several Failed Efforts in Senate Prompt National Biodiesel Board to Explore Alternatives Judge Blocks Obama Moritorium on Drilling SDSU First Research Partner in Winter Wheat Expansion Initiative Russia Lifts Poultry Ban USDA Unveils Regional Roadmap to Meeting Biofuels Goals SPECIAL AUDIO REPORT - Secretary Vilsack on Biofuels Grains Post Firm Undertones NCFC Sees Opportunity to Share Co-Op Story at Upcoming DOJ/USDA Workshop Obama Marks First 90 Days of Health Care Legislation RFA Appreciates USDA's Cooperation to Reach RFS Goals Grassley Mentions Pending FTAs in Hearing on China USDA's Efforts Proceed Following Supreme Court's Decision on Alfalfa Case IH Will Use SCR for 100 hp and Larger Engines Corn and Soybeans Move Lower USDA Report Will Provide Roadmap for Achieving Renewable Energy Goals Importance of Chinese Market for Soybean Exports Emphasized by ASA Earlier Tax Extension Proposal is Solution According to Grassley E-15 Waiver Delay Still Garnering Attention Case IH Adds to Air Cart Lineup U.S. Corn Reaches China Economic Worries Turn Trade Choppy Benefits From China's De-Pegging the Yuan Will Take Time A 'Virtual' Tour of Tomorrow's Engineering Today Senators Want Russian Trade Barriers Addressed USDA's Corn-Ethanol Industry Report Shows Energy Efficiency Improvements Energy Efficiency Improvements Shown in USDA's Corn-Ethanol Industry Report EU Parliament Votes to Widen COOL Law Chinese Central Bank will Free Up Currency Russian Ag Leaders Examine Ag Practices In Central Iowa Money Flows into Market but Sales Pull Prices Down Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Planting of Glyphosate-Tolerant Alfalfa China Lets Yuan Float USDA Receives Mixed Reaction to New Proposed Livestock Marketing Rules District Court Denies CARB's Motion to Dismiss Senate Makes Some Progress on Biodiesel Tax Extention Governors Want Partnership Reauthorization Kubota Selling L Series Tractor/Loader Package Landoll All-Purpose Drill Starts New Series Growth Energy Says Get the Testing Done and Move Forward New Livestock and Poultry Marketing Rules Proposed Weather Conditions Gain Attention Going into Weekend Brazil Suspends Tariffs on U.S. Imports Soybeans Find Support Amid Choppy Trade Congress Concerned by Several Issues for Next Farm Bill NFU VP Meets with U.S. Trade Representative Negotiators Extenders Bill Changes May Increase Support Grassley Addresses Estate Tax on Senate Floor FTAs Create More Jobs and Revenue Farm King Offers Self-Contained Grain Vac Blend Wall Decision Delay is Only Rumor At This Point Study Shows Conservation Practices Working in Upper Mississippi River Basin Wheat Basis Collapses Strong Export Sales Noted Across the Board Hunger-Fighters Honored with World Food Prize Australia Raises Wheat Output Estimate National Corn Growers Choose New First VP Stanford Study: High-Yield Ag Slows Global Warming New Holland Expands Payload on Grain Carts The Buzz: Oh Canada! Market Uncertainty Remains Company Clears Another Regulatory Hurdle Trade Failures Threaten Ag UN Report Predicts Food Price Increases Exploring the Potential of Biofuels U.S. Organic Inspector Banned by USDA Yetter Maverick Gets Flexibility Option New Dietary Guidlines Focus on Sodium Expect a New Fungicide Offering From DuPont By 2012 Weather, Greece and the Markets Child Labor on Farms Could Be Impacted by Bill WTO Leader Reports on Trade Issues Three Way Partnership Has Benefits for All FSA Technology Upgrade Meeting Set Food Products Show in France Scheduled Monsanto Expanding in St. Louis Area Prices are Mostly Higher Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Move Forward Detailed Meat Export Report Released Detailed Meat Export Report Released WTO Trade Negotiations Continue Cuban Leaders Say Pass Restrictions Legislation Export Development Programs Remain Open Season of Soybean Rust Begins How to Rate Plots By A Numerical Method New Bear On the Block Forty Year Production Low Impacts Markets We Drive Deere's New Gator Money Flow Will Continue to Drive Markets Senate Fails to Pass Resolution of Disapproval Milk Producers Adopt Policy Changes RMA Announces Reinsurance Agreement EU Tightens Reigns on Biofuel Production Schmeiser Unveils PFS Series Scraper Monsanto, Armtech Unveil Biotech Yield Assurance Program For Farmers Senate to Vote on Murkowski Resolution Thursday FMD Exercise Held at World Pork Expo Dissaproval Resolution Has Support of NACD New Gator Raises the Level of the Swamp Lugar Offers Practical Energy and Climate Plan Action is Taken on Ending Use of Endosulfan Subcommittee Reviews 2008 Farm Bill Energy Title Kuhn Offers New Gyrorake Wheat Collapses as Soybeans Surge Higher Renewed Optimism Gives Grains Lift Report Points to FDA Food Safety Shortcomings Senator Questions Clean Energy Jobs Spending Steps Taken to Develop Outer Continental Shelf Final CAST Report Focuses on Animal Agriculture Bee Survey Underway Sukup Adds Hammer Head Door Latch Survey Looks at Consumer, Farmer Attitudes Shell, Cargill, Others Pony Up $46 Million for Sugar Gasoline Corn and Wheat Find Modest Support Negative News Scaring Traders USDA Clears High-Oleic Soybeans Euro Determines Investor Confidence Gulf Oil Spill May Harm U.S. Grain Exports Trade Mission In Iraq Senate Working Toward Energy Bill Taiwan to Inspect U.S. Beef Plants Following Recommendations Could Provide Positive Results BASF Files for Registration of Three Active Ingredients Narrow Trading Range Only Slightly Lower USDA-DOJ Holding Joint Workshop in Wisconsin Politics Holding Up Estate Tax Measure Vilsack Discusses Breakout Sessions HACCP Proposal Meeting Set Corn Will Soon Be on It's Own China Sales Snub Dampens Corn Exports Soybeans Higher on Thursday Final Rule for CSP Published RFA Battling Perceptions With Facts Vilsack Unveils Several USDA Programs and Grants Obama Uses Oil Spill to Promote Climate Change Erratic Movement Ahead of Employment Report The Buzz: USDA Report Preview USDA Holds Rural Summit on Rebuilding and Revitalizing Rural America EPA Issues Draft Rule Proposal U.S. Japan Beef Trade Talks on Hold RFA Wants ARB to Adopt New Research CWT's Export Assistance Program Accepts Bid Workhorse Utility Vehicle Line Launched Euro Leaks Lower Causing Grains to Slip into Negative Territory Financial Markets Remain Focus of Traders Senate Ag Committee to Hold Farm Bill Hearings Ethanol Supply Numbers Reported CWT Accepting Bids for Tenth Herd Retirement Study Reveals Impact of Foreign Marketing Programs CCC Rates Announced for June Markets are Following Euro EPA Approves VipCot Cotton for Natural Refuge NBB, ASA Praise Passage of Biodiesel Tax Incentive in House Study Shows Better Dry Mill Production Efficiencies EPA Deal Displeases Livestock Industry Sorghum Exports to Morocco Increase Drastically Five New Tubing Sizes From Lundell House Passes Biodiesel Tax Credit Full Market Resolution Passes Senate Fears Renewed in the Finanical World Nervousness About Oil Spill Impact on Shipping Continues RFA Files Motion to Intervene USDA to Change Packer/Processor Marketing Pacts Study Calls Ethanol Production More Efficient Meat Export Federation Sees Positive Signs Setting Soy Standards for China Good News for Ag Grads Crop Insurance Agents Offer Alternative to USDA Cost Cuts Farmers Get Soybeans off to Early Start Traders Target Chart Objectives Cancellations Hurt Corn Export Totals Ending China Rumor Helps Trade Seed Treatment Expanded to More Crops EPA to Take New Look at CAFO Permits USDA Offers Another Discrimination Settlement Protecting Rainforests Offers U.S. Ag Benefits New Wheat Rust Strains Worry Scientists Dow AgroSciences, Bayer CropScience Sign Global Cotton Tech Agreement The Buzz: Corn Leads The Way Money Flows Toward Grains Market Firming Helps Overnight Markets Corn Group Tells Story to Policymakers House Hoping to Bring Biodiesel Tax Extension to the Floor Today Lawsuit Claims U.S. Biofuel Use Would Boost World Oil Demand Negotiators Never Cease Working Group Calls on Congress to Step Back from Clean Water Act Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition Introduces PeakReportOnline.com Senate Conferees Named for Financial Bill Beef Group Governance Moves a Work in Progress Haybuster Adds New Vertical Mixer European Woes Weigh on Overnight Trade EPA Working to Dispel Myths and Misconceptions Poultry Ranking System Isn't Fair NMPF Expands CWT Strategic Planning Effort Despite Brazil's Attempts, U.S. Ethanol Proves Itself Now is Time to Reform Food Safety According to Harkin New Mixer for Beef, Dairy Producers Market Weakness has Euro Root Shipping Lane on Watch Conference Committee Ahead for Financial Reform Bill Biodiesel Incentive Might Get Attention This Week Japanese Government Tagged for Slow Response Leica Geosystems Throws Late Spring Special Latest Competition Workshop Draws Poulty Crowd Polaris Opening Mexican Assembly Plant Overnight Stability Offers Hope Growing Exports a Priority Agreement on Tax Extender Bill Reached Check Your Calendar - ACRE, DCP Deadline Approaches Wheat Production Numbers Revised Study Shows Gaps in Livestock System E-Ticket Euro Ride Challenges Grain Markets Dieselcraft Spins Fuel for Purity Bears at Play While Exporters Buy Biodiesel Tax Extension Still Stalled USDA's Market Development Programs Proven Beneficial Ethanol Industry Exports to Survive 2010 World Food Prize Keynote Address to be Delivered by Kofi Annan Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Monsanto Donates Seed to Haitian Farmers John Deere Builds Its 500,000th Self-Propelled Combine Markets Close Lower But Prices are Firming Up House Ag Committee Holds Farm Bill Hearing in South Dakota World Biofuels Conference Underway Senators Get Down to Business on Financial Regulation Overhaul Southeast Gains Sixth Center of Excellence Promise Seen in Aphid Control Research New Leader Launches Nutrient Applicator Markets Slowly Lose Gains Except Corn Enough Food to Go Around? BASF Announces EPA Registration of Charter F2 Fungicide Seed Treatment Money Flow Continues to Drive Markets on a Sluggish Monday Program Announced For Alabama Ag Workshop FSIS Stops Contaminated Brazilian Beef at Border House Ag Holds Seventh Farm Bill Hearing in Lubbock, Texas Corn Growers Want Indirect Land Use Change Theory Thrown Out National World Trade Week Being Observed NASS Survey Will Look at How Energy Is Generated Hobart Expands Metalworking Glove Lineup Improved Soybean Oil Achieves Milestone That Will Advance Development Of Foods Markets Still in European Fear Mode New Farm Bill May Need to Be Regional Ag Policy Experts Testify Before House Ag Committee China Reopens to U.S. Pork Legislation Offered to Stop New West Coast Oil Drilling Gowan Launches New Magus Miticide Bloodshed Widespread on Markets USDA Encourages Transitioning Land to New Farmers Trans-Atlantic Fears Take Over Markets All About ACRE Rains Don't Affect Traders Cover Story: Can We Freeze Food's Footprint? Options for Insuring Farm Employees Health Care Reform Rundown Fine Tune Your Auto Steer Fine Tune Your Auto Steer Green Card Changes Financial Reform Legislation Moving Slowly EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Released Beef, Pork Exports Show Strength Atrazine Role in Sweet Corn Production Outlined EU Ag Subsidies Scrutinized Kinze Offers Air Seed Delivery New Yetter Row Cleaner Putting Price Pressure in Perspective Exploring the Ramifications of the China News USDA Confirms Corn Sales to China Energy Bill Released for Discussion Scientists Call for Restoration of Funding Biotech Tree in Your Future? China Works to Manage Local Grain Prices Dur-Adjust Upgrades DARF Hay Rakes Pulled Back by Sellers Market Starts Following Precious Metals CSP Signup Available Report on Ag Transportation Released LSU Center Focuses on Bioenergy Pork Producers say Ethanol Industry Should Share More Risk Kuhn Designs Transport Tedder Miller Diversion 180 Pushes TIG to New Welders The Buzz: Good Vibrations Money Flow Takes Prices Higher Doubt Remains for Votes Needed to Pass Climate Change Ban of Chemical Drift Reconsidered NFU Supports Obama on Clean Energy Efforts Agriculture Trade Left Behind Research Grant Funding Announced by USDA, DOE FSIS Administrator Position Finalized Amendment Offered To Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Biodiesel Tax Credit Held Up by Funding Climate Change Legislation Still Being Discussed Public Input Requested on Military Biofuels Plan May Take Some Time to Sort Out Thursday's Rollercoaster Markets Company Offers a Challenge Fear on Wall Street Bolsters Dollar EU to Change Biotech Review Process Brazil, Australia Grain Yields Predicted Corn Takes Center Stage at Conference Corn Sales Reach Marketing Year High Lincoln Defends Derivatives Title RFA Says Gulf Tragedy is a Teaching Moment Wind Power Installations Pick Up Speed Emerging Markets Committee Appointments Made DuPont Names New China Leader National Summit of Rural America Announced Push On to Complete Financial Reform FDA Food Safety Director Stepping Down Ag Secretary Talks with Farm Broadcasters Tax on Big Banks Talked About in Hearing Ag Groups Want FTAs Passed GHG from Livestock Operations Focus of Agreement ASA Testifies on Biodiesel Doha Round of Trade Talks Step Forward Japanese Bloggers Talking U.S. Pork EU and US Animal Welfare Groups Unite DuPont Receives U.S. EPA Approval for First 'Refuge-in-the-Bag' Seed Product Video Report: How is ethanol impacting the corn market today? Farm Bill Hearing Heard Opposition to Budget Cut Proposals Mahindra Adds to 35 Series Voters Side With Ag on Immigration Reform Senate Financial Regulations Debate Continues Competition and Regulation Workshop Details Released Super Duty Fords Now Have Access Kuhn Offers New Rotary Rakes Try On-The-Saw Sharpening A Week of Wild Swings on the Market Video Report: A Look at Planting Progress and Market Impact Vance Earns First Place in International Contest Senate Debates Financial Reform Immigration Issues Addressed by Senators Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled Hearing Focuses on Cuban Trade Bee Survey Shows Losses of Bees During Winter Syngenta, Embrapa Establish Multi-Crop Partnership Huge Gains in the Wheat Market President Visits POET-Biorefining in Missouri Financial and Immigration Reform Being Worked on in U.S. Senate China Purchases U.S. Corn Purdue Report Refutes Indirect Land Use Numbers House Ag Committee Focuses on Trade Policy Several Groups Return from Brazil Ag Leader Adds Dual Product Application Control to EDGE Display Resistancefighter.com Pinpoints Glyphosate-resistant Weeds on Local Level President Visits Wind Energy Plant Immigration Reform Falling From Priority Ethanol Industry Leaders in Washington FSA Computer Application Upgraded White House Report Supports Current Rural Policy NBB Working on Biodiesel Tax The Buzz: Weather Market Prospects Greece and Portugal Problems Impact Markets Biodiesel Industry Asking Obama to Intervene in Congressional Deadlock on Biodiesel Tax Credit Wall Street Regulations Agreement Reached Arizona Law Opens Immigration Dialog Climate Change-Energy Legislation on Life Support Stewardship Week Being Observed Russia Has Slight Imbalance in Pork Supply Corn and Soybeans Holding House Ag Committee Schedules Farm Bill Hearings CAB Campaign Being Pushed by ASA Duty-free Quota Boosts Opportunities for U.S. Beef in Europe Producers Reminded to Submit Annual Reports to FSA Uncertainty Remains About Climate Change Legislation President Pushes Immigration Reform Navy Tests Camelina Biodiesel Energy Audits Supported by EQIP News Out of China Has Traders Nervous USDA Releases Funds on Earth Day U.S.-Cuba Policy Topic of Upcoming Hearing Financial Regulation Debate Could Begin Next Week AFBF Says No to Oberstar Bill World Food Labeling Law Proposal Expected to be Requested Program Pledges Will Help Global Hunger/Poverty Buyers Rush to Corn Cotton Dispute With Brazil Takes Step Forward Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto RR Alfalfa Case Senate Agriculture Committee Passes Wall Street Bill Ag Secretary Testifies on Farm Bills Several Groups Voice Support of Wall Street Bill Bill Focuses on Fresh Waters and Clean Water Act AFBF Supports Tax Incentives Package Wheat Backs Off Early Highs USDA Deregulates Breakthrough Syngenta Seeds Corn Trait Senate Ag Committee to Mark Up Wall Street Legislation Senators' Bill Would Support Biofuels Industry Earth Day Celebrations Should Include Farmers Stage Set to Introduce Wall Street Reform Bill AMS Collecting Farmers Market Numbers Inhofe Predicts Failure of Climate Change Legislation Market Momentum Following Bad Monday Hearings for Next Farm Bill Begin this Week Global Warming Bill Expected Next Monday CDC Reports on Food Borne Illnesses Dollars Available to Kick-Start Biofuels Industry Immigration Reform Not Likely to Happen this Year Push for E-15 Waiver Continued by RFA Lincoln Introduces Wall Street Bill Financial Overhaul Up for Discussion in Senate Animal Health Center Dedication Today Dow AgroSciences Grower Agreements Can Be Signed Online 2009 Crop Information Could be Updated in May Derivatives at Center of Financial Reform Second Report on Climate-Gate Released Lamy Addresses World Trade Economics R-CALF USA Continuing Efforts to Stop FMD at Border RFA Says Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Not Cheaper The Buzz: Time For New Crop Sales Low Prices Lure Corn Buyers Red Wing Software Releases CenterPoint Accounting Climate Legislation Headed to the Senate Floor U.S. Poultry Could Return to Russia Soon Beef, Pork Muscles Lead February Export Advances U.S. Encouraged to Join ISO U.S. Could Resume Poultry and Turkey Exports to EU Good Money Flow Dynamics Vilsack Gives New Dairy Committee Marching Orders Poncho/VOTiVO Seed Treatment Receives Corn Registration Permanent Law Regarding Estate Tax Sought by Coalition Producers Getting Ready for Next Farm Bill Debate Report Says GE Diversity Needed Camelina as Bioenergy Crop Being Studied Turbo Boost for Massey's 2600 Series Planting Off to Good Start Corn Planting Numbers Released Show and Tell Time for Sorghum Checkoff Crop Insurance Baseline Protection Requested by NFU Renewable Energy Summit Scheduled Video Library Offers Management Insight Grains and Oilseed Prices Holding On Growth Energy Announces First National Ethanol TV Campaign Global Money Flow Influencing Markets Organizations Push for Food Safety Bill Changes USDA Moving to Be Closer to the People New Energy Generation Records Set Grazing Can Help Reduce Nitrous Oxide Ethanol Production Faces Growing Pains The Buzz: Friendly For Beans Corn and Wheat Drag Soybeans Lower HSUS Video Brings Response From Poultry Producers Vilsack Meets with Japanese Minister of Agriculture Hawaii to Grow Renewable Energy Systems U.S. Ethanol Demand on The Rise USDA Funds Will Help Watersheds Watershed Funding Announced by USDA Corn and Soybeans Erase Wednesday's Gains Corn Buyers Show Love for Bargains Vilsack Speaks on Global Food Security Economist Reports on Possible Ethanol Job Losses Report Shows FDA Weaknesses China to Be Strong U.S. DDGS Customer Brazil State Declared Free of Several Cattle Diseases Grains and Livestock Higher Monopoly vs. Competition Brazil: Still in Growth Mode Know your Competitor Test Your Lease Test Your Lease USDA, Navy Launches Effort to Use Renewable Energy Vilsack Trip to Japan Gives Cattlemen Hope Webinar on April 9 Covers Maintaining Stored Grain Cotton Conflict Resolution Takes A Step Forward Brazil Temporarily Suspends Ethanol Import Tariff Rollercoaster Ride on the Markets Wheat Crop is in Good Shape Panama FTA Vote Could Come First AMI Program Receives Welfare Certification Approval Biomass Industry Being Helped by BCAP Rural Development Aids Community Facility Funding Quarterly Food Costs Reported by AFBF Grains Prices Struggle as Livestock Prices Look Up Senators Request Report on Chinese Barriers Natural Gas Stats to Be Revised Groups Point to Crop Report for Good News Genetic Battle Draws on New Resources USTR Reports on Trade Issues ACRE Benchmark Yields Set Pigford Case Still Not Fully Resolved Biofuels Receive Reprieve in Food Costs Debate Low Freight Costs Boost Export Shipments Bearish Report from USDA on Both Planting Intentions and First Quarter Stocks Vilsack Will Focus on Beef Trade During Trip to Japan Ohio Governor Signs Livestock Care Standards Bill President Emphasizes Offshore Oil Production Reliance on Fossil Fuels is Unsustainable Reaction to Plantings Report AFBF Backs Efforts to Stop GHG Permit Requirements Development Facility for Advanced Biofuels to be Opened by DOE The Buzz: Bearish Reports, Bearish Reaction Some Surprises in Reports Pressuring the Markets RFS2 Implementation Challenged by Oil Companies Organizations Want OTM Changes NAMP Speaks Out on Draft Compliance Guidelines AVMA Sessions Educate Hill Staffers on Antibiotics Safety and Research at Center of United Fresh Meeting U.S. And Chinese Funds Work Toward Clean Energy Research Supports Increasing Ethanol Blend to 15% Not Much Movement on the Markets, Corn goes Lower Opinions Vary Greatly on What We'll See in Wednesday's USDA Report. EPA Sets Timing of First Clean Air Act Permits Update of FSA System Contracted by USDA RMA Considers Standard Reinsurance Agreement Cuts Health Care Repeal Offered President Makes Recess Appointments House Resolution Seeks More Access for Beef Products Homeland Security Renews Animal Disease Efforts New Report Calls for Tighter Farm Regulations Reduction and Refund Rather than Cap and Trade Don't Attempt to Fix Compaction this Spring KSU Hosting International Beef Symposium Bill Introduced to Improve Meat Traceback NPPC Holds Spring Legislative Action Conference Colorado Law Increases Standard for Renewable Energy Senate and House Finalize Health Care Reconciliation Bill FSIS Wants Comments on New Food Security Enhancement Rule Army Corps of Engineers Taken to Court Over Converted Cropland Commodity Group Leaders Air Concerns with Vilsack, Jackson Report Author Says UC-Davis Professor Right Markets Spend Most of Day in Lower Territory Bean Sales Slump Further Senate Ag Committee Unanimously Passes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act FAPRI Advises to Avoid Selling at Harvest Financial Overhaul Legislation is Next Up for Congress Immigration Reform is Another Topic to be Dealt With Help for Dairy Producers Requested by NFU Series of Events to Highlight School Meal Program Improvements Squeezed Margins Could Limit Corn Acres The Buzz: Farmers Rethinking Push To More Corn Health Care Reform Bill Signed Into Law Another UN Report Called into Question Efforts to Support Rural Water Infrastructure Development Reviewed Grants to Address Major Societal Challenges Announced Partnership Agreement Grants Available Through RMA Health Care Package Not Out of the Woods Yet New Reform Should Apply to Administration Officals Too Joint Climate Change Prediction Research Program Announced Company to Change Garbage into Ethanol House Passes Health Care Package Vilsack Visiting Japan Next Month Senator Introduces SUN Act Coalition Wants Renewable Energy Standard Grants to Focus on Air Quality Issues Another Purchase Made by JBS Markets Try to Put Winter Doldrums Behind Them Kansas City Fed Report Looks at Rural Economy for 2010 Global Goal: More Food on Smaller Carbon Footprint Pork Trade with China to Resume Ethanol Incentives Critical to Maintaining Jobs Afghan Livestock Receive Health Aid New Child Nutrition Program Announced Corn Starts Lower But Rebounds Export Sales Better Than Expected Vilsack and Kirk Discuss Success in Russia USB Members on Transportation Fact Finding Mission New Program to Help Pay Veterinarian Student Loans New Program to Help Pay Veterinarian Student Loans UL Certifies E25 Pumps President Receives First Jobs Bill Expect Another Wet Spring China to Prop Up Pork Prices Variable Tax on Gasoline Being Considered Gross Misconduct: How to Fire People the Right Way Senators Want End to Japanese Beef Ban Farm Program Cuts Opposed by Senators NFU Delegates Set Policy Goals House May Not Have to Vote on Health Care R-CALF USA Sees Positives in Competition Workshops AFBF Wants to Put Foreign Worker Program on Pause NPPC Wants Mexican Trucks Rolling NPPC Wants Mexican Trucks Rolling Fed Statement Holds Few Surprises Weather Remains in the Background for Markets USGC Opens Panama City Office Ohio in for Another Fight with HSUS Ohio in for Another Fight with HSUS States Considering Livestock Care Standards Board States Considering Livestock Care Standards Board Survey Shows Most Young Farmers are Optimistic Ag Secretary Talks Climate at NFU Meeting Process of Reconciliation On Health Care Begins Animal Agriculture Alliance Sets Summit Animal Agriculture Alliance Sets Summit U.S. Beef and Pork Export Market Sluggish House Could Vote on Health Care Changes This Week Health Care Changes Could Be Voted on by House This Week Groups Continue to Fight Against GHG Regulation Under CAA IT System for FSA Web Services Near Collapse Members of Congress Urging Action on Cuban Trade USGC Finds Success in FOODEX Show Improvement Funds Available for Older Bioenergy Plants POET Tightens Water Use Corn Trades Same Range as Last Night Beans Fall Apart and Spreads to Corn Improved Spirit of Cooperation Overnight Trade Moves Higher on Weaker Dollar Bust Up Big Ag Agriculture Committee Hears Cuban Trade Testimony President Forms Export Promotion Cabinet Competition and Regulatory Workshop Set FSA Technology Issues Are Being Examined U.N. Climate Report to Be Reviewed Senators Want Japanese Restriction on Beef Lifted Senators Want Japanese Restriction on Beef Lifted ASA Looks for Quick Final Agreement Trade Preference Discussed in Hearing China Cancels Bean Sales Oil Subsidies Growing Competitive Workships Kick Off Friday USDA Defines Role of New Group Infrastructure Top of Mind for this Commodity Group Keep Technology Current Says Conservation Districts Senate Version of Jobs Bill Clears, Contains Biodiesel Help The Buzz: Bearish Report, But What Reaction? Group to Set Record Straight on Co-op Role in Promoting Competition Corn Yield Guide Now Available Report Quantifies Food-borne Illness Costs Eisenhower Fellowships Applications Available Work Advances on Choosing Wind Farm Sites Congress Receives FAPRI Report Representatives Introduce Animal Rights Legislation Brazil to Impose Cotton Sanctions USDA Launches Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Program Alliance Calls OPEC Report Self-Serving Food Safety Subject of Scheduled FSIS Meeting President Selling Health Care Reform Delegates Set ASA Policy for This Year COVER STORY: Eight Ideas for Better Time Management Biotech Battle Heats Up in Europe Lower Weights Trim Meat Supplies More Conventional Beans Ahead? Recognize Your Crop's Value Recognize Your Crop's Value Another Plan to Stop EPA GHG Controls Potentially Huge Food Recall Initiated USDA Confirms Pork Agreement with Russia USDA Confirms Pork Agreement with Russia Secretary Talks Trade at Classic More Dollars Released For Broadband Cellulosic Biofuel Industry Seeks Investment Tax Credit Markets Are Good, Bad and Ugly and Getting Uglier Employment Numbers Unchanged Ag Secretary Addressing Producers at Commodity Classic Farm-Related Tax Provisions of Jobs Bill Needed Former Ag Secretary Questions Japanese Beef Ban Former Ag Secretary Questions Japanese Beef Ban Resolution to Stop EPA Gains Support CFTC Chairman Notes Changes Needed in Bills Russia to Reopen Ports to U.S. Pork Senators Want a Fix for Stimulus Program Alaska Gets First Climate Science Center The Buzz: March Crop Report National Poll Shows that Most Americans Don't Know the Truth About HSUS Corn Exports Improve President Outlines Alternative Health Care Plan Senate Preparing for Jobs Bill ITC Holds FTA Hearing Senate Finance Receives Trade Report Hearing Focuses on CFTC USDA Announcement Helps Hog Markets Soy Going to Afghanistan Mercantile Has Been on Both Sides of Unchanged Grassley Wants Answers on International Trade CF Increases Bid for Terra NCGA Asks Agriculture to Help Set the Record Straight on Food Inc. Jobs Bill Includes Disaster Package RFA Wants More Funding for Development Poultry Welfare Guidelines Updated Poultry Welfare Guidelines Updated Markets Run into Speed Bumps on Monday New Climate Legislation Being Prepared President Expected to Release Revised Health Care Proposal Pork Board Meeting in Kansas City Pork Board Meeting in Kansas City Uncertainty Surrounds Pending Trade Deals China Tariffs Hit U.S. Poultry Exports China Tariffs Hit U.S. Poultry Exports ITC Hearing on TPP Tuesday ITC Hearing on TPP Tuesday Ethanol Production Up in December. Ag Trade Adjustment Program Launched USGC Sponsoring DDGS Trial USGC Sponsoring DDGS Trial Black Discrimination Settlement Clears Way for Others New General CRP Signup Announced China Lifts Canadian Pork Ban Gap Between Parties Remains Following Presidential Health Care Summit CAFOs May Have to Report Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Study of Land Use Theories Begins Markets Are on Fire Weaker Dollar is Giving Boost to Most Commodities Partisan Bickering at Health Care Summit GIPSA Enforcing New Swine Contracting Requirements GIPSA Enforcing New Swine Contracting Requirements USDA Wants More Nutritious Food Aid Packages Development of Wind Power Being Spurred by Existing Government Program Great Lakes Protection Established Turning Point Offers Tough Cylinders Try Tractor Stalk Stompers Sukup Introduces Continuous Eave Venting China Still Shipping U.S. Beans Jobs Bill Passes Senate Health Care Antitrust Exemption Repealed by House Japan Keeps Buying U.S. Pork and Beef Japan Keeps Buying U.S. Pork and Beef Progress Made on SRA Revisions Media Story on Antibiotic Use in the Livestock Industry Garners Little Attention USDA Reports on Dairy Demand Wisconsin Wants Dairy Farm for Interstate Fungus May Offer Biologically Based Fumigation The Buzz: Will Prices Buy Acres? USDA Tracking Food Consumption Patterns Rules Considered for Leafy Green Produce EPA Moves to Control Green House Gases Senate Could Vote on Jobs Bill This Week Lawmakers Want to Start Over on Health Care Reform Groups Defend Drug Use in Food Animals Groups Defend Drug Use in Food Animals Indiana Moves on Livestock Care Cuban Trade Bill Introduced HSUS, Others Sued Under RICO Act The Buzz: Will Prices Buy Acres? Positive Movement for Beans Health Care Proposal Put Forth By President Re-opening of Pesticide Case Against EPA Denied Salazar Announces Program to Sustain Water Russia Increasing Poultry Production Russia Increasing Poultry Production It's Food Check-Out Week WTO Negotiations Update Offered Big Turnaround in the Grains Cattle Futures Lower After Big Gains Friday Promising Outlook for Pork Prospects Promising Outlook for Pork Prospects Executive Order Creates Budget Commission Moves on EPA Endangerment Finding Made By Farm Bureau Moves on EPA Endangerment Finding Made By Farm Bureau EU Expects to Reach Renewable Energy Target Grains Council Conference Highlights Importance of Free Trade No Beef Cattle Expansion Soon No Beef Cattle Expansion Soon China Absent from Bean Buyers List Fed Makes Interest Rate Announcement Focus on Locally Grown Food Longstanding Pigford II Litigation Finally Settled by USDA Opposition to EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Continues to Grow Animal ID Solutions to Be Developed 2009 Good Year for U.S. Meat Exports Dryer and Bin Buying Decisons Need to be Made Soon Net Cash Income to Improve RMA Releases Second Draft of SRA ASA Says Jobs Bill Should Include Biodiesel Tax Extension Clean Water Decision Expected Next Week USDA Issuing Grants for Beginning Farmer Rancher Programs Ag Secretary Will Keynote Commodity Classic USB Chooses USSEC to Carry Out International Marketing Plan U.S. Being Left Behind on Trade Center for Consumer Freedom Launches HumaneWatch.org ERS Forecasts Released by USDA WTO Ag Trade Talks Continue Change in Congressional Control Possible in November RFA Executive Sees Bright Future for Ethanol Industry Administration Celebrates Recovery Act Anniversary The Buzz: No Mid-Winter Break Markets Need to Close Higher to Create Momentum WFPF Chairman Emeritus Passes WFPF Chairman Emeritus Passes Climate Report from U.N. Has Flaws H1N1 Cases are Lessening Ethanol Production Impacts U.S. Economy DDGs Replacing Other Feed Demand Court Decision Backed by R-Calf Court Decision Backed by R-Calf Yara Buys Terra in Surprise Merger Program to Repay Veterinarian Student Loans Underway USDA Announces Organic Livestock Rules USDA Announces Organic Livestock Rules Harkin Asked to Put Biodiesel Tax Credit Back in Jobs Bill Rules Posted for Guest Worker Program Chinese Buying Fades Ahead of Holiday Weather Has Delayed Several Government Reports Agriculture Would Benefit from Senate Jobs Bill Channels for Older Meat Animals Being Examined Membership to Vote on R-Calf Resolutions Membership to Vote on R-Calf Resolutions Canadian Teaches Mexicans About DDGS Federal Horse Slaughter Ban to be Debated Soon Science Doesn't Support Media Claims about Antibiotics Demand for Soybeans Continues USDA Releases Agricultural Baseline Projections Farmer Cooperatives: Providing for America Storms Shut Down Federal Government Center for Rural America Releases Report on Health Care Reform Biofuel Crops May Benefit from Sequencing Pork Industry Strives to Set the Record Straight in Wake of CBS Story Pork Industry Strives to Set the Record Straight in Wake of CBS Story Money Flows into Commodities Biodiesel Industry Will Benefit from New RFS2 Rule White House Forms Child Obesity Task Force ISU Economist Testifies on Cap and Trade NOAA Climate Service Proposed New Line of Defense Against Cyst Nematodes Developed USDA Gives New Plan for Livestock ID The Buzz: Demand Improves Not Much Change in USDA Report No Big Surprises Expected from USDA Report Energy Talks Continue on Capitol Hill Health Care Summit Proposed by Obama R-Calf Pleased by Elimination of NAIS NAIS Decision Won't Change Pork Industry Objectives NAIS Decision Won't Change Pork Industry Objectives U.S. Cotton Poised for Recovery in 2010 GM Announces New Line of B20 Vehicles Economist Sees Momentum for Biodiesel Grains Have Bigger Rally Than Anticipated Dow Opens Lower But Starts to Rally How to Tell Your Story He Said, She Said Cover Bonus: Get Your Facts Straight Tips on Input Buying Farm Futures Selling Strategies Study USDA, IRS Partner on Payment Limits Calculate Your Seed's Value Calculate Your Seed's Value Bonus: Potential Animal Welfare Impacts on Grain Prices Budget Rules Contain Estate Tax Rider Senate Banking Committee Stalled on Financial Reform Agricultural Projections Being Released by USDA Government Food Programs Being Reviewed Adjustment of Framework for Animal Disease Traceability Announced NCC Issues Planting Estimates Markets Anxiously Await Jobs Report GOP Asserting Themselves in the Senate Growth Seen in the Children's Health Insurance Program Several Issues to be Discussed at Next Month's Pork Forum Several Issues to be Discussed at Next Month's Pork Forum RFA Supports Congress Changing Indirect Land Use Component in RFS Peterson Already Looking Ahead to Next Farm Bill HBO Airing Special on Temple Grandin Matching Nutrition to Cow Type Soybean Sales to China Fade Rule for BCAP Proposed USB Releases Peer-Reviewed Study on Biodiesel RFS Final Rules Finally Released by EPA President Talks Biofuels With Governors Obama Talks to Governors About Biofuels Justice Attempt to End Antitrust Exemption Worries Co-ops Coalition Wants Financial Action in Congress Tax Proposals Being Focused on by NCGA Results Reported from Organic Survey Work on Biodiesel Tax Credit Will Start Soon Proposed Budget Continues to Receive Reaction Talks in Japan Focus on Beef Antibiotics Focus of Series on Evening News Antibiotics Focus of Series on Evening News ARMS Survey Being Taken by NASS Grain Markets Take One Step Forward, Two Steps Back HSUS Wants to Tell New Livestock Care Board What to Do Propane Group Offers Incentives to Buy/Test New Propane Equipment Markets Trended Higher Overnight Encouraging for Today's Trade International Market for U.S. Soybeans Cools Off President Sends Budget Proposal to Congress EPA Budget Has Rural America Connection Republicans Push Transparent Health Care Bill Brazil Shortfall Affects Ethanol Production Challenges Outlined by New Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Promotion Benefits U.S. Wheat Producers Grain Trade Not Really Moving Surplus Fruits and Vegetables Bought by USDA FSIS Receives Request for Special Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Meat NCBA Approves Concept of Restructure of the Organization NCBA Approves Concept of Restructure of the Organization Cap and Trade Money Still Being Counted On by President Trade and Export Statements Receive Outpouring of Support NPPC Working on Chinese Trade Issues NPPC Working on Chinese Trade Issues Ethanol Production Gets Stronger Wind Energy Sets New Mark USDA Purchasing Products for Nutrition Programs Grains Are Mostly Lower With Soybeans Down Substantially Snowy Weather Likely to Keep Cattle Sales Down Dry Edible Beans Purchased for Haiti State of the Union Draws Positive Reaction from Agriculture House Will Take Small Steps on Health Care Report Suggests Biotech Wheat Bad for U.S. Prices Wheat Industry Recognizes Lincoln Traders Taking Money Out of the Markets President Hits on Areas Important to Agriculture in State of the Union Weak Markets Following State of the Union Export Sales Remain Good Cap and Trade Being Rephrased by Administration U.S. Unprepared for Bio Attack Direction of Beef Checkoff Questioned by R-Calf Direction of Beef Checkoff Questioned by R-Calf Canadian COOL Law Being Pushed The Buzz: 2010 Price Forecasts Commission for Deficit Reduction Rejected by Senate President Wants Spending Freeze FSIS Is Dragging Feet on Irradiation FSIS Is Dragging Feet on Irradiation Smaller Health Care Bill Discussed by House Leader USDA Releases Support for Promotion of Ag Products Biotech Endorsement Program Saved Dollars China Puts Brakes on Recovery, Consumer Confidence is higher. Mostly Lower Numbers at the Outset Another Dreary Start to the Trade Day Undersecretary for Food Safety Chosen Deficit Reduction Panel Likely to be Voted on Tuesday Reinsurance Agreement Worries Organizations Web Site for New Bioproducts Introduced Recall Announced for Italian Sausage ARRA Broadband Funds Released Research Provides Additional Reassurance About Safety of Pork Research Provides Additional Reassurance About Safety of Pork Confidential Business Information Excuse Rejected by EPA House Will Not Consider Senate Health Bill Rural Buisnesses Supported by ARRA Funds Portion of Easten Grid Could be Powered by Wind Export Sales Strong Across The Board More Selling Emerged in Overnight Trade More Support on Capitol Hill for Blocking EPA Senator-elect Speaks Out on Health Care Web-Based Payment Calculator Available Organizations Plead for Quick Approval Navy and Marines to use Alternative Fuel Sources Poultry Ban Talks Extended Poultry Ban Talks Extended Equipment Sector: Hanging in There The Buzz: Is The Sky Falling? House Cap and Trade is Opposed by NCGA Senators Urge No RMA Cutbacks New Massachusetts Senator is a Game Changer Murkowski Legislation has AFBF Support Washington Panel Addresses Climate Change Policy Mobile Slaughter Unit Seminars Being Held Johnson Asks for Help for Haiti Integrated Swine Disease System Sought Integrated Swine Disease System Sought Farm Bill Dollars for Pest Detection Now Available Sorghum Buyers Visit U.S. This Month Restaurant Chains Targeted by HSUS Restaurant Chains Targeted by HSUS Increasing Blend Wall Would Create Hundreds of Thousands Jobs Early Discount Registartion for Commodity Classic Ends January 20. Markets Mixed for Most of the Day Health Care Reform Swings in Balance of Massachusetts Election NFU Supports Position Limits Biodiesel Incentive Package Requested by 25x25 Financial System Reform Effort Moves Forward Meat Exports Look Stronger Meat Exports Look Stronger New CEO for NACD Named Announcement of ARRA Funds for Broadband Access Marketbasket Survey Results Released by Farm Bureau USAID Sending Food to Haiti Congress Continues to Work on Health Deal Trade Talks Between U.S. Administration and Russia This Week Trade Talks Between U.S. Administration and Russia This Week Corn Growers Ethanol Committee Focuses on Expanding Opportunities Grains Lower This Morning, Money Flowing Back Late in Session Policy Meeting for NCGA Held in St. Louis Organizations Want COOL Law Defended LMA Send Animal ID Principles to Congress Potential Problems Feeding DDGS Researched Great Optimism Seen for 2010 by USB Chairman Health Care Reform Announcement Expected Friday The Buzz: Bearish Wake From USDA Report Money Flows Back into Commodities Late in the Day Export Sales Mostly Disappointing Report Says Incentives are Driving Ethanol Demand and Impacting Wildlife German Agriculture Gears up for Climate Change House Bill Introduced to Stop Regulation of Greenhouse Gases by EPA Delegates Take Action at AFBF Annual Meeting Low Carbon Fuels Standard Approved in California Research Will Look at Creating Green Fuels Work on Soybean Genome Published USDA Delays Disease Status for Korea USDA Delays Disease Status for Korea R-CALF Submits Information for Investigation R-CALF Submits Information for Investigation Corn Lower, But Defered Contract Only Slightly Lower Strong Climate Message Issued by Farm Bureau Delegates Agriculture's Story Being Told Online By Farmers Herd Shrinkage May Lead to Higher Beef Cattle Prices Herd Shrinkage May Lead to Higher Beef Cattle Prices NASS Will Resurvey Producers in States With Unharvested Acres Demand Can Be Met Confirmed by Report Vilsack Visits Afghanistan Grassley Has Questions Concerning H1N1 Vaccine Canada Hosting Ranchers Roundtable Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Big Losses as Money Flows Out of Futures Bearish Numbers Expected from USDA Political System is Absolutely Broken Top Farm Bureau Award Goes to Illinois Farmer Inventor Religion Being Used by HSUS Crop Report Out This Morning AMI Declares COOL Violates U.S. Obligations OIE to Study Climate Change Issue Wheat is Higher Across the Board USDA Part of Multi Government Agencies Helping Afghan Farmers Money Flow is Warming Up Circumstances Have Changed Clean Energy Manufacturing to Benefit from ARRA Funds Regulations Called for by CFTC Chair Bill Introduced to Stop Implementation of EPA Regulation Turkey Puts Biotech Ban in Place HSUS' Non-profit Status is being Questioned The Buzz: From The Summit Wheat Trade Closes Strong Tracking USDA reports Convert Wet Corn into Dry Bushels Convert Wet Corn into Dry Bushels China Pulls Back on Stimulus Cold Temperatures Could Lead to Winter Kill in Wheat Deflation Chatter What is a 'Crush' Margin? Annual AFBF Meeting Features High Powered Lineup USDA Outlook Forum Scheduled in February Livestock Producers Receiving Disaster Support Representative Wants Vilsack to Revisit Livestock Safety Rules Representative Wants Vilsack to Revisit Livestock Safety Rules National Ethanol Conference Being Addressed by GM Vice President Next Week's Pork Board Meeting is in Ohio Next Week's Pork Board Meeting is in Ohio Faces of Traditional Ethiopia Traders Are Preparing for Next Week's USDA Report Health Goals Set Forth by NFU Dorgan, Dodd Could Shake Things Up in Senate Groups Working to Return U.S. Pork to Russia Compromise Alternative for Heatlh Care Reform School Food Safety Bill Introduced in House Lincoln Wants Focus on Farm Bill Implementation Vilsack Announces Dairy Advisory Committee Weather Cuts Yields and Forces Farmers to Shift Plans Corn, Bean Acres Rise as Wheat Falls Sharply Warning Issued for Far-Reaching Carbon Laws Taiwan Beef Decision Frustrating for the U.S. Taiwan Beef Decision Frustrating for the U.S. USMEF Puts Taiwan Ban into Perspective New Poultry Standards Coming Preview of the Farm Futures Summit Despite Turmoil, Cotton Prices Look Stable Review of Climate Change Models Requested by Ag Secretary Scholars and Lawmakers Questioning Heatlh Care Reform Constitutionality Democrats Trying to Merge Health Care Reform Bills Smithfield Foods Sales Completed U.S. and Russia to Talk Poultry Trade Competition Workshops to Continue Eastern Grid Could Be Powered by Wind Taiwan Legislature Bans Import of Some U.S. Beef Weakness Seen in Corn and Soybeans Before Closing Money Flow into Commodities Increases to Start 2010 USDA, IRS Reach Agreement 'Actively Engaged' in Farming Redefined Reaction to Proposed Regulation by Growth Energy U.S. Ethanol Production Continues to Grow Glen Grimes Retires Again Glen Grimes Retires Again Skin Cancer a Concern for Farmers State Agencies Encouraged to Apply for USDA Matching Funds Potential Taiwan Beef Restrictions Draw Unfavorable Reactions FSA Implementing SURE Program Russia to Ban Chlorine Treated Poultry Russia Has H1N1 Problem in Swine Herd Russia Has H1N1 Problem in Swine Herd Hong Kong Fourth-Largest U.S. Food and Beverage Market Missouri is Next HSUS Battleground NCGA Looking for Corn Board Nominees Thin Trade Creates Volatile Trade AMI Defends Mechanical Tenderization of Meat Grains are Choppy to End the Year Economist to Leave CFTC Taiwan Reinstates Beef Ban Trade Groups Take on California Rules USDA Pushes Water Projects in 19 States Soybeans Lead Grains into Year-End New Disaster Assistance Program Set Soybean Checkoff to Keep Rust-Watch Program Going Recall Has Congresswoman Calling for Action Clock is Ticking on Biodiesel Credit Congresswoman Calls for Labels After Latest Recall Senate May Face January Challenge on Greenhouse Gas Issue Cellulosic Ethanol Mandate Challenged E85 More Widespread Option for Drivers Agency Wants to Know About Inert Ingredients Budget Office Looks at EPA Renewable Rules Senate Ag Leadership Named Beef Group Files Appeal to EPA 'Endangerment Finding' Senate Passes Healthcare Measure Senate Aims to Stop EPA Carbon Moves for Now Sorghum Shows Great Potential for Cellulosic Ethanol Pork Back Ribs a Winner in Japan Banana Trade Dispute Ends Thursday Morning Vote for Health Care Ethanol Plant Attempts to Reorganize Under Chapter 11 RFA Wants More Specifics for RFS World Soy Foundation Has New Leader USB Releases Soybean Grower Survey Results Canada's Sow Reduction Numbers Reported E-Coli Vaccine for Calves Developed E-Coli Vaccine for Calves Developed NCBA Facing Structural Change USDA Conducting Horticulture Census WTO Director-General Supports Process Russia Sets Pork and Poultry Quota Russia Sets Pork and Poultry Quota Successful Launch of South Korean Burger Successful Launch of South Korean Burger Increased Use of Potash Predicted Plans Underway for Closed-loop Beef Operation in New York Plans Underway for Closed-loop Beef Operation in New York Meat Labeling Changes Sought by FSIS RFA Calls California Fuel Standard a Mockery Careful Monitoring of Corn Storage Needed Students Encouraged to Participate in Ag Day Essay Contest Agreement Reached on Climate Change Heatlh Care Reform Deal Brokered in Senate President Obama Addresses Copenhagen Conference Cap-and-Trade Won't Pass Senate Farmers and Ranchers Can Benefit from Climate Legislation Turkey Lifts Ban on Biotechnology Imports Cheese Purchase Made By USDA Decision from Appeals Court Favors Packer Decision from Appeals Court Favors Packer Legislation on Immigration Reform Introduced in House EPA Endangerment Finding Meeting with Congressional Resolution of Disapproval Emergency Milk Check Still Not Mailed Obama to Address Copenhagen Meeting Clark Warns Against Continuing Oil Imports Oil Imports the Focus of Clark's Speech WTO Leader Pushes Negotiations Congress May be in Session on Christmas Eve Ranking Ag Members Have Questions for Vilsack Funding for Broadband Initiative Released New Plan Develped by Forest Service Money Taken Out of the Grain Market The Buzz: Market Follows 'The Man' USDA Announces New Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program Strong Dollar Pressures Commodities Corn Buyers Come Back to the U.S. Struggle Continues for Health Care Reform Extension of Estate Tax Law Blocked in Senate Kerry Promises U.S. Action in Copenhagen Alliance on Greenhouse Gas Formed Court Says Poultry Litter is not Solid Waste Health Care Passage Could Be Just Around the Corner Extension of Estate Tax Uncertain USDA Signs Agreement with Dairy Farmers Senator Looks to Stop EPA from Regulating GHG ASA Urging Supporters to Contact Congress Trade Bill Extension Approved Beans Trending Higher, Other Commodities Tailing Off Grains Face Stronger Dollar Dow AgroSciences Submits New Soybean Herbicide Tolerance Trait for USDA Review Markets Heated up on Monday Vice Presidential Memo on Clean Energy Progress Released Monsanto Offers Six New Cotton Varieties United Nation's Group Releases GHG Reduction Document Vilsack Releases U.S. Climate Overview Senators Present Alternative Cap-and-Trade Program Congress Lifts Some Trade Restrictions with Cuba Futures and Derivatives Addressed in Financial Legislation Grains Have Firm Undertones Despite Anxieties Over Fed Meetings Pelosi Supports Medicare Eligibility Expansion Ranges of Hog Reports Being Changed Meat Trends Positive in USMEF Review Congress Will be Sampling School Food This Week Grassley Pushing for Access to India Markets Turn About on Higher Dollar NFU Hosts Conference Call on Health Reform Great Lakes Hybrids to Offer New and Expanded Seed Technologies New Center to Ensure Safety of Imported Foods Opened Senator Wants Biodiesel Tax Credit Extended R-CALF Wants Concept Paper Rejected Pelosi Pushing for Health Care Vote Climate Change and Energy Document Released House Passes Derivatives Amendment Russia Threatens to Close Border to U.S. Pork The Buzz: Stormy Weather Nice Gains in Corn Market BASF Unveils Seed Treatment Web Site Kyoto Accord May be Part of Copenhagen Agreement New Report Shows Biofuels Reducing GHG Emissions USDA Advocacy and Outreach Office Opens DDGS Export Demand Up Korean Demand for U.S. Beef Stronger Money Leaves Commodities In Droves Basf Plant Science, Monsanto Enter Into Agreement For Nutridense Preparation for Winter Storms Especially Important for Livestock Producers Preparation for Winter Storms Especially Important for Livestock Producers Climate Change Conference Ready to Get Serious Copenhagen Climate Conference Gets Down to Brass Tacks Negative Reactions to EPA Decision Keep Rolling In Tax Planning Tips Offered by Expert Hong Kong Opening Up to Canadian Beef Imports Hong Kong Opening Up to Canadian Beef Imports Corn and Wheat Soft But Beans Still Going Strong Renewed Economic Worries Weigh on Commodities Ag Secretary Announces Funding to Fight Bark Beetles Ag Leader Introduces New Precision Agriculture Tools Mercantile Opens Mixed Despite Lower Dow New Biological Seed Treatment Provides Nematode Protection EPA Greenhouse Gas Announcement Draws Mixed Reviews Chambliss and Johanns Speak Out on Cap-and-Trade Health Care Brings President to the Hill FSIS Opens Small Plant Help Desk EPA Announces Greenhouse Gas Determination Bernanke Calms the Commodity Markets Smartstax Corn Receives Import Approvals for Korea, Taiwan Farm Futures Video Extra: Farm Finance Management Guide for Surviving 2010 Life Cycle Budgets: The Next Step in Accounting 'People Have a Fear of this Technology' Keep Tabs on Feed Costs Keep Tabs on Feed Costs Conclusion of Hearings Leave Committee with Concerns Local Food Banks Provided With More Funds DOE, USDA Select Advanced Biofuels Projects for Funding DOE, USDA Select Advanced Biofuels Projects for Funding USDA Working to Prevent Poultry Diseases USDA Working to Prevent Poultry Diseases Tax Bill Introduced by Senator Grassley Southwire Introduces SureSeal Cable Prop-A-Gate Offers Helping Hand Lincoln Launches Light Viking Helmet Bigger and Faster Claas Rake New ASA Officers Announced Markets Mostly Lower A Lot of Caution on the Markets This Week USDA Releases First Draft of Crop Insurance Agreement Banking Regulations a Concern for NCBA Quick Action on Financial Regulation Urged Current Estate Tax Exemptions Extended Growth Energy Stresses Job Creation and Economic Boost More Answers About E15 Wanted by RFA Irrigation Use Released by NASS Something Nice For Gear-Head Farmers Export Sales Hit Speed Bump Dow Opens Higher But is Showing Weakness Further Strengthening Of Cotton Research Another Attempt By Congress to Lift Cuba Trade Restrictions New Full Disclosure Rule Issued by GIPSA New Full Disclosure Rule Issued by GIPSA White House Holding Job Summit Rule Change Proposed for Meat and Poultry Inspection Dollar Causes Bearish Day in Grain Pits Vilsack Briefs Media on Climate Change Analysis Rocky Start on Mercantile But Solid Gains Being Seen Reaction Mixed on EPA E15 Decision House Will Vote on Estate Tax Bill Interstate Shipment of State Inspected Meat Supported by R-CALF Long Floor Fight Expected on Health Care Bill H1N1 is Past Its Peak China Opens Markets to North American Pork China Opens Markets to North American Pork Call to Conclude Doha Round Make at WTO Conference The Buzz: Impact of EPA Waiver Market Moves Are Erratic After the Open Decision on E15 Waiver Request Delayed Grains Should Gain Some Support Today Last Week's Market Volatility Discussed Conference of WTO Ministers Begins in Geneva USDA Funds Will Help Meet International Standards Health Bill Costs Reported by CBO Survey by Consumer Reports Questioned by NCC Crop Insurance Price Elections Jump the Value of Grain Sorghum Ruling on E15 Expected from EPA China Joins U.S. With Carbon Emissions Offer Grain Markets Divorcing From Outside Markets Slumping Farmland Values Continue School Bound Beef Safety Level is Excellent Sorghum is Strong Ethanol Resource Obama Will Travel to Climate Meeting Public Climate Change Views Changing Try These Welding Projects DOI Announces 2010 Energy Drilling Lease Sales Smart Grid Technologies Supported by Energy Department Ag Committee to Discuss Financial Reform Organizations Call for Shut Down of NAIS Happy Thanksgiving!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Improvement of India's Agriculture Focus of Agreements Details Released for 2010 Scholars Program Interstate Commerce Rules Supported by AMI Tax Fix Sought for Blender Pumps Agriculture Advisory Committee Charter Renewed by EPA The Buzz: Energy Prices Cut Both Ways USDA Forecasts Big Drop in Farm Income Money Continues to Flow Out of Commodities Markets Start With a Bang End with a Wimper Congress Has Time to Look at Climate Change Details Funds Will Help Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Mississippi River Basin Inititive Funded WTO Senior Officials Meeting in Geneva Futures Start Strong Leading to Profit Taking Ahead of Holiday Russell Will Keynote Farm Futures Management Summit Senate Votes to Move to the Health Care Debate Health Care Debate Moves to Senate Floor COOL, EU Poultry Ban Under Review by WTO COOL, EU Poultry Ban Under Review by WTO Senators Introduce Disaster Assistance Bill California Air Resources Board Asked to Reopen Public Comment Merrigan Has Side Discussions During World Meeting Justice Scrutinizing Capper-Volstead Act Holiday Trading Already? Downward Action Seen for Corn and Wheat Livestock Myths vs. Facts Tackled at Farm/City Week Kickoff Senate Ag Committee Field Hearings Scheduled Brazil Recognizes WTO Award in Cotton Case Competition and Regulatory Issues Focus of Public Meetings Rough Road Lies Ahead of New Senate Health Bill Lackluster Day on the Markets Bean Exports Hot, Others Not Food Safety Bill Passes Senate HELP Committee President of NFU Sends Letter to Senate on Child Nutrition Reauthorization Current Estate Tax Laws Likely to be Extended for a Year Financial Oversight Considered by Senate Ag Committee Other Issues Push Climate Change to 2010 Please Place Swine Workers on H1N1 Priority List with Santa The Buzz: Battles Lines Drawn Livestock Movement is Still Weak Possible Delay in Estate Tax Bill Food Fight Designed to Combat Misinformation Food Fight Designed to Combat Misinformation U.S. and Chinese Presidents Make Energy Announcement Duty-Free Access Subject of Sub-Committee Hearing World Trade Leader Says Ag Negotiations are Moving Senate Hold Hearing on Child Nutrition Program Mark Up of Food Safety Bill Scheduled House Bill Introduced on Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension RFA Responds to Gore Book on Energy Survey Focuses on FDA Food Safety Oversight Corn Futures Not Following Other Grains Mercantile Following the Dow All Markets Up Except for Dollar Former Secretary Questions Need for Climate Change Legislation DOI Announces Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale NAILE Show Has Livestock From Everywhere NAILE Show Has Livestock From Everywhere More Than 17 Million Households Struggle to Put Food on Table U.S. Meat Exports Are Mixed Bag U.S. Meat Exports Are Mixed Bag Interim Agreement on Global GGH Emissions Possible APEC Leaders Moving on Issues Study Finds No Welfare Advantage to CAS Study Finds No Welfare Advantage to CAS Politics Casting Long Shadow Over Climate Change Many Critical of Senate Banking Plan Merrigan to Chair FAO Meeting USGC and ASA Sell Commodities at Conference USDA Issuing Household Food Security Report Don't Let High Corn Yield Numbers Shock You Talking About the Market's 'Wild Ride' New Holland Launches Largest Capacity Combine China Demand for U.S. Soybeans Still Hot Group Puts Animal Well-Being Tools Online Biofuels Supporters Frustrated by EPA on E15 Emission Allowances in Senate Climate Bill Prompts Letter Challenges Ahead for USAID Appointee Changes in Slaughter of Downer Cattle Sought Report Focuses on Global Biofuels Policy New Fungicide Registered Dairy Group Leaders Outline Actions Seed Tech Agreement Announced Priorities for Doha Rolled Out by ASA Waterway Study Shows Decline in Chemical Levels Industry Messages Help Mexican Pork Demand Industry Messages Help Mexican Pork Demand RMA Provides Information on Obtaining Crop Insurance Extension Climate Forecasting Becoming More Useful to Farmers Revised Label for PowerFlex Herbicide Volatile Market Tied to Dollar Moves Vilsack Announces Funding for Market Access Development 25x'25 Releases Climate Change Analysis EPA Submits Greenhouse Gas Findings Next Year's Ethanol Needs Being Met By U.S. Farmers Senate Introduces Banking Regulation Bill Debate on Health Care Could Begin Next Week Rural Broadband Funds Available Sooner Pig Vaccine for H1N1 Could Be Available by End of Year Pig Vaccine for H1N1 Could Be Available by End of Year The First Domesticated Pig Genome Is Sequenced The Buzz: Beans Face Test After USDA Report Farmers Taking Advantage of Weather to Move Harvest Forward Climate Legislation Unlikely to Come to Senate Floor This Year Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act Headed to Congress Soon Pork Producers Receive Influenza Information Pork Producers Receive Influenza Information Bipartisan Group of Representatives Introducing Bill on Cuban Trade in House Markets are on Fire Due to the Dollar USDA Announces National Pork Board Appointments House Approves Health Bill JBS Expanding Beef Operations in Russia JBS Expanding Beef Operations in Russia H1N1 Cases in Pigs Seem to be Mild H1N1 Cases in Pigs Seem to be Mild 25x'25 Wants Improvements for Agriculture in Clean Air Legislation R-CALF Pushes Agenda with USTR New Draper Platform from Deere Workmaster Is New Moniker for New Holland Tractors Toro Introduces Layflat Hose Swisher Offers Clean Driveways Reinke Ups Warranty on Irrigation Rigs COVER STORY EXTRA! From Bankruptcy to Industry Giants Dry Fields Allow Farmers to Move Grain Across Scales COVER STORY EXTRA! Defining the Issues COVER EXTRA! Download These Special Reports More Clogged on Capitol Hill Information Sharing for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Policies can Overcome Impediments to Going Organic Renewable Fuels Being Promoted by Pro Football Player Facts Needed for 'Daily Show' Senate Committee Passes Cap-and-Trade Obama Meeting at the Hill FSA Stresses Importance to Vote for County Committee Hearing Held on Chief Ag Trade Negotiator Nominee USDA Offering Sessions of Food Commodity Contracting Breaking Down the Options Breaking Down the Options Deere Offers 5D-5M Series Utility Tractors Export Business Quiet This Week Challenges Lay Ahead for Senate Health Bill Climate Bill Alternatives Are Being Considered New Pesticide Labeling Proposed by EPA Biodiesel Tax Credit Backed by Farm Groups Saturday Vote on Health Care Expected in House Animal Agriculture Wins in Ohio Animal Agriculture Wins in Ohio African Swine Fever Reason for Russian Ban African Swine Fever Reason for Russian Ban The Buzz: Farm Futures Crop Report Estimates Wild Hectic Day on the Markets Stallman Against Health Care Act Still A Ways to Go Before Health Care Reform Senate Committee Begins Markup of Climate Bill WTO's Lamy Presents Overview of Climate Crisis Beginning Farmer and Rancher Education Grants Awarded Taiwan Opens Markets to U.S. Beef Taiwan Opens Markets to U.S. Beef Issue 2 Victorious in Ohio Election Issue 2 Victorious in Ohio Election Atrazine Panel Convened by EPA Reversal of Trade Sends Money Flowing Back to the Commodities Ag Recovery? Don't Bet On It, Says Economist Profit Takers Come in Overnight after Monday's Rally Farm Bureau Petitions Supreme Court in Pesticide Case Issue 2 Vote in Ohio Has Arrived Issue 2 Vote in Ohio Has Arrived Climate Change Markup Boycotted by Republican Senators New Climate Change Title Being Developed Pig Genome Sequenced Pig Genome Sequenced RFA Chief Addresses World Conference Farming Technology Advances with Ag Leader, AutoFarm Alliance Markets Reverse Higher Will Markup of Climate Bill Happen Tuesday? Subcommittee Holds Advanced Biofuels Hearing Ethanol Industry Can Utilize Low Test Weight Corn Fertilizer Outlook Brighter, But Price Picture Cloudy Beef Group Criticizes EPA Analysis More Bad Video for Beef Industry Budget Deficits Could Sink Ag Programs Markets Give up Gains in End-of-the-Month Moves Next-Gen Biofuels Hampered by Credit Availability Weather is Hot Topic for Commodities Market Soybeans Again Lead Export Lineup Morocco Presents New Opportunity for U.S. Grain Sorghum Health Care Legislation Unveiled in House Senate Hears More Testimony on Climate Change Bill Ohio Votes Tuesday on Prop 2 New Ram HD Trucks Made for Towing U.S. Signs Nine Agreements with China Syngenta Donates to Farm Rescue, Feeding America Unprecedented Rainfall Continues China Re-Opens Market for Pork and Swine Uncertain Nose Count Remains for Public Option MOU to Support Energy Cooperation Program Signed in China Ag Subcommittee Examines Farm Bill Specialty Crop Provisions Fertilizer Contracting Could Help, But Watch the Fine Print Farmers Could Cut Fertilizer Use Again This Fall Confusing and Frustrating Day Across Board for Markets New Report Focuses on Rural Health Care House Floor Debate on Health Care Could Come Next Week Fairness of Climate Legislation Raised During Hearing Gillibrand Authoring E. Coli Eraadication Act Durbin Introduces Bill to Increase FDA Oversight Money Flow Hurts Markets Despite Delayed Harvest Dollar Rebound Hit Markets on Monday Details of Senate Climate Change Bill Unveiled Senate Leadership Decides to Include Public Option in Health Care Bill U.S. Blocks Request for WTO Panel Changes Needed in DOE Loan Guarantee Program International Assistance for the Philippines Money Leaves the Grain Market Farm Futures Summit is Jan. 6-7 Challenging Weather and Yield Impact Discussed on This Week in AgriBusiness. Senate Schedules Climate Change Hearing Public Option Remains Big Roadblock for Health Care Reform WTO Negotiations Update Offered House Cap-and-Trade Numbers Quantified by Report RFA Responds to Faulty Carbon Claims NPPC Asks Congress' Help for Pork Industry Have MIG Will Travel Ranger 225 Enclosed Case Welder Sparks to Life Miller Creates a 40-foot Extension to the Work Area Easier Pulls on Swisher's Log Splitters Shuttle Shift Available on Kioti DS Terex Track Delivers the Goods LS Hits the U.S. Market with New Line of Compact Utility Tractors Loss of Outside Market Support Brings Down Corn Ag Secretary Previews Priorities for Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act Chinese President Calls for Improved Cooperation on Climate More Questions about Quality of Harvest Rather than Volume U.S. Customers Asking About Corn Quality Anti-Trust Exemption for Insurance Companies Stripped in Health Bill Biofuel Facilities Toured by USDA Deputy Milk Marketing Changes Recommended by USDA U.S. Ready to Talk Commerce & Trade with China Groups Want Key Trade Position Filled The Buzz: Grain Markets Flip A Coin A Lot of Mixed Signals Coming from Outside World They're Back! China Buys More Beans House Agriculture Committee Approves Legislation Strengthening Derivatives Regulation Economist Says There Is Hope on Horizon for Pork Industry. Economist Says There Is Hope on Horizon for Pork Industry. FDA to Develop Standard Labeling Practices House Could be Close to Passing Health Care Reform USDA Budget Targeted For Change Interior's Salazar Moving on Nation's Oil Shale Reserves We May Have Seen High for Corn and Soybeans DCP and ACRE Numbers Reported Lamy Says it's Time for Serious Acceleration Meetings Scheduled to Discuss Interstate Shipments by Small Firms R-CALF USA Sets Trade Complaint Benchmark NCGA Survey Provides Strong Results Midwest Weather Affects the Dow on Wall Street Harvest Continues to Be Delayed by Wet Weather Newspaper Association Asks for Reporting Accuracy NAFTA Leaders Meet Wheat Summit Held in Kansas City Vilsack to Travel to Philippines and China Senate Health Care Reform Deliberations Continue Film Introduces Family Farming to Consumers Hogs from Minnesota State Fair Confirmed to Have H1N1 A Lot of Money is Flowing Today No Animal Connection Yet in Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases No Animal Connection Yet in Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Clean Water Act Enforcement Plan Released by EPA Waterways Council Wants Funding for Locks and Dams Clearer Picture of H1N1 Influenza Reported Commodities Performed Well and Traders Decide to Take Some Profits Buyers Step Up For Beans Preweekend Harvest Pressure Hits the Markets Rally for Ohio's Issue 2 Draws Large Group of Supporters Over-the-Counter Act Passes Hurdle CBO Director Says Cap-and-Trade Will Slow Economy NCGA Reacts to USA Today Editorial DOJ Approves JBS Purchase of Pilgrim's Pride Bill Gates Addresses World Food Prize Event. Soybean Farmers Contribute to World Food Prize Most Crops Don't Qualify for DCP Payments Study Shows Biodiesel Has High Energy Balance Appropriation Debate Continues in Senate Plant Research Grants Released The Buzz: Weather + Wall Street = Rally Vilsack Addresses Disparity in Rural Health Care Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Care Bill Does Surprise Endorsement Boost Climate Change Chances? Pork and Beef Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 U.S.-Brazil Organizations Sign Poultry Agreement California Signs Energy Agreement with Fed Government Vilsack, Miller Call for Strong State Role in Proposed Consumer Legislation Selling Raw Milk Has Risks Gradual Increase is Seen in Dairy Exports Health Bill Vote Expected in Senate Finance Committee Cases of H1N1 Are Rising Call for More Administration Involvement on Climate Change Prices Bouncing Back After Overnight Profit Taking Grain Prices Rocket Higher Dispute Panel to Investigation EU's Poultry Restrictions Dispute Panel to Investigation EU's Poultry Restrictions Peterson Introduces Derivatives Discussion Draft CBO Says Lawsuit Reform Would Cut Health Costs New Research Challenges California's LFCS. Prices for Electricity are Declining The BUZZ: Wet, Cold Weather Heats Up the Market No Real Surprises in USDA Report Weather, USDA One-Two Punch for Markets EPA Begins New Scientific Evaluation of Atrazine NIFA Launched by Ag Secretary NCBA and R-Calf React to Canadian Complaint Rural Health Care Coverage Report Issued DOJ Under Pressure to Deny Acquisition of Pilgrim's Pride by JBS CRP Contracts Reported Guaranteed and Direct Loan Programs Now Available Company Sequences Canola Genome Money Flow is Primary Factor Driving Markets Higher Chinese Soybean Buying Slows Funding for NBAF Included by Conference Committee Finance Committee Receives CBO Report on Health Care Bill Cadillac Health Plans a Problem DCP and ACRE Sign-up Begins Strong Sign-up for CSP Program House Subcommittee Reviews Farm Bill Implementation WTO Panel to Consider Canadian Complaint Arlan Suderman Talks Markets with Ag Network Government Studying Own Carbon Footprint IEA Sets Goals for Clean Air Committee Health Care Vote Delayed Genetic Link Found Between Higher Milk Production and Reduced Fertility Foreign Holdings of Agricultural Land Increase Egg Producers Firing Back at Animal Rights Activists Secretary Reacts to Extreme Case of E. coli Bryce Knorr Talks about Factors Impacting Markets Canadian Pork Council Distributing Traceability Ear Tags Dairy Funding is Causing Some Controversy Dairy Funding is Causing Some Controversy Corporations Backing Climate Change Bill ARA Has New President and CEO Wind Energy is Spreading NCGA Members Debut Sustainable Agriculture Video BIO Requests Changes to Cap-and-Trade Legislation New Food Safety Regulations for Produce Being Developed ILUC Report Released by GAO World Climate Change Discussions Going Slow Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Has Another Ag Group Against It Ethanol Production Sets New Record All Parties Should be Held Responsible in Animal Cruelty Cases This Week Marks Release of H1N1 Vaccine IFPRI Report Affixes Numbers to Climate Change Bryce Knorr Discusses Markets California Water Crisis Gets Federal Attention U.S. Soybean Farmer-Leaders Sign Global Agreement with Uruguay Some Small Grains Producers Will Be Resurveyed Increased Soybean Purchase Intentions by Taiwan Program to Support Producers Proposed by NASDA Program to Support Producers Proposed by NASDA More Dairy Herds Being Removed Farms, Small Businesses Exempt from New EPA Regulations Senate Finance Committee to Finalize Health Care Plan Conflict, Corruption Greatest Causes of Hunger Cover story: Precision Payback Insights on Brazilian Ag Senate Begins Work on Climate Change Bill How to Write a Manure Contract Health Care Reform Bill is Moving Forward in Senate Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Receives Mixed Reviews Cabinet Members Studying Energy Transmission House Committee Studies Farm Bill's Research Title USDA Program Delivery to be Studied Ag Appropriations Bill Passage is Likely Grain Storage has Value Senators to Introduce Global Warming Legislation Grassley Wants H-1B Program Cleaned Up Technology was Main Point of NCGA Comments to EPA DOE Puts More Funding into Cobs as Fuel The Buzz: USDA, weather and outside markets confuse traders Chinese File Another Trade Complaint Lamy Encourages World Trade Japanese Confidence in U.S. Beef Has Increased Sorghum Checkoff Hosting Team from Saudi Arabia Update on Algae Research Reported Chinese Corn Production Lower than Last Year Appropriations Agreement Hailed by Top Leaders VeraSun Facility Purchase Completed Campaign Begins for Ohio Animal Care WTO Ag Committee Meets AFBF Urges Passage of Trade Pacts Wireless Control For Tree Shearing Bulldog 140 is New From Lincoln Westendorf Unveils Freedom Mount Loaders Valley 5000 Series Aimed at Small Field Operators Russia Close to Self-Sufficiency in Poultry Electronic Beam Technology Meeting Requested by AMI EU Visit to U.S. Sponsored by Soy Checkoff May Help Ensure Market Access Jackson Admits EPA Uncertain About Land Use Change A Variety of Grants Issued by USDA R-CALF USA Wants JBS S.A. Purchase Denied Compact Impact Sprinkler Concerns About EPA Proposed RFS Rule Outlined by RFA New Initative for Mississippi River Basin Headed Up by NRCS New Initiative to Fund Projects in 12 States in Mississippi River Basin More Bean Sales to China This Week House is Willing to Wait on Senate Finance Health Bill E-Verify Program Still Alive NPPC-AFBF Support Siddiqui Nomination Michelin Offers Harvest-Time Bounty on High-Performance Ag Radial Tires Summit Discusses Climate Change NFU Seeks Support for Energy Amendments The Buzz: The Boy Who Cried Wolf? Chinese Talks to Continue Road Map Laid Out for Doha Round of Trade Talks House Looking for Bipartisan Approach to Health Care Comments on Outer Continental Shelf are being Reviewed Harkin Amendment Would Prevent Funding for Indirect Land Use Change Theories Ongoing Verification of RFS Compliance Could be Costly Borrowing and Spending Won't Lead to Healthy Economy President Appoints Chief Agricultural Negotiator Time Growing Short to Comment on RFS Senate Finance Committee Ready To Mark Up Health Bill G20 Challenged to Support Negotiations East Coast Food Production Being Researched 25X'25 Focusing on Cap and Trade Agriculture Saluted And Participation Urged In Safety Programs Shell Offers Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluid For Hillside Farming ARS Issues Report on Feeding WDGS to Cattle Paper Recognizes Possible GM Role in Wheat Production New Fuel Compatibility Bill Sought in Senate Climate Change Bill Debate Picks Up Worksaver Adds New Tine Grapple Healthy Landscapes Through Ranching Promoted by Coalition College Students Participating in Telling the Story of Agriculture Growing Oilseeds Along Roadsides For Fuel Production Field Scouting Supported by Multi-State SCN Research Reaction to Senate Health Care Bill is Widely Varried House Ag Committee Hears Over-The-Counter Testimony RMA Agreements Will Help Underserved Producers Monsanto Company Announces Approach to Chemistry to help U.S. Farmers Manage Risk Bobcat Offers New M Series New Fuel Mileage Standards Proposed by Administration Development Grants for Rural Economy Announced Congress Continues to Debate Costs of Cap and Trade New Senate Chair Addresses Cattlemen New Senate Chair Addresses Cattlemen JBS S.A. to Hold Most of Pilgrim's Pride Stock JBS S.A. to Hold Most of Pilgrim's Pride Stock JBS S.A. to Hold Most of Pilgrim's Pride Stock JBS S.A. to Hold Most of Pilgrim's Pride Stock Chinese Delegation Visits Soybean Producers Belgian Dairy Farmers Dump Milk Belgian Dairy Farmers Dump Milk Senate Finance Committee Unveils Health Care Bill FSIS Publishing Interstate Shipment Rules DOI Announces Climate Change Council RFS Letter Writing Campaign Pushed by ASA RFA Wants RFS Rules Revisited Report Quantifies Problems with Cross-border Trucking Program USDA Launches Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Program Relief for Dairy Industry Supported by NFU Relief for Dairy Industry Supported by NFU Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Approved by FDA The Buzz: Can The Frost Rally Last? The Buzz: Can The Frost Rally Last? USGC Announces Dorr as New President and CEO Obama Asks Wall Street To Embrace Financial Reform Health Care Bill Moving Through Senate Finance Committee Applications Available for New Disaster Program Soybean Prices Improved by Biodiesel U.S.-Mexican Truckers Debate Continues China Launches Investigation On Chicken Imports Reauthorization Deadline Approaching for Nutrition Programs More Forest Protection Funds are Released Advisory Committee Members for Beginning Farmers Program Needed Who Knows What Legislation will be Next? Rhino Hay Rake Deep Tillage and Residue Control: One Tool New GFX Row Cleaner Sports Independent Suspension Summers Rolling Chopper Smooths Soil Turn Round Bales Into Cash Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes The Buzz: Will Big Crops Get Bigger? AGCO Extends Motor Oil Rebate Export Sales Solid This Week Cuba Opening Up a Little More CFTC Pitches Cap-and-Trade Regulation Authority Vilsack Discusses Preparations for H1N1 Vilsack Discusses Preparations for H1N1 More Positive Reaction for Change on Senate Ag Committee FSA Announces Changes to LIP FSA Announces Changes to LIP FSA Announces Changes to LIP New Senate Ag and Health Chairs Announced Health Care Plan will be Marked Up by Senate Finance Committee Groups Request Denial of NBAF Funding Denial of Funding of NBAF Requested Global Warming Explored by Senate Ag Committee Punke Nominated to Represent U.S. at WTO Food Safety Working Group Unveils New Web Site Harkin, Lincoln Moving to New Chairs Senate Ag Leadership Change Likely USDA Offers to Mediate Between Soybean Groups Hunger Prevention Important to Supporting Education Congress Takes Up Health Care Debate Quickly Obama to Give National Address on Health Care Wheat Growers Change Greenhouse Gas Regulation Policy Published Report on Climate Change Questioned Corn Farmers May Slow Sales Road to CFTC Reform Goes through the Farm Senator Calling for Farm Relief Euro Commission Rejects Dairy Plea Euro Commission Rejects Dairy Plea Most Farms Would Be Worse Off Under Waxman-Markey Misconceptions About H1N1 Remain in Chinese Marketplace Global Warming Hearing Scheduled by Ag Committee Labeling Produce with Tattoos Has Additional Benefits Canadian Herds Find H1N1 Canadian Herds Find H1N1 Canadian Herds Find H1N1 JBS S.A. Makes Offer for Pilgrim's Pride JBS S.A. Makes Offer for Pilgrim's Pride JBS S.A. Makes Offer for Pilgrim's Pride JBS S.A. Makes Offer for Pilgrim's Pride Grassley Gives Officials First-Hand Look at Farming DOT Issues Report on Mexican Truck Safety More Than 200 Projects Funded in Last 100 Days Value-Added Grant Applications Being Accepted by Rural Development Pork Purchases Approved by USDA Strong Soybean Sales See More Interest from China REAP Grants are Being Released Drying Grain Efficiently With Propane Efficient Grain Drying With Propane Expanding Biofuels Role Explored Top End Beef to EU is Great Opportunity for U.S. Top End Beef to EU is Great Opportunity for U.S. Top End Beef to EU is Great Opportunity for U.S. New Front-end Loader From Buhler The Buzz: Outside Markets Have Big Influence Cap and Trade Study Commissioned by NCGA Health Care, Kennedy Overshadowing Climate Change in Senate Obama Needs to Focus on Trade Country of Origin Labeling of Fuel Requested by Growth Energy Farmers Could Plant More Corn, Less Soybeans Next Year Southern Leadership of Senate Ag Committee Could Change Agenda Cotton Case Ruling by WTO Sets Sanctions Against U.S. First Payments Made in Biomass Crop Assistance Program Rural Housing Repair Grants Awarded By Rural Development Twenty More 'What if' Questions Fistful of Dollars: Exclusive Storage Study Talking 'The Talk' Weigh Your Storage Options Ten Years After Mad Cow: How Europe Solved its Food Crisis Investing in Brazil: Exchange Rate Trend is Key Sign up for Farm Futures Management Summit High Approval of President's Energy Policy According to Poll New Web Site Offers Up Ethanol Information Information Campaign Begun by Growth Energy Parasite Infection Make Hog Vaccines Less Effective Parasite Infection Make Hog Vaccines Less Effective FAS Tour This Week Two New Box Spreaders in New Holland Line Hearing on Biofuels Set by Senate Ag Committee SprayIT Calculator Makes Tip Selection Easy Stalks, Hay and Straw Make Fodder for the BR7090 Sukup Introduces QuadraTouch Internet Funding Requests Reported The Buzz: Buyers Seek Beans Ahead of Frost Threat An Important Factor in Big Yield Prediction is USDA Ear Counts OMB Updates Administration's Economic Forecast FAS Launches Updated Trade Database Grants Upcoming for Value Added Commodities R-CALF USA Questions Canadian Cattle Entry into U.S. R-CALF USA Questions Canadian Cattle Entry into U.S. R-CALF USA Questions Canadian Cattle Entry into U.S. Several States Are Having Problems with TB Several States Are Having Problems with TB Several States Are Having Problems with TB Co-ops Are Possible Health Care Option Bean Sales Huge, Wheat Surprises Committee Assignments Could Change as Result of Kennedy's Death. Health Care Deal in Wake of August Recess is Possible Funding Released for Alternative Fuel Vehicles Estimated CSP Payment Ranges Issued by NRCS Feeding the Poor Starts in Rural Populations Forest Improvement Funds Released USDA Seeks Comments on Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Land Use Meeting: More Questions Than Answers Estimates Released for H1N1 Human Infection Scenario USDA Forming Dairy Advisory Committee USDA Forming Dairy Advisory Committee USDA Forming Dairy Advisory Committee Commission Formed on Animal Well-being Commission Formed on Animal Well-being Commission Formed on Animal Well-being Report Questions Atrazine Levels in Water Cap and Trade Discussion Held at White House Colony Collapse Disorder Breakthrough Electrical Generation Sources Shift Chili Reports H1N1 in Turkeys Reduced Domestic Fuel Production Projected Food Story in TIME a Bit One-Sided Food Story in TIME a Bit One-Sided Food Story in TIME a Bit One-Sided Cattle on Feed Numbers Surprising Cattle on Feed Numbers Surprising Cattle on Feed Numbers Surprising Natural Resources Focus of Internet Tool Phone Conference Held on Health Care Reform Immigration Could Move as Amendments Costs-Benefits of Climate Change to Fertilizer Released 25X'25 to Release Analysis of Cap-and-Trade Cap-and-Trade Analysis from 25x'25 Farrowing Down But Production Could Be New Record Farrowing Down But Production Could Be New Record Farrowing Down But Production Could Be New Record Melamine Recall Report Released CRP Will be Discussed at Public Meetings Senators Encourage Insurance Process Improvements RMA Reminded of Insurance Process Improvements Some Movement on Health Care Legislation Possible Possible Movement on Health Care Reform Law Needs to Cover Marketplace Without Exception Says CFTC Chairman New CAST Issue Paper Examines Cloned and Transgenic Animals New CAST Issue Paper Examines Cloned and Transgenic Animals More Calls for Government Help in Pork Sector More Calls for Government Help in Pork Sector More Calls for Government Help in Pork Sector Kinze Launches Planter Rebate Program Corn, Soybean Sales Strong Mexico Looking for FTA with Brazil Veterinary Association Questions Pew Report Pew Report Questioned by Veterinary Association Crop Insurance Deadline Comes With Strong Incentives Strong Incentives As Crop Insurance Deadline Looms Iowa State Fair Hosts Administration's Rural Tour Farm Notes Sale Underway Internet Auction of Farm Loans Wind Energy Has Many Potential Positives Huge Job Potential in Wind Energy New Tractor Builds on Winning Strategy 7000 Series Tractors Get New Model Powering Up for Forage Productivity Sprayer Aims for Bigger Market New Windrower Lineup Launched for 2010 Guidance Products Additions Offered Boosting Sprayer Productivity Anhydrous Hookup Offers 'No Hands' Convenience Colombia Official Working on Trade Deal Deere Launches New Tractors and Equipment On Farm Storage Loans Now Available FSA Has Applications for On Farm Storage Loans Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Drought Causes Problems for Argentina Beef Industry Drought Causes Problems for Argentina Beef Industry Drought Causes Problems for Argentina Beef Industry ARRA Dollars to Protect Natural Resources USDA Releases ARRA Dollars for Forest Service Rural Broadband Study Completed Study Completed on Rural Broadband Health Care Option Being Debated Uncertain Future for Public Option in Health Care Legislation Petition to Activate God Squad to Be Presented Water Crisis Prompts Groups to Ask for Pump Exemptions The Buzz: Where's the Bottom? Soy Transportation Coalition Publishes Semi Weight Analysis Semi Weight Analysis Published by Soy Transportation Coalition NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help Pork Sector Asks USDA for Help Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Administration Changes Views of Some Health Care Issues Rural Tour Focuses on Education Education Focus of Rural Tour Anti-Cap-And-Trade Rallies Begin Tuesday Letter Supporting Antibiotics Use Sent to Obama Administration New Look for FarmFutures.com ACRE Payments Ranked by States Most Likely to Receive Pushing Climate Change to Next Year Proposed by Senators New Direction Outlined by Ag Secretary for Forest Service FAS Wants Comments on USDA's Facility Guarantee Program Human, Animal Health Could be Promoted by Virus Enzymes The Buzz: Weather Watch Begins After USDA Report Leave a Clean Path Kuhn Knight Has New Spreader Case IH Offers Small Square Baler Topcon Releases AES-25 for Sub-inch Accuracy Quick Change Artist from Kuhn Mixed Report on Meat Exports House Legislation Exempts Agriculture from Estate Tax Applications Accepted Starting Monday for Farm Storage Loan Program Organizations Release Study of Clean Energy Bill Impact Coarse Grains and Ethanol Will Contribute to Profitability Bean Sales Remain Strong Cap and Trade Discussed in Iceland Australian Report Reflects Light on Beef Markets Pork Producers Pleased with Korean Move Future of Ethanol Depends of Increased Blending Limit Additional Pork Dollars Denied Alliance Backs Resolution to Mexico Trucking Dispute ACRE Looking Attractive Due to Low Prices Crude Firms Despite Another Increase In Supplies The Buzz: Weather Watch Begins After USDA Report President Expects End of Year Plan for Immigration Blend Your Own Ethanol Campaign Launched 'United We Serve' Initiative Focuses on Volunteerism and Community Service Rural Health Care Report Released APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork Senators Ask for RFS-2 Implementation Secretary Promoted Biochar at Conference Emergency H1N1 Plan Developed by APHIS Ethanol Will Get Cleaner and Greener Delays in Crop Progress Continue Fed Watch Stymies Wall Street Rally Ban on Pork Lifted by South Korea Growth Energy Road Map Announced Retooled Loan Assistance Launched by USDA Mexican Trucking, Immigration Discussed at North American Leaders Conference Lifecycle Analysis Issues Clouded by EPA Report Still Time to Sign Up for ACRE Simplification and Extension of Biodiesel Tax Proposed Enforcement Actions Would Happen Faster Under FDA Proposal Energy Research Centers Being Funded More Pumping Stations Would Be Made Available Under Legislation Corn Market Hopes for USDA's Help Wheat Market: Try A Facebook Page? Beans Keep Flexing Muscles Planning for New Business Ventures Assistance for Pork Producers Requested by Governors Competition in Ag Industry Focus of USDA-DOJ Joint Workshops Fall Ammonia Prices Shoot Higher Cellulosic E85 Shown to Outshine Other Alternatives Minnesota Turkey Flock Has H7N9 Avian Flu Lowest Hog Prices Seen in Two Years Conditions Could Make August Crop Forecast Difficult to Predict Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Partnerships: Help When Help is Needed The Buzz: Weather Rules National Sign-Up For New Conservation Stewardship Program Announced Bean Basis Rides Roller Coaster USDA Likely to Raise Corn and Soybean Production Estimates Chinese Still Buying Old Crop Beans The Buzz: Weather Rules Many Helped by Senate Ag Appropriations Bill WHO Estimates Two Billion People will Have H1N1 Influenza Brazil Climate Change Seen First-Hand Food Sustainability Addressed by Vilsack at African Conference Report Shows Drop in Ag Land Values CWT Announces Latest Herd Retirement Results Online Spreadsheets for Equipment Decision-Making Crude Ignores Supplies, Focus on Dollar Tariff Rate Quota is Still Being Reviewed by USDA Senate Approves Ag Spending Bill Proposed Label Rule for Biobased Products Published Ethanol and Corn Prices Affected by Blend Wall House Republicans Want More Ag Committee Hearings on Climate Change Legislation Oregon Implements B2 Biodiesel Requirement WTO's Lamy Says Conclusion Needed How High-Profit Farmers Handle Debt Rising Tide of Risk Lifts All Boats Rural Economic Development Grants Are Available Ag Census Information Provided by ZIP Code Influenza Recommendations Issued by Swine Vets Floor Vote Next Step for Health Care Reform More Work Needed on Food Safety Russia Cutting Back on Meat and Poultry Imports Four Tips Before You Re-Tool Equipment Lineup Increased Meat Recall Authority for USDA Introduced WTO Investigating U.S. Poultry Import Rules Derivatives Legislation Outline Completed U.S. Travels to Kenya for Trade and Economic Forum Health Care Reform Continues in House and Senate Positive Responses to Dairy Support Payments Estate Planning: Heirs at Odds Corn Prices Bounce, But How High? Bean Bull Bounces Back Wheat Builds Base, But for What End? Advisory Board Helps Steer Decisions Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Ethanol Production Efficiency Improved Sign-Up Begins for Biomass Support Program Rural Businesses Receive Billions in Assistance Blue Dog Agreement Defended by Speaker Fertilizer Prices Edge Higher Hike in Milk Price Supports Urged by Senators Wind Investments Encourage by New Legislation Conference Scheduled for Food Safety Next Year Export Sales Good All Around Exports Help Boost Corn Basis House Shoots Down Food Safety Bill Congress Moving Forward on Health Care Reform Administration Backs Brazil Tariff International Outreach Programs for Science and Education The Buzz: Watch out for Washington The Buzz: Watch out for Washington Huge Build in Crude Oil Stocks Sinks Energy Trade Push Made by Anti-Ethanol Groups H1N1 Virus Policy Changed by CFIA Ag Negotiations Key to Completing Doha Round House Subcommittee Holds Dairy Hearing Funding Made Available for Wetlands Program Grassley Looks for Clarification of President's Stance on Ethanol Tariff Discussion of Implementation of NAIS Requested by State Officials GAO Questions Kansas Research Site Higher Ethanol Blends Supported by Senators Mexican Market Opens for U.S. Sorghum Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule USDA Asked to Update Climate Study Salazar Says Confidence is Returning Lawsuit to Stop Animal ID Dismissed Efforts of U.S. Grains Council Pour Millions into U.S. Agriculture Blue Dogs Have Problems With Proposed Health Plan Swine Vets to Provide Recommendations on H1N1 R-CALF Wants Changes for COOL Rule Corn Market Searches for Early Low Worries Keep Wheat Rally Under Wraps Old Crop Soybean Demand Stays Strong Ammonia Prices Surge Higher at the Gulf Natural Gas Bill Up for Consideration Biofuel Feedstock Projects Receive Funding Alliance Formed to Urge Legislators to Fix Trade Dispute CFTC Panel Recommends Incremental Modifications to Wheat Contracts Senate Taking Time Before Voting on Health Care Projections Are for Fewer Cattle Placed on Feed During June Peterson Urged to Assert Ag Jurisdiction on Food Safety Legislation EPA Has Until December to Rule on 15% Ethanol Corn, Soybeans Sales Are Strong Grains Council Receives World Food Demand Report Corn Basis Doesn't Crack On Rally Several Groups Testified Against Clean Water Restoration Act Farm Loan Restructuring Options Report Released WHO Pushing Nations to Plan for H1N1 Virus Hearing on Climate Change Provides Lots of Viewpoints Canadian Listeriosis Outbreak Report Released Analysis Shows Reversal for Cow-Calf, Stocker Operations NFU Outlines Climate Change Priorities Biofuels Receiving Funds from Farm Bill Crop Insurance Changes Requested by Ag Chairs U.S. Moves to Block China's Panel Request FSIS Asked for Info by AAMP Plenty of Opinions on Dealing with Dairy Crisis USGC Directors Provide Trade Outlook NPPC Concerned About Possible Canadian Pork Bailout Crude Oil Holds Firm on Another Drop in Supplies Cap and Trade Study Released August Crop Report Will Include New Information Grassley Voices Concern for Role of USTR Outside Markets Shift Back to Brighter Tone Rural Perspective on Public Health Care India Makes Economic Recovery A Goal Drudge Report Failed to Get Facts Straight Clock is Ticking to Sign Up for ACRE Budget Measures Take Center Stage for NPB Korean Grain Buying Leaders Meet with U.S. Corn Suppliers House Facing Problems With Health Care Animal Health Association Hosts TB Discussion WHO Looking for H1N1 Spread Beans Brace for Chinese Selling Corn Market Set to Play Waiting Game Wheat Consolidation Boosts Bulls Confidence Food Safety Bill Triggers Fight Food Safety Standards Need to Address Public Health Benefits Final Push for Higher Ethanol Blend Made by Growth Energy and NAEDA Ammonia Prices Threaten Rebound, Potash Retreats Request for Referendum of Soybean Checkoff Falls Far Short Direct Loans Available to Farmers and Producers Rural Tour Stops at Dairy Rally House Ag Committee Holds Food Safety Hearing USDA Civil Rights Deputy Named Climate Bill Will Have Different Consequences for Different Ag Areas and Industries Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response Guidelines Released Lamy Says Keeping Trade Open Important for Recovery Bargain Hunters Shop For Exports ARRA Issues More Money for Water Improvement The Buzz: Funds and Outside Markets Still Matter Scabby Wheat Popping Up All Over Stallman Calls Climate Bill a 'Fool's Errand' WHO Declares H1N1 Unstoppable Diesel Prices Staying Stubbornly Strong Disease Outbreak Prevention Discussed by Government and Industry Stakeholders FAPRI Study on H.R. 2454 Cited at Senate Committee Meeting Wheat, Oats and Barley Won't Have Counter-Cyclical Payments Cuban Farm Export Limitations Overturned Pork-Beef Exports Mixed Bag Failure to Ratify U.S.-Colombian Agreement Could Cost Producers Millions Inflation Fears Bubble Back to Surface H1N1 Could Return Aggressively this Fall Hearing on Restricting Antibiotic Use in Livestock Held Wheat Tries to Turn the Corner House Committees Examine Over-The-Counter Derivatives Voters will Decide on Ohio Livestock Care Legislation CWT Sets Second Dairy Buyout USDA Deputy for Food Safety Chosen Corn Wonders If Party Is Over Beans Try to Hold the Line The Buzz: Weather, Exports Best Hopes for Rally Immigration Policies Coming Fast Ag Appropriations Bill Passes House Fertilizer Prices Fall In Line With Wholesale Market Russia Urged to Lift Meat Bans Timeframe Extended for Senate Climate Change Legislation FSA Administrator Post Filled Information Sharing Amendment Denied Recommendations on Immigration Reform Announced House Ag Subcommittee Asked to Provide Oversight for Bioenergy Program Change in Cap-and-Trade Tariff Pushed for in Senate. Lower Prices Fuel Export Sales Demand for Fertilizer Expected to Rebound Red-hot Corn Basis Tries to Coax Sales Signup Begins Monday for New Livestock Indemnity Program Climate Change Testimony by Cabinet Members Hearings Announced by CFTC Two World Issues affect U.S.; EU EU to Place Anti-Dumping Duties on U.S. Biodiesel Farmers Should See Cheaper Diesel Ahead USDA Announces Dairy Export Incentive Allocations Second Guessing Begins On Wall Street New Plan for Food Safety Unveiled New Immigration Enforcement Focuses on Employers Release of Food Safety Working Group Findings Tuesday Food Prices Keep Sliding Lower Paraguay Pushes Tougher Chemical Standards Meat, Poultry Producers Keep Cutting Back, but is it Enough? G8 Countries to Invest in Agriculture Ammonia Prices Tumble at the Gulf Lamy Opens Aid for Trade Review Health Product Withdrawal Standards Need to Be Checked If Things Play Out Right Potential for Ethanol Looks Good Latest Herd Retirement Round Finished by CWT Secretary Vilsack Announces Disaster Funding for Rural Development Programs Climate Change Set to Move Forward in Senate Fuel Savings Could Change Highway Weight Limits Vilsack Announces New Approach to Food Security National Disease Strategy Not NAIS Requested by R-CALF New Rules for CSP Almost Complete Corn Sales Boom Ahead of USDA Reports Cash Market Tries To Figure Next Basis Moves Michigan Taking Proactive Approach toward Livestock Standards Six Things You Should Know About Animal Activists Today Pencils Down! County Level Cash Rents Calculate Savings from Your Health Plan Calculate Savings from Your Health Plan July Bonus Feature Wall Street Rings In New Quarter on Upbeat Note Comment Period on RFS Extended by EPA Rising Gasoline Stocks into Holiday Could Signal a Top Climate Bill's Tariff Provision Concerns President Obama Administration Filling State Posts Cutting Energy Project Red Tape Goal of New Legislation Recovery Act Provides $4 Billion for Broadband Trade Mission for Corn-Fed Beef Wraps Up in Korea Obama Administration Launches Rural Tour USDA Economist Sees Soybean Acres Rising Gray Wolves Agreement Reached Ag Secretary Outlines Food Security Strategy The Buzz: Beans Still Have Bullish Flavor Aussie Tractorcade Gets Rolling Farmers in Paraguay in Fight over Crop Protection Products Bulls Hope Acreage Report will Turn Corn Tide More DDGS Headed North USDA Web Site Looks at Recovery Spending Australia on the Road to Big Wheat Crop Wheat Market Looks to Better Days Soybeans Face Critical Test Tuesday H1N1 Reactions Discussed in WTO Meeting Congress Still Working on Immigration Reform When Will House Vote on Climate Change? Climate Change Bill Has Different Levels of Support Fertilizer Markets are Quiet, Companies not so Much Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Backed by Ohio Lawmakers Corn Basis Firms on Tight Farmer Holding Soybean Sales Continue To Wind Down House Ag Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Farm Bill Implementation Climate Change Bill Won't Have Farm Bureau Support Climate Change Legislation Addressed by Rural America Solutions Group Upward Spending Trend Shown in Appropriation Bills Agreement on Energy Bill Reached by Peterson, Waxman Energy Rally Stumbles On Rising Tide of Gasoline Excessive Wheat Speculation Investigation Results Released Farm Futures See Corn Acres Down 3% Family Farm Visit for EPA Officials Energy Secretary Voices Support of Ethanol USDA Recovery Act Web Mapping Tool Adding HUD Data CBO Releases Cost Analysis of Climate Change Review of International Marketing Efforts Sought by Soybean Checkoff Wall Street Rally Takes a Breather Officials Search for Cause of Contamination Small Swine Production Cuts Being Made Forward Movement on Doha Talks Acre Worries Surface For Soybeans Commodity Market Investigation Asked for by NFU FY2010 Ag Appropriations Bill Passes House Ag Committee Bearish Turn Rattles Corn Market Crapo Intends to Stand in Way of Clean Water Act President Delaying South Korea Free Trade Deal Wheat Presses Lows on Harvest Pressure Clashing Policies Could Hurt Biofuels Development Meatpacker is Under Investigation in Corruption Case Food Safety 'Overkill' Battled by Ag Groups Congress Moving on Two Threats to Agriculture New Financial Regulations Proposed by President Grassley Speaks to International Trade Association Budget Squeeze Hits Farmland Preservation New Strain of H1N1 Found in Brazil Recovery Act Funds for Rural Water Projects Announced Equivalency Organic Agreement with Canada Announced Clean Water Bill Headed for Markup Today Animal ID Recommendations to Wait for Listening Sessions Forest Service Chief Named Iowa State Economist Issues Biofuels Warning The Buzz: Marketing Opportunities Still Exist For Crops Corn Sales Healthy, China Still Buying Beans Land Values Holding Up, and Investors are Returning Potash Prices Finally Start to Crack - for Some Time Running Out for Committee Markup of Climate Change Bill Growing Support for Biodiesel Energy Prices Choppy After Report H1N1 Herd in Canada Culled Climate Change Report Looks at Ag Chambliss and Klobuchar Introduce Food Safety Bill Cellulosic Ethanol Being Sold by Shell Growth Energy Absorbs Another Ethanol Group Ag Secretary Discusses Renewable Energy Opportunities at Western Governors Conference Marketing and Regulatory Programs Deputy Under Secretary Named Farm Interest Rates Are on the Rise Deadline to Report 2009 Planted Acres Approaching Fast Virus Worries Not Only Reason for Pork Bans Nominations Open for FSA County Committee Biomass Utilization and Wood-to-Energy Grants Clean Water Restoration Act Opposed by Farm Bureau Wheat Rally Evaporates As Quickly As It Came Stronger Crush Supports Soybeans Climate and Energy Legislation Still Focus of Ag Groups Corn Lacks Story Line to Drive Prices Higher For Now Congress Using Money as Leverage to Make NAIS Mandatory AMI Study Shows Big Contribution to U.S. Economy from Meat and Poultry Industry Several Countries Continue to Refuse Pork from U.S 2009 World Food Prize Awarded to Ethiopian Scientist House Committee Passes Food Processors Fee Ag Committee Discusses Waxman-Markey Bill Pandemic Status Officially Reached by H1N1 Virus Pork and Beef Export Numbers Released by USMEF Report Projects Dramatic Drop In Farm Income Economic Slowdown Not Stopping Grain Demand Funding Announced for Disaster Relief Stimulus Hearing Held by Ag Subcommittee Missouri Crowd Opposed to Mandatory NAIS EPA Holds Hearing on Indirect Land Use Decision on Chemical Application Permitting Postponed for Two Years Kirk Calls Cairns Meeting Productive Kirk Calls Cairns Meeting Productive More Anti-Competitive Suits Prosecuted will Help GIPSA Credibility Broadband Access Critical to Keep Agriculture Competitive Obama's Biofuels Directive Met by USDA Leaders Balk at Obama Request for H1N1 Vaccine Funding Early Payments Going to Dairy Farmers Schedule for Fall International Food Shows Released Senate Leadership Wants Comprehensive Immigration Bill A Busy Week Lies Ahead for Biofuels FAS Reports on Colombian Biofuels Industry Corn Faces A Long, Cool Summer? USDA Report Is Next Soybean Milestone Colombia and Panama Could Be Large Buyers of U.S. Soy Products Iowa Senator Invites EPA Regulation Writers to the Farm Harkin Confident Senate Will Remove Indirect Land Use Amendments to Climate Change Legislation Suggested Wheat Traders Wonder If Top Is In Agricultural And Ethanol Contract Trading Hours Are Being Expanded Ammonia Prices Tumble Again on World Markets Dairy Crisis Ideas Delivered to Ag Secretary New Tool Helps Hog Farmers Develop Emergency Action Plan Marketing and Regulatory Deputy Undersecretary Named Ranking Member Wants More than Generalities on Cap and Trade Rural Development Loans More Than $1 Billion to Utilities and Co-Ops Derivatives, Speculation Focus of Senate Ag Hearing Food Safety Overhaul Begun in House Leaders Will Discuss Future of Ethanol at Biofuels Financial Conference President Asks for Additional Funding to Fight Flu Pandemic At Least Another Year Of Losses For Hog Producers Tight Supplies, Slow Planting Boost Basis in Eastern Midwest Pork Producers Face Hard Times Chinese Cancellations Trim Soybean Sales Jurisdiction Issues Remain on Clean Energy Bill Supply Surprise Derails Energy Market Two Conservation Programs Unveiled by Secretary Vilsack Growing Concern about Effects of Proposition 2 The Buzz: USDA Should Tighten Soybean Stocks Meetings Scheduled on Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy All 50 States Have Confirmed H1N1 Cases USTR Kirk to Discuss Trade Issues in Russia This Week Crumbling Dollar Lights Bonfire on Wall Street See for Yourself Participants Chosen by USB Age Limits on Cattle Raised by Resolution Little Change in Prices by Increasing Ethanol Blend Leadership Program Participants Announced by Pork Checkoff Congress Back in Washington for Next Month Wheat Smashes More Barriers Corn Bulls Graze On Fund Money Beans, Beans, Who's Got The Beans? Milk Production Increases, Receipts Decrease Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Approved by Pork Committee Can Corn Crop Overcome Challenge Two Years in a Row? NASS Releases Annual Poultry Numbers Derivatives Hearing Set by Senate Ag Committee Swine Team from China is Training in U.S. A Lot of Work Remains Ahead for Climate Legislation Rally for Dairy Industry Being Held Funds Announced to Improve Infrastructure Across Rural America Specialty Crop Assistance Deadline Plains to Benefit from Hot Weather OIE Moving Japan's BSE Status Trade Included in U.S. Egypt Partnership ARRA Funds Being Released for Energy Development 2009 Farm Progress Show Online Tickets Available Six More Listening Sites for NAIS Named Field Study Shows Benefits of No-Till Proposed Legislation Would Raise Costs for Food Production Facilities Mental Health Care Lacking in Rural Areas Biodiesel Gaining Support from Scientific Community Morocco Beef Opens Doors for U.S. Grain Safety Materials for Biodiesel Jackson Says Wyoming Has Huge Potential for Energy Rural Mainstreet Index Expands for Third Straight Month Strategy for Rural American Broadband Released NCGA Gearing Up for RFS Comment Period Soy Group Checks out Central, South American Markets More Time Available to Comment on E15 Dairy Export Move Upsets EU Producers USTR Says Trading Partners Must Play by Rules Too Climate Change Bill May Have Rough Road to House Floor Old Crop Soybean Rally Prepares for Final Battle Wheat Continues to Surprise Corn Bulls Wonder If Their Time Has Come Pork Group Supports Passage of Panama FTA Congress Finally Trying to Complete Panama Trade Deal Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act Introduced in Senate Mandate for Renewable Power Kept in Energy Bill Biggest Drop in Land Prices Since 1985 Web Site Launched by Food Safety Working Group Fertilizer Market Quiet, Industry Isn't McDonald's USA to Join in Study of Hen Housing Ag Committee Hears Testimony on LCFS Bill Seeks to Rein In Anti-Competitive Meat Packers Auditors for Dairy Cow 'Retirement' Start Work Budget for Beef Checkoff Spending Outlined for 2010 Increasing Ethanol Blend Will Create More Jobs Another Big Weak for Bean Sales Could 2009 Be the Year of the Soybean? Biotech Has Environmental Benefits Housing Repair Grants Announced Soybean Basis Surges on Old Crop Squeeze Claims Deadline Against VeraSun Approaching Senate Finally Approves Gensler to Head CFTC Republican Group Condemns 'Energy Tax' Legislation H1N1 Vaccine Developed by South Korea Oil Rally Tries for Another Leg Up Russian Nears Pork Self Sufficiency Proposed Increase in Fuel Economy, Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Announced By President The Buzz: Time to Make New Crop Sales A Solution for Global Hunger? Inflation: Back to the Future What U.S. Farmers Say About China Contagious Enthusiasm Fertilizer Dealers: Charging ahead Flex Lease Yields and Prices Forest Legacy Receives Funds Canadians Map H1N1 Virus Green Jobs Waiver Attacked H1N1 Flu is Focus of WHO Meeting More Legislation Against Animal Agriculture Farm Bureau, Representatives Express Concern About Current Climate Legislation Farm Interest Rates Cheap, But Could Be Cheaper Corn Could Pull Back Despite Bullish Outlook Legislation Introduced to Legalize Illegal Immigrant Farm Workers Food Safety: Lessons from Europe Rural Community Facility Projects Funded by ARRA Staff Additions Keep Coming at USDA Theory That Lab Accident is Source of H1N1 Dispelled Beware the Ides of May for Soybeans? USDA Report Doesn't Settle Wheat Debate Letter to Energy Committee Outlines Potential Problems with Climate Legislation Carbon Offsets Need to Be Controlled by USDA Chinese Agriculture Production Receives Funding from Government Another BSE Case Confirmed in Canada WHO Releases Flu Numbers Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act Introduced Retail Fertilizer Prices Stabilize, Whole Markets Drift Lower More U.S. Hormone-Free Beef Headed to Europe Rally Weakens Corn Basis Oil Prices Falter Despite Sharp Drop In Supplies Confirmation of Interior Nominee Blocked in Senate Cap and Trade Concerns Expressed by Ag Committee Ranking Member U.S., Canada, Australia to Collaborate on Synchronized Biotech Introduction in Wheat Over 100,000 Dairy Cows and 2 Billion Pounds of Milk Will Be Removed Ag Secretary Says Prevention is Key to Food Safety Soy Demand to Stay Firm House Scales Back Emissions Bill Provisions H1N1 May Have Been Caused by Human Error Land Use Changes to Greenhouse Gas Continue to be Problematic Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Announced Senate Hears Testimony from EPA Administrator Deputy Undersecretary, CFO Appointed at USDA Mexican Pork Bans Lifted Grains Council Asserts That Supply is Ample to Meet World Demand SPECIAL REPORT: Farm Futures Exclusive with Ag Secretary The Buzz: USDA Reports, Planting Delays Should Support Prices USDA Announces New AMS Administrator Women Farmers and Ranchers Introduce New TV Program Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules Fail to Follow Intent of Congress REG Signs Agreement With Three Biodiesel Plants To Consolidate Wall Street Hesitates After Big Rally New Group Strives to Tell Real Story of Agriculture Culling of Canadian Swine Herd Not Health Related Congressional District Breakdown of Ag Census Data Available DDGS Exports Are Up More to the Story of Mapping the Cow Genome Lamy Sets Agricultural Tone Grants to Address Effectiveness and Efficiency of National School Meals Programs Ag Budget Proposal Has Plenty of Opposition in Congress Polling Finds Pork Message is Being Received by Consumers $12 Soybeans: Now or Later? USDA the Decider for Wheat Corn Looks Ahead To Tighter Supplies Hog Operating Losses Have Skyrocketed Since H1n1 Virus H1N1 is More Than Just Hog Industry Threat North American Trade Officials Ask for Bans to Be Lifted Fertilizer Prices Mixed Into Summer Rural Development Loans and Grants Increase Economic Opportunity Cap and Trade Hearing Conducted by Senate Finance Committee US-EU Beef Agreement Doesn't Do Enough Changes Announced to Supply and Demand Reports U.S. Providing Food for Pakistan and Afghanistan USDA Announces More Staff Vilsack Meets With Dairy Producers Natural Resources Under Secretary Selected Settlement Funds Set for Lawsuit Basis Firm into May Delivery Legislation Introduced to Settle Civil Rights Case H1N1 Problems Seem to be Turning Around More Trading Partners Cut Off Pork Imports Sanitary Dressing and Control Procedures Focus of New Food Rule Soybean Sales Keep Coming Peterson Vows Not to Support Any Climate Change Legislation Butler Named New GIPSA Director The Buzz: Trade Gears Up For May Crop Report First Step Toward Resolving Two Decade Beef Dispute Crude Oil Prices Rally to Six-Month Highs Lamy Sets Stage for Next Four Years Open Window for Field Work in Corn Belt Change in Jurisdiction of National Animal ID is Unlikely Nations Fight Bans on Pigs and Pork Product Response to Renewable Energy Announcements Has Been Favorable ARRA Funds Provided for Forest Projects CARB Ruling Already Having Impact USDA, President Being Asked to Help Pork Industry Merrigan Announces Organic Farming Funds President Asks For Acceleration Of Investment In And Production Of Biofuels Listening Sessions Should Focus On Common Sense and Practical Solutions White House Meeting Held On Rural Health Care Despite Sick Pigs H1N1 Seems to be Winding Down What's Next For Stocks? Forget Conventional Wisdom Soybean Checkoff Referendum Petition is Being Circulated Several Senators Sign on as Co-sponsors of Cuban Trade Bill H1N1 May Impact Beef Too Corn Market Faces Critical Week It's Now or Not For a While for Wheat Pork's Return to Profitability Likely to Take Longer Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Hang On For a Wild Ride in Beans Alberta Farm Has Suspected Case of Influenza Animal Rights Groups Using Flu to Advance Agendas Some Expiring Contracts Eligible for CRP Extension USMEF Working to Keep Foreign Pork Markets Open Overall Consumers Have a Favorable View of Agriculture Put Your Smart Phone to Work Put Your Smart Phone to Work Republican Group Seeks to Provide Strong Voice for Rural America. Environmental Standards Exceeded by New Manure System EU May Accept U.S. Beef Stallman Asks EPA to Increase Ethanol Blend Ammonia Prices Break Sharply at the Gulf H1N1 Virus Gets Another Name Egypt Slaughtering Hog Population Corn Basis Gathers Steam Into Delivery Corn, Soybeans Sales Still Strong Cap and Trade System Supported by NFU, NCGA Vilsack Extends CRP Emergency Use Valero Offers Former Supplies Corn Contracts USDA Civil Rights Record Reviewed by House Committee Countries Encouraged to Activate Pandemic Preparedness Plans The Buzz: Can Weather Trump The Flu? Resolving Civil Rights Cases Discussed by Vilsack Seven States Have Confirmed H1N1 Cases, As Well As Several Countries USDA to Be an 'Every Day, Every Way' Department Big Rise In Crude Oil Stocks Doesn't Dent Prices The Buzz: Can Weather Trump The Flu? More Spring Planting Delays on the Way COOL Being Challenged By Canada New Trademark Program for American Grown Products Rural Business Grants are Available Congress Passes 2010 Budget Resolution Congressional Committees Looking into Influenza Situation Wall Street Catches Cold on Flu Outbreak Applications Being Accepted for Broadband Grants Recovery and Reinvestment Funds Released for Rural Water Projects Corn Planting Progress Varies Greatly 'Ghost Crop' Clause Clarified by NSP House Approves Legislation to Improve Water Research Several Countries Have Stopped U.S. Pork Imports Funds Announced for Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Most Flu Cases Linked to Mexico Visits Fear That Flu Could Develop into Pandemic is Driving Markets Lower Risk Ranking of Food Requested by FSIS Administrator Does U.S. Wheat Production Matter? Will Farmers Choose ACRE? Tentative Budget Deal in Congress Beans Fight Back, But for How Long? Several Food Safety Bills May be Moved on Soon TB Found in West Texas Dairy Herd Groups Voice Strong Reactions To CARB Decision Crop Loan Rates Announced Funds Turn Massive Sellers of Corn Pelosi Backs Off of Statement on Climate Change Final Feed Rules Are Set by FDA Meat Industry Pledges to Improve Food Safety Practices Low Carbon Fuel Standard Adopted by CARB National Pork Board Urges Increased Bio-Security Plans Summer Ammonia Prices Plummet As Planting Begins Crop Insurance Works Well, But Could Be Improved Corn, Wheat Basis Show Strengthening Survey of Nation's Organic Farmers to be Conducted President Promotes Alternative Energy and Jobs Plan Capitol Hill is Working on New Energy Bill Nearly Half of Nation's Energy Could be Low-Carbon by 2050 Big Week of Export Sales Boosts Prices Progress of Winter Wheat is Slow Petroleum Prices Try to Survive Huge Increase In Stocks The Buzz: Weather in the Bulls Eye for Corn and Wheat Ag Secretary Sees Opportunity for Agriculture to Offset Greenhouse Gas in Other Sectors Another Law Aimed at Animal Agriculture Comes Closer to Reality Ag Secretary Lays Out Civil Rights Agenda Low Carbon Fuel Standard Treating Ethanol Unfairly Jobs and Water Quality Provided by Rural Development Funding Senate Committee Approves Sebelius to Head HHS Restoration Funds Distributed by Interior Department G8 Meeting Yields Global Food Security Document Several Days Spent Celebrating Earth Day Recession's Impact Being Felt in Ag Comments Filed with California Air Resources Board by NCGA Legislation Introduced to Protect Livestock from Greenhouse Regulations President Asks for Cuts by Department Heads Bear Growls Again on Wall Street Changes to Food Safety System Recommended by Report More Under Secretary Nominations for USDA Profit-taking Dents Soybean Top Greenhouse Gas Finding by EPA Could Impact Agriculture Ag Economy Taking a Big Hit in 2009 Weather Pressures Seasonal Corn Retreat WTO Challenge of COOL May Come Quick G8 Agricultural Ministerial Hears Vilsack Discuss Agriculture's Role in Global Food Security 2009 Hurricane Season Updated Climate and Clean Energy Framework Established by Mexico and U.S. Wheat Market Tries to Hold On Bonnie Brings Plenty of Conservation Experience To USDA Global Food Security Major Topic at G8 Ag Summit Biodiesel Standard Passes Iowa Senate Fertilizer Inventories Build As Prices Fall Court Ruling Clears Way for Increased Ethanol Use in California Comments Sought on Raising Ethanol Blend Wall Vilsack Names 14 New Staffers Comments on Broadband Funding and Services Submitted by AFBF Food, Agriculture and National Security Theme for 2009 Word Food Prize Symposium Basis Mixed on Soybean Rally China Keeps Buying U.S. Soybeans Ag Leaders Say Farmers Deserve Apology for Being Blamed for Higher Food Prices Over $84 Million Fund 55 Conservation Projects Economy in Farm Sector Stronger than Other Areas Listening Tour on Animal Identification to be Held The Buzz: Soybeans Leading the Markets Crude Oil Supplies Soar, But Prices Hold Germany Bans Growing GMO Corn Good 'First Step' Taken in Softening Cuba Policy Eligibility of U.S. Pork Plants Shuffled by Russia Climate Change Goals Outlined by AFBF Country Pages Added to FAS Web Site Farmers Have Conservation Reserve Options Chinese Imports of U.S. Corn Are a Possibility Severe Weather Sweeping Across U.S. Wall Street Faces First Test After Five-Week Rally Cuban Embargo Remains, But Travel Restrictions Loosened Aquatic Plants That Clean Wastewater Could Replace Corn in Ethanol Production Southern Plains Wheat Condition Worsens USDA Names Another FFAS Deputy Pentagon Spending Stimulus Money Looking at Alternative Energy Outcry Over Pesticide Decision Prompts EPA to Defend Decision Carbon Sequestration Pits Developed Countries against Developing Countries Farm Bureau, NCC and Others Asking for Review of Pesticide Rule Beans Sputter After Move to New Highs Delay of Feed Ban Rule Proposed by FDA Marketing Assistance Loans to Begin Using Improved Method CDC Would Like Further Progress on Food Safety Wheat Market Left Cold By Freeze Additional USDA Staff and Under Secretaries Named It's Decision Time for Spring Corn Rally Research, Education and Economics Information System is Updated New FFAS Deputy Will Concentrate on International Matters Ethanol Land Use Debate Heats Up Feed Grains Demand: Our Best Overseas Customers Business Plan Basics Stay Connected: Go Surfing for More Information Best Places to Farm! Links to More Data Wholesale Fertilizer Prices Continue to Ease Russia Has De-listed 34 Pork Facilities Cutting in Half U.S. Pork Eligible for Export Falconer's Replacement at WTO Also Assumes Ag Chairmanship More High Water Headed for Red River Valley South Korea Continues to Refuse Canadian Beef Ethanol Has Little Impact on Food Prices According to CBO Start Date Finally Set for ACRE Sign-up The Buzz: Watch Out for Next Week's Weather Forecasts Corn Sales Lead Export Sales Report FCC Developing Broadband Access Plan There is Room for Improvement of Meat and Poultry Inspection Study Details National Economic Impact of Cooperatives Basis Mostly Firm This Week NPPC Wants All Possible Impacts of Expanding Corn Ethanol Considered High Level USDA Spots Filled South Central Drought Pulling Down National Wheat Condition Numbers Falling Diesel Supplies Triggers Energy Rally Another Ethanol Company Files Bankruptcy Market Forces Push Down on Prices Large Coalition Wants Mexican Trucker Dispute Settled Definition of Actively Engaged in Farming Still Problem for Pay Limits Ag Secretary Makes Farm Stop to Discuss New Production Agriculture Initiatives Salmonella in Nut Plant Continues to be Found as Investigation Expands Farm Bill Changes Regulations for MAL and LDP Programs EPA Taken to Court by Poultry Organizations Over Water Regulations Budget Will Take Top Priority When Congress Returns Japan Ends Some Biotech Testing Pesticide Ruling Concerns Senate Agriculture Leadership Secretary to Lead U.S. Delegation to G8 Ministry Real World Climate Change Costs Focus of Series of Meetings Senate Amendment Lowers Estate Tax Failure to Meet Inspection Regulations Causes Poultry Recall WTO Head Calls Obama Extremely Engaged Survey Shows Farmers, Ranchers Turning to Risk Management Increased Nutrition Funds Will Provide a Significant Boost to Local Economies Senators Pushing for Construction of Renewable Fuel Pipelines Corn Tries for Upside Breakout Wheat Follows the Leader Higher Acreage Cutbacks Lower Fertilizer Prices Bean Pass USDA Test with $10 Ahead Farmers Who Lease Federal Land Eligible for DCP House Passes FY 2010 Budget Resolution Pelosi Won't Push Climate Change Until Consensus Reached House Ag Committee Begins Focus on Food Safety Food Manufacturers Are Lobbying for Increased Sugar Imports Corn Sales Stay Strong; China Buys 2009 Beans Legislative and Executive Branches Reviewing Food Safety FDA Thinks Salmonella Caused by Commingling of Raw And Roasted Nuts EC Duties on Biodiesel Based on Inaccurate Facts and Omissions Funds for Rural America Promoted by Biden and Vilsack Basis Stays Firm on Futures Rally USDA Providing Safety Net for Dairy Producers NACD CEO Nominated to Coordinate Legislative Affairs Make insurance work for you Make insurance work for you Oil Supplies Keep Rising House Ag Subcommittee Will Review State of Farm Economy Ag Secretary Testifies on Proposed Reforms and Rural Revitalization Improving Child Nutrition in Schools Focus of Senate Ag Hearing Legislation Would Ease Cuban Restrictions Hog Industry Welcomes USDA Help Deadline Extended for ACRE and DCP Sign-up Vilsack Pleased by Designation of Additional Public Lands Profit Taking Hits Stocks To Start Key Week The Buzz: Bean Acres a Big Surprise Conservation Grant Proposals As Well As Comments Sought Temporary Worker Program in Jeopardy Congress Will Debate Budget This Week Wheat Market Ponders Benefits from Storm 25x'25 Principles Outline Transition to Reduced Carbon Economy Scientists Find Gene That Could Defend Against Soybean Rust Farmer Mac Sells Ag Loans to Rabobank Beans Face Moment of Truth Corn Market's Long Wait Is Almost Over Move Made to Upgrade Lock and Dams Moran Pushing For Change to Cuban Trade Policy Climate Change Task Force Established Another Nominee Withdraws from Consideration Fertilizer Prices Mixed; Takeover Battles Continue Vilsack and Aussie Prime Minister Thank Firefighters Upper Midwest Feeling Effects of Flooding House Passes Bill to Establish Wildfire Fund Bean Basis Tumbles on Futures Surge Above $9.50 Corn Exports Bounce Back Strong Dairy Sector and Nutrition Programs Get Help from USDA Organizations Throwing Support Behind Derivatives Bill Level Playing Field for Renewable Fuels Sought in California More Support For Pushing Past Ethanol Blend Wall Hearing on Conservation Payments Finds Some Problems Subsidy Caps and Limits Still Being Debated Diesel Supplies Drop As Seasonal Buying Kicks In President Proposes Clean Energy Spending Memo Could Violate Whistleblower Laws Greenhouse Gas Ruling Could Have Unintended Consequences Findings of Red Meat Study Called into Question Live Hog Prices Likely to Advance to The Low $50s The BUZZ: Spring Rally Could Lift Prices Kirk Sworn in as Trade Representative Vilsack Announces Top Advisors Bill Seeks to Address Truck Weight Problem Vilsack and Salazar to Keynote Renewable Energy Meeting Michener Brings Experience to FAS Falconer Stepping Down WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Fed, Treasury Moves Increase Risk Appetite Head of NRCS Announced Poultry Respiratory Disease Found on Texas Farm Lamy Warns Against Protectionism Obama Administration Seen Chipping Away at Cuba Embargo Wheat Market Ponders Benefits from Rain Food for Peace Program Gets Boost from Bipartisan Group Iowa Group to Push B5 Biodiesel Mandate for State Argentine Woes Give U.S. Beans a Lift Administration Nominates New Leader for Broadband Initiative Corn Outlook Brightens Ahead of Planting Officials Say G20 Could Revive WTO Agreement VeraSun Bidder AgStar has Sale Plan Argentina Locked in Fight over Export Tax Tough Fertilizer Decisions Ahead Next Generation Ethanol Firms Make Case for Higher Blend Levels USDA, IRS Team Up to Prevent Payment Fraud Effort Underway to Reduce Ethanol Import Tariff Export Sales Disappointing Last Week Broadband Hearings Set Newark Ag Officials Find New Bug Food Aid Conference Set for April Futures Rally Sinks Basis as Farmers Move Grain Court Approves Valero Purchase of VeraSun Facilities Energy Markets to Face Moment of Truth Scientists Line up to Support Biodiesel Mexico Tariff Plan Could Hit U.S. Grains Buy-In Waiver Extended for Disaster Relief Programs Farm Service Agency Updates ACRE Site ADM Passes on VeraSun Assets - Valero is Big Winner Acreage Battle Could Spur Corn Rally, Beans to Follow Farm Futures Survey Shows Corn Planting Intentions Slip 4% for 2009 Researchers Create High Biomass Crop Senators Want EPA to Back Away from Ethanol Rules Aventine Renewable Energy Nears Bankruptcy Wall Street Wonders if the Rally is Real U.S. Questioned on Implementation of WTO Ag Commitments Two New Nominees Announced for USDA 'Downer' Cow Rules Finalized Climate Change Comments Are Being Sought Renewable Energy Top Priority for Interior Department Rally Hopes Sing 'I'm Going to Kansas City' How Bullish Should Your Corn Strategy Be? Cuts in Safety Net Have Opposition Join the Ag Week Celebration Acreage Fears, Crude Oil Weigh on Soybean Market WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Basis Mixed as Shipping Costs Fall WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Price volatility remains muted Electrical Upgrade Loans Provided by Rural Development Budget Recommendations Made by House Agriculture Committee Tough Times for Dairy Producers Budget Recommendations Made by House Agriculture Committee Improving Energy Efficiency Goal of Grants Export Sales Top Gloomy Expectations U.S. Will Remain Competitive In Overseas Markets Rural Agenda Unveiled by Democratic Senators Pending Trade Agreements Face Challenges House Companion Bill to Cow Tax Legislation Introduced Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Membership Meeting of NFU Concluded WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Demand Concerns Pummel Oil Prices Comments Sought on Broadband Initiative USTR Vote Scheduled for Thursday The Buzz: USDA Report Clears Way for Acreage Debate Same Trends That Raised Prices Last Year Are Pushing Them Down Vilsack, Harkin Both Favor Increasing Blend Wall WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Interest Rates Edge Higher, But Remain Low Delegates to Choose New National Farmers Union President National Animal Identification System Under Review by House Agriculture Committee Several Leaders Will Discuss Information Infrastructure Initiative E15 Could Provide Billions of Dollars of Economic Stimulus South American Dairy Farms Could be Big Market for Ethanol Byproducts Continued Volatility in Prices and High Production Costs Expected this Year American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Will Impact Rural Areas Study: Up to 40% Yield Hit from Compaction Expect Rising Interest Rates New Crop Selling Strategies Study WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Harvest Basis Remains Under Pressure Farm Bureau Supports 'Cow Tax' Legislation WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Prices Ease A Little; Terra Rejects CF Bid Interim CEO of USSEC Has Been Named Pork Producers Need to Concentrate on Survival In 2009 Stallman Warns Against Protectionism EPA Seeking Comment on Report China Watch Continues In Grain Export Market THE BUZZ: Analysts Don't See Big Changes in March Report Rates Stay Steady to Slightly Higher Lawmakers Want to Expand FDA Funding WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Crude Prices Surge on Wall Street Rally, Supply Cut Common Goals Partner EPA and Farmers USTR Nominee Found to Owe Back Taxes USDA Providing Funding for Animal Research Potential Completion of Pending Free Trade Agreements North Dakota Ag Commissioner Will Run for NFU President Commercialization of Biotech Traits in Wheat Has Support Terrorist Attacks By Animal Rights Extremists On Rise WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Will Dollar Be Next Safe Haven to Fail? Philippine Government Backs Off Threat of Denying Import Licenses USB Offers Farmers Chance to Learn About Checkoff Program Sebelius Nominated as HHS Secretary Chinese Cotton Registry May Violate WTO Rules COOL May Be Challenged in WTO Farmers Can Still Buy-In to SURE WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Beans Take A Licking, Keep On Ticking — For Now Policy Direction for Next Year Set by ASA WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Crop Ratings Hold Key to Rally Sale of Sorghum Presents Possible Opportunities WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Options Expiration Deflates Corn Expectations Rotating Crops with a Plan Rotating Crops with a Plan Direct Payment Proposal Concerns Farm Groups; Legislators U.S. Ag Economy Should Remain Fundamentally Sound USDA Inspector General Investigation Addressed by ASA Leaders Checkoff Supported Soybean Genome Mapping WEEKLY FERTLIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Mostly Steady At Major Terminal Points Keystone Alliance Offers New Calculator Offsets Will Re-Deploy Some Title I Commodity Program Money Budget Will Impact WTO Talks USSF Delegates Barred from Voting at Commodity Classic U.S. Economy Will Recover CFTC Nominee Questioned by Ag Committee Buis Steps Down as NFU President WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Cash Market Faces Start to March Deliveries Recession Could End In 2009 - Maybe Fertilizer Still Good Investment Economic Stimulus Package Delays Action on USTR Response to Blend Wall Request Encouraging WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Drop in Gasoline Stocks Sends Prices Sharply Higher CF Industries Receives Buy Bid from Agrium Regulation of Farm Dust Upheld by Appeals Court Export Tax Still Being Argued in Argentina Policy Changes Toward Cuba May Happen Democratic Leadership Releases Omnibus Spending Bill WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Nervous Markets Await Obama Speech Several Ag Appointment Decisions Have Been Made More Speakers Added to Ag Outlook Forum WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Argentine Rains Break Soybean Market Hard WTO Talks Slowly Moving Several Issues Being Explored by Congressional Hearings Groups Respond to JBS Announcement WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Tries to Play China Card Obama Promotes Free Flowing Trade USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Bearish Options Expiration Could Pressure Corn From Too Much Fertilizer to Not Enough Export Sales Brighten Market Gloom Sale of VeraSun Ethanol Facilities Approved Pork Checkoff Referendum Won't Be Held WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Plunging Natural Gas Prices Could Make Nitrogen Cheaper — Next Year Higher Placement of Cattle in Feedlots Expected JBS Abandons National Beef Acquisition Conference Will Develop Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture Trade and Environment Focus of Trip to Our Northern Neighbors Demand Outstripping Supply of Veterinarians Study Shows More Fertilizer Doesn't Always Mean More Profit No Single Factor Driving Beef Demand WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Surprise Draw in Crude Stocks Sends Prices Sharply Higher Marketing Roadmap for 2009 Ag Secretary COOL News Conference Postponed Groups Meet to Discuss Cattle Industry Livestock Losses Limited by Pharmaceutical Technology Inspection of State Livestock Programs Underway Stimulus Bill Becomes Law Silver Lining for U.S. Cotton Industry Request for OCS Development to Continue Farmers Forecast Weaker Land Prices WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Gold is All That Glitters Obama Will Sign Stimulus Bill Tuesday Distributors and Insurance Carrier Seek to Limit Liability WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Market Waits for Spring to Arrive National Biodiesel Board Launches YouTube Channel WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Question Marks Hang Over Soybean Market Control of Stimulus Internet Funding in Question WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Bulls Starting to Show Nerves As Rally Remains Elusive Vilsack Meets with Livestock Coalition New Five-Year Plan for Oil and Gas Exploration More Problems with Cabinet Committees Passes Transparency in Markets Bill USDA Releases Annual 10-Year Projections Ethanol Attacks Being Answered by Corn and Ethanol Industry House and Senate Set to Vote on Stimulus Package WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Drift at Wholesale Level As Farmers Make Final Decisions Negotiators Trim Stimulus Package by $30 Billion WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Falling Freight Brings Better Basis Use of Biotech Crops is on the Rise Strong Export Sales Could Help Prices More Trouble for Peanut Industry Speculation Bill Re-Introduced in House WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Crude Stumbles But Products Show Strength Stimulus Bill Now Headed to Conference Single Food Safety Agency Supported by Ag Secretary U.S. Ag Exports to Central America Have Topped $34 Billion Several Factors Lead to Lowering of Price Estimates Stimulus Vote in Senate Scheduled Much Interest in New Supply and Demand Numbers USDA Will Have a Seat at the Table WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Rescue Plans Stir Financial Market Volatility AGI and Payment Limit Reform Implementation Requested Obama Requests EPA Revisit California Greenhouse Emissions Decision Congressional Hearings on Rural Economy Requested USDA Has Annual 10-Year Projections South American Crop Problems May Stimulate U.S. Grain Exports WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: February Turns into Crucial Month for Corn WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Risks Ramp Up in Soybean Market Valero Makes Bid to Purchase VeraSun Assets WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Weather Is Last, Best Hope for Wheat Rally WTO Court Backs EU Against US Peanut Company Suspended for One Year WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Demand to Boost Prices Harkin and Chambliss Call for Stronger Food Safety Move Toward Livestock Specialization Great Farm Offices First Person with Europe's Ag Commissioner Big Bin Management Ag Census Data Has Been Released WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Corn Basis Soars On Farmers, Freight And Freeze EU Says WTO Commitments Aren't Being Taken Into Account Investigation of USDA Labs Underway in Iowa Corn Sales Keep Chugging To New Highs Crop Condition for Winter Wheat Varies Bill Gives CFTC Tools to Ensure Fairness Legislation Creates Agriculture Competition Task Force Soybean Rust Web Site Receives Funding WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Crude Oil Stocks Rise for Sixth Straight Week Ag Census Shows Drop in Number of Grain Operations and Mid-Sized Farms WTO Doha Talks to Drag On NBB Presents Guiding Principles at National Conference WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Wall Street Faces Nervous Week USDA Modernization and Biofuels Included in Stimulus Cattle Market Has a New Playbook Lamb Referendum Being Held Interest Rates Are Down Livestock Producers Holding Bad Claims Will be Paid WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Market Tries to Hold Heat WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: January is Over; Corn Market's Battle of Nerves Isn't Wisconsin Ethanol Plant Becomes Latest Bankruptcy Victim Republican Senator Could Be Named To Cabinet Post Court Date for JBS Swift Delayed Attempt Being Made to Close Hedge Fund Loophole WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Argentine Problems Take Center Stage for Soybeans USDA Providing Funding For Training And Outreach Give ACRE a Trial Spin Give ACRE a Trial Spin Russia to Shut Door on Some U.S. Pork and Poultry Plant Sales Up Next for VeraSun WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: U.S. Ammonia Prices Follow World Market Higher Long-Term Trend Is Higher For Cattle Two-year Recall Announced for Peanut Butter Products Corn Sales Surprise, Beans Stumble USDA Lengthens Comment Period on Forrest Rules WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Corn Basis Continues to Strengthen Bipartisan Support for Bill Banning Cattle Imports CREP Agreement will Reduce Sediment Loading Payments for Cotton, Not for Other Crops Possible FSIS Candidate Refuse Comment New Survey: Fertilizer Prices Show Little Movement Senate Finance Votes Down Wind Energy Amendments Corn Growers Asking for Waterway Improvement in Stimulus Few Issues Remain for Doha WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Crude Oil Stocks Build Again Terra Rejects CF Industries Takeover Bid Fed Says Recovery Could Start Later in Year — Maybe Ten Things We Learned At The Summit Congress, Not President, Will Be Stumbling Block for U.S. Ag Trade November Meat Export Numbers Higher Grassley Expected to Offer Amendments to Stimulus Package New Ag Secretary Outlines Agency Priorities Senators Seek Federal Crop Insurance Clarification WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Interest Rates Nudge Higher WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Market Avoids Break to New Lows WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Corn Market Plays Waiting Game WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Bean Bulls Are Still Waiting Congressional Leaders Meet With White House Possible Merger of CFTC with SEC Still Being Studied Advances in Biofuel Performance and Energy Balance Shown Level Playing Field Being Sought for Trade Cuban Trade Changes Requested by Ag Groups WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Corn Pushes Pop Up In Processor Market WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: World Fertilizer Prices Begin To Move Higher Staff Picks Made at USDA Geographic Shift in Ag Subcommittee Leadership Dairy Buyout in Stimulus Package Draws Opposition Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act Reintroduced in Congress Stimulus Package Priorities Listed by Farm Bureau Sorghum Growers Experience Bumpy Market Export Sales Show Brisk Pace for Week Supplement to Census of Agriculture Looks at Irrigation Republicans Say They Are Being Kept Out of the Stimulus Package Process Senator Places Hold on Environmental Appointments USDA Regulations Being Reviewed by Obama Administration R-CALF USA Wants Improvements to Protect U.S. Cattle Industry Soybeans Holding Their Own in World Market Huge Wheat Recovery Pulls Prices Down Secretary of Agriculture Confirmed Tuesday USDA Gets $250 Million for Computer Upgrade VeraSun Selling Some Ethanol Plants WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Earnings Season Debuts on Wall Street Schwab Says Progress Was Made at Doha Lawsuit Against EPA Alleges Improper Release of Guidelines Russia Wants Relaxed WTO Rules Drilling Recommendations May or May Not Be Followed Deadline for Crop Disaster Sign up Coming Fast WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: World Gets Nervous About Soybean Supply WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Seasonal Trends Could Help Wheat Avoid Abyss WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Corn Rally Tries To Prove The Worst Is Over Peru TPA Finally Implemented NRCS Announces Funding for Conservation Innovation Grants USDA Approves Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Loan Guarantee JBS is Exploring Expanding Feedlot Business CF Bid for Terra Highlights Fertilizer Turmoil USDA Publishes Interim Final Rule for EQIP Disagreements Likely to Flare Up Again Over COOL U.S. Modifies List of EU Products Subject to Additional Duties Canada Puts Hold on WTO Complaint Against U.S. Export Sales Are Feast or Famine Smooth Sailing So Far For Ag Secretary Nominee EU Official Says Biotech Acceptance Simply A Matter of Time Support for Renewable Fuels, Rural Economy Approved Obama Administration Receives ASA Policy Priorities Manhattan Location of Biosecurity Lab is Final Conformation Hearing Held for Chu Hay Expo Returns to Wisconsin Groups Discuss Energy Recommendations for Congress Ethanol is Bracing for Challenges in 2009 Vilsack Brings Midwest Roots to USDA What You Should Know About ACRE WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Drop In Trade Deficit Isn't All Good News Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Schafer Addresses Farm Bureau Convention Report Shows Increased Efficiency in Agriculture Mixed Reactions to COOL Regulations Exports for Coarse Grains Projected Down 17 Million Tons from Last Year Priority Issues Outlined by American Farm Bureau New Soybean Group Responds to ASA Press Release RFS Shortfall is Doubtful Ag Sector in Good Shape According to Stallman WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: USDA Report Sets Stage for Winter Moves WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: New Crop Concerns Take Center Stage WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: South American Weather Rallies Beans Three Plants Shuttered by VeraSun Feed Prices Remain High, Milk Prices Collapse Ag Secretary Sums Up Adminstration Accomplishments WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Hint at Start to Seasonal Strength Final Rule for COOL Signed USDA Report Drawing More Attention than Usual Vilsack Could Be Shifted to Commerce Post WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Bean Basis Weakens on Futures Rally Soybean Associations Feel New Voice is Needed Corn, Wheat Sales Fall Off a Cliff Crude Oil Plunge Signals Fuel-Buying Opportunity Future Competitiveness of Wheat May Depend on Biotech Traits Nothing Left To Trade Renewable Energy a Cornerstone to Obama Stimulus Package Inspector General to Investigate Soybean Checkoff Lamy Appears Set for Second WTO Term APHIS is Requiring New Cattle Facility in Mexico Further Investigation of Crop Insurance by GAO Expected Developing Countries Get Preferential Treatment Under Doha Talks Disappointment Shown by NCGA on Lack of Doha Movement Hearings for Cabinet Nominees Scheduled Dry Weather Hurt Southeastern Australia Cost of Corn Production May Mean More Soybeans WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Wall Street Gloom Lifts on Year-End Rally U.S. Agriculture Will Be Impacted by the World Economy in 2009 New NCBA CEO Named USDA Meeting with Mexican Officials CCC Rates Announced for January New Position for USDA Deputy Southern Brazil Still Facing Dry Weather Controversy Unfolds Surrounding 'Organic' Fertilizer River Locks Reopen Just Before Holidays EQIP Program Comes Under Fire Give Your Farm a Financial Check-up Give Your Farm a Financial Check-up Smaller Swine Herd Than Expected Past Soybean Leaders Disagree with Alleged Charges Flooding Still Hampers River Traffic Upcoming USDA Report Could Add to Volatility Majority of Bee Losses Could be CCD Related China Export Limit May Have Little Impact Lender Seeks Lien on Ethanol from VeraSun Grain Groups Talk Merger Group Claims Victory in Premise Registration Illinois Rivers Locks Shut Down Scholarships from USDA Available for 2009 Funding Requested by Ports for Harbor Maintenance Wheat Holding Up Under Winter Weather Russia Blocking Some U.S. Imports Several Factors Behind Positive Farm Economic Trends China to Make Major Corn Buy Farm, Food Groups Make Call for Food Support Soybean Demand Picture Clouded for 2009 Higher Costs Unfold as Dairy Tech is Removed Deputy Will Fill Remaining Time at Rural Development EU Seeks Lift of Sanctions in Hormone-Treated Beef Dispute NCGA Releasing Information About Ethanol Bankruptcy More Praise for ACRE Australian State Approves Biotech Canola Trial Deal Will Explore Possibility of School Meals In Africa Grants for Projects to Reduce Methane Emissions Changes Made to Meet 2008 Farm Bill Requirements Last Month's Milk Production Forecast Lowered WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Tries to Convince Buyers The Time Is Now U.S. Makes Jump in Korean Marketshare in 2008 Monday Marks Beginning of Farm Program Signups USDA Makes ACRE Decision Beef Sector Sees Lower Returns and Margins Despite Smaller Inventories WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Beans on the Brink of Breakout WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: New Crop Is Only Fuel Corn Market Has New Office Will Help Ag Secretary Develop Market-Based Approaches WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Could Be Bottoming Energy Outlook Projects Slower Energy Use Selling of Plants Could Allow Acquisition Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed Chinese Purchases Dominate Strong Soy Sales Argentina Cuts Wheat Forecast It Is Official: Vilsack Nominated for Ag Secretary WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Strong Basis Signals Sales in Some Areas USDA Will Provide International Food Assistance Senator Calls for Next Step in Vietnamese Importation of U.S. Beef Food Production Faces Challenges from Climate Change Cash Net Income Adjusted Downward Cabinet Close to Being Complete WEEKLY ENERGY REVIEW: Weak Fed Outlook Trumps OPEC Cut USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Dollar Crumbles In Wake of Surprise Fed Statement Ag Secretary Looks to Be Vilsack Policy Initiatives Are In Place for Stimulus Package ELPC and 25x'25 Make Recommendations to Improve Economy Energy Nominations Announced by President-elect Energy Will Play a Key Role in Future Rural Development Dorr Says Transition Has Been Remarkable Higher Imports of Soybeans Expected Lamy Decides Not to Call Ministerial Meeting WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Has the Worm Finally Turned? WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Tries To Convince Buyers The Time Is Now WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Is Old Crop Soy Demand Strong Enough? Drought and Frost Hurt Argentine Wheat Crop Livestock Producers Exemption Granted by EPA WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Strong Demand Boosts Bean Basis Slots in the Cabinet Being Filled WEEKLY FERTILIZER REVIEW: DAP Follows Ammonia Lower U.S. Supplying a Quarter of Iraq Food Imports Major Shift In Weather Expected Middle East Livestock Interested in Feed Milling Techniques Corn Sales Rebound, Soy Still Strong Professor Says Don't Sell Contracted Corn to Another Buyer until Rejected Hearing Set for Case Against USDA Auction of Surplus Dry Milk Some Areas Having Problems with Wheat Lucas Named New House Agriculture Ranking Member USDA Makes Changes to Address IOG Report Farm Futures Says Farmers Will Cut Corn Plantings In 2009 In Favor Of Soybeans Mobile Computing Buyers' Guide Inspector General Completes Slaughter Investigation USDA Releases Commodity Forecast Thursday WTO Talks Delayed North Dakota Cow Confirmed TB Report on Agency Coordination Shows Improvement Trade Diplomats Reject Quick Ministerial Meeting Potash Corp. Says It Will Cut Output in 2009 WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Doom and Gloom On Wall Street Lifts A Bit Better Nutrition Can Help Prevent Health Problems Trade Needs to Be Expanded Between China and U.S. WTO Holds Regular Committee Meeting International Conference Advances Cause Of Renewable Energy Farmers Can Get Credit, But Other Challenges Remain Utilization of Cloning Discussed in Argentina WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Buyers Give Wheat the Wal-Mart Treatment WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: Is This 'The Winter of Our Discontent?' WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Soybeans Try to Assert Strong Fundamentals UPDATED FERTILIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Collapse To Multi-Year Lows Argentine Farm Export Limits to Become Permanent WEEKLY BASIS REVIEW: Drop In Fuel Costs Help Basis A Little Bankruptcy Court Approves VeraSun Financing Technology is Linchpin to Sustainable Biofuel Industry WEEKLY FERTLIZER REVIEW: Fertilizer Prices Collapse to Multi-Year Lows Australia Allows Import of Ethanol Co-Product WTO Ministers Meeting In Geneva Next Week National Labs Relocating from Plum Island to Manhattan, Kansas Oil supplies tighten, but remain adequate Weekly Energy Review for Dec. 4, 2008 Working Capital May Make the Difference Between Good Times and Bad Stronger Dollar and Weaker Demand Leads to Decline in Exports Challenges for Agriculture for the Next 30 Years Identified by Report Holiday Slows Export Sales Several Economic Issues Will Be Explored During U.S. and China Meeting Chambliss Wins Georgia Senate Runoff K-State Chosen to House Bio-Agro Defense Facility APHIS Asked to Remove Regulations for GMO Corn USDA Restructuring Inevitable According to Stenholm WTO Leader Says He May Call Ministers to Geneva in December Commodity Rebound in 2009 Will be Lead by Agriculture Progress in Protecting Food Supply Reported by FDA WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: Stock Market Tries For Rebound U.S. BioEnergy Corn Contracts Cancelled by VeraSun Challenge of COOL at WTO May Come from Canada Bankruptcy Reorganization Planned by Pilgrim's Pride USDA Seeking Input on Bovine Tuberculosis Program Proposal Would Set Up Sites for Future Pipelines Permit Fees Could Be Expensive if Livestock Included in Clean Air Act It Is a Tough Call Predicting Beef Prices for Next Year Reversal of Regulations on Trade Policy with Cuba Requested So Far Little Progress Made in Lame Duck Session Videos Featuring "Meat Science Guy' Uploaded to YouTube Two Turkeys Granted Presidential Pardons USDA Hotline Will Be Open on Thanksgiving VeraSun's Corn Contract Procedures Challenged Farm Payments Called into Question by GAO U.S. Beef Sales to Resume by Major Korean Retailers The Andersons Take Big Loss from Fertilizer Collapse Workshop Will Help Families Face Challenge of Farming Together Economists Prepare Overview of How Tax Changes Impact Farming USDA Lowers Expected Food Price Inflation for Next Year WTO Talks Still Stuck WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW: New Fed Bailout Plan Lifts Stock Market Several Factors Lead to Less U.S. Meat Production VeraSun Receives Indication of Interest in Acquisition Many Crops Still in the Field Farmers May Pay More for Credit WEEKLY CORN REVIEW: "D" Word Enters Corn Market's Vocabulary USDA Report Show Beef Industry Contraction Sustainability a Big Issue at Biodiesel Symposium Next Ag Secretary Will Not be Vilsack WEEKLY SOYBEAN REVIEW: Beans Can't Buy a Break In Soft Market WEEKLY WHEAT REVIEW: Wheat Fights to Reject Another Leg Down Eastern Australia Hit Hard By Rains This Week Weekly Fertilizer Review: Fertilizer Prices Remain Soft As Production Cuts Mount Sorghum Checkoff Board Meets with USDA Least Drought Coverage in Three Years Bill Introduced That Would Require Trading of All Contracts on Regulated Exchanges Colombian Trade Agreement Could Be Coupled with Auto Bailout Senators Accuse Taiwan of Unfair Trade Practices Higher Revenues Failed to Keep VeraSun in the Black Diverse Group Chosen to Guide Biodiesel Industry Soybean Exports Stay Strong on Chinese Demand Dairy Price Forecasts Have Dropped Weekly Basis Review: Demand Rules Basis Market, For Better or Worse More Than 500 Million Gallons of RFS Must be Diesel Conference in Brazil Will Focus on Second Generation Biofuels Quick Response to Call for Ending Ethanol Incentives Review of Environmental and Financial Progress at EPA Submitted Weekly Energy Review: Weak Demand Propels Oil to New Lows Another Attack on Corn and Ethanol Over Food Prices Doha Farm Negotiators Need To Show Changed Positions Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found Corn Growers CEO Touts Ethanol as Energy Solution EPA Announces RFS Increase for 2009 Investors Lack Confidence, Remain On Sidelines Spot Market Prices for Corn being Offered by VeraSun Annual Report Examines Concentration in Ethanol Industry Beans and Wheat on Schedule, Corn Still Behind Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets Lame Duck Session Will Be Held This Week U.S. Grains Council Works to Ensure Colombian Market President Urges Pledge of Doha Framework by Year End Oil Market Slump Stymies Beans Wheat Tries To Lead Grains Out Of Slump Export Slump, Wall Street Gloom Keeps Corn Quiet Get the Disaster Protection You Need Farm Bill Foot Dragging Biofuels Update Keep it Simple Fertilizer Prices Nearing Bottom? Members of Dairy Promotion Board Named Energy Markets May Have Good News Lack of Support for Auto Bill May Keep Congress from Reconvening Ug99 Resistance Closer with Development of Wild Grass Export Sales Taper Off Surveyed Consumers Seem To Be Focused On Long Term Energy Solutions Food Organization Warns of Shortages USDA Cuts Loose $77 Million for Farmland Repair Ag Secretary Hopes Trade Opportunities Continue Under New Administration Schwab Meets with EU Trade Commissioner on Import Restrictions Ethanol Producers Want to Set Record Straight on Food Prices Obama Made Inroads into Traditionally Republican Areas Negotiations Underway Between Canada and Korea on Resuming Beef Exports Agriculture Cooperatives Dominate List Price of Corn Has been Rollercoaster Ride Strategic Plan and Budget Highlight National Pork Board Meeting Corn Lags Far Behind Normal as Soybean Harvest Wraps Up Wheat Planting All But Done American Farm Bureau Looking for New Approach to World Trade Talks USDA Implements 2008 Farm Bill Amendments Strong Beef Exports are a Bright Spot Britain is Following U.S. on Meat Labeling Bankruptcy Code Prevents VeraSun from Paying Schafer Expects Smooth Change at USDA Air, Research and Education Appointments Announced Fertilizer Prices Remain Volatile with Demand Weak No Surprises Expected In November Crop Report Dry Weather Prompts ABARE to Cut Australian Wheat Prediction Agriculture is Much Stronger Financially than Early '80s Transition to New Administration Is Beginning Already Farm Groups Urge End of Partisanship for New Administration Soybean Shipments Reach Marketing Year High, But Corn Lags Basis Along River System Drops Again on Record Barge Freight California Prop 2 Passes Drop in Gas Prices No Boon to Driving Fewer Problems Seen in Rural Housing Warm, Dry Weather Pattern Coming to an End Lamy Talks About World Chaos EPA Asked for Delay on Land Use Rules Ethanol Maker's Bankruptcy Proceeds in Courts Early Australian Numbers are for High Quality and Quantity Harvest Pew Report Targets 'Industrial Farms' Wheat Looks Good, Corn Lags Behind Tariffs Imposed over Beef Hormones Need to be Reassessed Obama Comments on Agriculture Challenged Two New Administrators Announced EPA Issues New Requirements For CAFOs Credit Guarantee Program is Good for U.S. Farmers VeraSun Declares Bankruptcy Fertilizer Prices Plummet Opponents Pushing Hard Against California Animal Confinement Initiative Initial Draft of Rules on Air Quality New Ag Secretary will Keynote Ag Forum Cattle Group Remains Neutral on Election Alternative to Antibiotics Use in Poultry Found Soybean Sales And Shipments Reach Marketing Year High Weather and Economics Cutting Wheat Acres Farm Borrowers May Not Benefit from Cut in Interest Rates Corn or Beans - Which Will be More Profitable Next Year? Petroleum Prices Bounce On Wall Street Rally, Lower Gas Stocks WTO Leader Promotes Trade Opening with Regulation Unprecedented Reissue of Crop Report Nitrogen Poised For Downturn Studies Show Ethanol is Environmentally Sound and Has Room to Grow Biodiesel Production Evaluated in New Commentary Research Shows Wild Birds Play Bigger Role in Virus Movement Changes Are Ahead for Farm Lending Secretary Meets with Livestock Industry to Discuss Loan Guarantee Program Wheat Planting Slightly Behind Average NASS Releases Corrected Version on October Crop Report October Lows Hold As Stocks Try to Rally Amendments Add Clarification to Packers and Stockyards Act Milk Price Slide Causes Need to Decrease Milk Production Forum Looks at the Issue of Food and Fuel Wheat Tries To Swim Upstream Against A Strong Current Beans Try To Carve Out A Bottom Financial Jitters Weigh On Corn, But Cash Prices Rally Wheat Tries To Swim Upstream Against A Strong Current Electronic Only Trading at MGEX Recommended Basis Moves Sharply Higher Thanks To the "Three D's" Criticism of USDA Concerning Civil Rights Midwest Arrival of Soybean Rust Major Packers Agree to Use USA Label Big Improvement in Ukraine Grain Harvest Rural Electric Loans Made By USDA Next Year Will See Lower Production and Price for Livestock Search Committee Formed to Find New NCBA CEO Soybean Shipments Finally Surge, New Sales Strong Fertilizer Prices Drop, But Can Anyone Buy? Six Charged In Iowa Animal Cruelty Case Livestock Groups Say Ethanol Getting Preferential Treatment USDA Working Through The Process Of Final Rules for Revenue Program Strong Dollar, Rising Stocks Push Energy Prices Lower Despite OPEC Threat Alberta Cattle Regain Access to Mexico Distillers Grain Markets Continue to Grow Showers and Snow Will Delay Harvest But Help Wheat Rains Too Late for Parts of Argentine Wheat Crop Market Choices Certification Will Be Phased Out By Fall 2009. Dry Weather Gives Way to Rain as Planting Season Begins in Argentina Wheat Production Estimate in Australia is Deteriorating Suit Against Packer Acquisition Draws Praise for Justice Department Elevators Need to Be Wary of Grain Contract Schemes Acquisition of National Beef Being Blocked by Antitrust Lawsuit Certified Beef Provides Taste and Consistency Increased Economic Activity from Renewable Energy will Help Financial Recovery Benefit Calculator will Help Producers Choose Proper Farm Program Wheat Faces Moment Of Truth, Passes First Test Beans Bounce Back After Thursday's Bullish Reversal Friday Rally Lifts Corn Market Spirits A Little Slow Harvest, Weak Futures And Lower Costs Boost Basis U.S. Farmers Producing Second Largest Corn Crop Thanks to Biotechnology Beef Ban Ruling Handed Down by WTO Lamy Throws in Towel on Concluding Doha This Year Increase in Wheat Production Good for Food Prices, Not so Good for Farmers Corn, Soybean Sales Good But Shipments Lag Falling Crop Prices Lower Most Fertilizer Prices Too Another Big Build in Supplies Sends Crude Below $70 Harvest an Acre, Feed the World: Farmers Challenged to End Hunger Despite Economy, Aid Still Needed Around World Disabled Farmers Receive Help to Continue in Agriculture Export Forecast Could Be Exceeded Specifications for Blending of Biodiesel Published Number of E85 Sites Tops 1800 Trade and Technology Promotion Award Given to Australian Farmer Nation's Corn Crop Continues to Mature But Lags Behind Last Year More Funds Will Be Needed for Food Relief Lower Input Costs May Offset Lower Commodity Prices Events May Have Implications for Animal Agriculture Production Expectations Lowered for Aussie Wheat Global Bank Bailout Calms Markets — For Now USDA Is Offering Incentive Payments Under CRP Role of Credit Derivatives in Financial Crisis Will Be Explored By Ag Committees Farm Bill Mandates County Level Survey of Cash Rents U.S. Agriculture Remains Strong and Credit Worthy USDA Boosts Wheat Ending Stocks, Adding To Pressure Bad News from USDA and Wall Street Punishes Soybeans Bearish USDA Report Adds Insult to Injury Chinese Delegation Visits U.S. to Examine Pork Industry Ag Secretary Speaks About Ag Issues at Forum Food from Cloned Animals Gets Negative Response from European Poll Presidential Candidates Aim for Rural Voters Music Tour Scheduled to Trade for Oil McCain vs. Obama: Where They Stand Global Markets Necessitate Increased Oversight Specialty Crop Research Gets More Than $28 Million from USDA USDA Awards Nearly $1 Million for Pest Research Export Sales Exceed Expectations All Around EPA Will Release Final Rules of Clean Water Act Some Areas Welcome Rain, Others Could Do Without Urea Prices Continue to Fall As Fertilizer Market Softens Huge Build in Petroleum Stocks Pressures Energy Prices GOP Ticket Chooses Team of Advisors for Rural Issues Regulations for Genetic Engineered Organisms Proposed by USDA Officials Unveil Plan for Meaningful Biofuels Production by 2022. Soybean Rust Tracking System Needs Funding for 2009 Russian Grain Harvest Outpaces Expectations Humane Society Charged with Illegal Use of Recorded Phone Calls Ethanol Tariff to Be Discussed in Trade Talks Delays in Harvest Particularly Large in Midwest Farm Bill Implementation Meetings Scheduled Trade Preference Legislation Moving Forward Bad News from USDA and Wall Street Punishes Soybeans Capital Flight from Commodities Hammers Corn Chicken Conference Panel Explores Challenges to Chicken Industry Wheat Looks For Silver Lining, Only Gets Wet Public Access to CRP Could Lead to Incentive Payments Bailout Package Passes House, Heads to President Databank That Helps Avoid Residue in Food Animals Closing New WTO NAMA Group Leader Named Cotton Requests Expansion of Textile Monitoring Meat Groups Provide Seminars to Mexican Retailers on Value Cuts South American Crop Areas Receiving Favorable Rains Higher Barge Freight Makes Storage Attractive Slower Global Growth of Biodiesel Positions U.S. as Leading Market Wheat Sales Rebound Standoff In Fertilizer Market Continues As Buyers Balk Bailout Bill Passes Senate With Some Extra Attachments Trade Organizations Receive Funding from USDA Hard Freeze Still Some Time Away in Upper Midwest Senator Proposes Amendments to Beef Checkoff Legislation Senior Preferred Shares Help Farmer Mac Fiscal Conservatism Keeps Farm Credit Strong Implementation of COOL Underway Bailout Bill Hangs In Balance, Pushing Wall Street to The Brink Finacial Bailout Goes Down to Defeat in House Products Possibly Contaminated by Chinese Milk Pulled from Shelves Farrowing Cuts May Not Tighten Supplies and Boost Prices Enough to Bring Profits Disaster Program and 10-Acre Rule Addressed by Senate China Corn Production Projected Higher Farm Bureau Releases Analysis of Financial Crisis Several Programs Have Deadlines Tuesday North American Label for COOL Goes Beyond Congressional Intent Another Argentine Farm Strike is Likely Package for Bailout Worked Out by Congress Harvest Pressure, Wall Street Mess Weigh On Corn Prices Wheat Suffers From Export Disappointment Harvest Pickup Could Hold Back Prices Bean Basis Breaks Hard As Harvest Begins Trade Mission Assesses European Potential as Market for Grain Sorghum Head of USDA Food Safety Agency is Retiring Negotiations on Bailout Package Are Stuck Chance of Frost May Increase Next Week National Cattlemen's Beef Association CEO Resigns Smaller Breeding Herd But Larger Hog Inventory Expected Proposed Rule on Exempting CAFOs on Air Emissions Draws Criticism Farm Bill Amendment on 10-acre Provision Passes House Farm Credit Nominee Tells Senate Hearing Farm Credit System Healthy Wheat Exports Falter Lower Urea Prices Spur Hopes For Cheaper Fertilizer Energy and Trade Policies Affecting Feed Industry Discussed with Obama Advisers Cow Calf Producers Benefiting from Ike's Heavy Rain Deadline for Fall Crop Insurance Approaching Fast Oil Tries To Sustain Rally After Wild October Expiration Congress Has Reservations About Wall Street Bailout Speculators Move to Cash Putting Drag on Grain Prices Senate Passes Bill that Extends Biodiesel Tax Credit CAFTA-DR Implementation to be Completed McCain Leads Obama Among Rural Voters Decline in Condition of Nation's Corn Crop Wall Street Mess Trickles Down To The Farm Renewable Fuels Association Telling Story of Ethanol Through Faces and Places Corn Tries To Stay Afloat In Wild Financial Sea Soybeans Survive First Serious Test On Charts Status Change for Montana Limits Cattle Movement Amendment to 10-Acre Rule Passes House Ag Committee Feedlot Numbers Continue to Go Down House Approves Legislation on Limiting Speculation Wheat Tries To Recover From Bearish Break Argentine Picketing and Blockades Come to an End Obama Receives Ag Related Endorsements Higher Placements, Lower Marketings Predicted by Plain Maple Leaf Bartor Road Plant Resumes Production Promoting Trade and Investment Opportunities Goal of Mission Senate to Debate Energy Tax Extenders Package Food and Nutrition Programs will Distribute Fresh Tomatoes Judiciary Committee Adjourns Without Horse Bill Vote Warm Weather System Expected to Continue Next Two Weeks Wheat Leads Export Parade Who Will Be First To Blink In Fertilizer Standoff? Guidelines on Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals Released Market Watches Supply Drop in Ike's Wake Financial Turmoil Snares Ethanol Processors Australian Wheat Estimate is Higher than USDA Forecast Oral Arguments Presented on Appeal of Particulate Matter Case Tax Provisions Moving Slowly Forward Horse Industry Opposes Bill That Would Criminalize Sale Or Transport Of Horses For Processing Lehman Brothers, Inc. Not Affected by Bankruptcy Wall Street Death Watch Shifts to Big Insurer Wet Weather Problematic for Late Maturing Crops Officials Meet Again to Move Talks Forward. CFTC Commissioner Chilton Seeks Time, Resources and Regulatory Authority Energy Options Discussed in Senate Second Herd With Bovine Tuberculosis Found in New Mexico Crop Report Lowers Yield Estimates, More Cuts Could Be Ahead Schafer Will Participate in U.S.-China Trade Talks House Committee Hears Testimony on Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension of Deadline for Disaster Buy-in Requested UN Expert is Ignoring Facts Regarding Biofuels Role in Food Prices Acting CFTC Chair Testifies Before House Ag Committee Genetic Cause Has Been Found For BSE Trade Sanctions with Cuba Make Disaster Assistance Difficult Big Yield Dreams Saving Africa Being Prepared to Borrow Ethanol Future Bright More Cotton Delivery Points Needed Bacterium Could Lower Cost of Cellulosic Ethanol Corn Exports Slow Canadian Investigation of Listeriosis Outbreak Turns Up Source of Contamination Hurricane Hitting Texas Could Send Soybean Rust into Midwest Wyoming Rancher Will Depopulate Brucellosis Infected Herd New Energy Reform Act Could be Voted on Next Week Discovery Could Lead to BSE Test for Live Animals Criminal Horse Bill Comes to Vote U.S. Beef Passes Inspection in Korea Conner says USDA Will Have ACRE for 2009 Crops JBS Approves Issuing ADRs in U.S. Grants Will Develop International Collaboration in Science and Education Rust Found in Arkansas Some Areas Lagging Behind But Corn Condition Shows Stability Bailout of Big Lenders Buoys Market Mexico Suspends Meat Shipments to U.S. To Improve Convergence Wheat Contracts May Change Officials are Meeting about Doha in Geneva This Week Farmers and Ranchers Take Concerns to Lawmakers Another Big Hurricane is Headed for the U.S. Listeriosis Outbreak in Canada Investigated by Canadian Government Higher Cost of Raw Products May Push Food Prices Higher More Than $19 Million Awarded in Value-Added Grants Industry Presenting Standardized COOL Affidavit to USDA Wheat Sales Top Export News Stronger Dollar Keeps Energy Market Under Pressure Fertilizer Prices Move Higher Again at the Gulf, But Buyers Resist Ending Ethanol Mandates Included as Plank of Republican Platform USDA Ready for More Storms That Are on the Way CME, Japanese Exchange Sign Cooperative Venture Novak Chosen as CEO for Pork Board Change in CRP Contracts Not Out of the Question Next Year CCC Rates Announced for September Financial and Commodity Markets in Better Focus Corn and Soybean Crop Condition Hurting from Dry Conditions Appeals Court Denies Creekstone Request To Test For BSE Meat Production Down Next Year First Finding of Virus in U.S. Honeybees Alternative Fuels Will be an Early Focus of Presidential Race Heavy Selling in the Wheat Pit Soybean Yields Up in the Air Corn Prospects Are Unpredictable Interim Final Rule Amends COOL Labeling Ag Secretary Says Ethanol Mandate Benefits Far Outweigh Negatives Sentencing Delayed as Westland Worker Talks to Investigators Agencies Hold Public Meeting on Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions China Cancels Soybean Sales 2008 Food System Summit Scheduled Rule for Disposition of Downer Cattle Announced More than Three-Quarters of Consumers Favor Biodiesel $35 Million in Energy Grants and Loans Announced at Farm Progress Show Coalition Organizes American Ag and Energy Council Other Animal Factors Not Taken Into Account in California Initiative Pork Producers from Canada Have Comments on COOL Brazil Wants Trade Sanctions Up to $4 Billion over Cotton Subsides Canada to Weigh in On COOL Japanese Buy U.S. Barley Strong Ally Egypt is Also Important Trade Partner Ohio State Finds New Method for Producing Hydrogen from Biofuels Animal Feeds Being Developed from Biodiesel Byproduct Survey Shows Farmers Wary of Increasing Corn Acres Soybeans End Up for the Week Despite Disappointing Friday USDA Shows Decline in Cattle Inventories Volatility Running Rampant in Corn Market Wheat Rallies; Then Falls on Friday Rural Utilities and Cooperative Receive Loans for Improvements Officials Meet in Washington to Discuss WTO Poor Crop Pushes Iran to Buy U.S. Wheat Weak Basis Continues to Plague the Grain Market Legislation Would Help Build Midwest Ethanol Pipelines FDA Approves Irradiation for Spinach, Iceberg Lettuce Farm Rally Saturday in Argentina May Lead to Strike Several Countries Have Recently Opened Borders to U.S. Beef Multi-institutional Team Searching for Answers to Colony Collapse Disorder Strong Wheat Sales Top Weekly Report Lamy Visits Washington This Week House Energy Debate Impacting Elections Lower Dairy Sales Expected in 2009 Late Planted Soybeans in Midwest Could Be Hurt By Rust Grassley Defends WTO Compliance of Ethanol Tariff Biofuel Agreement Strengthens Collaboration Between U.S. and China Research Could Develop Real-Time Monitoring For BSE Fay Could Bring Rainfall to Drought Stricken Southeast FDA Extends Comment Period for Cephalosporin Very Little Change This Week for Corn or Soybeans Despite High Prices Dairy Production Slow to Increase Farm Strike Could Resume in Argentina Equine Expert to Talk About Unwanted Horse Problem Proposed Reforms to Endangered Species Act Published Another Case of BSE Found in Canada USDA Announces Grants for Rural Cooperative Development Centers Legislation Targets Rail Antitrust Exemptions Olympics Lower Freight Rates First Half of 2008 Sets Record for Beef, Pork Exports Japanese Team Participates in DDGS Pelleting Course BQ 9000-Certified Firms Handle Bulk of Biodiesel Sales Agency Puts Reclassification Rumor to Rest Change in Japanese Diet Has Enhanced U.S. Trade Development Lawsuit Against AEB, USDA Based on Inaccurate Information Downward Trend of Farm Products Could Lessen Increase in Food Prices Senate Ag to Examine Food, Feed and Fuel Production Buyers Found Bargains in Corn Ahead of USDA Report COOL Interim Rule Clarified Opinions on Future of Doha Round Diverge Next Several Months Weather Predicted to be Neutral Next Year Tight Corn Supply Will Continue to be Problem USDA Projects Higher Yields New Avian Flu Virus Found in Nigeria Corn and Soybean Conditions Improve Despite Slow Development U.S. Beef Sales to Russia Are on the Rise Farm Bill Disaster Program Dependent on Crop Insurance Coverage Nebraska Beef Recalls Beef Due to Possible E. Coli Contamination August Report More Important Than Usual USDA's Aug. 12 Report to Include Updated Flood Numbers Haying Now Allowed on CRP Ground Farm Production Costs Up 9% EPA Moves Against Carbofuran EPA Waiver Decision Applauded by Some, Disappoints Others Natural Gas Prices Dropping, But Ammonia Shooting Up Faster Than Ever Sugar Industry Calls USDA Action Premature USDA Seeks Comments on Climate Strategic Plan Free Trade Dominates Presidential Meeting in Seoul Requested Waiver of RFS Denied Strong Week of HRW Sales Lead Active Round of Buying Russian, Ukrainian Wheat Harvest Higher; Australia Estimate Also Higher EPA Decision on RFS to Be Announced WTO Explains Doha Round Breakdown Ideal July Weather Has Raised Yield Potential According to Survey Midwest Corn and Soybean Crops Making a Comeback Republicans Want House Back in Session Payments for Drought Grazed CRP Acres Reduced Experts Provide Online Presentations on Pork Management Action on Horse Bill Unlikely Scientists are Gaining Greater Understanding of Avian Influenza Bipartisan Group of Senators Hope for Energy Compromise Congress Introduces Bill For Haying and Grazing of CRP Little Impact to Consumers from Mandatory COOL Animal Drug Review Laws Approved $10 Million Given to Cellulosic Biofuel Research Harvard Study Warns Against Rolling Back Incentives for Biofuels Ministers Trying to Salvage What Was Accomplished in Geneva More than $400 Million in Electric Loans Announced Export Sales Beat Guesses Across the Board Senate Inches Forward but Speculation Bill Still Stalled Mexican Irrigation Water Identified as Source of Salmonella Brazil May Challenge U.S. Ethanol Tariffs Federal Milk Marketing Orders Amended More Legislation Preventing Horse Slaughter Doha Collapse Disappointing; But Better than Bad Deal Farm Bill is Funding Research Initiative for Specialty Crops Survey Shows Consumers Support Biodiesel Expiring Acres and Improved Weather Prompts USDA to Deny Early Outs Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions USDA Releases Interim Final Rule for Mandatory COOL Progress Seen in WTO Meeting Public Remains Concerned as First U.S. Beef Shipped to South Korea Doha Ministerial Meeting Collapses Farm Bill Changes Loan Limits for First Time in 24 Years Crop Conditions Overcoming Late Planting Former Ag Secretary is Possible Vice Presidential Candidate DNA Testing Points to Elk as Source of Brucellosis Watershed Program Providing Federal Disaster Assistance More Pasture and High Feed Costs Result in Fewer Cattle in Feedlots Governors Call for Extension of Renewable Energy Credits EPA Delays Ethanol Mandate Decision Chambliss Tells Senate about CFTC Action USDA Renews Funding for Swine Health Research Ministerial Meeting is Lacking Major Progress WTO Meeting Breaks Into Smaller Groups Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Complex Factors Increasing Commodity, Food Prices Higher Acreage and Decent Rain Could Give Australia Record Wheat Crop Producers with Approved Contracts Can Continue Haying and Grazing CRP Drop in Oil Price is Leading the Charge of Potential Changes for Commodities USDA Provides Over $6 Million for Renewable Energy EPA Delays RFS Waiver Decision Subsidy Cut Met with Many Opinions Senate Invokes Cloture on Speculation Bill Bigger Concessions Proposed by EU and U.S. Weekly Financial Review Speculation Legislation May Impact Agriculture High Price of Corn Sweeteners Causing Shift WTO Moves Closer to Completing Doha Soybean Aphids Spotted in Midwest Fewer Cattle and Less Bang for Checkoff Buck Near Record Numbers Seen for All Milk Prices Crucial Meeting in Doha Trade Round Kicks off this Week Senate Committee Approves FMD Bill Updated Weekly Basis and Transportation Review USDA Seeks Input on BioPreferred Labeling RFS Waiver Unlikely to be Granted USDA and NWF Have Until Tuesday Work out Compromise on CRP Schwab Sees Potential for Negotiations Next Week in Geneva University of Georgia Receives Grant to Study Colony Collapse Disorder Schafer Leads Congressional Delegation to Colombia Obama, McCain Address National Farm Bureau Conference Sliding-Scale Tax Voted Down by Argentine Senate Hearing Will Determine if CRP Critical Feed Use Program Moves Forward EQIP and AMA Receive Additional Funding Argentine Senate Vote on Sliding-Scale Tax Will Be Close Corn Belt Likely to Get More Rain This Week Record Keeping for COOL Must Start Immediately EPA Proposes Rule to Further Sequestration New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases Scouting Fields for Disease More Important than Ever WTO Launches World Trade Report Reduce Use of Fuel and Time by Using Smaller Pastures and Frequent Moves Dry Weather a Concern in Australian and Argentina Revisions May Help Finish Talks Specialty Crop Research Receives $28.4 Million EPA Asks For Comments on Greenhouse Gases China's New Affluence Farm Bill: Something for Everyone From Ft. Wayne to Yangling Task Force Appointed to Examine NCBA Governance Structure FMD Legislation Introduced by Senate Mississippi River Opened for Commercial Barge Shipping Complaint Lodged Against USDA Additional Information will Help Consumers Discard Recalled Meats European Commission Being Pressured for Greater Biotech Acceptance CFTC Nominees Confirmed by Senate Ag Committee Hearing on Markets Continue this Week in House Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Haying of CRP Issued USDA Adds Mexican Sweeteners to Reports Grain Tax Upheld by Argentine Court CRP Acres in Flooded Regions Released for Livestock Grazing Revised Ag Text Will be Presented to WTO Court Requires USDA to Accept Public Comments on Opening Border to Canadian Beef Soybean and Corn Development Both Delayed by Weather Advance DCP Payments Being Mailed Unusual Year for Preventative Planting Insurance Group of Eight Open Meeting in Japan Farmers Have Less Time to Signup for DCP Program Review of Futures Markets May Give CFTC More Power NBB Responds to British Newspaper Attack Review of Futures Markets May Give CFTC More Power Is the Doha Round Almost Done? New Cabinet Members Named in South Korea Keenum Tapped for Farm Credit Position Groups Argue that Injunction Should be Granted in Light of New Evidence Rice and Sweeteners Included in Supply and Demand Report Jobe Weighs in on AEI Food versus Fuel Discussion Consumers More Confident in Food Safety Midwest is Starting July With Ideal Weather CCC Rates Announced for July Sorghum Checkoff Assessments Started Tuesday E-Coli Controls in Place Crop Progress Still Delayed by Wet Weather Expectations Were Exceeded in USDA Acreage Report House Ag Leader Urges EPA to Issue RFS Waiver Rural Business Grants Awarded South Koreans Inspecting Stored U.S. Beef New Administrator Named for NASS Flooded Farmers May Qualify for Disaster Loans Report Shows Higher Hog Numbers than Expected Lamy Encourages WTO Negotiations Effort House Passes CFTC Oversight Bill JBS Acquisitions Draw Disapproval of Senate Anti-trust Chair Grassley Critical of GMA Request Made to Divert NAIS Funds into Brucellosis Testing Challenges Could Keep Programs from Quick Implementation Doha Ministerial Meeting Likely in Late July Flood Damage Makes Forecasting Crop Difficult Ag Secretary Asks Cattle Industry to Voluntarily Ban Downers Schafer Announces Direct and Counter Cyclical Payment Sign-Up Beef Headed to South Korea Senate Hears Testimony on Antimicrobial Resistance More Extensive Surveys Planned for July Vote on Energy Bill to Increase CFTC Authority Postponed Cooperation Agreement Signed with Philippines Sign-up Begins for Crop Disaster Program House Ag Committee Eyes Tighter Regs for Energy Markets Collins Says Ethanol Cause of Corn Price Increases Fewer Cattle Being Placed in Feedlots Crop Reports Dominated by Weather BSE Case Found in British Columbia Swine Breeding Herd to Decline Flooding Continues to Limit Ethanol Production Weekend Deal Could Get U.S. Beef Back to South Korea Soon New Council Forms to Support Ag Safety USDA to Enhance Information for June 30 Acreage Report Analyst Predicts Lower Harvested Corn Acres Argentine Wheat Area Falls Meat Industry Reacts to South Korea's New Restrictions Flood Impact Felt Far and Wide Biofuels Under Fire Thanks to Floods Groups Call on EPA to Back Off Renewable Fuels Standard USDA Observes Bioenergy Awareness Days House Overrides Farm Bill Veto...Again Corn Group Picks New Leader Midwest States Seeing Wheat Scab in New Places Australian Ag Minister Tough on Wheat Laws South Korea Leader to Make Another Apology Over U.S. Beef Trade As Waters Recede Worries Over Crop Insurance Rise USDA Considering Added Acreage Report North Dakota Court to Hear Grain Payment Case Officials Look Downstream to Mississippi Corn Growers Say Hypoxia Plan Needs More Information Floods in the North, Drought in the South Argentine Ag Tensions Refuse to Ease Poll Shows More Than 3 Million Corn Acres Could be Lost Mandates and Tariffs Less a Factor for Commodities than Oil Prices Biotech Opponents Still Active in Europe Worries Over Hedge Positions May Have Buyers Backing Off Biofuels Production Slowed by Flooding Mississippi River Locks Closing Because of Flooding Farm Bill Provisions Announced 2008 World Food Prize Given to Dole, McGovern Committee Nominations Needed for County FSA No Renegotiation of South Korean Beef Deal Presidential Race May Hinge on Rural Voters Schafer and Bodman Urge Caution on Biofuels to Senate Energy Chairman Commodity Markets the Focus of New Task Force Drought a Concern in South as Rain Continues in Midwest New Canadian Regulations Tighten Food Claims Coalition Hopes to Convince Congress to Reassess Biofuels EU Approves New Rules for Animal Byproducts Supply and Demand Report Drops Corn Yield USDA Recognizes Corporations Promoting Nutrition USDA Advisory Committee Will Accept Public Comments Another State Attorney General asks for DOJ action. Planting is Beginning to Wrap Up Governors Supporting Ethanol U.S. and World Numbers Come Out Tuesday Conner Expects Another Veto and Override of Farm Bill Voluntary Program is Helping NPPC Credit for Ethanol Blending Viewed in New Terms Food Summit Was Productive Higher Pork Prices Likely Because of Input Costs Doha Round Still Doable Says Lamy Farm Bill Re-Vote Passes Senate New Summary Shows Benefits of CRP Cotton Dispute Not in U.S. Favor APHIS Seeking Comments on Poultry Improvement Plan CFTC Nominees Testify to Senate Ag Committee Major Change in Cotton Price Projections Conference Offers View of New Products from Corn National Pork Board to Meet During World Pork Expo Accepting Tax Rebate May Not Be Best Choice Large World Wheat Harvest Needed Armed with Facts, USDA Ready to Defend Ethanol Trade Watchdog Announces Ag Market Initiatives Schafer Speaks at FAO Food Security Summit Planting Progress Make Large Gains USDA Renews Avian Influenza Research Funding USDA Releases Avian Influenza Genome Sequences Farm Bill and Climate Legislation Up for Senate Argentine Farm Strike Reaches Critical Juncture Record Forecasts Expected for Ag Exports Courts asked to Stop U.S. Beef from Entering South Korea Delegation to FAO will Present Three-Pronged Plan U.S. Beef to South Korea Next Week - Maybe Despite Surplus Supplies Pork Prices Increase USDA to Conduct Survey on Continuing Pork Checkoff Deadline for Disaster Assistance Quickly Approaching WTO Chairman Hopes to Hold Membership Meeting Farm Leaders Defend Ethanol by Talking About Facts; Dispelling Myths New Technology Could Reduce Ethanol Energy Cost by One-Third FDA Will Miss Food Safety Registry Deadline Delays Continue to Stop U.S. Beef from South Korea Cool Weather Continues to Hinder Corn, Beans and Wheat New Farm Bill will be Implemented by USDA Talks Continue to Break Down, Argentine Strike May Resume Warmer Temperatures Have Impact on Agriculture Beef Trade with South Korea Faces Further Challenges CRP Ground Opened for Hay and Forage Morocco and Tunisia Will be Increasing Imports of DDGS Another Break Down in Argentine Farm Talks USDA Report Forecasts Increase in Beef Exports, Reduction in Pork WTO Officials Hope Revised Texts Can Lead to Completion Re-vote on Farm Bill Including Missing Title will be Finished in June Agriculture Highlights White House Celebration of World Trade Week Farm Belt Continues to Get Hit by Unpredictable Weather Feedlots Asked to Waive Rights Veto Overridden by House Tax Credit for Biodiesel Extended Resumption of Argentine Farm Talks Farm Bill Do-over Necessary Due to Clerical Error Producers Should Signup Early for CSP DFA Investigated for Possible Price Manipulation New WTO Negotiating Text Could Speed Up Talks Ban of Downer Cattle Proposed by USDA Farm Bill Vetoed as Expected USDA Seeks Rule to Ban Slaughter of All Non-Ambulatory Animals Comments on RFS Waiver Sought Grain and Food Markets Shouldn't be Effected by Chinese Earthquake Schafer Says Expect a Quick Farm Bill Veto Corn Planting Takes Big Step Forward WTO Releasing Revised Negotiating Texts Agriculture Department of Energy Awards Cellulosic Ethanol Grant Ag Secretary Says Focus Needs to be on Factors That Can Affect Food Prices Feedlots Beginning to Clear Backed Up Inventories USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting Tax Incentive is Extended for Biodiesel Iowa Senator Speaks Out Against Anti-Ethanol Campaign Leadership Tries to Persuade President to Sign Farm Bill Immigration Raid Nets Nearly 400 USDA Designates Biobased Product Groupings House Passes Farm Bill; Senate Begins Debate Farm Bill Garners more than 80 Votes in Senate U.S. Beef Won't be Headed to South Korea This Week Seeking Ultimate Data Protection Signs of a Top from Past Bull Market Rallies New Global Dynamics Affecting Fertilizer Demand Six More Ways to Save on Energy Costs Decision Time for Livestock How to Find Financial Information on Businesses Five Minutes with Pearse Lyons Weather Tight Rope Gemperle Accused of Lying in Press Statement Farm Bill Passes House on Strong Vote Farm Bill Heads to House Floor Oil Reserve Deposits Temporarily Stopped Wet Fields Less of a Problem than Cooler Temperatures Congress Publishes Final Farm Bill Language Activist Staged Undercover Video Footage Corn Planting Makes Big Jump Ag Census Forms Still being Sought President Bush is Committed to Veto Farm Bill Slower than Expected Growth in Dairy Industry COOL Implementation Could Benefit from NAIS NCGA Official Defends Biofuels Details of Farm Bill Reported by Conference Committee Wheat Prices May Not Collapse Under Large Crop Bipartisan Group of Senators Voice Support for Ethanol Schafer Says President Will Veto Farm Bill Ethanol Subsidies Scrutinized by Senate Hearing Russia Opening Imports of U.S. Livestock Negotiators Finish Farm Bill NRCS Extends Sign-up for CSP Approval Granted to Checkoff for Sorghum Nationally Opponents Continue to Play the Blame Game with Ethanol RFS Implications Explored in House Hearing Livestock Markets the New Target of HSUS Challenge of Ag Retailer Merger Resolved Attacks on Ethanol Keep Rolling as Republican Senators Join Assault Mixed Bag in Midwest for Corn Planting Progress Pilgrim Reports Mounting Losses Winter Wheat Crop Saved by Slow Emergence Congress Schedules Hearing on Concentration in Agriculture Pork Purchases Made to Help Industry Border Protection and Ag Inspection Highlight Meeting Connecticut Requests Ethanol Waiver Strike Resumes in Argentina as Negotiations Fail Committee Agrees on Most Major Issues of New Farm Bill Several Factors Are Causing Increased Food Prices President Receives Farm Bill Extension Study Says Biofuels Is Not Causing Grain Shortage Groups Ask State Attorney Generals to Investigate JBS Dairy Disaster Deadline Approaching Committee Makes Changes to Commodity Title Congress Waiting for Scoring of Policy Changes Senate Extends Farm Bill More Rain Predicted for the Midwest More Attacks of Ethanol as Food Prices Rise Uncertainty Remains for Farm Bill Negotiations Changes for Animal Production Outlined in Final Pew Report Analysis of Checkoff Program Begun by Beef Board Appeals Court Rules Against FSA Conference Committee Reschedules Farm Bill Meeting Activist Group Sues FDA Environmental Initiative Launched by Dairy Industry Ethanol Exemption Sought by Texas Details of Farm Bill Being Worked On StarLink Testing Guidance Withdrawn Conference Committee Postpones Meeting until Tuesday Breakthrough on Farm Bill Funding Farm Bill Extension Passes Congress JBS Cleared by Australia to Acquire Tasman USDA Launches Colombian Trade Ticker Final BSE Feed Rule Released USDA Asked to Help Pork Industry USDA Bans AWB from Export Programs U.S. Beef Has Great Opportunity in South Korea Another One-Week Extension is Passed by Senate Break Down of Argentine Farm Negotiations More Delays for WTO Talks Volatility and Convergence in Markets Examined by CFTC Long-Term Extension of Farm Bill Requested Energy Department Grant to Build Cellulosic Biorefinery Ethanol Becoming More Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Canada Cuts Corn, Barley and Oat Acres Wheat Register in Argentina Remains Closed Indefinitely U.S. Beef Ready to Roll Back into South Korea Bullish Numbers in Cattle on Feed Report Extension Granted But Congress Still Has Hard Road Ahead This Year is Critical for Doha Deal Hog Industry Seeing High Production; Low Profits Beef Production Higher than Expected NAIS Business Plan Comment Period Closes Future of Farm Bill Process is Unclear Beef Deal Fully Opens South Korea Market NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA Five Pilgrim Pride Plants Raided by Immigration Hungry Helped by USDA Barter Initiative One-Week Extension of Farm Bill Passes House WTO Projects Slowdown of Global Trade Farm Bill Extended by Senate Major Roadblock for Farm Bill Remains Funding Changes to Temporary Worker Program Recommended by AFBF Another Storm Heads for the Midwest Farm Bill Titles Approved by Conference Committee Wheat Development and Corn Planting Behind Schedule Farm Bill Conference Committee Agrees on Programs Stockyards in South St. Paul Hold Final Sale Halt to U.S.-Korean Beef Talks Asked for by Farm Groups Below Average Wheat Crop Projected for Southern Plains Record-Setting Pace for Ag Exports House Farm Bill Proposal Countered by Senate Rising Food Prices a Result of Oil, Not Corn No Progress in First Farm Bill Conference Committee Meeting Farm Groups are Meeting with Argentine President Colombian Free Trade Agreement Delayed by House Washington Food Summit is Just the Beginning JBS Acquisitions Are Still Being Questioned Pelosi Moves to Delay Colombia FTA Vote At Last, Appointment of Farm Bill Conference Committee South Korea and U.S. Resume Beef Import Talks Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Crop Production Gaining CRP Acres Colombian FTA Addressed by Schafer Short Extension of Farm Bill Not Out of Question Song Tells Story of Farm Bill Struggle Increasing Pressure for Farm Bill Decision Colombian FTA goes to Congress Food Safety Summit Comes to Washington Issues in Rural America Are Not Red or Blue Sow Lameness Symposium Held Time is Short For Congress to Complete Bill Changed Meat Inspection Procedures Crop Problems Keep Expanding From Laptop to Lighter-than-Laptop Number One Consumer for U.S. Soybeans is Livestock Industry Farm Bill Framework is in Place Business Plan Proposed for NAIS Grant Given to Cornell to Fight Wheat Disease Bigger Problems Could Follow Wet Spring Major Problem for Farm Bill Remains Offsets EPA Seeking Comments on Two CAFO Issues House Members Join Conservation Groups Against Cutting Farm Bill Conservation Wheat Exports in Argentina Set to Open Next Week EPA Seeking Input on Higher Blends of Ethanol No Break for South and Midwest Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion Technology Partnership EU Complaint on Beef Hormones Shot Down by WTO Time Article Draws Response from EPIC Rising Pork Output Pressures Prices Merger of CFTC and SEC Proposed Seminar on Swine Disease Draws Crowd in China Pioneer Releases Information to Advance Corn Research Let Uncle Sam Help Finance Grain Storage Mechanics of How Options on Futures Work More on Evaluating Family Members Higher Ethanol Blends Likely Ahead Let's Keep First Things First Support for Farm Bill Framework Voiced by Conservation Groups Renewable Energy Pledges Still Being Accepted Hog Numbers Higher than Expected USDA Reports Are Well Off Trade Estimates USGC Promoting DDGS in South Korea Federal Register Publishes Details for CSP U.S., Canada and Mexico Reach Agreement on Cattle Trade Colombia Agreement Headed to the Hill Record Breaking Soybean Crop in Brazil Farm Bill Funding Solution Still Being Sought Groups Send Letter to Justice Opposing JBS Packer Deal Wheat Condition in Southern Plains Going Downhill Large Share of U.S. Biodiesel Production Being Exported Terpstra Nominated as Top U.S. Ag Negotiator Higher Milk Production Expected in 2008 Effect of Feeding DDGs Clarified by Research When Mead E3 Biorefinery Reopens Remains Unclear High Beef Demand Continues Drought Hurting Chinese Crops South Still has to Deal with Flood Waters FFA Provides Funding for Community Service Pasture Converting To Crops New Information Needed for Pasture Herbicides Food Company Chief Bashes Biofuel Supports Food Firms Hedge Costs Soil Maps from NRCS Now Available on the Web Johne's Funding Commitment Renewed Reimbursement Promised to Schools for Recalled Beef Hog Inventory Report Comes Out Next Week USDA Announces Conservation Security Sign-up New Deputy Financial Officer for USDA Named Southern Planting is Advancing Doha Round Continues Forward Administration Position on Farm Bill Outlined by Schafer Comments Sought on Canadian DDGS Feed Rules Soy Harvest Moving Quickly in Brazil Agriculture Celebrated During Ag Week Recent Weather Points to Rebound of Australia Wheat Crop Not Too Late for Ag Census Farm Futures Survey Shows Producers Planning to Shift Acres Back to Soybeans Farm Strike Continues in Argentina NYMEX Acquired by CME Cancer Claims Livestock Leader Beef Group Reorganizes Staff Farm Bill Extension has Support from Schafer Making Renewable Fuels Sustainable Failures at Westland/Hallmark Admitted by Company President Africa Offers Trade Opportunities Rough Road Ahead for Farm Bill New Office Created for Small Meat Plants Southwest Gets Jump on Planting Due to Lack of Rain Extension of Farm Bill is Official Midwest Keeps Getting Hit with Storms Soybean Imports Being Encouraged by China Push for Pay Limits Not Over Yet A Big Issue is Early CRP Release Final Turkey Plant Sold by Pilgrim's Pride Summit to Get Faster Reporting of Food Illnesses Ag Leadership Agree on Extension Estimates Raised for Brazil Soy Crop Argentine Corn Harvest Delayed by Rain Woody Biomass Projects Receive Grants from USDA Deadline is Fast Approaching for Farm Bill Futures, Options Get Makeover Study is Promising for Switchgrass as a Renewable Fuel Cattle Processors Losing Money Took Opportunity to Sell Forecast: Dry in the West, Wet in the East Prospects Are Getting Better for Completing Farm Bill Report Gives Ethanol Industry a Shot in the Arm Farm Income Taking a Hit from Inputs Disaster Assistance for Dairy Producers Finally Available WIREC Dedicated to Increasing Renewable Fuels Globally National Beef Packing Company Being Sold Partial Countercyclical Payments Not an Option Regulation of CAFO Permits May Change Big Boost in Funding for Biomass Research Agriculture's Economic Outlook is Strong According to FAPRI Glyphosate Resistant Sugarbeets Have New Opponent What Would Permanent Law Mean Ground Given in Farm Bill Fight Water Quality Grant Funding Extension of Trade Act Signed Will Global Trade Talks Get Done This Year? Weed Grants Awarded Resolution of Farm Bill Financing Remains Unclear 20 More Secrets of Best Managed Farms March 17 is Deadline for Crop Insurance Wheat Growers Elect Cleavinger President Pilot Program Attempts to Quantify Sustainable Agriculture Ford and John Deere Commit To Using More Soybeans in Production McCain Will Have Uphill Battle According to Political Analyst Acting USDA Chief Economist Gets Appointed Permanently AMI President Testifies on Hallmark/Westland Issues to Senate Subcommittee Schafer: Agriculture's Boom Spearheaded by Trade Rogue Trader Blamed for Huge Swings in Wheat Market 2008 Policy Goals Outlined by NCGA, ASA Andean Trade Act Granted Extension by House Saudi Arabia is Halting Wheat Production New Farm Bill Still Expected by Corn Growers Congress Still Negotiating Farm Bill Number New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta Winter Weather Just Won't Quit The World Needs U.S. Wheat Ethanol Industry Outlook Released Policy Expert Says Hillary Clinton Best for Agriculture Seed May be in Short Supply Doha Will Impact Future Negotiations LMA Asks High Court to Hear Horse Plant's Case Corn Acres Stampede Back to Soybeans Seed Contamination Poses No Risk Prices Should Strengthen Despite Corn Stocks Tightening Presidential Cabinet Members will Participate in WIREC U.S. Extension Service Extends Its Reach With eXtension Web Portal Good Years Ahead for U.S. Agriculture Distiller Grains Exports Nearly Double U.S. Grain Supply is Being Strained by Demand Expect 2008 U.S. Ag Exports to Shatter 2007 Record Advisory Committee Announced by EPA This Week is the Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum Castro Resignation Discussed by NASDA President Senate Receives Counter-offer from House Smithfield Begins Sow Reduction Weather Cycles Could be Responsible for Increased Corn Yield Trends Magellan, Buckeye Partners Studying Midwest Ethanol Pipeline Argentine Crop Yields Down from Dryness Record Number of Hogs Coming From Canada Winter Weather Has Helped Western Water Situation Ag Secretary Thanks State Ag Departments Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Senate Makes Funding Proposal Doubts Raised About Recent Global Warming Studies Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Farm Bill Moving Forward Showcase of Biobased Products Scheduled Finding a Final Number for Funding the Farm Bill House Framework Rejected by Agriculture Groups Winter Weather Could Cause Problems for Wheat USTR Files Appeal to WTO Net Farm Income Will Likely Set Record House Releases Framework for Farm Bill Soybeans Continue to Stay Strong Korean Beef Trade May Resume Soon USDA Releases Advance Copy of 10-Year Projections Brazil May Extend Wheat Tax Exemption Renewable Energy Backers Dispute Findings Farm Numbers Shrink as Size Increases WTO Deadline Approaches for U.S. Appeal New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade Last Minute Rule Proposed by GIPSA USDA Provides Update on Meat Packing Investigation Second Round of Census Forms to be Mailed Officials Oppose Sugar Proposals NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff Three Wheat Exchanges Raise Price Limits — Again Cattle Market Will be Dominated in 2008 by Corn Prices Farm Bill Falls Short According to Corn Growers Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit Brazil Cuts Wheat Import Tax Harkin Pushing Forward With Farm Bill Supply-Demand Forecasts Come Out Friday Opinion: The Biofuel Smear Campaign Ag Commissioners Meeting Will Focus on Farm Bill Conference Committee Next Stop for Pay Limits President of American Farmland Trust Stepping Down Higher Energy Balance for Biodiesel Bush Renews Veto Threat Corn Sales Explode in Argentina Hallmark/Westland Meat Company Suspension Disappointment in Proposed Budget Farm Worker Program Changes on the Way Solution to Energy Independence Is At Local Level Winter Storm Moves Across the U.S. Fuel Quality Standards Met by Biodiesel New Biotech Beans Approved E. coli Vaccine Moves Closer Conference Members Named for Farm Bill Proposed Budget for USDA Released Dairy Herd Hits Growth Spurt in 2008 Producers Helped by Working Groups Brucellosis Free Status for U.S. Cattle Herd Dairy Disaster Assistance Sign-up Delayed Naturally Raised Comment Period Fresno County Dairy Finds Bovine TB A Special Tribute to Earl Butz Former Ag Secretary; Purdue Dean Butz Succumbs at 98 Census of Agriculture Deadline Fast Approaching Downturn of Cattle Cycle Financing Farm Bill is Still the Big Problem Energy From Wind Important to the Future Low Linolenic Soybeans Market Expands Commercial American Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Expanding Loans and Grants Available for Rural Infrastructure Food Safety Oversight Report Farm Bill is First Priority for Schafer Possible Change to Ethanol Tariff Charges of Slaughterhouse Cruelty Being Investigated Funding for Cellulosic Ethanol Registries Reopened New Ag Secretary Meets with President Bush Wild Weather Conditions Bring Precipitation Reversal of Packer Price Reporting Ruling Naturally Raised Comment Period Extended Trade Talks Could Get Help from High Food Prices Target Set for WTO Trade Talks Merger Talks Between CME, Nymex Argentine Corn Yields Expected Lower Senate Confirms New Ag Secretary Ethanol May Suffer from Lack of Infrastructure National Farmers Union Urges Action Sign-up for Disaster Payments Conservation Program Offers Alternative Trim Risk of Forward Contracting Corn for Ethanol Not Much Effect from Economic Slowdown for Farm Prices Moth Eradication Gets Emergency Funding Congenial Hearing for Schafer Launch of Egg Web Site U.S. Beef Gains More Market Access Hearing to Confirm Schafer Promise Seen in New Biofuel Process Trade Could Be Compicated by Fire at CBOT Roundup Ready Faces Another Challenge NAFTA Rules Fine As Are Warm Spring Could be in Cards Changes in Minimal Risk Rules U.S. Gets Hit with Freezing Conditions TB Tests Come Back Positive Break is Over; Congress is Back Both Countries Benefit Milk Prices Off Record Pace in 2008 Lows Hold in Early Grain Market Trade Deal in WTO Still Possible Algeria Imports DDGS Acheson's Role Expanded by FDA Rising Food Prices Renewable Energy Conference Attracting Attention Helping Cold Stressed Livestock AgroFresh and Syngenta Form Alliance One Millionth Acre in CREP Deadline Passes for EU Response NPPC and NPB Reach Lease Agreement COOL Supported by AFBF Approval for Cloned Products from FDA Members Appointed to Biomass Advisory Committee New Farm Bureau Leadership Clone Announcement Receives Mixed Reviews Animal Welfare a Heated Issue Andersons Ends New Crop HTA Program Humane Society Joining Forces with Vet Group Get Farm Bill Done Quickly Confirmation Hearing for Schafer Scheduled National Pork Board CEO Resigns Delegation Goes to Mexico City on Trade Mission Automaker Investing in Ethanol Company Reopening of Key Meat Markets Expected Soon Canadian Cattle Case Sees Final Brief Filed GMO Disputes Could Escalate Chemical Standards Undergo a Change Tough Road Ahead for Farm Bill Compromise Will Doha Round Be Completed in 2008? Friday's Crop Reports Could Have Big Impact RMA Approves Biotech Yield Endorsement No Delay on EU Cage Ban Biodiesel Company Goes Belly Up Tornados and Flooding Hit U.S. 'Natural' Definition Not a Priority Extension of Deadline for Scholarship Applications European Trade Mission Biofuel Production to Benefit from E. Coli NGFA Warns Against Grain Standards for Distillers Grains Avian Flu Breakthrough Research on DDGS in Swine Rations Horse Transport Rule Proposed by USDA Administration Could be using Veto Threat for Negotiation Farm Bill Funding Deal Needed Expansion of Disaster Aid in Appropriations Bill WTO Issues New Documents FDA Changes Leadership Merger of Energy Companies Closer NASS Administrator Retires Midwest and West Getting Hit with Bad Weather Dry Weather Ahead? NAFTA Implementation Completed USDA Chief Economist Steps Down Farm Loan Process Simplified Protecting U.S. Agriculture Crops Can Co-Exist for Food and Fuel Rising Retail Beef Prices Review of Soybean Rust Biodiesel Blending Begins in Brazil Less Corn; More Beans in 2008 Success Brings Criticism; Maybe Opportunity Numbers Higher than Expected in Hogs and Pigs Report Congress Makes Move to Secure Fertilizer More Winter Weather Debate Over Food Costs Not Just U.S. Issue Registry Closure Extended in Argentina Look for Census Packets in the Mail Next Week Cattle Inventories at Record High Congress Ag Leaders Confident about Farm Bill Conference Conference Bill Under Fire Funding for Rural Schools and Roads FSA Announces New Director A New Outlook Offers Insight to 2008 Many Hungry Depend on Food Aid Rural Development Initiative Grants Chosen Grants Available for Conservation Innovation Economic Impact Will be Felt from New Energy Bill China Gets New Ag Trade Office Changes to Biotech Alfalfa Regulations U.S. Will Continue to be Hit by Winter Weather Researchers Find New Swine Flu President Signs Energy Bill Anhydrous Could Hit $800 per Ton This Spring Payments for Natural Disasters Begin Animal ID Business Plan Introduced Alberta Finds New BSE Case Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Ruling Announced Energy Bill Headed to President Lease Laws Under Public Comment Energy Bill Signed Management Summit a Big Hit Canada Finds Another BSE Cow U.S. Programs Face New WTO Case Half of Animal Premises in Nebraska Registered Agreement Reached on Energy Loan Guarantee Pilgrim's CEO Suffers Stroke Argentine Corn Boosted by Rain International Fertilizer Prices Rocket Higher Corn Yield Contest Results Arrive Senate Finishes Farm Bill President Signs FTA with Peru Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Energy Bill Passed by Senate Limits on Farm Payments Rejected Omnibus Spending Bill Needs to Move Forward Request for Additional Aflatoxin Research Funds Farm Bill Debate is Over Cooperation Between U.S and China on Biofuels Subsidy Amendment Votes Scheduled Short-Term Extension to Farm Bill Sought Possible Movement on U.S.-Korea Beef Trade Failure of Grassley-Dorgan Amendment Survey Shows Fall Price Rally Lures More Acres Back to Corn Finally Action on Farm Bill Livestock Suffering from Storms Ban on Pork Plants Lifted by China Combination of Livestock and Ethanol Best for Rural Communities Appeal of Court Case Denied Demand Drives Record Fertilizer Prices Farm Bill Votes Likely U.S. Beef Could Gain Access to Russian Market Farm Bill Debate Finally Underway Senate Stops House-passed Energy Bill More Winter Weather on the Way Dried Distillers Grain May Impact E. coli Report Sees Little Correlation Between Corn and Food Prices Deal Struck by Senate on Farm Bill Senate Cloture Switches U.S. Delegation Discussing Economic Policy in Tokyo House Passes Energy Bill Barge Shortage, Fall Use Limit Spring Anhydrous Summit in Rome on Pesticides Advisory Board Appointed Outlook Murky for Farm Bill Farmers Change Crop Plans over High N Costs Overwhelming Passage of Peru Agreement in Senate Argentina Wheat Registry Stays Closed Beef Plants Being Scrutinized Applications Available for R-Calf Scholarship Peru FTA Has One More Hurdle No Countercyclical Payments Due to High Prices Unclear When Farm Bill Action Will Happen Senate Passes Peru Agreement Congress Returns, Uncertainty Remains More Frost Damage USDA Awards Grants Will You Get Anhydrous This Spring? Communications Director Named at USDA Farm Bill Debate Still Stalled Subsidy Deal Negotiated with China Blame Demand, Overseas Competition for Pricey Anhydrous Extra Meat Testing Concludes Compromise Close on Energy Bill Mato Grosso Soybean Planting Down Australian States Lift Biotech Ban Collins' Retirement Reaction Proposed Milk Rule Comment Period Possible Ethanol Pipeline in Nebraska Dairy Disaster Program Signup Announced Collins Retires from USDA WTO Postpones Overturn of Biotech Ban Potential Deal to Limit Farm Bill Amendments Oklahoma Rancher Resigns as NCBA President-Elect Winter Wheat Suffering from Dry Weather Seed Purchase Decisions Need to be Made with Refuge in Mind Colony Collapse Research Continues Nominations Needed for Disease Advisory Committee Brazil Makes Planting Progress Major Australia Supermarket Chain says 'No' to GMO Joint-Venture Aims for Biodiesel China to Import More Soybean Oil Argentina Concerned by Freeze Window Still Open for Farm Bill Outreach Grants Awarded by USDA Higher Cost for This Year's Thanksgiving Capping Farm Subsidies Possibility in Europe Winter Wheat Crop Conditions Slide Minimal Risk Rule for Canadian Cattle Goes Into Effect Election of FSA County Committees Extension Looked at in House Continued Stall of Farm Bill Worldwide Agriculture Meeting Beef Market Opens Wider to Philippines One-Year Extension of Current Farm Bill Proposed Cloture Vote Falls Short in Senate U.S. EPA Calls for Ag Nominations Vote for Cloture in Senate Japanese Prime Minister Visits Washington Quantity Loss Signup Underway WTO Complaint Against U.S. Compromises on Farm Bill Amendments Finishing Farm Bill Emphasized by Conner A Fertilizer Power Play Ethanol Industry Fights Back New WTO Trade Text Released Long Shot to Complete Energy Bill This Year Winter Wheat Taking a Hit from Drought-Like Conditions Show-Me a World Record Extending Current Farm Bill May Happen Biobased Product Expo Part of Farm Bill Buyout Offer Made to Cagle's Companion Food Safety Initiative Released With Import Safety Plan Farm Bill Goes Nowhere Commodity Prices Affected by Oil Costs Biobased Products Acquisition Procedures Changed Wait for Lock Modernization Ends With Veto Override Changes to USDA Farm Loan Program Peru Free Trade Agreement Receives Positive Reaction Hearing on Meat Recalls WRDA Override Completed by Senate House Passes Peru FTA WTO Has Seen Progress Whole Genome Animal Selection Research Funded by USDA Procedural Debate Stalls Senate High Food Prices Tied to Crop Prices says FAO WRDA Veto Overriden by House Day Two of Farm Debate Dominated by Amendments and Administration Import Safety Group Releases Action Plan Successful Trip to Colombia Debate Finally Begins on Farm Bill Planting Moving Ahead in South America Beef Exports to Middle East Look Promising Farm Bill Taken Up by Senate Expect Vote to Override WRDA Veto More Testing of Canadian Meat and Poultry Imports Ag Secretary Confirmation Pushed to Back Burner Some Progress Made in Beef Trade with Asia Higher Ethanol Blends Requested Time to Vote for FSA Committees Bush Halts WRDA Ag Secretary Position Goes to Ed Schafer Pending Free Trade Agreements Moving Forward Red Meat Targeted by Cancer Report European Commission is Handed Back Biotech Ban Decision Renewable Fuels Have Support of Americans UN Official's Statements Outrage NCGA Schafer Nominated for Secretary of Agriculture Getting Ready to Send Contract Payments for CSP ABARE Makes Official Wheat Estimate Beef Demand High in Spite of Prices Attempt to Limit FSA Closures Census of Agriculture Partnership with FFA UN Official Calls for Halt in Biofuels Production Congressional Delegation Traveling to Columbia Senate Farm Bill Garners Varied Reaction Sneak Peak at U.S. Winter Wheat Conditions Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill Committee Mark-up of Farm Bill Has Begun Europe Approves Corn Traits for Import President Must Decide Course of Action on WRDA Groups Agree to Compromise on Interstate Meat Sales Priorities of New Farm Bill Concern ASA Alternative Farm Policy Legislation is 'FRESH' FSIS Being Aggressive Fighting E. Coli Producers Welcoming a Change in the Weather Committee Mark-up won't Include Payment Limitation Amendment Conference on Energy Bill is Getting Closer Drop in Fuel Prices Not Likely Conner Wants Action on Farm Bill Renewable Fuels Take Center Stage at World Food Prize Reversal of Corn Shift May Happen in 2008 Grass-Fed Label Standards Released Senate Farm Bill is Encouraging to Conner Brazilian Soy Crop Estimated as New Record Beginning Farmer Programs Need Goals CRP Back to Production Due to Wheat Prices StarLink Testing May End Safety Approval Granted to E85 Pumps Advisory Committee Gives Agriculture a Voice at EPA Farm Bill Deal Reached 25x'25 Energy Goal Passes House Australian Drought May Result in Early Grain Imports for Cattle Feed Construction Delayed on Minnesota Ethanol Plant Exports of Soybeans Set New Record Oct. 17 is "Commit to Conservation" Call-in Day Carbon Program Enrolls More than 2.5 Million Acres BSE Minimal Risk Rule Gains More Opponents Cornfields Are At Risk From Aflatoxin Japanese Groups Lobby Australian States over Biotech South Korean Beef Trade is Not Progressing Lowered Wheat Stocks Harkin's Delay Defended by Grassley Ag Processors Raises Offer to Acquire AGP U.S. Confident About Doha Invasive Pest Studies to be Funded by USDA. Senate Decision on Peru Will Be Made Soon Expect Fertilizer Costs to Stay High as Natural Gas Prices Go Lower Senate Race Adds Former Agriculture Secretary Water Quality, Quantity Issues Related to Increased Biofuels Missouri Soybean Grower Sets New Soybean Yield Record North Carolina Added to the Rust List Agribusinesses Targeted by Environmental Group Success of Doha May Hinge on Smaller Meetings Review of EPA Dust Rule Requested by Ag Groups New Program Will Find Average Price for E85 Congress Moves to Block Imports of Canadian Cattle Rust Spores Scattered Across Midwest by Weekend Storms Time is Running Out for Australian Wheat Crop Beef Talks Scheduled in Seoul APHIS Biotech Rice Investigation is Concluded Renewable Energy Conference Planning Has Begun New Rust Discoveries Keep Popping Up Farm Bill Delayed But Ag Tax Package Passes Domestic Supports Reported to WTO Johanns Ready for Senate Run Economic Impact of Meat Recall Forces Topps Out of Business U.S. Agriculture May be Vulnerable According to GAO Report Interstate Meat Sales Provision Backed by NASDA and NFU Another Drop in Expectations for Australian Wheat Crop Farm Bill Action in the Senate is Delayed WTO Talks Making Progress Possible Action on Senate Farm Bill U.S. and Canadian Wheat Headed for Iraq China Corn Tour Final Numbers Are As Expected Pork Center Developing Swine Schools Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Awarded by USDA Construction Halted on Ethanol Plant Meeting to Improve Import Safety Good Conditions in Argentina Aiding Planting Explosion of Soybean Rust Discoveries Climate Change Conference Addressed by President Bush Brazilian Soybean Growers Worried by Lack of Rain It's Congress' Move on Peru FTA No Early Release of CRP Groups Display Different Perspectives on Peru FTA Long-Term Extension of Farm Bill Not Favored by Farm Bureau Lower Production Seen on USGC China Corn Tour Washington Hosts Global Climate Change Conference White House's Move on Peru FTA Expansion Pace is Increased by Pork Producers Mandatory Set-Aside Discontinued by EU Poor Wheat Crop Expected by Australian Ag Minister Soybean Rust Continues to Spread Federal Funding to Improve Food Safety Electric Loans Totaling $223 Million Issued by USDA U.S. Cattle Welcomed Back to Panama Record May Be Set by Brazil's New Soybean Crop Long Road Ahead for WRDA USDA's Priorities Laid Out By Acting Ag Secretary Ramp Up of Chinese Feed Demand WTO Rules on Rice Dispute in Favor of U.S. Senate Committee Passes Peru Trade Agreement Kansas Latest Site of Soybean Rust Confirmation Swift and Positive Reaction Toward Johanns After Resignation National Food Safety Framework Outlined in Harkin Bill Chinese Duty on Soybeans May Be Temporarily Reduced USDA Awards $22.7 Million in Grants U.S. Amenable to WTO Subsidy Cap Safety Net in Farm Bill Extension worries NAWG Farmers Will Benefit From Lower Interest Rates Possible Month Extension on Farm Bill Johanns Running for Senate Seat U.S. Wheat Could Reach New Highs; But Australia is Major Factor Ethanol Has Little To Do With Higher Food Prices Weekend Freeze May Cause Yield Losses Soybean Rust Spreading Farther North and West Than in the Past AWB Faces Class Action Suit GMO-free Regions Ruled Illegal USDA's Minimal Risk BSE Rule Results in Different Opinions Set-aside Reduction in EU Proposed to Boost Grain Production Thirty-three Directors Appointed to United Soybean Board Lower Ethanol Consumtion of Corn Balanced By Export Demand Final BSE Minimal-Risk Rule Released by USDA U.S. Soybean Harvest Off To Slow Start No Comment from Ag Secretary on Possible Senate Run U.S. Korea Making Progress on Beef Trade Issue EU Trade Commissioner Says Doha Must Get Done This Fall Tax Credits May Provide Farm Bill Funds USDA Seeking Comments on Climate Change Report Estimates Released on Australian Wheat Crop Free Trade Agreements Could Increase Exports Faster Better Outlook For This Year's Brazilian Wheat Crop Chinese Government Says It Will Not Interfere With Soybean Imports Winter Wheat Seeding Already Underway in Western Canada Biodiesel Makes Big Jump in Soyoil Consumption Factors May Push Beans Above $10 Biotechnology Issues Addressed in Belgium Bee Disappearance May Be Result of Israeli Virus USDA Begins Countercyclical Payments Feed Grain Exports Impact Record Ag Exports Lamy Says Talks Need Final Push Farmers May Need to Update GPS Equipment WTO Restarts Doha Trade Talks 2008 E85 Compatible Vehicles Announced Commodity Group Lays Out Legislative Priorities Scientists Worry Over Livestock Breed Loss Congress Faces Full Plate as Fall Session Begins NGFA: Release CRP Acres for More Planting Australia Takes Stab at New Single Desk Entity Mark Your Calendar for October 15 for Disaster Payment Sign-up Pressure Mounts on World Stage New Japanese Farm Minister Named Japan's Latest Ag Minister Quits Over Subsidy Scandal India Seeks More Wheat Ag Trade to Set new Records, USDA Says USDA Issues Grants to Promote Rural Development Demerger Idea Dumped by Former Australian Wheat Board Grains Council Tech Tours Promote Biotech, DDGS Corn Growers Remind Farmers to Keep Pressure on Congress Tally of Soybean Rust-Infected Areas Spreads Farm Bill Income Limits Remain a Hot Topic in 2007 Debate Special Report: ID-INFO Expo in Kansas City Report: Beginning Farmers Need Help Farmers Urged to Turn to Biodiesel for Harvest Wheat Buyers Talk About Plans Court Favors Rule 1 on Minimal Risk Standard Ag Secretary Talks Trade at Farm Progress Show The World's Fair of Agriculture Opens Today Making the Farm Bill Debate a Wacky Film Escapade New Survey Shows Fight for Acres Ahead in 2008 Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Strikes German Farm South Korea Restarts Beef Inspections Biofuel Boom Gets Business Analyst Review Ag Holds Trade Negotiation Key APHIS Tests Radio Tags for Animal ID More U.S. Farm Products to China? Anhydrous Facilities Could Get Help Secretary of Agriculture Travels to Farm Progress Show Next Week Senator Proposes Trust Fund for Conservation Exports of U.S. Soybeans to China Questioned Soy Crop Could be Threatened by Flooding NCGA Backs Durbin-Brown Measure Do Tropical Storms Raise Rust Risk? Winter Wheat Acres Could Rise Futures Jump on Export Demand Korea-U.S. Beef Decision Could Come Soon Suspected Human BSE Case Refuted Rising Prices Give Ag Exports a Boost Iowa Expected to Lead Corn Crop at 2.5 Billion Bushels Ethanol Margins Not Seen Improving Ag Agency Aims to Be Better User of Resources Charity Group Turns Down U.S. Food Aid Watch Out for Early Freeze South Korea Mulls U.S. Beef Imports WTO Leader Speaks on Value of Global Trade Trading Group Sees Drop in Euro Crop Water Experts Warn of Biofuel Side Effects Imminent Immigrant Crackdown Worries Producers Barge Rates Hit Yearly Highs E-85 Pump Certification Moves Forward NCGA: Farm Bill Should Reflect Risks Get a Nutrient Profile Before Feeding DDGs How Can the Farm Bill Help New Farmers? Farm Groups Join Sustainability Initiative Corn Harvest Gets Started in South USDA Relaxes Insurance Rule Watch for Variations in Corn Hybrids Department of Energy Releases 2008 Fuel Projections What's in Store for Wheat in Doha Talks? Foot and Mouth Fears Easing in U.K. Agri-Industry Council Holds First Meeting Soil Erosion Down on Corn Acres Crop Report Forecasts Corn Crop at 13.1 Billion Bushels EPA Decides Against Special Review of Herbicide How Would the U.S. Handle an FMD Outbreak? Consultant Forecasts Big Land Turnover USDA, Angus Association Partner on Animal ID Report: EU Agriculture Outlook Generally Positive Johanns Announces Additional CSP Funding Researchers Track Global Warming's Affects on Corn Belt Japan May Loosen Beef Restrictions Decision Keeps Canadian Barley in Canada Don't Panic about Foot-and-mouth Farm Futures Estimates Record Corn Crop for 2007 Despite Problems Foot and Mouth Hits U.K. House Bill Takes from Oil, Gives to Renewables House Passes WRDA Rust-resistant Soybeans Could be in the Cards 2006 Sees New Highs in Production Costs Beef Talks May Face New Hurdles GAO Report Critiques Animal ID USDA Announces $35 Million for Bovine TB Eradication U.S. and China Discuss Food Safety Divisive Tax Provision Could Appear in Senate Farm Bill Biofuels Draw Investors to Commodities Renewable Fuels Standards Draw Support for Alternative Feedstocks Report: Nation's Estuaries in Danger Congress to Act on WRDA Conference Report Farm Groups React to House Bill Ag Climatologist Predicts Corn Yield Above Trend WTO Ruling Rubs Cotton the Wrong Way Farm Bill Moves Towards Vote Amid Threats Committee to Put Together Final WRDA Bill House Passes Farm Bill Senate Farm Bill Could Be Divergent Lamy Urges September Negotiations Soybean Rust Could Reach Iowa or Illinois Durbin and Brown Propose Revenue-based Supports Administration Threatens Farm Bill Veto GAO and Senate Find Farm Payment Problems National Corn Yield Contest Deadline Approaches Korea to Decide on Bone-in Beef Kind-Flake Bill Draws Fire The Corn Grower's Farm Bill Bill Aims to Boost Local Investment in Ethanol Plants Crop Groups React to House Bill Higher Risks and Costs May Impact Cash Rents Glimmer of Hope Remains for WTO Talks Johanns Feeling Better about Farm Bill House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill House Ag Committee Advances COOL Compromise Legislation Funds Biodiesel Education Program Fungicides Best Left for Disease Prevention, Researchers Say USDA Looks to Add 100,000 Premises to Animal ID EPA Extends Compliance Deadlines for Feeding Operations 2007 Could Be Largest U.S. Corn Crop Ever Oats in Transition Farm Bill Draft Ups Specialty Crop Funds Johanns Unhappy with House Farm Bill Borlaug Gets Congressional Medal for Work in Agriculture USDA Shifts Import Process for Fruits and Vegetables Ag Committee Mulls $1 Million Eligibility Cap Crop Inspections at U.S. Ports Hits Low $100 Billion Invested in Renewables Globally China Suspends Some U.S. Meats Johanns Takes Issue with Peterson's Bill EPA to Form Ag Advisory Board Study: No-till Can Turn Higher Profits AFBF to Back U.S.-Korea FTA - if Beef Trade Resumes Brazil Joins Canada in WTO Complaint Against U.S. USDA Lowers Winter Wheat Production Forecast APHIS Releases Potential Biotech Regulation Changes Bill Focuses on Ag Industry Concentration Country-of-origin Labeling Debate Heats Up Brazil to Join Complaint Against U.S. Subsidies CBOT Shareholders Approve CME Merger AFBF Says Ethanol Isn't Behind Food Price Hikes Conservation Districts Ask for New Farm Bill Language Report: Global Biofuel Output to Double by 2012 More Food Research Funding Needed, Ag Groups Say APEC Ministers Consider Trade Talks China, Taiwan, Japan Remain Strong Trading Partners for Corn Cattle Producers Oppose Ethanol Mandates Grain Groups Defend Current Standards for Soybeans Johanns Optimistic about Farm Bill, Corn Plantings G10 Countries Call for Wider WTO Ag Talk Participation Panama FTA Could Boost Ag Exports Corn's Days Powering Ethanol Numbered? More Producers Feeding Co-products, Study Finds Wheat Harvest Could Feel Failure of Immigration Bill Full Beef Imports May Be Needed for Korea FTA Lamy: Doha Success Requires Only Small Concessions Peterson to Propose Cuts in Crop Insurance U.S. Beef Returning to China? Report: Ag Exports Reach Record in 2006 Johanns Speaks for Trade Promotion Authority OPEC Resists Biofuels, 'NOPEC' Bill Corn Plantings Up to 92.9 Million Acres Immigration Bill Fails Test Vote Senate Immigration Bill Survives Another Day Chinese Government: Exports are Safe Harkin Calls for Scaled Down Subsidies World Organization for Agriculture Calls for New Approach Jointly Labeled Chemicals Slow to Reach Market EU Wrestles with GM Corn Decision South Korea Lifts Meat Plant Suspensions Company to Produce First Synthetic Fuels Bill Would Help Meat Cross State Lines Peterson: Don't Expect Payment Limits in Farm Bill Schwab: China Should Make a Move in Trade Talks Senate Passes Fuel Efficiency Reform Amendment Senate Passes Energy Bill Thousands of Producers Could Re-Enroll CRP Acres NCGA: Don't Blame U.S. Farm Programs for Doha Failure Senate Energy Bill Moves Forward Schwab and Johanns Disappointed with Doha Progress Report Examines Impacts of Safety Net Tweaks WTO U.S. Subsidy Complaint Delayed Bill Would Fund Renewable Fuels Education EU and OPEC Discuss Biofuels Johanns Unhappy With Subcommittee Subsidy Decision Powerful Lobbies Fight Energy Bill Engineers Challenged for 21st Century Soybean Growers Back Farm Bill Draft House Subcommittee Votes to Renew 2002 Subsidy Program USDA Accepting FSA Candidate Nominations U.S. Food Scientist Wins World Food Prize Bush Ups Immigration Bill Support Ethanol Profits May Shrink on Supply Glut Nitrogen Flows from Corn Belt to the Gulf Biodiesel Board Backs Bipartisan Bill Biodiesel to Get Boost from New Measure Study Points Out Energy Cost Role in Rising Food Prices EPA, Purdue to Study Livestock Emissions U.S. EPA Fires Up New Web Site with Ag-Related Regulations Conservation Technologies Get a Boost Energy Bill Gets Groups' Support Japan Loosens Inspection Rules for U.S. Beef Grain Market Volatility to Continue Subsidy Database Back, Bigger Than Ever USDA, DOE Announce Biomass Research Support Egypt Rejects Wheat Shipment Ag Secretary Wants Program Changes Biofuels Blamed for Rising Food Prices Beef Recall Grows to 5.7 Million Pounds Analysts Weigh in About Argentine Wheat GAO Report Says DOE not Ready for Biofuels Organic 'Exceptions' Worry Enthusiasts House Committee Hears Concerns of Small Farms GAO Recommends Crop Insurance Change in Farm Bill Immigration Bill Fails to Muster Support in Senate Canada Drops Allegations Against U.S. Corn EPA Seeks Farmer Input International Monetary Fund President: G8 Should Open Ag Markets Farm Bill Moves Forward in House NCGA: U.S., Brazil Share Ethanol Interests Korea Beef Ban Lightened Rahall Energy Bill Becoming Contentious Issue Report Reviews Ethanol's Impacts U.S. Growers Criticize Doha "Challenge Paper" Will 2007 Farm Bill Include Direct Payments? South Korea Bans U.S. Beef Again U.S. and China to Develop Non-Grain Biofuels Meeting of Americas Likely to Include Energy Discussions Scientists Work on First U.S.-produced FMD Vaccine Cattle Groups React to Beef Merger NCGA Finds Fault in Clean Water Act Legislation Department of Justice Approves Cotton Acquisition Feed Recalled Due to Melamine Former Senators Dole and Daschle: Eliminate Direct Payments ICE Says It Has Entered Agreement with CBOT USDA to Appeal Voluntary BSE Testing Decision Chinese Deflect Blame in Melamine Incident Weather Gives Spring Wheat a Boost Japan's Ag Minister Commits Suicide S. Korea Ready to Discuss Full Beef Imports Senate Bill Provides Support for Cellulosic Ethanol Acquisition to Create World's Largest Beef Processor Will President Sign Ag Disaster Aid? U.S. and China Meet on Food Safety Measures U.S.-S. Korea Free Trade Agreement Biggest Ever for Pork House Subcommittee Releases Draft Dairy Bill House Votes to Allow U.S. to Sue OPEC Ag Workers Program Figures into Immigration Reform Biotech Group Takes Steps to Minimize Trade Disruptions Cattle Groups Respond to OIE Decision Farm Bill Draft Gets Conservation, Energy Amendments NCGA: DDGS Market Gaining Structure R-CALF, Others to Congress: Fund COOL Avian Flu May Be Nearing End of Natural Cycle OIE Classifies U.S. as 'Controlled Risk' for BSE Money Shifts in Farm Bill Conservation Title Producers Say Feedstocks Limit Biofuel Capacity Legislators Introduce 'Other' Farm Bills South Korean Parliament Looks to Tighten Beef Safety House Ag Committee Adopts 25x'25 Resolution USDA Releases Poultry from Quarantine New Bill Aims to Help Beginning Farmers Grain Transportation Changing with Expansion of Ethanol Industry WRDA Moves Forward USDA to Release Swine from Quarantine Senators Introduce Farm-to-Fuel Investment Act Korea Finding No Fault in U.S. Beef Shipments Wheat Growers Happy with Food Aid Policy Congressional Deal May Allow for Bilateral Trade Agreements Federal Agencies to Work on Lowering Vehicle Emissions Panama Canal Shipping Charges Increase Ethanol Producers' Earnings Come Up Short Johanns Announces New Doha Negotiator Johanns Outlines Trade Proposals for Farm Bill Japan Defends Restrictions on U.S. Beef Asian Soybean Rust Strikes Early in Deep South Schwab: Market Access Is Key to Doha Legislators Consider Separate Ag Disaster Aid Bill Storms Slow Down Barge and Rail Routes USDA and EPA Cooperate for Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Delays in Western Corn Belt Plantings a Concern Brazil Corn Crop Expected to Top Records Developing Countries See Imbalance WTO Ag Proposals U.S.-Mexico Committee Meets on Agriculture USDA Specialty Crops Proposal Focuses on Research and Development 1,200th E85 Location Opens USDA Begins to Release Swine and Poultry from Quarantine Could Organic Ag Help Feed Africa? Justice Department Clears Meat Merger UN Panel: Cost of Combating Global Warming Manageable Court Rules Against USDA in Alfalfa Case Pilot Projects Bode Well for National Animal ID GAO: Crop Insurance Program Still Vulnerable BSE Found in Canada Renewable Fuels Legislations Moves on in Senate Railroad Companies to Refuse New-Tech Corn House Holds Crop Insurance Hearings Korean Customers Begin Buying U.S. Beef this Week Administration Takes Issue With Disaster Aid Add-ons Web Sites Help Motorists Locate E85 Stations USDA and FDA Trace Melamine to Poultry Feed Minneapolis Grain Exchange Sets Monthly Volume Record EU Looks to Institute Environmental Certification for Biofuel Imports NRCS Presents Excellence in Conservation Award GAO: Food Safety Oversight Needs Work USDA and FDA: Likeliness of Illness from Eating Pork Very Low Oilseed Processor Loses on Soy Futures South Korea Accepts U.S. Beef Shipment FDA and USDA: Thousands of Swine Ate Contaminated Feed House Passes Spending Bill Fungus May Be Linked to Bee Colony Collapses Peterson: Keep Money in Commodity Title FDA to Begin Testing for Melamine FAO: Rural Development Could Benefit from Bioenergy Groups Back Durbin for Sugar Reform Lamy: U.S. Needs to Do Its Part for Doha AFBF Recommends Continued Safety Net Johanns Declares Progress in U.S.-Japan Beef Talks U.S. and Japan Still Deadlocked on Beef USDA Database Leaks 38,700 Individuals' Data Freeze Damage to Wheat May Prompt Replanting Democrats Receive More Contributions from Agricultural Groups Wheat Industry Gathers for Summit WRDA Easily Wins House Vote Administration Calls for WRDA Rejection Farm Disaster Aid Faces Veto Threat Farmers Taking Advantage of CSP U.S. Food Aid Program Needs Boost, GAO Says Panel Says Organic Label Should Not Include Clones USDA Says Conservation Title Due in Congress 'Next Week' Lamy Optimistic About Agriculture Negotiations Venture Gets Tax Break to Produce Biodiesel from Animals Fats U.S. Farmers Target Australian Wheat Seller with Lawsuit Johanns: Remember WTO in Farm Bill Johanns Outlines Proposals to Help Beginning Farmers Groups Look into Habitat Credit Trading Study: Agricultural Concentration Increasing USDA Announces $12.8 Million for Rural Development Amazon Soy Port Reopens CBOT to Host Ethanol Futures Seminars Major WTO Players Set December Doha Deadline EPA Issues New Ethanol Emissions Rule Chavez Threatens to Block U.S.-Brazil Ethanol Deal Meeting on CME-CBOT Merger Delayed WTO: Economic Expansion of 2006 Likely to Slow This Year Ag Policy Group Criticizes USDA Farm Bill Proposal EPA Signs Renewable Fuels Standard USDA Aims to Streamline Conservation Programs Corn Demand Could Further Trim Durum Supply Cuba, Venezuela Object to U.S. Biofuel Support Russia Places Partial Ban on Meat Imports Legislators Are Remembering Biodiesel Cold Weather Could Impact Corn Acres Japan Halts Imports from Third U.S. Meat Plant Freeze a Concern for U.S. Wheat Indy Racers to Talk Ethanol at National Press Event Johanns Calls for More Efficient Rural Development Johanns Expresses Support for U.S.-Korea Trade Deal U.S. Producers Eye New Markets in South Korea Maize Genetics Conference Shows Scientists Are Cooperating Wheat Farmers Watch the Weather NCGA: Over 17 Million Tons of DDGS Likely in 2007/08 2007 Could Be a Rough Year for Hurricanes National Security Rule May Impact Pesticides and Fertilizers Europe Reaps Benefits from Bt Corn, Study Says FAO Warns of Continuing Bird Flu Threat FSIS Suspends 'Limited' and 'Minimal' Inspection Trade Deal Hinges on Beef Johanns: USDA Not Lifting CRP Release Penalties U.S. and South Korea Agree to Trade Deal Cloning Comment Period Extended WRDA Moves Out of Committee in Senate Judge Rules in Favor of Private BSE Testing USDA Report: Corn Acreage to Top 90 Million Congresswoman Challenges USDA Risk-based Meat Inspection ASA Outlines Farm Bill Safety Net Ideas to Congress CBOT to Launch Smaller Ag Contracts Electronically NCGA Outlines Farm Bill Proposal to House Committee Pew Initiative and APHIS Discuss Biotech Regulation Will Biofuel Drive Up Food Prices? President Bush Speaks at NCBA Conference Bush Boasts of Biofuel's Benefits No-till Corn Acreage Increasing USDA Awards $5 Million for Ag Air Quality Bush, Automakers Back E85 U.S.-South Korea Trade Talks Near Deadline NCGA: Biotech Trait not Approved in Japan Farm Credit Set to Meet with Congress Johanns Outlines Nutrition Goals Brazil Shuts Down Amazon Soy Port USDA Identifies GMO in Contaminated Rice NCGA Pushes Congress to Fund Research Senate Committee Approves Disaster Aid, MILC Extension New Line of Durum to Help Scab Resistance Research House Dems Add Farm Aid to Iraq Funding Bill Johanns Outlines USDA Renewable Energy Proposals House Subcommittee Discusses Future of Rural Development New Food Industry Group to Address Consumer Skepticism Developing Countries Discuss Free Trade Senators Propose $250,000 Farm Payment Cap Johanns Announces Grants for Woody Biomass Projects EU Removes Five GM Corn and Rapeseed Varieties EAT Healthy America Act Draws Support New Barley Varieties Resist Aphids Legislation Adopts Energy Independence Proposals Study: Global Warming Is Damaging Yields ICE Attempts to Buy CBOT Harkin Calls on USDA to Modify Crop Insurance Harkin Looks for More Farm Bill Money Soybean Farmers Talk Biodiesel in D.C. U.S. and South Korea Talk Beef Switchgrass: Ideal for Biofuel? Hard Red Wheat Dormancy Coming to a Close Commission Favors Suspension of California GM Rice Test Plots Mexico Closes Border to U.S. GM Rice FAPRI Expects Bioenergy Profits to Fade WRDA on the Move in Congress CME and CBOT Working on Merger NCGA Plugs Proposal at Farm Bill Forum Government Ups Bird Flu Measures Bill Encourages Fishery Development Indonesia and Brazil to Sign Agribusiness and Biofuel Agreement Aflatoxin Research Progresses Johanns Signs Assistance Agreement with FAO Farm Futures Survey Projects Highest Corn Plantings Since 1946 Soybean Rust Found in Iowa Bin Glyphosate Resistance Makes Volunteer Corn Control Tougher FDA Calls for Better Fruit and Vegetable Safety U.S. and Brazil to Cooperate on Ethanol WTO and EU Leadership Speak on Doha E85 Report Returns Positive Results Online Tool Provides Sustainability and Management Help GAO Report: Congress Plays Crucial Doha Role Legislators Introduce Bill to Exempt Manure from Superfund Europe Aims for 20 x '20 on Two Counts Pork Producers Worry About Ethanol Expansion EU Commissioner Wants Better WTO Offers from U.S. and India Research Has Implications for Antibiotic Use in Poultry USDA Economist Sees Positive Global Picture CRP Enrollment Remains Steady NCGA Supports Revenue-based Safety Net Brazil Looking for Lower U.S. Ethanol Tariff U.S. and Mexico Renew Consultative Committee on Agriculture Rice Found with Biotech Content FAPRI Predicts 86.7 Million Corn Acres 2006 Ethanol Production Reaches 4.86 Billion Gallons Soy Yields Boom in Brazil FDA May Be Poised to Approve Cefquinome U.S. Could Get BSE Classification Upgrade Study Says Biotech Crops Help Environment USDA Updates Corn and Soy Forecasts USDA Explains Proposed Adjusted Gross Income Cap Trade Ambassador Outlines Priorities Harkin Backs 25x'25 Action Plan Soy Leaders Roll Out Vision for 2020 New USDA Ag Export Estimate: $78 Billion DOE to Invest $385 Million in Biorefineries Computer Problems Plague Farm Services Agency Offices Corn Growers Consider Market-based Target Price Stenholm: Adjusted Gross Income Test Will Be Tough to Implement 25 X '25 Plan Presented to Congress CWB Analyst Projects Wheat Production Jump NCGA Announces DDGS Report AFBF Corn for Ethanol Projections Higher than USDA's APHIS Delays Fees for Canadian Produce Doane Survey Estimates Corn at 89.8 Million Acres USDA, FDA Schedule Public Meeting on Food Additives WTO Director Urges Speedier Bilateral Talks NCGA to Release New Publication at Commodity Classic IGC World Wheat Projection Up Barge Traffic Picks Up Corn Growers File Antitrust Suit CME Announces Electronic Hog and Cattle Trading Federal Renewable Energy Standard Gains Momentum Senators Vow to Defend Farm Subsidies Against Cuts USDA Establishes Meat Inspection Timeline Biofuels Expansion is Transforming Livestock Industry U.S. Unsure About Beef Age Violation in Shipment to Japan Soy Meal Picks Up Aquaculture Market U.S. Getting More Oil from Africa than Middle East Farmland Prices Climb with Corn FFA Encourages Conservation Service Analysts Differ on Corn and Ethanol Projections U.S. Red Meat Exports Up in 2006 USDA Wants Beef Talks with Japan New Meat Inspection Rules to Be Risk-Based EU to Cut CO2 Emission 20% by 2020 Bill Seeks to Expand Ag Trade with Cuba USDA Releases Livestock Report Flinchbaugh: Trade Deal Is 'This Close to a Breakthrough' Year's First Soybean Rust Appears College Students to Attend USDA Forum Johanns Sees Viable Cellulosic Ethanol on Horizon Legislation Calls for Consolidated Food Safety Agency House Ag and Budget Committee Members Talk Farm Bill USDA Projections Show Strong Farm Economy House Ag Committee Discusses USDA Farm Bill Proposals USDA Predicts Long-Term Corn Crop Expansion USGC, NCGA: Tortilla Prices Due to Supply, Not Ethanol U.S. and South Korea Continue Free Trade Talks Record Corn Crops Possible in South America Grassley Predicts Lower Farm Bill Spending in 2007 European Community Pushes for 'Doha Friendly' Farm Bill New Bill Would Limit Antibiotic Use NASA Warns of Drier Times Ahead Schwab Lobbies for Bush Trade Authority House Approves Renewable Fuels Bill EU Ag Commissioner Visits Washington Soybean Growers Make Farm Bill Recommendations Effort Aims to Push Ethanol Use in the Americas U.S.-South Korea Beef Talks Fall Short U.S. Cattle Groups React to BSE Case in Canada League of Rural Voters Unhappy With Budget Proposal Officials Confirm BSE in Canada CRP Decision to Come by Summer Administration Looks to Add Barge User Fee U.S., South Korea Meet on Beef Imports Crop Organizations Concerned about USDA Budget Request France Resists U.S.-EU Ag Trade Concessions Greenpeace Brings Petition Against GM Products in EU How Will the Farm Bill Address Food vs. Fuel? European Commission Protests Bird Flu Trade Bans WTO Agricultural Committee to Meet Informally Groups React to USDA Budget Request U.S. and South Korea Finally Meet on Beef Bird Flu Hits Europe's Largest Turkey Producer NCBA Holds Annual Meeting Johanns Outlines USDA '08 Budget Request Aphid Population Likely to Boom Crop Insurance Premiums Likely to Rise in 2007 UN Panel Predicts Worsening Climate Problems Farm Bill Booster Talks to Cattle Producers House Panel Approves Biofuels Bill Farm Groups React to USDA Farm Bill Proposal Second Producer to Phase Out Sow Gestation Stalls Energy Experts Call for Ethanol Subsidy Restructuring Yale Study Supports Virus as Encephalopathy Cause EPA Releases Atrazine Watershed Monitoring Information Schwab Sees No Imminent WTO Deal Schwab to Give Keynote Address at Commodity Classic USDA Announces Farm Bill Proposals RFA Testifies in Support of Fuels Infrastructure Bill Johanns Announces $6.4 Million for Rural Development Soy Checkoff, USDA Partner to Watch for Soybean Rust R-CALF Urges Market Competition Reform Iowa Farm Progress Show Location Announced WTO Talks to Resume Without New Offers Clone Labeling Debate Heats Up Veal Company to Eliminate Tethering South Korea to Discuss U.S. Beef Next Month Farm Futures Survey Confirms Acreage Shift Senate Ag Chair Testifies on Conservation Programs Beef Checkoff Support Evident in Gallup Poll Study: Crop Insurance Premiums and Coverage to Rise Hungary Confirms H5N1 Avian Flu Schwab Looks to Advance Doha Round Renewable Fuels Association Poll Shows Ethanol Support USDA to Propose $1.6 Billion for Renewable Energy Groups, Legislators React to Bush's Energy Proposal Bush's Energy Proposal Requires Cellulosic Ethanol Development Bush Calls for Lower Gasoline Consumption New Survey Shows Drivers Uneducated on Biofuels U.S. and EU Trade Talks Have Doha Implications Alternative Fuels Becoming More Cost-Competitive Market Forecast Has Wind Power Increasing 26% in 2007 Program Researches Soy Benefits for Human Health Meat Export Federation Explores Russian Beef Market Informa Forecasts Corn Up Over 7 Million Acres New Alliance Weighs in on Farm Bill European Farmers Receive $143 Per Acre for 'Energy' Crops NCGA Testifies Against Proposed Railroad Rules NCGA Downplays Concerns About Potential Corn Shortages Soybean Rust May Be a Bigger Problem in 2007 Biotech Crop Area Surpasses 100 Million Hectares Energy Investor Forecasts Rise in Cellulosic Ethanol Producers to Plant Record Soy Crop in Argentina NRCS Releases Soil Erosion Results GAO Recommends EQIP and CSP Improvements Group Calls for Competition Title in Farm Bill Thailand and Japan Confirm Avian Flu Outbreaks Ethanol Council Says Corn Prices Will Adjust U.S. and South Korea Talk Trade Australia Single-Desk Wheat Moves Still Questioned Japan May Back Off of Beef Import Inspections Farmers Union Presses Congress on COOL Doha Revival Appearing Less Likely in 2007 California's Emissions Plan Will Boost Ethanol Demand E85 Vehicles Headline Detroit Auto Show FDA Proposes BSE Safeguard in Medicines Taco John's Outbreak Matches California Samples South Korea and U.S. to Discuss Trade USDA Secretary Calls for Farm Policy Changes Representative Urges FDA to Reject Animal Drug Senate Ag Committee Hears of Ethanol Benefits USDA Endorses Voluntary Radio Technology Animal ID System Animal ID Chief Requests Participation Senators Introduce Permanent Disaster Aid Bill Peterson and Johanns Differ on Farm Bill Canada Requests WTO Meeting with U.S. U.S. Ag Trade Rep Says Exports Key Cattlemen Set Up Fund in Response to Blizzards American Farm Bureau Federation Focuses on Farm Bill How Will Ethanol Growth Affect Rural America? Company Announces Plans for New Ethanol Plants Think Tank Warns of Low Ethanol Demand Estimates First Day of Congress Sees Biodiesel Tax Incentive Introduced European Commission President and Bush to Discuss Doha Harkin Introduces Biofuels Bill APHIS Proposes Expanded Bovine Imports Federal Aid Arrives in High Plains Firms Double Investments in Energy Ventures Study Finds Antibiotics Not Economical in Poultry NCGA Sponsors Distillers Grains Seminar Haylift Saves Stranded Cattle BSE Announcement May Have Hurt Domestic Beef Sales Shipping Traffic Declines on Missouri River Operating Cost Estimates Climb for Crops Congress Extends Wind Tax Credit CBOT Sets Volume Record in 2006 Cattle Engineered to be Prion Free Get USDA Scrutiny Soybean Farmers Support Animal Agriculture Ethanol May Push Corn onto Wheat Acres FDA Cloning Report Draws Varying Reactions Biodiesel Helps Soyoil Drive Soy Futures U.S. Hog Inventory Creeps Higher Senator Brings Attention to Ag Market Competition Cash Rent Rises Some with Corn Prices Cloned Livestock Products Safe to Eat, FDA Says Dems Aim to Fund Renewable Fuels with Oil Money U.S. Organic Production Continues to Increase Sugar Program Factors into Farm Bill Australian State Moves Forward with Biotech Wheat Report Shows Soybean Growers Boost Production, Maintain Quality Several Remaining Bills Become Laws AWB Says Competitive Contracts Won't Hinder Pool Returns USDA Cattle on Feed Report Shouldn't Affect Markets Technical Ag Trade Expert to Leave U.S. Trade Rep's Office Soy Exports Top 1 Billion Bushels South Korea Rejects Another Beef Shipment Food Industry Move Away from Trans Fats is Soybean Opportunity Wheat Group Gets Tax Victory Trans Fat Gets More Attention Minneapolis Company Involved in AWB Fallout U.S. and Panama Reach Free Trade Agreement Argentina to Make Record Soy Planting USDA Makes Subsidy Payment Information Public Harkin Takes Issue with South Korea Beef Rules Johanns Proposes Debarment of AWB Farm Bill Takes Center Stage at Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Judicial Panel Combines Biotech Rice Lawsuits Group Calls for Changes in Farm Subsidies Researchers Find Wetlands Beneficial on Hog Farms NCBA Challenges EPA Standards on Ranches Soy Checkoff Helps Introduce 22 New Soy Products France Investigates Death of 4,000 Chickens Water Transportation Groups to Merge New Ideas Emerge for Produce Safety Cattle Group Supports Brucellosis Surveillance Program NCGA Announces Corn Yield Winners Group Says Biofuels Crucial to U.S. Energy Security U.S. Universities to Help Iraq Agriculture Ethanol Imports Continue Decline Firm Forecasts High Corn, Low Soy Acreage Summit Tackles Top Business Topics E. coli Likely Came from Lettuce Republicans, Democrats Agree on Ethanol NCGA Says Growers Are Meeting Corn Demand U.S. Soybean Producers Eye Indian Market Onions Probably Not E. coli Source Farm Futures Summit Off to Solid Start Follow-up Scallion Tests Negative for E. coli Report Says Ethanol Growth Will Redirect Corn from Exports USDA Raises Rice Export Forecast E. coli Outbreak May Hurt California Produce - Again Corn Growers Applaud Congress' Final Measures New Farm Bill May Include Lower Commodity Support Senate Bill Asks for AWB Inquiry USDA Announces 2007 Outlook Forum $81 Million Drought Program Heads to White House E. coli Source Still Unconfirmed Congress Can't Manage WRDA Compromise Corn Harvest About 97% Finished in Top States BIO Report Supports Biomass for Renewable Energy Web Tool Shows Local E-85 Prices Ag Disaster Aid Comes Up Short Russia Imposes Temporary Rice Ban Grain Demand Should Bring '07 Profits Johanns Unhappy With South Korea Beef Rejections Senators Set for Ag Disaster Battle Trans Fat Ban Passes in New York Australian Government Undermines AWB's Monopoly NCGA Hails Progress of Corn Genome Mapping Project U.S. Ethanol Demand Boosts Brazil Corn USDA Proposes Less Dairy in WIC Program Johanns Presses for Free and Fair Trade Corn Farmers Face Risks in 2007 U.S. Wheat Issues Response to Cole Inquiry CBOT Breaks Monthly Volume Records Harkin to Push for Farm Bill Reforms AWB Problem Doesn't End With Split Purdue Ag Economist Predicts Policy Shifts Analyst Predicts 16M Tons Biodiesel Output by 2009 FAO Criticizes Livestock's Impact on the Environment Animal ID Program to Remain Voluntary AWB to Split into Two Companies Report Highlights Ag Biotech Regulations Corn and Pork Groups Discuss Distillers Grains U.S. May Take Action Against AWB U.S. Looking for More Canadian Beef Panel Finds Australian Wheat Company Bribed Hussein's Government IGC Wheat Output Forecast Up, Corn Down Congressional Delegation Goes to South America Wheat Gene May Provide Better Nutrition for Children Food and Fuel Prices Affordable This Thanksgiving Australian Wheat Single-Desk Trade May See Change WTO Chief Pushes Relaunch of Trade Negotiations Russia Warns of Ban on EU Animal Products Doha Buzz Building Study Says Farms Should Ready for Cellulosic Ethanol EU Decides Not to Appeal WTO Biotech Ruling Argentine Suspension May Increase U.S. Corn Demand Ethanol Education Increases Consumer Interest Bush Endorses Biofuel Development in Indonesia FDA Cloning Report Draft Coming Soon Poll Shows Public Concern for Food Safety Argentina Temporarily Closes Grain and Oilseed Registry Johanns Hopes to Advance Trade in India U.S. Beef Returns to Russia Biofuel Revolution May Not Save Doha Round Microorganisms Benefit Pigs in Studies Farm Disaster Aid Goes to Vote Dec. 5 Johanns Goes to India to Talk Trade USDA Pushes Back Exemption Removal for Canada Inspections Price Rally Spurs More Wheat Acres Report Says 25X'25 Goals Attainable, Cost-effective Johanns Confident in Corn Production Feds Make Ag Appointments USDA to Spend $200 Million Promoting U.S. Ag Renewable Fuels Moving Forward in U.S. and Overseas Biodiesel Board Says Industry Will Add $24 Billion to Economy FFA Operation Undergoes $3.5 Million Expansion Transportation Industry Trying to Keep Up with Biofuel Japan Confirms 30th Case of BSE Russia Removes Meat Trade Obstacles with U.S. U.S. and EU Discuss Transatlantic Economy Brazil Says It Will Import U.S. Wheat USDA Issues Mixed Review of S. Korea Beef Policy WTO Releases Trade Development Update Report Looks at Effects of Eliminating Planting Restrictions New Congress Won't Change Corn Growers' Strategies Japan Halts Beef Imports from U.S. Company Reports Predict Corn Acreage and Price Increases Australia's Drought Worst in a Millennium How Will a Democratic Congress Deal with Agriculture? New Method Makes Biofuels without Fossil Fuels Economist Predicts Boom in U.S. Corn Acreage CBOT Bests Annual Trading Volume Record Climate Change to Worsen World Food Supply CBOT Approves Over-the-Counter Ethanol Contracts NCGA Pushes for WRDA Passage Commodity Classic to be Held in Tampa Company Plans to Use Ethanol Byproduct for Biodiesel Johanns Looking for Better Ag Trade with India USDA Applauds U.S. Beef's Return to Colombia and Peru Trucking Company Helps Biodiesel Research Lamy Says Agriculture Might Bring Down Doha Beef Company Argues USDA Exceeding Authority E85 Meetings Will Gather Feedback on Authorization Issues USDA Forest Service Undergoes Centralization Reverse Auction Pilot Program Saves Money AGR-Lite Insurance Expands to New States Produce Trade Group Acts to Make Spinach Safer Biodiesel Product Available for Heating Homes Investigation Finds Seventh TB Herd in Minnesota Lamy Calls for Domestic Changes to Help Developing Markets Soybean Weed Could Be Biodiesel Resource Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Begins in Midwest Analysts Predict Heavy Soybean Deliveries Against CBOT NCGA Comments on Risk Management Agency Direction State Initiatives Promote Clean Fuels EPIC Develops Online Ethanol Course First Closed-Loop Ethanol Plant Set to Open African Union Asks Developed Nations to Restart Doha U.S. Beef Returns to South Korea Ohio Avian Flu Tests Show No Virus Africa Seeks Ag Trade Partners More Sources Found in E. coli Outbreak Investigation Rural Voters Lean Left in New Poll Ag Secretary Promises Specific Farm Bill Recommendations Soon Report Questions Cost of Subsidizing Biofuels EPA Head Stresses Cooperation with Agriculture Auditors Find Flaws in USDA Hurricane Aid Johanns Voices Support for Ethanol Technology Project Aims to Bring Carbon Credit Trading to Undeveloped Countries Germany Donates ‚¬300,000 for Sanitary Help in Developing Countries Japan to Price Wheat According to Market Canadian Oats May Go to EU, Australia Soybean Research Takes On Drought National Corn Growers Association Offers Revenue Ideas for New Farm Bill Group Claims OPEC Manages Oil Prices Against Renewable Fuel Competition Panama Canal Expansion Will Affect U.S. Ag Exports EU Tests May Stifle U.S. Rice Imports EU Finds Another Unapproved Type of Rice China's Soybean Import to Rise U.S. Ag Trade with Cuba Works Around Restrictions EU Readies for Mandatory Testing of U.S. Rice Imports Higher Corn Prices Equal Higher Livestock Prices EPA Won't Regulate Farm Dust Symposium Brings Attention to Pollinator Decline China Grain Trader May Export More Wheat and Corn Survey Finds Americans Support Pro-Biofuel Policy Asian Soybean Rust Reappears in Missouri $8 Billion Exchange Merger to Create a Giant U.S. Farmers Team with Argentines to Market Soy in India Ethanol Influencing Corn Carryover Estimate CBOT Merges with CME Completed USDA Tests Show Low Path Avian Flu USDA Reports on Cotton and Peanuts Iowa Farm to Host EPA Administrator Wednesday CBOT Ag Complex Breaks Record - Again Argentina Wheat Trading Halts President Talks Bioenergy at St. Louis Conference Lab Results Connect Bacteria in Cattle Feces with Spinach Outbreak USDA and EPA Give Farmers Water Quality Incentives Illinois Extension Says Soy Rust Not a Major Concern Energy Department to Make Major Investment in Bioenergy Centers Alternative Fuel Groups Team to Provide Consumer Info Johanns Against Policies Lowering Corn Prices Economic Growth Will Drive Biofuel Industry USDA Distributes Final DCP Payments for Corn NCGA Recaps Importance of Correctly Directing Corn Hybrids Brazil May Import Almost 8M Tons of Wheat in 2007 Government Grants $17.5 Million for Renewable Fuel Research Australia Wheat Crop Estimate May Still Be Too High Drought Slashes Australia Wheat Crop Compound Added To Anhydrous Ammonia Thwarts Meth Makers Developing Countries Stand to Lose Most if Doha Fails National Farmer's Union Helps Farmers Deal in Carbon Low Path Avian Influenza Confirmed in Montana Policy Think Tank Focuses on 2007 Farm Bill Drought and Insects Take Toll on China's Corn Ethanol Plant Conversion Announced Brazil Cuts Soybean Planting Intentions U.S., EU Officials Discuss Rice Testing USDA Limits Activity on CRP Acres Analyst Group Predicts Corn, Soybean Crops Ag Complex Sets Daily Record Report Looks at Farmers' Perspective on Conservation Program E. Coli Search Heats Up in California October USDA Crop Report Updates Row Crop Information EU Considers Further Testing of U.S. Rice Imports Mexico Lifts Ban on U.S. Dairy Heifers USDA Awards $2.5 Million for Watershed Studies Brazil Moves Toward Biotech USDA Approves Cattle Price Reporting USDA Issues $1.8 Billion in Conservation Reserve Payments Genetically Engineered Rice Comes to Kansas Argentina Wheat Still Starved for Rain Biodiesel Tech Advance Cuts Costs CBOT Agricultural Futures Surge in September Election Recess Delays Farm Disaster Aid Bill Senators Ask for Ethanol Pipeline Study Groups Ask for Inquiry of Smithfield-Standard Acquisition WTO Rules in Favor of U.S. in EU Biotech Case Congress Adjourns Without Passing WRDA Total Hog Inventory Up 1% Grain Group Cuts World Wheat Estimate Agriculture Secretary Addresses National Food Safety Bush Talks Ethanol, NRDC Wants Action Japanese Government Expands GMO Testing for U.S. Rice USDA to Loan Over $234 Million to Electric Co-ops U.S. Senators Stick to Trade Demands As EU Minister Visits GAO Report on Conservation Funding Draws Call for Reform Legislation Aims to Balance Farm Program Inequities New Japan Farm Minister to Retain U.S. Beef Restrictions Forum Discusses Farm Bill, Future of U.S. Agriculture Agriculture Task Force Calls for End to Farm Subsidies Environmental Working Group Issues Analysis of Disaster Payments Canada Plans Future U.S. Farm Program Challenges FBI Official Says Ag Threat Still Exists USDA Offers Indemnity Program in Event of Avian Flu Outbreak Additional Speakers Will Join USDA-DOE Renewable Energy Conference Iowa State Study Shows Trade Barriers Bolster U.S. Ethanol Prices USDA Enhances Programs to Help Rebuild Iraq Ag Education Effort Market Analyst Worries Over Drop in Oilseed Acres Turner Suggests Solution to Doha Subsidy Deadlock New Conservation Easement Reports Offer Valuable Suggestions German State Finds Biotech Rice Content in Samples Pennsylvania Ducks With Avian Flu Confirmed to Have Low-Path Strain FDA Says Spinach Not Raised in California is OK to Consume Ag Economic Group Issues Corn Acreage Forecast Rural Vote Split Between Parties Rebuilding Japanese Beef Export Market Faces Challenges Retest of European Rice Finds More Biotech Content Market Access Remains Stumbling Block for Trade Officials Narrow Search for E. coli Senate Gives Nod to Final Price Reporting Passage Senate Ag Chair Calls for Changes to Duty-Free Trade Program U.S. Offers Deeper Subsidy Cuts Farm Groups Testify About Next Farm Bill Senate Names Conferees for WRDA FARM FUTURES Survey Shows Corn Plantings Could Reach Highest Level in More than 50 Years Officials Continue to Look for Source of Disease in Spinach Australia Cuts Wheat Forecast EU Rejects Planned WTO Move at Cairns Group Meeting Iowa Senators Worry Over Food Company Merger Developed Nations Urged to Cut Subsidies Lock and Dam Bill Moving Forward, But Needs Legislative Action Report: Renewable Energy Gains Competitiveness on Fossil Fuels Johanns Travels to Australia in Part to Get Support for WTO Talks World Bank Puts Dollar Figure on Potential Avian Flu Outbreak European Officials Say Illegal Biotech Rice Not a Risk to Animals, People World Health Organization Turns to DDT to Stop Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes Smithfield, Premium Standard Farms to Merge USDA Extends Emergency CRP Grazing in 30 States Ag Disaster Aid Gets Big Push on Capitol Hill This Week Cooperative Development Centers to Receive $4.3 Million U.S. Farm Policy Reform Could Increase Net Income by $7 Billion New Study Shows Nutrition Has Greater Impact that Biotech Content on Soil Organisms Farm Bill Proposal Includes Increased Conservation, Renewable Energy Spending Look at Factors that Affect Corn Drydown Bioenergy, Food Safety Programs Top List for New Funding in Next Farm Bill Ag Trade Exports $5 Billion Higher Than Same Period Last Year Research Finds Biodiesel Performs Well in Harsh Environments Congressional Members Host Biobased Product Showcase at Pentagon Rural Energy for America Act Expands Farm Bill's Energy Provisions Local Communities Benefit More from Farmer-Owned Ethanol Plants Biofuels Production Projected to Grow Over 16 Billion Gallons by 2015 Finale Farm Bill Analysis Focuses on Future Ag Growth Needs Latest Avian Flu Find Also Low Pathogenic Subtype European Commission Finds Unauthorized Rice in Import Shipments High Levels of Carryover Nitrogen Could Save Money for Ag Producers USDA Permanently Moves National Finance Center to Denver NGFA: CFTC Needs to Modify Its Weekly Commitments of Traders Report Seattle Meeting Provided Little Headway in Korea FTA Talks Public Can Comment on Bayer's Genetically Engineered Rice Regulation ARS Considers Proposal to Charge 10% Overhead Fee on External Funds Corn Export Demand Reaches Highest Level in a Decade USDA Opens Ag Office in Senegal Beef Checkoff Evaluation Committee Suggests Needed Improvements Legislators Introduce Measure to Prohibit Mandatory Animal ID System Korea Lifts Ban on Imports of U.S. Beef Wheat Supply Chains Meet to Discuss Industry Challenges Burns Introduces Ag Disaster Relief Amendment To Address 2006 Wildfire Losses EPA Proposes Rule for Final RFS Implementation National Corn Crop Condition Ahead of Last Year's Figures Senate Again Introduces $3.9 Billion Ag Disaster Aid Package Horse Slaughter Ban Gets OK in House Ag Community Needs to Not Only Produce More Food, But Also In Sustainable Manner House Takes Up Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption Missouri FAPRI Forecasts Harvest Energy Costs Again on the Rise Group Speaks Out Against Lack of Wheat Benefits in Drought Aid Ag Transportation Working Group Urges USDA Involvement in STB Case USDA Publishes Genome Sequences To Help Reduce Crop Damage Losses Look for USDA to Increase Soybean Production Forecast Updated Report Says Industry Still Not Ready for Biotech Wheat Expert: Trade Round Stall Offers Policy Change Potential U.S. Blocks Brazil Panel Petition USDA Reports Marketing-Year High in Corn Exports Last Week Pennsylvania Ducks Found with Low-Path Avian Flu Farm-Raised Fish Supplies Nearly Match Wild Catch Farm Bill Reform Gets Continued Push from Ag Secretary USDA Conducts Tests on Maryland Bird Samples Renewable Energy Projects Get Investment Consumer Reports Issues E85 Test Information New Biotech Report Highlights Opportunities and Challenges in Biotech Johanns Expects South Korea to Resume Beef Trade in October COT Reports Level Market Playing Field Between Small and Large Market Players Farmers File Class Action Suit Against Bayer, Riceland Foods for Unapproved Biotech Rice USDA Fast Tracks CCP Payments to Aid Farmers Facing Drought Farmers Continue to Expand Ethanol Production to Meet Increasing Demand Confirmatory Bird Tests Find Swans Had Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza By 2007 More Than 2.5 Million Acres Could Be Planted to Low-lin Beans Midwestern Governors Association Throw Support Behind 25x25 Initiative USDA Announces Over $309 Million In Electric Loans To Thirteen States NCGA Continues Push for Revenue-Based Insurance Approach for Next Farm Bill Industry Speaks Out On National Animal Identification System at KC Meeting GMO-Free Certification Needed for Long-Grain Rice Exports Headed to Europe Considering Manure As a Viable Alternative to Commercial Fertilizer USDA Wants Extension on Deadline for Private BSE Testing Case Researchers Develop Flood-Tolerant Rice Back-To-Back Records U.S. Agricultural Exports Forecast In 2006 And 2007 USDA Forecasts 24% Increase in U.S. Soft Wheat Exports NCGA Still Urging Congress for Action on WRDA Arlen Lancaster Succeeds Bruce Knight as NRCS Top Man Canada Finds Another BSE Case, This Time in Older Cow Herbicide Resistance in Waterhemp Caused by Gene Mutation Measure Soils' Electrical Conductivity to Create Herbicide Application Maps NSP Board Votes Unanimously to Proceed with Creating a National Sorghum Checkoff U.S. to Donate 25,000 Metric Tons of Hard Red Winter Wheat to Lebanon Glyphosate-Resistant Johnsongrass Has Been Confirmed In A Northern Province In Argentina Wheat Shipments Keeping Pace, Corn Volumes Slightly Ahead in Trade Picture Ocean Freigh Rates High, But Still Below Three Year Mid-Point Governments Have More Biobased Options for Purchasing USDA Awards Over $6.5 Million for Rural Economic Development Trace Amounts of Genetically Engineered Rice Found in Commercial Long Grain Rice Brazil Requests WTO Panel Determine Whether US Is Complying With Cotton Ruling Members Named for Biotechnology Advisory Committee Fed Agencies Need to Forge Strong Relationships with State Counterparts in Biotech Information Disclosure Oklahoma State University Releases Two New Hard Red Winter Wheat Varieties Wheat Basis Crumbling Over High Production in the West, Too Much SRW on the Market Report Confirms Environmental Benefits of CRP in Pheasant Populations Hawaii Biopharming Decision Finds USDA in Violation of Environmental Laws New BLM Rules will Provide Long-Term Benefits for Rangeland Health France Suggests Taking Ag Out of WTO Negotiations to Jumpstart Talks Again Dakota Senators Push for Drought Aid Decision Ties Rail Fuel Surcharges Closer to Actual Changes in Fuel Costs Testing Rules Out Asian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Suspect Wild Birds Weather Hasn't Deteriorated Corn, Soybean Conditions Compared to Last USDA Boosts Corn Yield, Production Estimates Johanns: Renewable Fuels Still Needs Government Help Wheat Export Trade Education Committee Dissolves After Failed WTO Talks DOE and USDA Jointly Fund Biobased Fuels Research Brazil Eyes Marketing Loan Program In Further Cotton Case Compliance Combest on Farm Bill: If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It General System of Preferences Under Review USDA Under Secretary J.B. Penn Resigns from USDA to Return to Private Sector Western Bean Cutworm Invades Western Corn Belt Biodiesel Proving to Be Significant Demand Shifter in Vegetable Oil Industry Fourth 2007 Farm Bill Discussion Papers Focuses on Renewable Energy Further South Korean Beef Trade Resumption Delays Could Jeopardize FTA Negotiations RMA Offers New Insurance Tools for Pasture, Rangeland and Forage USDA's Latest Land Values and Cash Rents Finds Increased Real Estate Values Senators Want Tax Relief Extended for Continued Drought Conditions Plant Certified, Treated and Resistant Wheat Seed Estate Tax Fails In Senate, Won't Come Up Again Until At Least September Look at Locking in N Prices No Guarantee on Drought Assistance Until After Harvest DOE Boosts Funding for New Bioenergy Research Centers August Calendar Change Brings End to Step 2 Cotton Program New Publication Outlines Regional Approach to Nitrogen Rate Guidelines Ethanol Barrels Per Day Production Nears Demand Estate Tax Lumped Into Pension, Min. Wage Package Senate Natural Gas Exploration Bill Gets Passes with Bipartisan Support Ag, Manufacturing and Service Groups Join Together for Pushing TPA Extension Georgia Company to Construct 50-Million Gallon/Year Cellulosic Ethanol Facility Domestic Freight Traffic Will Increase 67% and General Cargo 113% Iraq Now 3rd Largest Purchaser of U.S. Wheat USDA Reports Corn Crop Condition Down From Previous Week USDA Withdraws Over-30 Rule for Canadian Beef Wheat Sales to Top Three Buyers Up 45% Study Finds Organic Grain Crops More Profitable Than Conventional Barge Traffic Ordered Off Missouri River Again Global Food Demand Forecasted To Double, If Not Triple New Discovery Helps Keep Fusarium Head Blight at Bay Wheat Tour Finds Yield Losses Across North Dakota USDA Awards $4.1 to Fund Invasive Species Control USDA Amends Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Rules Sweet Deal Solidifies Promise of U.S. HCFS Presence in Mexico Louisiana Sentinel Plot Identifies Soybean Rust Farm Bill, TPA Extension Needed to Keep WTO Talks Alive, Says Farm Bureau U.S. Beef Again Approved for Japan Exports Switchgrass Field Average More Soil Carbon Than Corn, Wheat U.S. Engages with Brazil on Reviving WTO Talks Japanese Press Report Thursday as Beef Trade Resumption Announcement NCGA National Corn Yield Contest Deadline is Aug. 1 Cattle Expansion Remains Slow, 1% Greater Than Last Year Secondary Pests Rob Bt Cotton Profits in China Why the United States Left the WTO Trade Negotiating Table Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Gasoline Consumption by Half a Trillion Gallons Committee Hears from Minnesota Producers about Farm Policy Committee Hears from Minnesota Producers about Farm Policy WTO Doha Development Round Suspended Indefinitely Largest Feed Producers In China Announces Corn Purchase Trade Opportunities Boosted with $10 Million from USDA Understand Hybrids' Resistance to Fungal Diseases Before Spraying Senators Urge USDA to Implement Comprehensive Surveillance System CBOT to Launch Daytime e-trading Aug. 1 House Passes U.S.-Oman FTA Corn Growers Advocating Revenue-Based Safety Net Option Kyodo News: Japan to Lift Beef Ban Next Week Administration Officials Say EU Prepared to Make Better Market Access Trade Proposal FAPRI Forecasts 3 Million-Acre Shift From Soybeans to Corn by 2010 Locks and Dams Modernization Bill Passes Senate Next Month USDA Will Cut Back BSE Testing to 40,000 Animals NASS Reports Corn Crop is Progressing Well Senate Superfund Law Clarifies Intent of the Law, Excluding Manure Pocket-Sized Pamphlet Gives Distiller Grains Feedings Recommendations Harkin: Follow-up Investigation Needed in Packers and Stockyards Act Enforcement TAA Accepting Applications Beginning In August Senate Begins Lock and Dams Restoration Debate Today Lamy Says Doha Success Lies in Hands of G8 Leaders Will Brazil Hardball WTO Talks with Cotton Meeting? Hard Wheat Suffering Worldwide Only Half of Escalating Farm Costs Is Because of Rising Energy Prices Twenty-five States Awarded Matching Grants Ag Market Research Money Countries Combine Resources for Animal Disease Crisis Management Center New Device Provides Wheat Testing Information in Seconds on the Farm Ag Trade Exports Up Compared to 2005 Livestock Producers Find Drought Relief from Expanded CRP Grazing University of Missouri Confirms Glyphosate-Resistant Waterhemp Canada Announces BSE in 50-Month Old Dairy Cow New USDA Guide Features Pre-Harvest Security Tips Soydiesel Offers Higher Net Energy Gain Compared to Corn Ethanol WTO Progress Still Hinges on Market Access Purdue Study: Farmers Utilizing Wider Variety of Grain Marketing Practices Canada Lifts Import Restrictions Regarding Bluetongue Sugar Not Cost-Effective for U.S. Ethanol Production Drought Conditions Worsen in Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley Alberta Dairy Cow Having Additional BSE Testing New DOE Research Agenda Lays Out Development Plan for Cellulosic Ethanol Farm Groups Request Senate Rail Hearing Chinese Corn Shortage Sends Vietnam Looking to U.S. For Corn Third of 2007 Farm Bill Theme Papers Available on Rural Development Check for Corn Rootworm Injury House Amendment Eases Cuba Trading Restrictions NRCS Announces Signup for Wetlands Reserve Program Reverse Auction July Weather Expected Cooler Than Previously Thought Proposed EPA CAFO Rule Includes Workable Solution Ag Groups Say Iowa, California Continue Reign as Top Exporting States Court Schedule Set for R-CALF BSE Rule Appeal Process House Passes Natural Gas Legislation Car Makers to Double Production of Flex Fuel Vehicles Canada Confirms BSE in Manitoba Cow Kohl Introduces Railroad Anti-Trust Bill in Senate Rust Confirmed in Louisiana, Alabama Geneva WTO Meetings End with No Breakthrough President Approves Guatemala CAFTA-DR Implementation Canada Opens Doors Wider for More U.S. Beef Products Low-Price Ocean Freight Rates Impact Grain Shipping China Opens to Restore Some U.S. Beef Imports Johanns Update on WTO Shows Worry over 'Loopholes' Senators Worry Over Renewable Fuels Standard Implementation Canada Finds Suspect BSE Cow U.S. Ag and Trade Officials Keep Pushing for Market Access Biotech Crops Keep Gaining Ground Johanns Restates Commitment to Market Access at WTO Press Conference Peru FTA Passage Now in Hands of Congress Dairy Training Center Opens in China Report Summarizes USDA Loan Performance Senate Backs Away from Estate Tax Vote WTO Chief Offers Idea for Ending Stalemate Japanese Market, Beef Trade Gets Attention at 'Press Gaggle' Forces Rally Ahead of WTO Meeting Pressure Builds to Get Trade Deal Made 2004 CSP Participant Contracts Modified In Event of Bird Flu, Border Closing Unlikely Herbicide Review Complete, Comments Requested Canada Toughens Feed Controls Group Calls Members to Action for Vote on Natural Gas Bill Pork is Really Getting Leaner New Report Outlines Potentials of Increased Biofuel Production House Approves Estate Tax Legislation, Fate in Senate Unknown Allgeier: WTO Ministers Need to Focus on Market Access Extend or Re-Enroll CRP Contracts by June 30 CropLife Study Outlines Considerable Monetary and Environmental Benefits of Herbicides U.S.-EU Summit Addresses Doha Differences Ahead of Month-End Meeting FDA Proposes Early Biotech Evaluation To Protect Food Supply Senate Introduces 10 x 10 Act State Legislatures Increasingly Attempting to Limit Ag Biotechnology Senate Ag Spending Bill Slightly Higher than House Passed Version Japan, U.S. Agree on Beef Trade Resumption Details Inspector General Report Outlines Concerns in AI Preparedness Japan Faced with Legislative Ultimatum if Trade Doesn't Resume Limit the Possibility of Dockage in Wheat New Supreme Court Ruling Limits Clean Water Act Biotechnology Continues to Play Significant Role in Reshaping World Agriculture USDA Doles Out $20 Million in Conservation Grants The Good and the Bad Across Wheat Country Florida Sentinel Site Reports First Rust on Soybeans in 2006 New Publication Highlights Successful Farming Systems 2006 County Committee Election Process Now Underway GAO Report Identifies Crop Insurances Vulnerabilities to Fraud, Waste and Abuse Individuals Who Opened Up Brazilian Cerrado Honored CBOT Corn Options Contract Reaches One Million Milestone NCBA Executive Committee Supports Japan Sanctions New Alliance Advocating Federal Biobased Product Purchases Expect Lower Yields in the Corn Belt USDA Releases Latest Ag Export Figures Soft Wheat Facing Marketing Challenges WTO Insiders See Failure of Doha Ahead Scientists Say U.S. BSE Cases May be 'Atypical' WTO Director-General Discusses WTO Progress with U.S. Commodity Group Leaders Failed Estate Tax Leaves Opportunity to Fix Carry-Over Basis House Limits Discount Crop Insurance Iowa Cable Companies Sue USDA Over Broadband Loans Energy Estimator for Irrigation Now Available Wall Street Gives Ethanol 'Speculative-Grade' on Investment Potential Wheat Coalition Calls for Action on American Wheat's Competitiveness WRDA Set to Meet Required Procedural Steps This Week Senate Confirms Susan Schwab as USTR Ambassador Drought Conditions Lower Wheat Production Estimates USDA Database Uncovers Entity Information on Large Farm Corporations Ag Disaster Funding Gets the Ax in Final Negotiations Ag Climatologist Predicts Hot July Senate Republicans Gamble with Estate Tax Repeal Estate Tax Vote Fails in Senate New Conservation Theme Paper Outlines Alternatives to Current Policy Track Aphids on USDA Rust Web Site Congress Introduces Resolution Supporting 25x'25 Vision Half of Conservation Security Program Applications Accepted USDA Accepts 1 Million New CRP Acres Reports Indicate Korea Will Further Delay Beef Trade Resumption South Korea FTA Negotiations Underway Harkin Pushes for Japan Beef Trade Resumption Timeline New Tool Assists in Rust Prevention, Treatment Ethanol Demand Projected to Soak Up a Third More Corn This Year Ag Groups Say Doha Must Deliver Before More Cuts are Offered Survey Confirms Growing Ethanol Acceptance Nationwide International BSE Guidelines Updated with New Scientific Findings U.S. Livestock Industry at Risk because of Fewer Large Animal Vets APEC Ministers Make Call for Successful Doha Round House Subcommittee Hosts Forum on Upper Midwest Dairy Industry Faulkner Named Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development USDA Extends EQIP Energy Assistance Deadline CBOT Signals Selling on Futures, Not Local Cash Market Rust in the Midwest Less Likely Until Late July, Early August Beef Shipments Headed to South Korea June 7 Senate Schedules Farm Bill Hearings in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Iowa Vietnam One Step Closer to WTO Membership Court Favors Creekstone in First Round of Trial Iowa Passes 25% Renewable Fuels Standard Researchers Find Easier Way to Identify Scab-resistance Genes Know Farm Lease Requirements Clock Ticking for Loan Deadlines Experience the 'Bounty on the Bay' Boswell Introduces Bill to Extend Tariff on Ethanol Ethanol Production Continues Impressive Rate Chinese Private Importer Buys U.S. Corn USDA Forecasts Ag Trade Exports Higher Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill, Now on to Settle Differences Cash In On Pumped Up Corn Prices Don't Forget to Report Crops to FSA After 2006 Planting Indonesia Family of Seven Infected with Avian Influenza House Approves Ag Spending Bill USDA Sponsors Risk Management Conference Energy Prices Weigh on Corn Demand Take the Emotion Out of Replanting Decisions Harkin Calls for Independent Australian Wheat Board Investigation Deputy USTR's Schwab, Allgeier to Attend OECD Meeting in Paris Cropland Erosion Declined 43% Over Past 20 Years Greenpeace Activists Target Brazil Cargill Soybean Facility Expect Tight Grain Storage This Fall US Wheat Production Projected 11% Lower 2006 DCP Signup Deadline Nears Major Auto Companies Commit to 25X25' Renewable Fuels Goal WTO Panel Upholds Mexican HFCS Ruling Properly Dispose Unused Corn Seed Japan May Resume Beef Trade by June Senate Democrats Introduce Renewable Energy Legislation CBOT Corn Futures Contract Sets Volume Record Weigh Several Factors Before Making the Planting Switch Senators Launch Online Petition for Disaster Funding Trade Surplus Continues to Shrink U.S., Vietnam Reach WTO Accession Agreement US Delegation Concludes Beef Talks with China Rural Electric Cooperatives Receive $118 Million in Loans Corn Exports Keep Climbing, Indonesia and China Make Purchases Scout Emerging Corn for Insects Rural Energy Solutions Introduced in Congress Minneapolis Grain Exchange Expands HRSW Trading Hours Developing Countries Set Doha Talks Back CBOT Launches South American Soybean Side-By-Side Trading Monday Mexico Resumes Wheat Trade with California Ag Groups Warn Against Removing Ethanol Import Tariff Extensions Needed for Continued Biodiesel Growth Biotech Enzymes Can Make Ethanol Cost-competitive with Gasoline House Web-Based Farm Bill Feedback Form Launched New USTR Head Hearing Expected Next Week Judge Rules on Glyphosate-Tolerant Traits EU Report Says EU Biotech Labeling, Tracing Rules Beneficial Crop Insurance Premium Discounts Threatened Poland Bans 16 GMO Varieties American Farmland Trust Pushes for Policy Changes Corn Planting 70% Complete CRP Re-Enrollment/Extension Deadline Looms USDA Starts Discussion on Risk Management Reform EPA Wants More Agricultural Input, Collaboration Japan Increasing Wheat Purchases Get the Facts on Avian Influenza Concerns President Offers Vocal Support for Lowering Ethanol Import Barriers Wheat Quality Council Didn't Find Total Disaster in Kansas Alabama Cow Brings Dead End Investigation Farmers Often Apply Glyphosate Too Late Limited Evidence Supports Advisory Services Outperform Farmer Benchmarks Trade Leaders Express Desire for Successful Doha Round Bipartisan Bill Extends Farm Bill Until WTO Negotiation Completion Supporters Push for Passage of Water Resources Development Act GAO Report Addresses CSP Funding Issues Ninety Percent of Growers Adhering to Bt IRM Requirements Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Members and Alternates Named Research Finds Bt Cotton Improves Yields, Lowers Pesticide Use South Korea Corn Exports Remain Strong Ethanol Continues to Break Monthly Production Records WTO Ag Chairman Sets Six-Week Intensive Schedule No Starlink Corn Found in Current Marketing Year USDA Says BSE Prevalence Low in the United States, Between 4-7 Animals Total Vermont Governor Threatens Veto on Biotech Ban Law Trade Leaders Head to Geneva Next Week to Keep Doha On Forefront President Threatens Veto on Spending Bill with Farm Disaster Aid Tillage Adds About $9.50 in Costs Per Acre More Fungicide Seed Treatment Choices Available for Early Planted Beans Sufficient Corn for Continued Growth of Ethanol Industry CBOT Announces Ag Futures Trading During Daytime Hours Expect Three-Year Lifespan for Site-specific Tools Mild Winter Favors Insect Survival Rates Grassley Supports Farm Bill Extension Coupled with TPA Extension Framing the Ethanol Debate Bush Makes Short-Term Fixes to Fuel Supply Push from the Planter for WRDA Vote Energy Costs Squeezing All Farmers, Crop Producers the Most Corn Exports Outpace USDA Expectations Crop Pests Hitching Rides On Spring Storm Systems Ag Groups Mount Support for Peru TPA Leaders Wave Goodbye to April 30 WTO Deadline Increase in Wheat Expected in Indonesia Keppy Named FSA Associate Administrator Little Progress Seen in Geneva WTO Talks WTO Proposal Limits Food Aid New Technology Quickly Converts Vegetable Oil to Biodiesel on the Farm Wheat Outlook Report Says Exports Up, Plantings Down New Form of Rust Threatens World Wheat Online Database Simplifies Pesticide Decisions Canada Producers Not Affected by US Corn Imports Ethanol Wrongly Accused of High Gasoline Prices Japan's Young Steer Negative for BSE Japan Runs Confirmatory BSE Tests on 20-Month-Old Cow New Report Looks at Sugar Reform Grain - Forage Crop Rotations Boost Soil Quality Portman Named New OMB Director Trade Surplus Continues to Shrink Canada Confirms Fifth BSE Case in 6-Year Old Dairy Cow USDA Audit Finds Farmers Receive $9 Million in Loans New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidance for Farms and Forests USDA Announces $20 Million For Rural Distance Learning and Telemedicine Group Sues USDA for Information About Organic Standards Applications Being Accepted for 2006-07 Cotton Leadership Class Doha Round Does Little for Trade Deficit Reduction Jury Fines Meat Packers Millions Potential Case of BSE Identified In British Columbia Johanns Extends CRP Sign-Up Deadline EIA Changes Energy Story, Says Enough Ethanol For MTBE Switch USDA Continues to Lower Its Corn Stock Estimates China to Reopen Market to US Beef Exports $70 Million Available Through FRPP Try Out New Version of Hybrid-Maize Corn Software ASA Renews Trade Agreement with China Congressmen Weigh-In on WTO Progress New EWG Analysis Says Nitrogen Pollution a Fixable Problem Consult Local Specialists When Changing Farming Practices DuPont, Syngenta Form Biotech Joint Venture Judge Denies R-CALF Court Request China Delegation Makes Commitment to US Soybeans Wheat Acreage Projected Lower Hog Farms Not a Factor to Nearby Residences' Air Quality USDA Outlines Plan, Benchmarks for National Animal ID Implementation Arizona Law Legalizes E85 Sales Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Disaster Assistance for Producers Feds on High Alert for Bird Flu European Union Questions BT10 Testing Accuracy Chambliss Proposes Non-Amnesty Immigration Amendment Wheat Researchers Dive into Gene Pool Ethanol Race Team Names New Driver Producers Increased Soybean Profits Thanks to Rust Detection Efforts CBOT Trading Down One Hour This Morning Retail Food Prices Up Slightly in First Quarter Soil Moisture Improved Going Into Spring Democrat Senators Want U.S. AWB Investigation All Hog and Breeding Herd Inventories Up 1% $5 Million Awarded for Barley Research Honduras, Nicaragua Enter Final CAFTA Implementation New Web Site Provides Nutrient Management Planning Information House Proposes Ag Budget Cuts Chambliss Proposes Immigration Bill with Ag Worker Provision Livestock National ID Sign-ups S-l-u-g-g-i-s-h USDA Projects Drastic Drop in 2006 Corn Acres Ethanol Production Continues at Record Levels House Farm Bill Hearing Calls for More of 2002 Programs China Provides Market Increase Opportunities in WTO Negotiations Optimism, Not Breakthrough Seen in Japanese Beef Trade Talks Corn Industry Has Opportunity to Increase South Korean Market Share Senate Panel Examines Elimination of MTBE Number of BSE Cases Declining Worldwide USDA Plans to Analyze Risk Management Options for Next Farm Bill CAFTA Implementation Expected in Nicaragua, Honduras Soon U.S. Spring Outlook Looks Bleak for Hard Red Winter Wheat Farmers April 30 WTO Deadline Quickly Approaching With Few Advances Midwest Senators Introduce American Fuels Act Japan Freight Rates at Lowest Levels in Months Iraq Purchases 500,000 Tons from Non-AWB Wheat Consortium Ag Secretary Urges Conservation Reserve Program Sign-up French Paper Promotes Ag Policy Changes Ethanol Racing Promotion Effort Sees Tragedy with Driver's Death World Trade Organization Calls Trade Agreements a Distraction Kansas Packer Sues USDA Over Voluntary BSE Testing President Bush Reiterates Need for Immigration Policy Technical Team Heads to Japan Michigan Senate Panel Pushes Bill to Stop Local Governments from Banning Biotech Crops Mexico Officials Deny Speculation of Bird Flu Case USDA Announces CRP Signup Beginning March 27 GAO Report Offers Tweaks to Soybean Rust Approach United Nations Warns of Overuse of Water for Ag Bird Flu Information Made Available Government Leaders: Avian Flu Likely Within the Year U.S. Responds to Japan BSE Questions Legislation Extends Biodiesel Tax Incentive Subcommittee Reviews Federal Crop Insurance Farm Futures Survey Indicates Farmers Plan to Plant Less Corn, More Soybeans this Spring IHC BSE Test Also Comes Back Positive U.S. Corn Coalition Disappointed in Canadian Ruling USDA Provides $20.1 Million in ECP Funds to 26 States Custom Farming Rates Continue to Rise, UNL Analysis Shows New EIA Report Questions Ethanol's Ability to Replace MTBE Discovery of BSE Cow Delays Korean Trade Resumption Timetable Canada Determines U.S. Corn Dumped, Subsidized Rabobank Opposes FCA Proposed Amendments to Exit Provisions Budget Resolution Amendment Calls for More Energy Funding Amendment for Emergency Farm Assistance Fails Trade Surplus Continues to Shrink New BSE Find Confirmed in Alabama Soybean Rust Fungicide Unaffected By Row Widths CWT Doubles Its Assessment Rate Soybean Rust Scouting Ongoing in Georgia, Alabama European Union Backs Away from EU-Wide Biotech Rules G6 Trade Leaders Head to London for More WTO Talks Adapt or Die: Bryce Knorr Featured on Food Chain Talk Show Rule Designates Biobased Items for Federal Agency Purchase USDA Receives Questions from Japan on Ineligible Veal Shipment Support Growing for Renewable Energy House Passes National Uniformity for Food Act U.S. Farm Exports Associated with Peru FTA Could Exceed $705 Million Per Year United States Intends to Negotiate FTA with Malaysia Grassley Puts Hold on Export-Import Bank Nominee Over Brazilian Ethanol Dispute Ethanol Faces Critical Point with MTBE Phase-out New Standards for Hard White Wheat Begin in May Farmers Face Increasing Cost-Price Squeeze in 2006 Manage Capital in 2006 Projections Expect Wheat Farms to Face Financial, Drought Issues Producers Impacted by Hurricane Eligible for $63 Million in ECP Funds High China Corn Prices Motivate Decision to Stop Corn Exports Goodlatte: Farm Bill Will Be Written in Congress, Not Geneva ASA Leaders Ask Johanns for Fewer CRP Acres in Next Farm Bill Beef Checkoff Settlement Calls for Survey of 8,000 Producers WTO Panel Issues Final HCFS Ruling Against Mexico House Committee Hosts Hearings in California, Nebraska Commodity Groups Outline Policy Priorities Ag Groups Urge Budget Committees to Abandon Reconciliation Corn, Soybean Group Leaders Outline Policy Priorities at Commodity Classic Bipartisan Bill Increases Tax Incentives for Alternative Energy Vehicles Johanns Tells Growers USDA will not Oppose WRDA EPA Looks to Increase Ethanol Plants' Emissions Threshold NAWG to Join 2007 Commodity Classic New Purdue Center Provides Crop Defense Budget Calls for Commodity Aid Cuts California Group Abandons Banning Biotech Ballot Strategy Spot Market Hog Purchases Provide Accurate Price Discovery Mechanism $5.3 Million Announced for Air Quality Grants New Process Economically Converts Manure to Oil Computer Program Puts Byte on Farmers' Weed Problems More Global Warming Weather Woes Ahead for Great Lakes Agriculture Ethanol Revolution Changes Nature of Corn Industry United States, Colombia Conclude FTA Talks Johanns Announces Over $21 Million In Energy Projects Farmer Groups Outline Critical WTO Issues U.S. Ethanol Industry Sets Record in 2005 Chinese Corn Stocks Tightening Asian Rust Confirmed in Texas USDA Launches Nitrogen Calculator to Help in Rate Decisions USTR Recommends CAFTA Implementation in El Salvador Legislation Strengthens Packers and Stockyards Act Grants, Loans Available for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Projects New Web Site Helps with Production Decisions EU, US Top Trade Ministers Meet House Ag Committee Wants Budget Changes After 2007 Energy Secretary Outlines Changing Face of Ethanol with Use of Ag Wastes 2006 Outlook for Ag Exports Remains at Record $64.5 Billion New Iron Detects Worn Parts, Dangerous Slopes Thornberry Seeks Extension of Farm Bill Lawsuit Filed Against Roundup Ready Alfalfa Administration Shows Little Support for WRDA Supreme Court Hears Divisive Wetlands Case $5 Million Awarded for Applied Wheat Genome Research Older Farmers Less Likely to Adopt Bt Corn WTO Director to Draft WTO Modalities if No Compromise Found More Red Meat and Poultry Coming in 2006 New Legislation Closes Biodiesel Tax Loophole USDA Sends Investigation Report to Japan on Beef Shipment Mistake Johanns: Don't Wait for Doha Conclusion to Write Farm Bill EPA Ends Ethanol, MTBE Oxygenate Requirements Biotechnology Continues to Play Increasing Role in Global Crop Economy Commerce Dept. Report Says Sugar Policy Pushing Jobs Overseas Some Wheat Breaks Dormancy Due to Mild Winter Weather ARS Chief Foresees Belt Tightening Ag Trade Ends 2005 with $3.5 Billion Surplus WTO Trade Outcome Wild Card in Land Values Progress Needed By End of Week to Make April Deadline Corn After Corn a Continuous Challenge For Growers Increased Global Demand Key to U.S Cotton's Economic Health Survey Suggests Cottons Growers Looking to Increase Planted Acres Net Farm Income Projected at $54 Billion Annually for Next Decade NCC Says Proposed Federal Research Cuts Would Close Ginning Labs EPA Administrator Says Agriculture Can Meet Renewable Fuels Demand Midwest Grain Processors Ethanol Expansion Comes Online Japanese Ministers Vows to Keep 20-Month Age Standard U.S. Wheat Condemns Australian Wheat Board One-on-one with National Sorghum Producers President Greg Shelor ASA Says U.S. Should Challenge Other EU Biotech Laws Beef Board Seats New Members, Elects Leadership WTO Rules Against Europe in Biotech Case Wheat Groups Back Biotech 'Crisis' Grips Wheat Industry Congress, Farm Groups React Negatively to Ag Budget Proposal FSA Offices to Stay Open - For Now House Ag Committee Holds First Farm Bill Hearing Wheat Groups Want AWB Suspension Reinstated Fight Over The Farm Bill 2007 Farm Bill Talks Take Center Stage President's Ag Budget Request Tightens Spending Across the Board Senators Urge Oil Companies to Make More E85 Pumps Available Number of U.S. Farms Estimated at 2.1 Million Johanns Aims to Resolve Japan Situation 'Directly' and 'Expeditiously' South Korea, U.S. Enter Official FTA Talks Progress Made on BSE Firewalls, More Needed USDA Announces Further Increases in Sugar Supplies Congress Approves Legislation Repealing Cotton Subsidy Program Mexico Opens Market to U.S. Bone-In Beef Goodlatte Calls on Japan to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef USDA Lawyers Looking into Legality of Mandatory Private Animal ID System President Calls for Accelerated Energy Research Timeline Midwest Senators Work to Expand the Availability of Renewable Fuels Expect Another Year of High Cattle Prices New Report Outlines Agriculture's Role in U.S. Energy Security Pres. Bush to Push Renewable Energy in State of the Union Address CRP Re-Enrollments and Extensions Made for Eligible Producers in 2007 CSP Sign-Up Dates Scheduled for Feb. 13 to March 31 EPA Approves Air Consent Agreements Japan Ag Minister Failed to Check U.S. Meat Plants Nations Decide to Collectively Proceed on WTO Trade Proposals Corn Exports Strong in January Senate Ag Committee Leaders Push for Early CSP Sign-Up Hurricane Victims Receive $2.8 Billion in Aid from USDA New Study Finds Ethanol Yields Positive Energy Balance Leading Weed Scientists Push for Diversification WTO Biotech Ruling May be Imminent Senator Requests Delay on CAFTA Implementation Taiwan Reopens Market to U.S. Beef EU Organic Allows Trace Biotech Materials Japan Made Specific Request for Veal Japanese Prime Minister Says Japan Wasn't 'Bullied' Into Resuming Beef Trade Japan Finds 22nd BSE Case Sentinel Plot Funding Approved to Continue Fight Against Rust Ethanol Industry Sets New Production, Demand Record Crop1 Insurance Official Comes Under Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Umbrella Goodlatte and Peterson Announce First Farm Bill Hearings Japan Halts U.S. Beef Shipments, Resumption Date Unknown Canada Confirms Fourth BSE Case Cuba to Import 700,000 Tons of U.S. Corn WTO Talks Reconvene this Week Senators Support E85 Tax Credit Stopping Spread of Bird Flu Virus Decreases Potential Threat to Humans USDA Takes Action to Correct Problems with Beef Shipment to Japan Singapore Reopens Market to U.S. Beef Cargill to Help Pay Health Costs U.S. and Oman Sign Free Trade Agreement Report Finds USDA Inaction on Enforcing Packers and Stockyards Act Australian Wheat Board Director Concedes of Knowing about Kickbacks USDA Offers Energy Cost Offset For Completion Of EQIP Practices Purdue Study Finds Fewer Farmers Are Input 'Convenience' Buyers Soybean DNA to be Decoded Thanks to DOE, USDA Partnership USDA Gives Food Security System A Test Run Biotech Acceptance Continues to Rise $38 Million Available for Cooperative Conservation Projects Greece Can't Prohibit Biotech Corn Planting North American Grain Conference Explores Biotech Wheat, Other Hot Issues Trade Surplus Remains But Smaller than 2004 Korea Announces 'Hollow Victory' in Resuming Boneless Beef Trade Gas, Diesel Prices Should Hold Steady in 2006 South Korea's Bone with U.S. Beef Farm Bureau Approves Full Estate Tax Repeal Compromise 2005 Cotton Crop A Record Breaker, USDA Reports AFBF Delegates Spend Tuesday Determining Policy Recommendations Report Criticizes Canadian Beef Inspection Procedures USDA Leaning Towards 'Metadata Layer' Animal ID Approach New Animal ID Consortium Formed to Hold ID Information Asian Markets Mandating All U.S. Food Corn Tested for Aflatoxin True Farm Bill Discussions Long Way Off Domestic Demand Still Driving Force in Livestock Markets Crowder: Not a Question of If But How in World Trade Talks Lower Net Revenue Per Acre Expected in 2006 AFBF President Stallman Gives Marching Orders at Annual Convention U.S. Wheat Planting Down 30% from the 1980s Retail Food Prices Dip Slightly in Fourth Quarter Cotton Industry Expects More WTO Pressure Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Confirmed in Additional Three States Next Generation of Biotech Focuses on Consumer Benefits Wheat Exports Keep on Pace with Last Year Vermont Rejects State Biotech Ban Beltwide Cotton Conferences Open in San Antonio India Destined to be Biggest Lint Producer South Korea Beef Talks Set for Jan. 9 LaVigne Tapped to Lead American Seed Trade Association Review Your Agriculture Leases, Especially Verbal Releases February 1st CAFTA-DR Implementation Date Possible South Korea, U.S. Beef Talks May Occur Next Week Improve Your Fuel Efficiency with These Tips EPA Takes Important First Step in RFS Implementation Hong Kong Resumes U.S. Beef Trade USDA Announces $380 Million in Funding for Schools and Roads Mexico Drops Anti-Dumping Case on U.S. Unprocessed Hams USDA Hog Numbers Nearly Match Trade Expectations USMEF: Consumer Confidence Essential In Regaining Beef Market In Japan Tips for Ending Your Financial Year Right China Considers Ag Subsidies Pharmaceutical Biotech Crop Company Closes Its Doors Humane Group Sues USDA Over Slaughter Practices Ethanol Sets Another Production Record in October India Delays Wheat Import Decision Report on European Agriculture Shows Land Shift Senate Removes Conservation Funding from Defense Bill Latest Trade Picture Shows Small Ag Trade Surplus Knowing Subsidy Payments Is Important When Setting Cash Rents Senate Sends Reconciliation Package Back to House Midwest Land Values Continue Impressive Rally Congress, Commodity Groups Give Lukewarm Response to WTO Progress GAO: DHS and USDA Are Successfully Coordinating Current Work Canada Levies $1.65 per Bushel on Imports of U.S. Corn Federal Judge Rules Nebraska's Anti-corporate Farming Law Unconstitutional Reconciliation Cuts $2.709 Billion in Ag Spending WTO Ministers Agree to End Export Subsidies by 2013 Duties on U.S. Corn Could Hurt — Not Help — Canadian Industries Canada Assesses Preliminary Duties on U.S. Corn Expectations Low for WTO Breakthrough How the 'Give and Take' Trade Process Pans Out for U.S. Producers Raasch Chosen as New Soybean Board Chairman NCGA Names National Corn Yield Contest Winners Wheels Stuck in Hong Kong Australia's First Trial of Biotech Wheat Won't Solve Salinity Crisis USDA Revises U.S. Corn Exports U.S., Europe Still Deadlocked Over Farm Subsidies Chambliss Wants Accountability in Temporary Farm Jobs GAO Finds Problems with Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Japan Reopens to Beef Imports from United States, Canada Johanns, Portman Head to Hong Kong Farm Credit Administration Approves New Termination Policy Japanese Beef Trade Projected at 100,000 Metric Tons in 2006 FB Study Identifies Agriculture's Future Challenges Insect-Resistant Crops Produce Greatest Biotech Yield Increase FAO Report: Ag Trade Reform Could Leave Poor Behind Japan's Food Safety Commission Concludes U.S. Beef Safe to Consume Landini USA, McCormick to Combine Operations in New Atlanta Facilities Peru, U.S. Conclude FTA Talks Number Crunch Fuel Costs in Seconds Put Conservation to Work for You with Voluntary Conservation Programs Taking USDA's New Computer Tool for a Spin Report Says U.S. Farm Programs Violate International Obligations EU Ministers Stall Approval of Biotech Corn FTC Reports Ethanol Industry 'Not Unduly Concentrated' Ag Statistics Web Site Revamped Brazil, India Promise to Sweeten Non-Ag Trade Deal EU to Make No More Moves Ahead of WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Low-Path Bird Flu Strain Found in U.S. U.S. Average Soybean Oil Levels Increase, Protein Levels Barely Below 35% EU Signals Little Movement on Farm Trade South Korea Delays Beef Trade Resumption Announcements Failed WTO Round Increases Chances of Specific Commodity Litigation FSA County Committee Elections Near U.S. Ethanol Industry Surpasses First Year Goal of RFS Swiss Vote Bans Biotech Survey Shows Challenges to Starting a Farm USDA Expects Record Ag Exports in 2006, Topping $64.5 Billion Jury Settles Bt Corn Technology Patent Dispute New Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator Unveiled Senator Requests GAO Investigation into Animal ID Plans Natural Gas Prices Send Production Expenses Skyrocketing Imported Biodiesel Raises a Ruckus House Passes Reconciliation Package with $4 Billion Ag Cuts Bush Nominates Richard Crowder as Chief Ag Negotiator Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up Slightly This Year APEC Nations Call for End of Export Subsidies by 2010 DeHaven: USDA Plans to Lift Older Canadian Cattle Ban Soybean Rust Confirmed in Eastern Texas Ramp Up For Soybean Rust in 2006 Canada Rules Sufficient Evidence in Corn Dumping Case Consumer Knowledge of Biotech Foods, Animal Cloning Remains Low U.S. Agricultural Trade Ends Fiscal 2005 in Surplus USDA Suspends Australian Wheat Board USA Affliate from USDA Export Credit Programs Farmers with at Least 900 Corn Acres Beware Of Payment Limit On LDPs Survey Reveals Missed Planting Windows Remain Problem for Corn Growers Australian Government Begins AWB Investigation EU Say U.S. Too Ambitious in WTO Market Access Requests Californian County Voters Defeat Anti-Biotech Measure GAO Report Says FDA Action Needed to Strengthen Feed Testing Program Hong Kong Won't Bring Defeat or Victory United Bio Energy Offers Online Cash Grain Pricing Platform Senate Ag Committee Hosts Hearing on Rising Energy Costs US-China Settle on Broad Textile Agreement New Nitrogen Rates Apply Economics to the Decision Consumer Acceptance of Cloned Meat, Milk Gaining Ground FTAA Put on Back Burner EU Authorizes Imports of Pioneer Biotech Corn Environmental Working Group Updates Farm Subsidy Database 2005 Net Farm Income Forecasted at $71.5B, Down from 2004's Record High Senate OKs Final Ag Spending Bill Senate Votes Against Stricter Payment Limits Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes Over Next 100 Years United States Files WTO Case Against Turkey Over Rice Restrictions President's USDA Avian Flu Request Calls for $91 Million GAO Report Criticizes Crop Insurance System EU Extends Corn Import Restrictions Japanese Commission Finally Moves Forward on Beef Trade Resumption House Passes Budget Reconciliation Package with $3.7 Billion in Ag Cuts EU Proposes WTO Trade Plan to Cut 60% of Domestic Support U.S. Raises Concerns with EU Proposal World Trade Growth Expected to Slow in 2005 Ag Spending Bill Finalized at $100B USDA Enhances Rust Management Tools for 2006 Growing Season Senators Get Tough on Japanese Beef Trade Dilemma Japanese Ambassador Says Trade Resumption Could Take Minimum of Four Months Web Site Keeps Biotech Corn from Unapproved Nations First Partial 2005-Crop Year Countercyclical Payments Announced Japan Beefs Up Stall Tactic All Sides Urged to Break Trade Deadlock Beef Could Reenter Japan by End of 2005, Beginning of 2006 Fertilizer Over-Application Cuts Into Your Bottom Line Biotech Cotton Beats Pink Bollworm for Eight Years Running U.S. Welcomes G20, Australia Movement on Market Access Senate Ag Committee Passes Budget Reconciliation with MILC Extension Ethanol's Impact on Ag a Mixed Blessing WTO Countries Still Differ on Market Access Levels Senate Begins Budget Battle Over MILC and Commodity Programs Midwest Drought Loss Totals Near $2 Billion According to New USDA Report FSA Office Closures Put on Hold After Heavy Opposition in Congress Nicaragua Becomes Sixth Nation to Approve CAFTA ITC Says Canada Doesn't Hurt U.S. Wheat Industry Farm Progress Show 2006 Location Announced for Amana, Iowa Ag Trade Surplus Back in Black for Month of August Court of Appeals Denies R-CALF Request for Rehearing Border Case Dow AgroSciences Teams with Sangamo Biosciences U.S. Corn Coalition Hires Counsel for Canadian Corn Investigation Govt. Payments May Soar Above $22.9 Billion with Recent Bearish Crop Report Ministers Leave Zurich with No Breakthrough Biotech Crops Reduce Pesticide Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions U.S. WTO Proposal Well-Accepted in International Arena USDA-NASS to Update Acreage in October Crop Production Report Portman Offers 60% Reduction in U.S. Subsidies Bt-10 Corn Continues to Surface in Japan Shipments Bipartisan Effort Growing to Delay FSA Office Closings Ag Budget Reconciliation Work Slashes Conservation Funding Johanns Ready to Work with Congress on New Farm Bill Wheat Merger Fails to Gain Approval State of 2005 Farm Economy Down from 2004, but Near Average GATT Calls for Singled-Out Cotton WTO Negotiations FDA Proposes Expanded Feed Ban, Banning SRMs from All Animal Feed New Web Sites Launched to Help Growers Prevent Glyphosate Resistance Grain Facilities Begin to Come Back Online China Corn Production Forecasted 4-5% Lower Fuel Prices Pinch Farmers USDA Announces Plans for Producers to Re-enroll or Extend CRP Contracts Discontent Growing for Japanese Movement on Beef Trade Resumption Watch For USDA Program Payments In October FSA Closures Needed to Modernize Agency New Web Portal Provides Instant Access to USDA Market News Reports Monsanto: Roundup Ready Soybean Technology Patent Expires in 2007 Senate Approves Grain Standards Reauthorization Act Brazil Expects US to Comply with WTO Ruling FSA Announces Plans to Close 713 Offices Barge Rates Take a Beating as Elevators Rush to Make Room for Midwest Crop Glyphosate-resistant Palmer Pigweed Found in West Tennessee Before Katrina Ethanol Production On the Rise Senate Passes Major Agriculture Spending Bill Temporary Waiver of Jones Act Would Help Agriculture Major Auto Makers Expand Commitment to Ethanol EU Ministers Fail to OK Biotech Corn USDA Takes Action to Ease Grain Transportation Senate's Patience on Japanese Beef Imports Waning Katrina Farm Production Losses Estimated at $900 Million Canadian Corn Growers Petition for Dumping Duties on U.S. Corn USDA Farm Bill Forum Draws Large Nebraska Crowd Ag Groups Ask Congress to Expand Natural Gas Production U.S. Ag Exports Trade Surplus Returns in July NCGA Analysis: Uphill Battle Ahead for Producers Congress Passes Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Extension Farmers Bear Burden of Increased Costs This Fall and Next Spring According to FAPRI Report Patent Offices Rules Dow First to Invent Bt Plants CPRI Report Says Fungicides Continue to Play Important Role in Yields Progress Continues on Getting Ports Up to Speed R-CALF Requests Border Rehearing China Will Import Corn Within Five Years Portman on WTO Trade: 'We Can No Longer Procrastinate' Monday Crop Report to Reflect Hurricane, Drought Impacts Pioneer, CHS Partnership Focuses on Animal Nutrition Barges Begin to Move Slowly Through New Orleans Port USDA Offers Emergency Assistance for Hurricane Victims Katrina's Price Tag Estimated at $1 Billion in Farm Country Johanns Visit to Farm Bill Forum Brings Many Ideas, Comments Another Week or Two Needed to Assess Hurricane Katrina Shipping Situation American Seeds Acquires Five Regional Seed Companies Farm Bill Forum Brings Many Ideas for Ag Secretary Johanns Cargill, EPA Announce Clean Air Settlement Corn Growers Impacted Dramatically by Closed Port Ag Companies Donate Millions for Hurricane Relief Prospects Improve for Wheat Group Merger USDA Wants Private Companies to Store National Animal Identification System Data On the Edge of a Revolution in Nitrogen Rate Recommendations Western Corn Rootworm Spreads Beyond Central Illinois and Indiana Hurricane Katrina Impacts Transportation Costs and Trade for Producers Nothing Good Expected to Come From Katrina, Specialists Give Preliminary Assessment of Hurricane FDA Says Enhanced Feed Ban Rule Release Scheduled in Next Month to Two Biotech Wheat Would Lower Wheat Income According to WORC Published Report Model Predicts Hurricane Katrina Will Spread Rust Spores In Already Infected Regions Farm Participation Increases in EPA Clean Air Program Ethanol Demand Soars as Petroleum Prices Increase USDA Forecasts Smaller U.S. Agricultural Trade Surplus at $2.5 Billion USDA Selects 110 Watersheds for 2006 Conservation Security Program Japan Questions U.S. BSE Firewalls, Trade Resumption Still Far Off Johanns Plans Farm Bill Forum at 2005 Farm Progress Show Researchers Agree on Need to Replace Fossil Fuels Energy Bill Boosts Corn Prices by 12.5 Cents, Small Changes Seen in Livestock Feed Costs Bank Group Issues Report that Says U.S. Farmers Can Compete Globally Bird Flu Found in Japan Again While Russia Worries Over Growing Outbreak Broader Range of Aphid-Resistant Varieties on the Horizon with Research from Pioneer and Kansas State Ag Ministers Worry Over Getting Agreement on Key Issues in Time for December WTO Meeting Quint Nation Leaders Hammer Out WTO Trade Details U.S. Government Reaffirms Canadian Subsidization of Wheat Sales to U.S. Access New Soil Survey Info Online with USDA's Web Soil Survey Site Court of Appeals Overturns Captive Supply Ruling in Pickett vs. Tyson Case Utlizing Biodiesel Byproducts Makes Production Cheaper for Manufacturers June Trade Deficit Reaches $94 Million, the Second Deficit for the Year with April's $35 Million Deficit CHS to Process Monsanto's VISTIVE Low-Linolenic Soybeans Rice Researchers Pin Down Rice Genome, Corn Group Looks to Capitalize on the Find EU Clears Monsanto Biotech Corn for Import in Feed Use WTO Rules Mexican HFCS Tax Illegal Report Finds that Disease Outbreaks, Trade Restrictions Impact Beef and Cattle Markets the Most President Bush Makes Good on Energy Promise with Energy Policy Act Signed on Monday Rust Confirmations Continue Across Southern States Both Ames and Weybridge BSE Tests Reveal Negative Results Study Finds That Voters in Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota Strongly Oppose Commodity Cuts President Bush signs Central American Free Trade Agreement into law on Tuesday ProExporter Expects Ethanol Production to Exceed 8 billion Gallons by 2012. Japan Ends Mandatory Blanket BSE Testing Treasury Dept. Clarifies Cuba Rule to Allow Goods to be Paid to Third Party Glyphosate-Resistant Marestail Confirmed In California Over Half Of U.S. Farms Have Internet Access Congress Sends Energy Bill to President Beef Leaders Confident Markets Will Stay Strong, Despite Latest Questionable BSE Test NASS Reports Farm Production Expenditures Up 5.1% In 2004 CAFTA Passes in House with Narrow Margin, Bill Now Heads to President Uruguay to File WTO Case Against U.S. Rice Producers Congress Finalizes Tax Incentives with Net Federal Cost Expecting to Be Close to $11.5 Billion Cow Sample Sent to Ames, Weybridge for BSE Testing CAFTA Showdown Set to Occur Late Wednesday Evening Monsanto Investigating Possible Glyphosate-Resistant Palmar Pigweed Energy Bill Touts 7.5 Billion Gallon Renewable Fuels Standard, Bill Expected to be Completed by Week's End Growers from 220 Watersheds to Receive $1 Billion for CSP Court Opinion Says Johanns Had Firm Basis for Border Rule, Chances Less Likely For Full Hearing Energy Bill Passage Looks Very Promising By End of the Week Energy Bill Deal Reached on MTBE Issue, Size of RFS and MTBE Issues Still Unresolved CAFTA Vote Expected Late Next Week Senate Confirms Dorr to Top Rural Development Post Montana Court Delays Permanent Injunction Case Mainstream Press Carries Negative Ethanol Message, Corn Growers Easily Dispute Study Rust Postules Identified in Georgia, Mississippi Sentinel Plots Farmers Can Extend CRP Contracts One Year If Contract Expires in September 2005 First Canadian Live Cattle Cross Border in Over Two Years House Appoints Energy Conferees, Hopes to Have Bill By End of Summer Johanns Says Border Reopening Could Happen in Days Court Overturns Preliminary Injunction on Canadian Cattle Imports House Passes Lock and Dam Improvement Measure 406-14 Rust Found in First Commercial Field for 2005 in Baldwin County, Alabama House Leaders Say CAFTA to Pass By Month's End Seattle Court Hears Border Case Appeal Today on Preliminary Injunction Experts Say Rust Spore Finds in Kentucky, Tennessee No Cause for Alarm Progress Made in Trade Tariff Reduction Cuts Thanks to EU, US Lead After G8 Summit Talks Illinois Jumps to Top Three Ag Exporting States, Pushing Texas to Fourth Johanns Breaks Ground with China on Beef, Biotech Issues Texas Cohorts Test Negative for BSE NAWG President Warns Against Getting Caught Up in Euphoric Subsidy Breakthrough WTO Director General Says WTO Negotiations in Serious Trouble NCBA Announces Animal ID Technology Partner for National Identification Needs Tropical Depression Cindy Raises Chances of Rust Spores Spreading North Markets Fall on London Bombings, Be Prepared for Heavy Liquidation Today Ag Energy Coalition Sets Goal of 25% Renewables by 2025, Moves Forward with Agenda Negative Ethanol Study Gets Little Traction USDA Proposes Legislation to Eliminate Step 2 Cotton Program, Export Subsidies Bush Issues Challenge Calling on Europe to End Ag Subsidies Monsanto, Argentina Break Off Talks on Biotech Soybean Fees Senate Passes CAFTA 54-45, House Gets the Trade Pact Next Alabama Reports Rust Find in Baldwin County USDA Announces Cow Confirmed with BSE Came from Texas Herd Sixth Florida County Finds Rust Physicians Organization Sues Dairy Trade Groups Over Dietary Claims DuPont Enters Collaboration for Yield-Boosting Effort CCMP Launches USA Raised Beef Senate Passes Energy Bill, 8-Billion Gallon RFS Mandate Included Taiwan Closes Doors to U.S. Beef USDA Not Revealing BSE Cow Origin CAFTA Sent to Congress for Final Approval WHO Endorses GMO Foods Because of Health and Development Benefits it Offers Breaking News: Second U.S. BSE Case Confirmed Friday Cargill Sells Futures Subsidiary to REFCO for Nearly $400 Million Rust Spores Found in Louisiana Spore Trap, Provides Early Warning System for Potential Disease Spotting EU Proposes Sugar Reform to Encourage Less Sustainable Producers to Exit Business EU Commission Wants End to States' Biotech Ban NCBA Concerned with USDA Protocol System Cargill, Codexis Create New Renewable Chemical Platform BSE Sample Arrives in England on Thursday New Milling Process May Make Ethanol Production More Economical Senate Finance Committee Approval of CAFTA Sets Ball in Motion for Vote Energy Bill Includes 8-Billion Gallon Mandate Will U.S. Comply with WTO Cotton Ruling? 'Weak Positive' BSE Cow Born Before Feed Ban Trade Exports, Imports Lower in April 2005. Deficit Reaches $35 Million Tropical Storm Arlene Remnants Could Potentially Carry Rust Spores As Far North as Kentucky Second BSE Tests on Previous Inconclusive Findings Reveal Conflicting Results Senators Hope to Sweeten CAFTA Sugar Deal with Compromise Beef Industry Gathers for BSE Roundtable at University of Minnesota House Approves Ag Spending Measure, Bill Now Heads to Senate Bill Hawks Resigns as USDA Under Secretary, Business As Usual Until Replacement is Named Senate CAFTA Hearing Focuses on Sugar Issues If EU Changes Sugar Policy, U.S. Won't Be Far Behind Cornell Study Takes In-Depth Look at Stacked-Trait Bt Corn WTO Ag Committee Chairman Says Doha Round Won't Fail G-20 Group of Countries Set Plans for Talks Ahead of December Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Cattle, Citizen Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in Favor of Border Closure EPA Upholds Efficacy of Ethanol Use in Cleaner Burning Gasoline Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court's Pork Checkoff Ruling Japan Finds Traces of Bt10 Corn in Shipments, Markets Not Affected Morocco FTA Expected to Boost U.S. Wheat Trade GAO Report Finds that Considerable Work Needed to Accomplish WTO Goals Bayer to Supply Tebuconazole for DuPont for Rust Fungicides EPA CAFO Consent Agreement Attracts Lawsuit from Groups including Sierra Club WTO Battle Over Aircraft Subsidies May Have Impact on Ag Talks Korean Officials May be Closer to Reopening Borders to U.S. Beef Imports OIE Updates BSE Guidelines to Streamline Country Risk Status Unauthorized Bt10 Found in Ireland Corn Shipment Ethanol Production Continues to Climb Pew Initiative Finds More Biotech Legislation is Tackling 'Next Generation' Biotechnology Senate Action Doubles Renewables in Fuel Supply USDA Updates Trade Picture, Surplus Expected to Reach $2 Billion Capitol Hill Rally Pushes CAFTA Going into Memorial Day Recess USDA Closes Border to Cattle from Durango, Mexico Monsanto Reiterates its YieldGard Rootworm Corn is Safe Analysis Shows Benefits of 8 Billion RFS Mandate Updated: Supreme Upholds Checkoff as Constitutional, Checkoff Found to Be Government Speech GAO Report Reveals Holes in Rust Preparedness Bush Outlines Aggressive Trade Agenda, CAFTA Top Priority EU Fails to Approve Pioneer/Dow and Monsanto Corn Varieties Monsanto Refocuses on the Farmer With Emphasis on Seed and Trait Business OIE May Change BSE Standards, Opening Door to More Boneless Cuts Trade Reestablishment Congress Introduces Bills to Extend Biodiesel Tax Credit Ag Coalition Calls for Congress to Act on Lowering Natural Gas Prices with Energy Bill Producers Have Until June 1 to Sign-Up for Direct and Countercyclical Payments Johanns Plans BSE Roundtable to Get the Facts Out about Border Situation Researchers Use Sensor Technology to Reduce Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Small Surplus Seen in U.S. Ag Trade Picture for March, Keeping Balance Tipped to U.S. Ag Secretary Mike Johanns Approves $1.2 Million in Soybean Rust Monitoring Funds Those Against Opening U.S. Border to Canadian Beef Play 'Dangerous Game' - Johanns Harkin, Bayh Urge Ethanol Relief for High Gas Prices Dorr Vote Moves to Senate Floor Without Committee Vote Crop Insurance Commissions Are Already Too Tight Bill Promotes Flexible Fuel Vehicles Cotton Groups Vote to Support CAFTA Vote on Crop Insurance Discount Plans Could Come Soon Economist Says Biotech Wheat Introduction Still Risky Biotech Industry Celebrates Planting of Billionth Biotech Acre Japan Takes Another Step in Trade Resumption New NAIS Timeline Calls for Full Mandatory Implementation by 2009 CFA Report: Ethanol Could Lower Gas Prices by 8 Cents Syngenta Seeds Wins Jury Verdict on Illegal Wheat Seed Sale 'Tsunami of Interest' in Securing U.S. Beef WTO Talks Reach Agreement on Tariff Calculations U.S. Animal Agriculture Vulnerable to Attacks Because of Importance to U.S. Economy House Introduces Voluntary COOL Bill Aimed at More Market-Driven Approach Costa Rica Yet to Ratify CAFTA Research Shows Glyphosate May Suppress Asian Soybean Rust Johanns Says U.S. Agriculture Vulnerable, but USDA is Taking Steps to Prevent Attacks NCGA Launches Weed Resistance Learning Center Johanns to Hold Farm Bill Listening Sessions Citizens Can Sue Pesticide Makers for Damage Congress Budget Includes $3 Billion in Ag Cuts Portman Gets Senate Nod for Head Trade Rep Post Long-term Insecticide Use Causing Neurological Problems for Farmers Survey Finds Consumers Prefer New Food Pyramid Compared to the Old Conner Approved in Senate for Deputy Secretary Post Rust Found in Georgia Cuba Rule Resulting in $300 Million in Lost Trade Harkin Greets Dorr Nomination with Same Criticism Japan Looking to Incorporate Bt10 Test GAO: NAFTA Yet to Reach Its Potential EU Urges Member Countries to End Biotech Ban Taiwan Receives First U.S. Beef Shipments U.S. Delegation Visit Fails to Resume Beef Trade EU Approves Bt10 Diagnostic Test House Approves Energy Bill, MTBE Provision Included Led by Sugar Groups, CAFTA Opposition Gains Momentum Former Ag Secretaries Support CAFTA WTO Negotiations Broke Down Tuesday U.S. Will Comply with WTO Cotton Ruling Fast Food Groups Push WTO Negotiations ISU to Test Asian Soybean Rust Fast Track System This Week New Food Guide Shows Steps to a Healthier You Payment Limits Still on President's Agenda President Begins Energy Bill Push Canada Wants WTO, NAFTA Settlement to Resolve Beef Border Issue New Rust Identified in Florida Syngenta Bt10 Detection Test to be Ready in Days Iraqi Wheat Purchase Causes Controversy Food Security Tightened with Voluntary Program Sentinel Soybean Plots in 26 States to Help Detect Rust Former Inspectors Criticize U.S. Handling of BSE February Ag Trade Balance Tips In Favor of U.S. House Passes Death Tax Repeal Act Cloned Beef and Milk Meet Industry Standards EU Biotech Situation Haunts Corn Market Canada Farmers Sue Canadian Government for BSE Negligence Study Supports CAFTA Passage EU Considers Suspending U.S. Corn Gluten Imports Current WTO Negotiations Make Poor Countries Vulnerable, Oxfam Report Says Grains Council Team Assesses South-African Biotech America Rice Returns to Iraqi Market Syngenta Settles with USDA Over Unintended Corn Senate Introduces Lock Modernization Act Taiwan to Reopen Market For U.S. Beef Products on April 16 Dow AgroSciences Launches DefeatSoybeanRust.com Canada Pork Subsidies Don't Cause U.S. Injury, ITC Says Japan Approves Stacked Biotech Corn Event Demonstrators Protest U.S./Thailand Free Trade Agreement Can Spring Weather Dampen Yields? EU Seeks Clarification on Syngenta's Biotech Seed Mix-up President's Budget Proposal Has Modest Effects on Farmers Johanns Reconfirms Position on Free Trade During Cairns Group Meeting President Asks for Trade Promotion Authority Extension Rust Has Little Impact on Planting Intentions, Cutting Only by 2% Japan Delivers 1.2 Million Signatures Asking for Resumption of Beef Trade Administration Pushes CAFTA, Sugar Indusry Stands in the Way Study Finds Ethanol Production Results in Positive Energy Balance $22.8 Million Available for Renewable Energy Use on Farms, Rural Communities Trade Resumption with Japan One Step Closer Florida Confirms 2nd Soybean Rust Find in Hernando County Japan Identifies 16th BSE Find Taiwan Sets U.S. Beef Resumption Date for April 16 Monsanto Brings Biotech Research Company In-house Pork Producers Hold Line on Breeding Herd Expansion Biotech Mix-up Taints Synenta Corn...Food Safety Not Compromised Ethanol Futures Contract Launched at CBOT CSP Sign-up to Start Monday Egypt Lifts Ban On U.S. Beef Products Canadian Associations File for Standing in R-CALF vs. USDA Suit Study Finds GMO Fields Affect Wildlife G-20 Remains Committed to Fighting Ag Subsidies USDA Requests an Appeal on Candian Border Ruling Senate Agrees to Ag's 'Fair Share' of Budget $2 Million Redirected to Enhance BSE Research, $5 Million to Strengthen Food Security Herbicides Save Farmers $21 Billion Ohio Representative Selected for Top Trade Negotiator Canadian Cattlemen Proceed with NAFTA Action Seeking Over $300 Million for Closed Border FAPRI Projects Above Average Income for U.S. Farms, But Not as Strong as 2004 CAFTA Battle Begins on Capitol Hill The Law of Unintended Consequences at Play in Canada Border Situation Traits Development Accelerated with MGI, Monsanto Partnership NCBA Says New Report Shouldn't Impact Beef Negotiations Monsanto Clears Regulatory Approval for Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Ruling Protects Livestock Producers from Needless Regulations January Trade Surplus Squeaks Out at $325 Million Harkin, Durbin Shed Light On Shortcomings In U.S. Anti-Bse Efforts Conner Makes Job Switch to No. 2 USDA Post Payments Limits Included in Senate Budget 6 Billion Gallon RFS Legislation Introduced, 20% More than Last Time Previous Introduction Crop Disaster, Livestock Program Sign-up Starts Monday Goodlatte Says Ag Negotiations in Trouble Food Supply Threatened by Too Few Inspectors Congress Proposes Deeper Budget Cuts Than President Bush Urges Japanese Minister to Resume Beef Trade Project Launched to Map Soybean Genome Getting Your Crops Insured Will Be Worth it in 2005 Rabobank & Anderson Clayton Enter Financing Alliance Golden Harvest Outlines High-Tech Crop Plans for 2006 Season Court Sides with Monsanto in Class Action Request New Pork Message Encourages Younger Consumers to Not Be 'Blah' Mosely Resigns from USDA No. 2 Post to Return Back to Farming AMI Request to Restore Full Beef Trade Denied Commerce Dept. Imposes 10.63% Antidumping Duties Brazil Officially Approves Use of Biotech Crops Border Reopening Could Increase Cattle Prices From the Farmyard to the Brickyard All Commodity Programs Threatened with Latest WTO Brazil Cotton Case Ruling House Supports Canada Border Reopening Judge Orders Temporary Injunction Preventing Border Reopening Rust Found Overwintering in Florida Senators Call for End of Beef Embargo in Letter to Japanese Ambassador NC+ Hybrids Joins American Seeds, Inc. Team ASA Voting Delegates Set Policy Direction for 2005-2006 Energy Leaders Work for 25 by '25 Vision More Glyphosate Resistance Ahead For U.S. Farmers Middle, Lower Canopy Penetration Is Key To Soy Rust Coverage Checkoff Group Ahead of the Game on Soybean Rust Efforts Ag Secretary Stumps for Budget Cuts USDA Says Canada Feed Ban Is Sufficient Report Hopes to Help Producers Take Ownership of Grain Belt Agriculture Wheat Growers Reveal 'A New NAWG' To Create More DC Clout Trade Balance Remains in U.S. Favor in 2005 Farm Program Cuts Could Hit Row Crop Growers the Hardest Border Reopening Rules Will Gradually Increase Number of Canada Live Imports OIE Files Brief In Favor of USDA Minimal Risk Rule Treasury Dept. to Require Cuba to Prepay for Goods Deadline Extended for the Bottom Line Business Strategies Session Brazil In A Position To Export Ethanol Wheat Consolidation Vote Fails Tracy: China Offers Opportunity For Wheat Census Shows Over 3 Million Farm Operators Run 2 Million U.S. Farms USDA Report Finds Illegal Beef Imports Entered U.S. Monsanto Acquires Emergent for $300 Million USDA is Able to Change Proposed Minimal-Risk Rule Legally Payment Limit Legislation Introduced Identical to President's Proposal Agriculture Commodity Prices Continue Long-Term Decline Syngenta Releases Gene Information for Late Blight Disease to Public Diverse Groups Team Up Over Artificial Sweetener Claims U.S. Dollar Expected to Strengthen in 2007 Causing More Pressure on Ag Exports Ag Trade Balance Tips in Favor of U.S. Farmers Senators Look to Block Canadian Border Reopening House Ag Members Unite to Fight Against Proposed Budget Cuts Court Orders USDA to Disclose Biotech Fields in Hawaii $22 Million EQIP Funds Given to 17 States UN Official Says North American BSE Cases Are Isolated Incidents Johanns Wants Beef From Cattle Older than 30 Months Removed from Minimal Risk Rule Ag Industry Reaction Mixed for Budget Proposal U.S. Landcare Delivers Triple Bottom Line NRCS Chief Says Resource Conservation Is On The Move Japan Agrees to Grading System USDA Budget Proposal Cuts $2.6 Billion and Calls for Payment Limitations Ag Secretary Outlines Early Budget Increases, Talks about Trade USDA's Rural Development Chief Talks about Challenges Ahead NCBA Trade Delegation Offers Insight into Canada Beef Situation Is the Cattle Industry Ready for Restructuring? Ethanol Use Encouraged in State of the Union Address CSPI Says Ag Biotech Cupboard Remains Bare in Product Development Pesticide Costs Should Lower with New Agreement R-CALF Asks for Injunction to Keep Border Closed Cuba Questions U.S. Commitment to Trade Expect Ag Funding Cuts in Bush's Budget Proposal Ethanol Production Continues Surge, Setting All-time Monthly Record Congress Introduces Bills for Permanent Estate Tax Repeal Biotech Cotton Making Huge Global Strides As Usage Increases Cargill Names Corn-Based Plastics Business NatureWorks LLC Chinese Authorities Issue Ideas to Ramp up Country's Agriculture Bayer CropScience, Cargill Form Alliance for New Canola Lines NCGA Disputes 'West Wing' Ethanol Discussion UN Organization Urges Biotech Monitoring BSE Less Likely to Cross Species Barrier NCBA Trade Team Prepares Report Johanns Pushes for Japanese Trade Resumption Date Farm Bill Hearings Planned for Late 2005 Merial and Boehringer Ingelheim Co-Market SUREHEALTH Johanns Completes First Day at USDA Monsanto Acquires Fruit, Vegetable Seed Dealer Air Emissions Agreement Struck Cargill Buys Corn-based Plastics Business Johanns Confirmed As New Ag Secretary Japan Trade Resumption 'Close At Hand' Veneman Bids Farewell to USDA Employees Expect 10% Lower Yields in Brazil Veneman Accepts Lead UNICEF Position Report Details Monsanto's Patent Suits Against Farmers R-CALF Asks for NCBA Help in Border Fight WTO Addresses Institutional Challenges World Bank Report Tags Subsidies, Tariffs Soy Protein Matches Well to New Dietary Rules Worldwide Biotech Use Growth Continues Dow Granted Healthy Oils Patent Over Cargill New Dietery Guidelines Stress Exercise, Calories AFBF Supports Border Rule if Based on Science R-CALF Sues USDA Again Canada Has Another Case of BSE 2005 Decisive Year for U.S. Trade Giuliani Talks Ag at AFBF Convention USDA, AFBF Say Sound Science is Only Way NCBA is Reconsidering Canada Border Position Veneman Announces Biobased Procurement Rule Beef from BSE Cow May Have Reached U.S. Ag Committee Approves Johanns for Ag Post Survey Finds High Level of IRM Adherence Zoellick Heads to State Department NCC is Hard at Work on Cotton Trade Issues Sorghum Sequence Donated To Public Domain CCI Looks to World to Boost Cotton Consumption NRCS Needs to Improve TA Estimation Methods CCC Rates Announced for January 2005 Canada Confirms BSE Find Canada Has Suspect BSE Case Agreement Reached on Korean Rice Imports R-CALF Gears Up For Border Fight Industry Surprised by Hog Report Numbers Canada Eligible to Export Live Cattle to U.S. Dominican Republic Repeals HFCS Tax Are Consumers Giving Up On Fewer Carbs? FF Editor to Speak at Chicago Farmers Meeting South America Puts Soybean, Corn Prices Under Pressure New Manure Nutrient Standard Nears Completion Farm Groups Monitor Administration Budget Promises Deere Enters Leasing Deal for Equipment Sales to Russia Seed Treatment Now Available for Soybeans Chambliss Takes on Senate Ag Committee Apple Imports to Taiwan Halted Meat Inspectors: Packers Not Meeting New BSE Rules USDA Grants Offer Conservation Partnership Help October Ends with Trade Surplus EU Approves Roundup Ready Corn 2 for Food Use Food Supply Vulnerable to Pharmaceutical Crop Contamination Court Rules in Monsanto, Dow's Favor in Bt Corn Technology Lawsuit Glyphosate Resistance Found in Ragweed Corn Yield Contest Winners Reach New Levels Grading System to Verify Cattle Age Leavitt Named to Head HHS Proposed Cuba Regulations May Be Illegal Estimate Production Costs with IP Calculator EU Can't Halt Global Use of GMOs Supreme Court Hears Checkoff Case Report: Biofuels Can Aid Energy Shortage Senate Approves Specialty Crop Act Technical Assistance Funding Fixed Jamaica Opens Doors to U.S. Beef See If You're Eligible for CSP Ag Trade Balance Jeopardizes Farm Support Neb. Gov. Mike Johanns Named New Ag Secretary Concerns Exist with Local Biotech Management FCSA to Pay Rabobank $10 Million Nine States Detect Soybean Rust CCC Interest Rates Set Starband Internet Users Out of Service UK Study: GM Crops Pose No Threat Syngenta, DuPont Call A Truce Higher Farm Income Boosts Rural Main Streets Omnibus Spending Bill Hits Snag European Sanctions Could be Approved Friday Public Opinions of Biotech Remain Mixed BSE Results Negative in Final Test HFCS Not to Blame for Obesity Internet New Favorite Marketplace Cotton Subcommittee Formed for WTO Trade Talks Thanksgiving Dinner Remains Affordable Mandatory Price Reporting Extended Soybean Rust Confirmed in Florida Syngenta Closes or Reduces Capacity at 12 Locations More Soybean Rust Found in Louisiana and Mississippi Monsanto Forms American Seeds, Inc. Mandatory COOL Under Attack Veneman Resigns USDA Head Post Trade Negotiators Hammer Out Ag Issues Funding Key Concern for NAIS Nitrogen Prices Trend Up Soybean Rust Found in Louisiana Taiwan Visit Scheduled For Next Week EU Files WTO Complaint Against U.S., Canada USDA Increases Net Farm Income Forecast Agriculture Generating Trade Deficit Now's the Time to Test Soil Levels Taking Corn to a New Level Soy Consumption is a Matter of Taste FSA County Committee Elections Underway FCSAmerica CEO Resigns Canada Border Rule Expected 'Within Days' Improving Ethanol Production Efficiencies Rural Vote Helps Secure Bush Win Daschle Loses Senate Race 200 Watersheds Selected for CSP 'Friendly' Disaster Implementation Needed USDA Announces 2nd Round of Animal ID Funds Tight Corn Supply Coming? 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