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Archive for the 'Grains' Category
Washington DC -July 7- America’s farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments beginning today.
Washington DC -May 13- Tight supplies and strong demand mean prices for corn and soybeans are likely to remain high for the foreseeable future, according to American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economic analysis of two recent government reports.
Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.
Washington DC -May 6- The mandate by Congress to utilize a key food ingredient as the dominant input for biofuels has inextricably coupled food to fuel prices, driving up costs for consumers and affecting the economy, said AMI President and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.
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Washington DC -March 31- On the heels of last year’s record-high corn production, U.S. farmers intend to plant 8 percent fewer corn acres in 2008, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -May 10- The House Committee on Agriculture investigated the government’s response to melamine-tainted products imported from China that were used in pet food and animal feed products. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -April 10- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns today highlighted the Administration’s farm bill proposals related to conservation. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 26- South Florida beekeeper David Rukin is the first recipient of a low interest rate, long-term loan from Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket, as part of a company-wide initiative supporting local agriculture and food producers. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 6- Following is a summary of a report from the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, Michigan State University related to cloned and gentically engineered food animals. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 5- Urging broad support for a federal market-based bio-fuels policy, producer delegates at the National Pork Producers Council’s annual business meeting March 3 in Anaheim , Calif. , approved several resolutions related to ethanol. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -March 1- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Mike
Johanns today announced an increase in the forecast for agricultural exports to a
record $78 billion for fiscal year 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington DC -February 21- Following is a transcript of remarks by USDA Secretary Mike Johanns to the Washington International Trade Association: Read the rest of this entry »