Mo. moves to lift ban on foreign farm owners
Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Food stamps focus of farm bill debate
Discussion about cutting spending for the program to feed poor Americans dominated Tuesday as three days of U.S. House debate began on the farm bill, a 2,000-page document to establish federal farm and nutrition policies for five years. Hundreds of amendments have been crafted to the bill, with a vote expected Thursday.
White House threatens veto of House farm bill
The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, five-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry.
Pilot injured in ND crop duster crash
A crop-spraying pilot suffered what the North Dakota Highway Patrol says are minor injuries when his plane crashed about three miles west of Minot Air Force Base.
La. couple trains quarter horses
The Bulliards have trained and sold more than 80 quarter horses for the performance industry, some earning titles in top futurity and derby national competitions. Some of the quarter horse reiners trained by the Bulliards went to Italy, Germany and France, while others remained in the U.S. and went on to make names for themselves and their owners.
New hearing for Calif. raisin farmers
The Supreme Court opened the door June 10 for California raisin growers to challenge the constitutionality of a Depression-era farming law that requires them to keep part of their annual crop off the market.
Reducing crop yield loss
Aaron Hager, University of Illinois associate professor of weed science, says early and accurate identification of Palmer amaranth plants coupled with implementation of an integrated management program are essential to reduce the potential for crop yield loss from interference of this broadleaf weed.
Iowa copes with nitrate surge in drinking water
For much of last year, Iowa’s most pressing agricultural problem was a drought that baked farm fields and parched crops, turning them brown and crumbly. Then the skies finally opened up, providing one of the soggiest springs on record.
Weather creating stress
As weather issues hamper farming efforts, farmers, agricultural professionals and family members are facing many stresses. The hours they must spend dealing with weather stresses can be long, continuous and exhausting.
Time to embrace biotechnolgy
Making a case for genetically modified crops
Improving weather and negative report
Wheat opened and traded lower to start the week. Harvest progress combined with spill-over selling from the lower corn market to push the winter wheat exchanges lower. A disappointing export inspections estimate added to the pressure.
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Oats are hard to source. The crop last year was 2.7 million metric tons and total supplies were 3.5 million metric tons, both down 400,000 metric tons from 2011.
Pumped up prices
Associated Wholesale Grocers’ lawsuit against United Potato Growers of America and two dozen other defendants has been shifted to U.S. District Court in Idaho, America’s top potato-producing state with 30 percent of the nation’s supply.
Modest global production expectations
Global wheat consumption for 2013-’14 is reduced slightly with reductions in feed and residual use for the European Union, Russia and Ukraine more than offsetting higher expected food use for India, Iran and Egypt.
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