Livestock Market Digest November 15, 2012 The Auditors By Lee Pitts Let’s play the old word association game, shall we? If I were to say the word “grass” you’d probably say “green”, unless you were a pothead. If I said “black” you’d say “white” and if I said the word “audit” you’d probably… wet your…
Wednesday, Nov 21 " Walmart workers plan Black Friday protest" – NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (video):http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#49909585 Features OUR Walmart members Greg Fletcher and Elaine Rozier “Walmart Workers Prep for Black Friday Strike” – NBC Today Show (video): http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49914779#49914779 Features OUR Walmart members Greg Fletcher, Dan Hindman, and Monique Velasquez “Walmart’s Black Friday” –…
Whatever happened to the OIG report on the Beef Checkoff? It was supposedly completed a year ago. We are still waiting to see it. According to an inside source, a representative from the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service reported to the NCBA and CBB, those being investigated, that there was “some bad stuff in the report,…
AMES, Iowa — The drought that parched fields, scorched crops and withered farm ponds in Iowa was indiscriminate, hitting farmers of all types, sizes and enterprises equally hard. In its wake, it revealed not just the unpredictability of weather – but the need for farmers to plan ahead to protect their farms from the inevitable…
Corporate Giant Comes Out Against GMOs It has come to our attention that Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed healthcare organization in the United States, has advised its members against GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in food In its Northwest Fall 2012 newsletter, Kaiser suggested membership limit exposure to genetically modified organisms . . .MORE
High Speed Traders Jolt U.S. Grain Trade By Reuters Monday, November 19, 2012 CHICAGO (Reuters)—The U.S. grain industry says high speed computerized traders are disrupting their markets, but grain exchanges and regulators have no quick fix for the concerns, according to grain industry officials and traders. The dispute, which pits grain companies at the Chicago…
The Plantation http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november_december_2012/features/obamas_game_of_chicken041108.php?page=1 "Interesting" excuse by DOJ. The Daily Yonder–Bill Bishop’s take on it: http://www.dailyyonder.com/friday-roundup-chicken-game/2012/11/16/5493 • The Chicken Game — The Washington Monthly reviews the failure of the Obama administration to break up or limit the control the power of meat packers in a good, long review of the subject. Reporter Lina Khan reviews the…