USDA to Invite Brazilian Beef into the U.S. Despite FMD Problems Billings, Mont. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a proposed rule to allow the importation of fresh and chilled beef from 14 states in Brazil, a country that had been plagued with the most contagious disease known to cattle – foot-and-mouth-disease…
Iowa View: King sides against consumers, family farmers Iowa View Jan. 14, 2014 11:48 PM Written by CHRIS PETERSEN WITH MARIAN KUPER, GARY HOSKEY, JOHN GILBERT, GARRY KLICKER AND TOM FRANTZEN Chris Petersen THE AUTHOR: CHRIS PETERSEN, Clear Lake, with Marian Kuper, Iowa Falls; Gary Hoskey, Montour; John Gilbert, Iowa Falls; Garry Klicker, Bloomfield; and…
“Large-scale farming is Iowa’s ‘Breaking Bad’ by Kamyar Enshayan (KAMYAR ENSHAYAN teaches at University of Northern Iowa and is director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Education at UNI. Contact: kamyar.enshayan@uni.edu Jan 11, 2014 A plant that produces ethanol, the fuel produced from corn, is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids in this 2013 photo. / ASSOCIATED…
Monsanto critics denied U.S. Supreme Court hearing on seed patents WASHINGTON Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:05pm EST People hold signs during one of many worldwide ”March Against Monsanto” protests against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and agro-chemicals, in Los Angeles, California October 12, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Monsanto Co’s…
By Chris Scott on 1/13/2014 Cargill Inc. and the private holding company Branhaven LLC have signed a non-exclusive agreement to provide their patented BeefGen genomics (DNA) tools to Neogen Corp. for undisclosed terms. BeefGen helps beef and dairy cattle producers analyze bovine genetics in order to help improve meat and milk yields. The product allows…
January 13, 2014 Beef Tax: It’s What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner What if every time someone acquired a dog – either through adoption from a rescue group or shelter, a purchase over the Internet or at a pet store – they paid a hidden fee on that transaction, and the entire pot of money…
Noam Chomsky: Obama Trade Deal A ‘Neoliberal Assault’ To Further Corporate ‘Domination’ Posted: 01/13/2014 7:30 am EST | Updated: 01/13/2014 7:56 am EST The Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is an “assault,” on working people intended to further corporate “domination,” according to author and activist Noam Chomsky. “It’s designed to carry forward the neoliberal project to…
The high cost of cheap chicken 97% of the breasts we tested harbored bacteria that could make you sick. Learn how to protect yourself. Published: December 2013 Dangerous bacteria We tested more than 300 raw chicken breasts from stores across the country. When you shop at your favorite grocery store, you probably assume that…
January 7, 2014 Mo. Soybean Assn. leadership shakeup ousts exec. director David A. Lieb Associated Press Parsons, Kansas — Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two longtime leaders of the Missouri Soybean Association are out of their jobs as part of an organizational shakeup following an audit of how the prominent agricultural group managed millions…