Agriculture poses immense threat to environment, German study says Published: April 4, 2015 – 08:12 1 Large-scale animal husbandry is one of the biggest sources of pollution in the agriculture industry, the UBA report says. [LID/Flickr] Conventional agriculture is causing enormous environmental damage in Germany, warns a study by the country’s Federal Environment Agency, saying…
Chief U.S. trade official pitches Trans-Pacific Partnership at Nebraska farm By Russell Hubbard / World-Herald staff writer | Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:00 am Michael Froman Michael Froman VALLEY, Neb. — The Obama administration’s top trade official said Wednesday in Nebraska that a major free-trade agreement under negotiation would help the state’s economy by…
Campaign for trade deals comes to Nebraska 55 MINUTES AGO • BY NICHOLAS BERGIN | LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR VALLEY — When it comes to presidential elections, Nebraska tends to take a back seat to its neighbor to the east, Iowa. But there’s another campaign warming up, and for this one, Nebraska is front and center:…
NCBA is the cattlemen’s worst nightmare Assumed by its name to be an advocate for the cattle industry, the NCBA is actually the independent cattlemen’s worst nightmare. With its control of the Beef Checkoff Program, the NCBA is: Leading the attack against country of origin labeling (COOL) Undermining every effort to restore competition to U.S….
Perception shift: Livestock to the rescue by Theodora Dowling, WLJ Correspondent Imagine walking into a room to find 300 people glued to their seats, fixated by a speaker with a microphone and a slideshow. Imagine these hundreds of people have come from four different countries and all over the U.S. Imagine them ranging from hipster…
Factory Farm Meat: Why Vegetarians, Ranchers and Conscious Omnivores Need to Unite April 1, 2015 Organic Consumers Association by Ronnie Cummins Photo: pixabay For the first time since the advent of industrial agriculture, the federal government is considering advising Americans to eat “less red and processed meat.” That advice is the outcome of studies conducted…
For Immediate Release Contact: John Hansen 402-476-8815 April 2, 2015 Local Control Prevails Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) hailed the successful first round legislative efforts that gutted LB106, the Priority Bill of Sen. Dan Watermeier as a clear victory for local control. The amendment adopted struck all the original language and replaced it with…
CFTC Sues Kraft, Mondelez for Alleged Manipulation of Wheat Market Suit alleges effort to artificially lower the price of wheat in 2011 by buying large amounts of futures contracts ENLARGE Wheat being harvested on a Kansas farm in June 2013. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS By ARUNA VISWANATHA And JACOB BUNGE April 1, 2015 7:10 p.m. ET…