Live Trading News Suicide in Rural America By Shayne Heffernan on June 10, 2018 1 Responding to signs of rising despair in rural America over a farming downturn exacerbated by the current trade war fears, agricultural leaders are mobilizing to try to prevent another suicide crisis. Two high profile deaths in the past week, of…
GOT ‘SCAM?’ — DAIRY FARMERS ARE GETTING MILKED BY THE USDA’S CHECKOFF PROGRAM 12:05 AM 06/11/2018 Andrew Kerr | Investigative Reporter 282 19 Dairy farmers are forced to pay a tax that funds nonprofits dedicated to boosting dairy sales One dairy farmer says the nonprofits are doing a “pretty piss poor job” The nonprofit that…
Audio is at the link. http://wnax.com/news/180081-ocm-continuing-to-raise-concerns-over-bayers-purchase-of-monsanto/ OCM Continuing To Raise Concerns Over Bayer’s Purchase Of Monsanto 1 DAY AGO IN AGRICULTURE PHOTO: WNAX 0 0 0 0 This week Bayer completed its $63 billion purchase of Monsanto. Organization for Competitive Markets officials are continuing to register concern with the regulatory approvals of this deal. OCM…
By Caroline Cox | June 7, 2018 The probable carcinogen glyphosate has been detected in popular cereals, but the EPA is ready to approve its use for 15 more years. Quaker Oats “Life” and “Squares” cereals. Gerber and Beechnut baby oatmeal. Cheerios. Store brand “O” cereals from Target, Safeway, Walmart, Trader Joe’s and Kroger. All…
Seeds Regenerative gold medal winner By Kerry Hoffschneider Jun 5, 2018 Raising healthy cattle while regenerating soils on the Fulton farm Colleen Fulton won a gold medal in the Public Speaking Competition at both the Nebraska District FFA and State FFA Convention competitions this year. Her speech was entitled, “Regenerative Agriculture.” However, long before Colleen…
Thanks John, You describe Alan and the importance of his work perfectly! MC Howdy, As I read this week’s column from Alan Guebert, I reflected on how many times in the last 25 years, his research and ability to organize and explain it, changed the course of history to the good. Alan has been a…
Farmers And Ranchers Cry Foul On USDA’s Checkoff Programs 06/07/2018 Marty Irby | Senior adviser and head of rural affairs at The Humane Society of the United States To those of us closely watching the 2018 Farm Bill deliberations over the past weeks, it came as no surprise when the bill, H.R. 2, fell by…
Will Trump Reinstate COOL Regs? June 7, 2018 02:15 PM By Greg Henderson Drovers Editorial Director Cattlemen who were denied a legal challenge to current U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulations say they hope President Trump will side with them and reinstate the regulations that were put in place in 2009. Other industry observers say such…
For Immediate Release: June 5, 2018 Billings, Mont. – Today, the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington granted summary judgment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a lawsuit filed by R-CALF USA and the Cattle Producers of Washington (CPoW). The lawsuit alleged that the USDA was unlawfully allowing imported beef to be…