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Safe Emergency Drinking Water Retooling a Company...Continued Well, We've Never Seen that Before Stuff Happens What's the Most Unique Thing at the Show? Where Are the Parents? Motor Oil from Animal Fat Love is in the Air. Right? As the Bus Turns Cultivators and Planters Report We *Heart* Beef…on TV! Emissions Under Load Name Dropping for Increased Business The Aftermath of Suzanne Dear Suzanne Somers Auction Site Pushes Ag Iron Give Me a Break! Sometimes, It's Tough to Be an Illini The Sky is Not Falling, It's Only the Dawn! Health Insurance. Bleck. What Was Your Best Decision? Engine Questions Abound When Marketing Meets The English Language A Nation With a Leaky Fuel Tank Rural School Research Australian Rains Affect Folks Just Like Us Where Competition Counts Recovery Girl Scout Cookies: Now HFCS-Free? Grain Crops are Clear-Cut Every Year Redneck Sledding Survey Yields Interesting Responses That's What's in the Bag What's in The Bag? 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Consider a Farm Show Check Your Well Covers Red, White and Dude, That's a Long Way Up There Big Equipment Offers New Niche Illinois Native Takes White House Ag Spot Solar Power Is Already Here: In Biomass Home Sweet Home "Doing Tomatoes" Is a Summer Rite Quick Glimpse of a Prototype Homegrown Fireworks Adding Up All the Costs Getting Away Can Be Therapeutic Lesson #1 for Rural Driving: Forget the GPS A Little Idle Time Her First Show Of ROPS and Illegal Aliens Using Facebook to Build Momentum Making the Move to ZTR Gearing Up for a Farm Show The Robot Gator Goes to War We Have a Winner! Building a Transition to the Outdoors Walkin’ in High Cotton Hard Work and Heartbreak Hard at Work, Facing 'Real World' Test Customer Service 101 A Chance to Look into the Future Do We Need to Be Exporting Ethanol? Twelve Years of Locks Pickup Towing Arms Race Heats Up In a Cluster? A Spring Evening in Oklahoma From 'Salvage' to Recycling At Least Be Honest! Planting on the Prairie Another Ag-First Innovation? Want a Job? Study Crop Sciences For Security of Rural Property, You're On You're Own Taking Command of the Planter Your Influence Is Real and Makes a Difference Cutting Through Extension Rumors Reliable Tech Support Starts Somewhere Even This Cynic Gets Proven Wrong Once In a While! What's Your Passion, Ladies? 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A Little Marketing Please A Star is Born Real Life in the Livestock Business A Little Telemetry Please Opt for On-Demand Hot Water Getting Ready for Spring Nothing's Simple, Particularly Renewable Fuels Engineering Awards Highlight New Tech Alfalfa Producers are "Consumers" Too A Proper Send-off Getting By in 2009 Some Real Figures to Refute Chicken Little Will 2009 Drive 2010 Retirements? Frustrations in Precision Bt Suffers Adjective Violence From Organic Fund Raisers Sneaking a Peak at Auto Show Launches Ends and Beginnings Over the River and Through the Woods Perspective and Change The Disappearing Barber Pole A Wish List? 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Next Time You're In the Shop, Look Up My Engine! Ford Retools Super Duty Truck Line Bring Back the 'Little' Combine? Defying definition: the Sustainable Family Farm Industry in Transition? A Tale of Two Dealers Whew! One Show Down...Another This Week Keeping Perspective on Market Changes Be Frugal With Your Tax Dollars The Return of the Scout Recycled Motor Oil Can Be Just as Good as New! Company Fills California Equipment Niche A Hundred Years Luck Is Watching Nature In the Country Machinery Launches Offer Fun, Information Teaching Old Designs New Tricks As the Crow Flies Farmer Spending Ramping Up Counting Down the Days A Blatant Waste of Your Resources and Mine The (Sweet Corn) Ears Have It What a Difference 30 Years Can Make Living In the Country Affords Some Quiet Time Development Beat Marches On Form and Function A subsidy is a subsidy is a subsidy! Aussie Travel Tour Continues This Has Nothing to Do with Farming Applying Tech Everywhere Unintended Consequences are Consequences Just the Same YouTube Therapy Rumor Mill Fires Up The March to Cleaner Engines Continues Show Me a Master Farmer Crazy Animal Rights Tactics Lining Up with New Products Individual Grit and Determination Still Work, Despite Being Out of Style It's All in the Details What Frog Shortage? New Way to Get Equipment Information Company Offers Interesting Move for 2010 Not Like Your Father's Farm Equipment Dealership $400 a Ton Anhydrous? Living Among My Ancestors Catching a Sniff of Show Season Day Two ASABE Quarter Scale Tractor Competition (With Video) There's More Than One Way to Use a Briggs & Stratton Engine! Steering Update: More Work Done as Weather Clears Oil Coolers are Cheap Insurance Against Frustration and Expensive Repairs Doggone It Deals Abound, Market Wants your Business Update - Indiana Lightbar User Gets More Experience Tractors Need Spring Cleaning Too Be Safe in the Rush to Plant Farm Equipment Sales Slide Caution: You May Own "Waters of the U.S." It's that second you'd like to have to live over again Move on Auto Industry to Impact Ag? A Tax By Any Other Name Is Still a Tax Field Update - Putting New Tech to Work Rush Limbaugh Becomes Spokesman for HSUS It Was a Great Day for a Wildfire! If You Don't Tell Your Story, No One Will Activists Looking at Fungicide? Changing of the Guard Big Green Makes Reorganization News The Proof is in the Rust on the Plow Online Parts Ordering in Your Future? A "Busted" 4-H Story and The Technology Explosion Adversity Could Bring Opportunity A Penny For Your Thoughts? Not Nuts about Preconceived Notions Learning the Lightbar "It's Only a Little Leak," said the Captain of the Titanic Nurse Practitioners: A Modern Solution to a Nagging Problem Alliances Open Doors to Interesting Ideas Dan's Inflation Market Basket Take That, Animal Rights Activists Making a Combine Statement Are You a Rich Farmer? The Rush of Spring...is Coming Abandoned Horse Web Site Draws Attention to Lack of Slaughter Some Good News to Season the Bad Not Better Than Tractors Farmer Panel Offers Insight Fertilizer Report #1 Ready to Introduce New Master Farmers You CAN use less energy Midwest Power Shift Pioneer Seeks a Mighty Wind Utility Vehicle Makes a Stretch Stretching Out to Cover More Acres Horses: The last untapped source of protein on the North American continent Flexible, Maneuverable and BIG! Return of an Icon? Agriculture: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon Thank You Mr. Lincoln The changing of the seasons can be violent Farm Show Ahead...Excitement to Follow The Law of Gravity Has NOT Been Repealed Passages THIS is America! A Truly Inconvenient Truth Out of the Mouths of Babes Different Subject/Same Argument Keeping in Touch - Getting Easier After the Flood An RX for Tough Times How Quickly Fortunes Change Caring for a Key Asset Bumpy Ride Ahead? A Dose of Reality Needs to Set In The Birds Know Starting Out Fresh? Time to Take a Deep Breath Not Ready for their Close-up Last Chance for Tax Savings Find Used Equipment Fast Company Move Aimed at Matching Machines to Markets Christmas Tunes Future Electronics Get Push From Dust to Dust Maximizing that Capacity Machinery Sales Demand to Continue? Prop 2 Swings the Door Open Big-Rig Pickup? Really? Only Half Done With Corn? Getting attention in Congress Moving Ahead with Buying Plans Like Deer, Questions Come in All Sizes Making the U.S. Industrial Case High Profile Pigs Year of the Utility Tractor? No Lipstick on These Pigs Bigger, Faster, Oh My Going Electric? Chrysler Makes a Statement Equipment Availability and Brand Loyalty Collide Lucky Time at a Farm Show Saying Not Goodbye, But See Ya Later Agriculture Heats Up Local Politics A Precision Change? Good News Keeps on Coming New at Boone! Facts in Plain Sight Packing for the Big Show Ramping up for 'Fieldwork' Downed Corn Along the Road Afternoon Recap by Arlan Suderman Morning Call by Bryce Knorr Livestock Call By John Otte Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention Proposed Child Labor Law Addressed at Cattlemen's Convention Cattlemen's Beef Board Approves Changes to Bylaws Cattlemen's Beef Board Approves Changes to Bylaws Cattlemen's Beef Board Approves Changes to Bylaws BASF Presents Research On New Herbicide Mahindra Max Series Is A Mid-Compact Tractor; Real Tractor Design UC Davis Researchers Partner in Beef E. coli Research Project UC Davis Researchers Partner in Beef E. coli Research Project NBB Working for Tax Credit Renewal, Higher RFS NBB Working for Tax Credit Renewal, Higher RFS Senators Are Pressing for Approval of XL Pipeline Senators Are Pressing for Approval of XL Pipeline National FFA Organization Seeks Young Farmers MF Global Bankruptcy Drives New Protections MF Global Bankruptcy Drives New Protections Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Cattlemen's Beef Board Preparing for Changes Conservation Leaders Honored by NACD Conservation Leaders Honored by NACD DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule DOL to Revisit Farm Labor Rule Most MF Global Funds Found Most MF Global Funds Found Case IH Launches Field Of Deals Sweepstakes USDA To Measure The Financial Health Of Ag Industry With Survey Better Beef Sales: Beef Up Knowledge at the Meat Case Better Beef Sales: Beef Up Knowledge at the Meat Case Rural Refinance Pilot Program Announced Rural Refinance Pilot Program Announced Wheat Organizations Want an Open Border for U.S. and Canadian Farmers Wheat Organizations Want an Open Border for U.S. and Canadian Farmers Branson Puts Cabs On The 20C Series Ag Tractor Nations Losing Confidence in Doha Trade Talks Nations Losing Confidence in Doha Trade Talks Biodiesel Production Expanding Biodiesel Production Expanding NFU Supports COOL Requirements NFU Supports COOL Requirements NFU Supports COOL Requirements 2011 Indemnity Payments Surpass Historic Record, Still Climbing Ag Groups Meeting to Iron Out Differing Views Ag Groups Meeting to Iron Out Differing Views Bill Introduced to Approve Portion of XL Pipeline Bill Introduced to Approve Portion of XL Pipeline Agriculture Bank Portfolios Strong Agriculture Bank Portfolios Strong Students to Attend USDA Outlook Forum Students to Attend USDA Outlook Forum Professionals Will Gather To Educate Wheat Growers On Increasing Profits Yanmar Meets Tier 4 Emissions Standards For Off-Road New Long Term Agricultural Projections to be Released New Long Term Agricultural Projections to be Released Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation Study Says Consumers Favor National Egg Legislation World Economic Forum Held World Economic Forum Held Cattlemen's College Will Present Wide Range of Topics Cattlemen's College Will Present Wide Range of Topics MF Global Official to Testify Before Congress MF Global Official to Testify Before Congress Gardeners Can Warm Thoughts At Plants Of Distinction Workshop Deere Takes Twin-Row Planters to the South USTR Reports Progress in Trade Talks USTR Reports Progress in Trade Talks Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Trade Enforcement Unit Proposal Met With Opposition Add The Right Adjuvant To Spray Mix This Spring ASA Biotech Working Group to Meet in D.C. Jan. 30-31 ASA Biotech Working Group to Meet in D.C. Jan. 30-31 John Deere, MacDon Agree on Self-Propelled Windrower Production, Sales Beware Of Mail Scam Offering Help To Meet Truck Regulations New Kids On The Block In Sprayer Market How to Help Pollinators How to Help Pollinators ASA Helps Launch New Afghan Association for Food and Feed ASA Helps Launch New Afghan Association for Food and Feed U.S. Forest Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement U.S. Forest Service Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement NAWG, U.S. Wheat Visit Capitol Hill NAWG, U.S. Wheat Visit Capitol Hill Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Agronomic Leaders Set Record Straight on Agriculture Education and Career Opportunities Michigan Wheat Promotion Work Begins; Assessment Starts May 1 Lock or Dam Failures Studied Lock or Dam Failures Studied Senator Questions President's Energy Stance Senator Questions President's Energy Stance Improvements to School Meals Announced Improvements to School Meals Announced New Plant Hardiness Zone Map Unveiled New Plant Hardiness Zone Map Unveiled Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management Summit Scheduled Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management Summit Scheduled Farm Groups Respond Positively to State of the Union Farm Groups Respond Positively to State of the Union Great Exportations! Great Exportations! Great Exportations! CARB Motion for Case Reversal Denied CARB Motion for Case Reversal Denied USDA Awards E. coli Research Grant USDA Awards E. coli Research Grant New Electric Tarp Roll from Shur-Co Three-Year Bovine TB Risk Mitigation Project A Success Agriculture Hopes to Hear Support for Safety Net Agriculture Hopes to Hear Support for Safety Net Senator Reports Questionable Contact to Ethics Committee Senator Reports Questionable Contact to Ethics Committee NPPC, NCBA Says New Legislation Backed by UEP, HSUS Dangerous Dow AgroSciences Sued by Bayer USDA Launches New Energy Website USDA Launches New Energy Website Michigan Farmers Market Association Conference Registration Open MF Global Claims Due Jan. 31 MF Global Claims Due Jan. 31 State Agriculture Directors Meet with EPA State Agriculture Directors Meet with EPA If You Haven't Heard About Cover Crops, You Will Soon! Both Yield, Production Of Corn For Grain Set Records In Michigan Sign-Up Begins for DCP and ACRE Sign-Up Begins for DCP and ACRE USDA Announces Renewable Energy and Efficiency Grants USDA Announces Renewable Energy and Efficiency Grants USDA Changing Poultry Inspections USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year USDA Says More Cattle on Feed Than Last Year Land Pride's New Grooming Mower Aimed At Commercial Use Michigan Grain Stocks Higher Than Last Year NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal NACD Reacts to EPA Reporting Proposal Federal Agency Consolidations Pose Concerns for USGC Federal Agency Consolidations Pose Concerns for USGC Nelson Irrigation Features Low-Pressure Pop-Up Sprinkler Progress for Pollinators Progress for Pollinators Acid Rain Study Shows Substantial Decreases Acid Rain Study Shows Substantial Decreases National FFA Organization Seeks Student Travelers National FFA Organization Seeks Student Travelers Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected Keystone XL Pipeline Rejected USDA Providing Additional Disaster Assistance USDA Providing Additional Disaster Assistance Buffett Foundation, Borlaug Institute Advance African Agriculture Buffett Foundation, Borlaug Institute Advance African Agriculture Deadline Extended for Conservation Stewardship Program Deadline Extended for Conservation Stewardship Program Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report Livestock Analyst Previews USDA Cattle Inventory Report Pigskin Poetry Contest Announced FMC Announces Cadet Convoy Winners Michigan Exporter Of The Year Applications Are Being Accepted LightSquared, Farm GPS Saga Continues LightSquared, Farm GPS Saga Continues USDA Rural Development 2011 Progress Report Released USDA Rural Development 2011 Progress Report Released Yetter Manages Residue On The Twin Row Dairy Producers Can Select From 4 In-Depth Workshops Possibility of Merging USTR with Other Agencies Possibility of Merging USTR with Other Agencies Big Apple a Big Potential Market for Soy Bioheat and Biodiesel Big Apple a Big Potential Market for Soy Bioheat and Biodiesel Despite Budget Cuts USDA Committed to Expanding Broadband Despite Budget Cuts USDA Committed to Expanding Broadband LED Lights Extend Meat Shelf Life LED Lights Extend Meat Shelf Life Michigan Soybean Growers Invited To Annual Meeting Of Members Thermal Arc Unveils Fabricator 252i For MIG, Stick, Tig welding USMEF Reports on Meat Exports USMEF Reports on Meat Exports Ag Secretary Holds Business Roundtable Ag Secretary Holds Business Roundtable Study Provides New Insights into Antibiotics and Pig Feeds USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA USDA's Announcement to Close Offices Concerns NCBA Michigan Corn Offering Collegiate Scholarships Sukup Designs Answer For Keeping Elevator Legs Straight EPA Eyes Improving Science Underlying Regulations EPA Eyes Improving Science Underlying Regulations USDA Works With Aviation Officials to Promote Biofuels Use USDA Works With Aviation Officials to Promote Biofuels Use Transforming the U.S. Grains Council Begins in Panama Transforming the U.S. Grains Council Begins in Panama Fuel Up to Play 60, Let's Move! Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity Will Sagging Grain Prices Make Those Who Paid High Cash Rent Uneasy? AFBF Survey: Retail Food Prices Decline In Fourth Quarter Scientists Say Red Meat Vital for a Healthy Diet Scientists Say Red Meat Vital for a Healthy Diet NASS Summarizes 2011 Crop Year NASS Summarizes 2011 Crop Year New Organization to Link Veterans with Ag Careers New Organization to Link Veterans with Ag Careers Standard Operating Procedure for the Farm Bill Standard Operating Procedure for the Farm Bill Oil Prices to Reach All-Time High Oil Prices to Reach All-Time High Estate Tax Battle is Set to Resume Estate Tax Battle is Set to Resume Business, Succession, Retirement, Estate Planning For Farm Women Farm Bureau Delegates Issue Latest Marching Orders Farm Bureau Delegates Issue Latest Marching Orders Vilsack Highlights Commitment to Renewable Energy Vilsack Highlights Commitment to Renewable Energy Lawsuit Against EPA Could Impact Agriculture Lawsuit Against EPA Could Impact Agriculture 11th Annual Heart of America Grazing Conference Begins Jan. 25 11th Annual Heart of America Grazing Conference Begins Jan. 25 Mahindra Introduces Snow Blower And Blade U.S. Forests Need Resistant Trees To EAB Groups Wants EPA Dioxin Assessment Stopped Groups Wants EPA Dioxin Assessment Stopped Mike Miller Named to NCBA Position Mike Miller Named to NCBA Position GAO Releases Recommendations for EPA IRIS GAO Releases Recommendations for EPA IRIS Protecting Your Estate Protecting Your Estate Protecting Your Estate Ag Secretary Outlines Cuts Ag Secretary Outlines Cuts Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Key NASS Survey Period Begins Soon Unique Chemistry In Armezon Herbicide Is Tough On Weeds, Safe On Corn Court Decides In Favor Of Makhteshim Agan Options for Managing Corn Residue Prior to Planting Soybeans Iowa Caucuses Bring Good Opportunities for Farmers to Communicate Iowa Caucuses Bring Good Opportunities for Farmers to Communicate Deadline for USDA Conservation Innovation Grants is Jan. 31 Deadline for USDA Conservation Innovation Grants is Jan. 31 Managing Risk Has Never Been More Important Managing Risk Has Never Been More Important Scrutiny in Wake of MF Global Could Breakup CME Scrutiny in Wake of MF Global Could Breakup CME AFBF's Stallman Says U.S. Ag Underappreciated by the Public AFBF's Stallman Says U.S. Ag Underappreciated by the Public Renewable Energy Sources See Growth Renewable Energy Sources See Growth This Will Not Be the Usual Farm Bill Debate This Will Not Be the Usual Farm Bill Debate MF Global Plot Thickens MF Global Plot Thickens Effort Aims to Collect Farmers' Stories Effort Aims to Collect Farmers' Stories Protecting Your Farm Estate Protecting Your Farm Estate Protecting Your Farm Estate Portable Lithium Ion Battery Packs Offered For 12 VDC Lighting FDA Milk Residue Survey Underway Company Offers Rural School District Grants Run Numbers, Seek Plenty Of Results Before Changing Practices Michigan Corn And Soybean Research Meeting Series Slated Farm Bureau President Recaps Challenges Ahead Farm Bureau President Recaps Challenges Ahead FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs FDA Moves to Reduce Use of Drugs New Committee Will Advise Land Management Planning New Committee Will Advise Land Management Planning New Year is Time for Dairy Producers to Find Farm Energy Opportunities EPA Focuses on Renewable Fuels Standards EPA Focuses on Renewable Fuels Standards 12 Michigan Growers Top State In The National Corn Yield Contest Farmers Rein In Bullish Hopes For 2012 Farmers Rein In Bullish Hopes For 2012 USDA Agency Reminds Farmers and Landowners of Compliance Issues USDA Agency Reminds Farmers and Landowners of Compliance Issues NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. NCBA Prepares Next Steps in Fight for Agriculture in D.C. Food Prices Moderate in Fourth Quarter Food Prices Moderate in Fourth Quarter Farmers Have Opportunities To Participate In Upcoming Educational Events Senninger Introduces New UP3 Dual Nozzle Carrier Farm Bill This Year Could Depend on Time Farm Bill This Year Could Depend on Time Michigan December Hogs and Pigs Inventory Is Steady Controversy Brewing over Poultry Cage Size Celelulosic Ethanol Industry Will Expand with Strong Policy Celelulosic Ethanol Industry Will Expand with Strong Policy Hobart Champion Elite Welder Is Light, Quiet, Powerful CoBank Closes Merger With U.S. AgBank CoBank Closes Merger With U.S. AgBank RFA Lists Top Five Ethanol Industry Stories for 2011 and 2012 RFA Lists Top Five Ethanol Industry Stories for 2011 and 2012 New OpTill PRO Herbicide Gives Growers A More Complete Foundation February Most Important Risk Management Month February Most Important Risk Management Month FDA Plans To Release New Food Safety Rules Jan. 4 Frankfort-Based Graceland Fruit Receives $5M In Loan Enhancements Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Beef Bucks on the Wheel of Fortune Farm Bureau Will Consider Catastrophic Revenue Loss Program Farm Bureau Will Consider Catastrophic Revenue Loss Program Choose The Right Precision Ag Options For Your Farm U.S. Military Take a Trip to the Market U.S. Military Take a Trip to the Market California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional Domino's Stuffed Cheesy Bread Satisfies Consumer Demand Northern Michigan Conference Offers Advice For Small Community Farmers FarmLink Brings Together Commercial Buyers And Farmers Grains Council Remains Focused On Moving Trade Even Further Grains Council Remains Focused On Moving Trade Even Further Consortium Will Develop Grass-Fed Dairy Farms Angus Records Program to be Introduced NBB 2013 Biodiesel Goals Announced NBB 2013 Biodiesel Goals Announced Signup Time Limited for First Conservation Stewardship Program Signup Time Limited for First Conservation Stewardship Program MSUE To Host Field Crops Winter IPM Programs Farming Practices Threaten Widely Grown Corn Crop Farming Practices Threaten Widely Grown Corn Crop First Biotech-based Drought Tolerant Corn Cleared First Biotech-based Drought Tolerant Corn Cleared USDA My Plate Video Winners Announced USDA My Plate Video Winners Announced 'Culinologists' Discover What Really Makes Bacon Sizzle Michigan Ranks In Top 10 In The Nation For Winter Farmers Markets EPA Issues Renewable Fuel Standards for 2012 EPA Issues Renewable Fuel Standards for 2012 Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy Looking at Life Without an Ethanol Subsidy Tainted Milk in China Caused by Bad Feed Farm-Impacting Lawsuits Could be Settled in 2012 Farm-Impacting Lawsuits Could be Settled in 2012 Busted: Pork Myths Help Available In Applying For Conservation Stewardship Program MF Global Action Creates Stir MF Global Action Creates Stir Researchers Put Farm Fish on Vegetarian Diet Researchers Put Farm Fish on Vegetarian Diet Pork Steals the Show at Cooking Schools More Tiny, but Harmful Frogs Showing up in Hawaii More Tiny, but Harmful Frogs Showing up in Hawaii Dairy Checkoff Board Amended Aerial Application Scholarships Awarded Fertilizer Storage In Winter Months Needs Attention Dairy Checkoff Unifies Industry With Prices Up, More Farmers May Plant Peanuts With Prices Up, More Farmers May Plant Peanuts Keepseagle Settlement Claims Filing Period Closes Dec. 27 Keepseagle Settlement Claims Filing Period Closes Dec. 27 Two Bovine TB Potential High-Risk Area Designations Released MBW Hitch Gives Pull-Type Farm Implements 'Steering' Be BOLD - And Healthy - With Beef Be BOLD - And Healthy - With Beef Don't Be Surprised If USDA Drops Final Yield Numbers FFA Programs Receive a Boost FFA Programs Receive a Boost USDA Releases Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report USDA Releases Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Saudi Dairy Giant Spends $83 Million on Argentina Farms John Deere Unveils the Welderator 3-in-One Tool USGC Corn Mission Expects Strong Asian Demand Tracking Beef’s Shrinking Footprint Tracking Beef’s Shrinking Footprint USDA Reports on Land Use USDA Reports on Land Use Ethanol and Biodiesel Production at Record Levels Ethanol and Biodiesel Production at Record Levels New Web Tool Designed to Help Americans Make Healthy Choices New Web Tool Designed to Help Americans Make Healthy Choices Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to Modernize Food Safety H-2A Wage Rate Published H-2A Wage Rate Published H-2A Wage Rate Published Farm Bureau President Speaks Out on Child Labor Regulations Farm Bureau President Speaks Out on Child Labor Regulations Tax Packages Waiting for Next Year Tax Packages Waiting for Next Year Midwest Producers Gather to Learn About Using Cover Crops Midwest Producers Gather to Learn About Using Cover Crops USDA, HHS Highlight Food Safety in Report USDA, HHS Highlight Food Safety in Report Michigan Ag Program Featured On 'America's Heartland' NCGA Announces 2011 National Corn Yield Contest Winners NCGA Announces 2011 National Corn Yield Contest Winners Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations Efforts Continue to Stop DOL Farm Labor Regulations More Young People See Opportunity In Farming More Young People See Opportunity In Farming Kinze and Tonutti Wolagri Reach Disribution Agreement Winter Farmers Markets Expand Winter Farmers Markets Expand BASF to Distribute Sovran Fungicide Through Cheminova Registration Due For 'How To Win An Election' Workshop LightSquared Makes a Legal Move LightSquared Makes a Legal Move Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 Ag Secretary Looks Back at 2011 New Zemax Herbicide Receives EPA Registration for 2012 Season Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill Senate Passes Federal Funding Bill CME Recommits to Chicago After Receiving Tax Relief CME Recommits to Chicago After Receiving Tax Relief NPPC Provides Input Into MF Global Inquiry NPPC Provides Input Into MF Global Inquiry Brazil to Change Amazon Deforestation Law Brazil to Change Amazon Deforestation Law HSUS Targeted By Pro-Shelter Campaign HSUS Targeted By Pro-Shelter Campaign Combining Efforts Adds Value to Two Company's Products Michigan Cattlemen's Conference Focuses On Change Team Investigates FTA Implementation Team Investigates FTA Implementation U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia U.S. Commodity Organizations Working to Make Sales to Asia Michael Scuse Testifies During Confirmation Hearing Michael Scuse Testifies During Confirmation Hearing Effort Launched to Get Proposed Labor Department Rule Dropped Effort Launched to Get Proposed Labor Department Rule Dropped 2011 Season Becomes Bookend For Comparison Purposes Texas Drought Takes Cow Numbers Down 2011 Michigan Soybean Performance Report Is Available Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Feedlot Placements of Cattle Remain High Monsanto's Vistive Gold Soybeans Trait Receives USDA Deregulation Farm Credit Continues to Support Agriculture Bayer CropScience and Performance Plants Sign License Agreement Experts: Corzine Avoided Missteps in his Testimony Experts: Corzine Avoided Missteps in his Testimony NPPC Responded to Traceability Comment Period Krone Powers Up Hay Harvest with New MAN Engines USDA Unveils New Food Safety Plan USDA Unveils New Food Safety Plan Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Senators Ask for Appeal of WTO COOL Decision Gouda News: Cheese-Making Workshop Slated Extension of Cellulosic Tax Credit and Allowance Sought Extension of Cellulosic Tax Credit and Allowance Sought Legislation Passed that Ends CWB Marketing Monopoly Legislation Passed that Ends CWB Marketing Monopoly Farm Worries Continue Over LightSquared Farm Worries Continue Over LightSquared Biodiesel Industry Appeals for Continued Tax Credit Biodiesel Industry Appeals for Continued Tax Credit House Passes XL Pipeline Proposal House Passes XL Pipeline Proposal TPP Agreement Moves Forward TPP Agreement Moves Forward USDA Releases Energy Efficiency Dollars USDA Releases Energy Efficiency Dollars MSU Helps Transform Michigan Into A Wine Destination New Farm Machinery Drive Belts from ContiTech Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed Major Gains In Efficiency Of Livestock Systems Needed NASS Reinstates Several Key Reports NASS Reinstates Several Key Reports USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision USDA Releases Nutrient Management Revision CME Group Exec Challenges Corzine CME Group Exec Challenges Corzine Farm Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods Farm Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods Grains Council Works To Build Chinese Market for U.S. Corn Grains Council Works To Build Chinese Market for U.S. Corn What Are the Next Steps for Farm Bill? What Are the Next Steps for Farm Bill? Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Marks First Year Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Marks First Year Michigan Christmas Trees Ring Up Substantial Sales Corzine Testifies Never Authorized Fund 'Misuse' Corzine Testifies Never Authorized Fund 'Misuse' Presidential Candidate Holds Agriculture Conference Call Presidential Candidate Holds Agriculture Conference Call Meeting In Harrisville Explores Oil, Gas And Mineral Rights Contracts Labor Department's Desire to Move Quickly Concerns Ag Professor Labor Department's Desire to Move Quickly Concerns Ag Professor Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS Nebraska Governor Criticizes HSUS USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports USMEF Reports Record Pork and Beef Exports MNRTF Board Recommends 99 Development, Acquisitions Projects U.S. Farmers Have One of Their Best Years U.S. Farmers Have One of Their Best Years Crop Insurance APH Adjusted for Lag Crop Insurance APH Adjusted for Lag Generation 2 Schaffert Fertilizer Disc Sports New Engineering Illinois General Assembly Special Session Could Determine if CME Stays or Goes Illinois General Assembly Special Session Could Determine if CME Stays or Goes Federal Funding Available for Private Grassland Projects Ability Of Insects, Disease And Weeds To Mutate, Change Fact of life Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group Nebraska Lawmakers Question $100k Grant to Farm Group Ag Leader Announces Planter Down Force Monitor and Control Corzine Accepts Responsibility for European Investments Corzine Accepts Responsibility for European Investments Local Shelters Get New National Advocate in Humane Society for Shelter Pets Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Dust Bill Passes House, Headed to Senate Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Meat Industry Criticizes USDA's GIPSA Rule Hypro Offers Express Wet Boom Fittings for Chemical Sprayers Funding for Rural Education and Health Care Announced Funding for Rural Education and Health Care Announced House Holds Hearing on MF Global Bankruptcy House Holds Hearing on MF Global Bankruptcy AFBF Supports Dust Bill AFBF Supports Dust Bill AFBF Supports Dust Bill USDA Invests in Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid in Six Countries USDA Invests in Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid in Six Countries Stripped Down Antitrust Rule Published by USDA Stripped Down Antitrust Rule Published by USDA Groups Request Hearing on RFS Groups Request Hearing on RFS Groups Request Hearing on RFS AHA Expands Programs to Benefit Farm Animals & Rural Communities MSU Receives USDA Grants to Improve Food Safety Rabobank Releases Ag Commodity Outlook for 2012 Rabobank Releases Ag Commodity Outlook for 2012 Company Offers Program for Farmers Who Go 'All In' Farm Credit Supports 25x'25 Alliance with Renewable Energy Grant First Carbon Sequestration Report Issued First Carbon Sequestration Report Issued McCrometer Strengthens McPropeller Flow Meters Food Resource Bank Hosts Harvest Celebration Poultry, Livestock Add Money, Jobs to National Economy Bills Would Help Restore Regulatory Balance Bills Would Help Restore Regulatory Balance CFTC Head Recuses Self from MF Global Situation CFTC Head Recuses Self from MF Global Situation New Tactics Announced to Enhance SNAP Program Integrity New Tactics Announced to Enhance SNAP Program Integrity Senate Panel to Subpoena Ex-MF Global Chief Senate Panel to Subpoena Ex-MF Global Chief Alabama Considers Inmates to Replace Immigrant Labor Alabama Considers Inmates to Replace Immigrant Labor App of Nutrient Removal Data for Your Crops Bayer Streamlines Crop Protection Portfolio Possible Scenarios for Moving on the Farm Bill Possible Scenarios for Moving on the Farm Bill Growers Can Earn Cash Rebates NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Examines the National Cattlemen's Beef Association NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Examines the National Cattlemen's Beef Association USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf River Basins USDA Announces $50 Million for Gulf River Basins CME Discussing Relocation to Indianapolis CME Discussing Relocation to Indianapolis Cargill to Lay Off 2,000 Employees Cargill to Lay Off 2,000 Employees Japan Expands Import Capacity Japan Expands Import Capacity MFB Board Welcomes New District Director, Young Farmer Rep Sukup Introduces new Phase Converter for Centrifugal Dryers Environmental Group Sues Over LBL Farm Subsidies Environmental Group Sues Over LBL Farm Subsidies U.S. Navy Buys Biodiesel U.S. Navy Buys Biodiesel Land Rent Continues To Capture Attention Across Corn Belt Farm Bureau Members Weigh In On Bridge To Canada Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Coalition Responds to Proposed Child Labor Regulations Shock Waves from MF Global Collapse Felt On Farms Shock Waves from MF Global Collapse Felt On Farms FCC Comes Out Against Phone Merger FCC Comes Out Against Phone Merger MacDon Completes Self-Propelled Windrower Lineup Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs Refuge in a Bag Will Make Planting Easier House Ag Committee Votes to Subpoena Corzine on MF Global House Ag Committee Votes to Subpoena Corzine on MF Global Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor Groups Submit Comments to Department of Labor New Insurance Pilot Program for Biofuel-Friendly Oilseed Crop New Insurance Pilot Program for Biofuel-Friendly Oilseed Crop Sorghum Food Symposium Kicks off Japan Initiative Sorghum Food Symposium Kicks off Japan Initiative House Agriculture Subcommittee Audits USDA Inspector General House Agriculture Subcommittee Audits USDA Inspector General Pork Reinvigorates Holiday Flavor Flashbacks One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture One Congressman's Estate Tax Plan Would Devastate Agriculture Krone Redesigns Fixed-Chamber Baler for More Capacity and Efficiency PRRS Eradication Meeting Set For Dec. 7 Congress Could Intervene To Stop Railroad Strike Congress Could Intervene To Stop Railroad Strike Senate Agriculture Committee Will Investigate MF Global Collapse Senate Agriculture Committee Will Investigate MF Global Collapse Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Committee Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Committee Former Deputy Ag Secretary Sees Benefit from Ag Committee Proposal Former Deputy Ag Secretary Sees Benefit from Ag Committee Proposal U.S. Wheat Export Official Sees Full Market Share Recovery in Colombia U.S. Wheat Export Official Sees Full Market Share Recovery in Colombia Ranking Dates Announced for Four Major Conservation Initiatives Ranking Dates Announced for Four Major Conservation Initiatives Cattlewomen are Telling the Beef Story Cattlewomen are Telling the Beef Story EWG Seeks Elimination of Commodity Title in 2012 Farm Bill EWG Seeks Elimination of Commodity Title in 2012 Farm Bill Apply Now For The Michigan Dairy Ambassador Scholarship Program FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice EPA Extends Registrations For Smartstax Corn Kuhn Knight Redesigns RC 200 Commercial Feed Mixer BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies BLM Accused of Neglecting Science in Ecological Studies Central Banks Move To Stabilize Financial System Central Banks Move To Stabilize Financial System Europe Delays Major Debt Decisions for 10 Days Europe Delays Major Debt Decisions for 10 Days Lifting Horse Slaughter Ban Creates Controversy. Lifting Horse Slaughter Ban Creates Controversy. Michigan Farmers To Debate State, National Issues USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance USDA Proposes Improvements to Deliver Disaster Assistance American Farm Bureau Says European Debt Could Cut U.S. Exports American Farm Bureau Says European Debt Could Cut U.S. Exports Time for Action on Lock and Dam Modernization Time for Action on Lock and Dam Modernization Students Learn to Pick Pork Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 Farm Income Forecast Sees Big Jump from 2010 Buffett, Gates Foundations Fund African Soil Fertility Program UN Warns 25% of World Land Degraded UN Warns 25% of World Land Degraded RMA Lowers Some Crop Insurance Premiums RMA Lowers Some Crop Insurance Premiums Biodiesel Industry Sets Production Record Biodiesel Industry Sets Production Record Farmland Sales Strong Across U.S. Farmland Sales Strong Across U.S. CWT Assists with 7.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Farmers To Gather For MFB 92nd Annual Meeting Pioneer Hi-Bred, Farms Technology Announce Enhancement to DPP Grain Desk Mobile App Delayed Planting Cost Bushels In Exclusive Test Plot USGC Delegation Visiting Colombia USGC Delegation Visiting Colombia Wind Energy Needs Some Certainty to Ensure Continued Growth Wind Energy Needs Some Certainty to Ensure Continued Growth Pork Producers Should Wait to Expand Pork Producers Should Wait to Expand Plans Underway for 10th Annual Beef Industry Safety Summit Plans Underway for 10th Annual Beef Industry Safety Summit Michigan Corn Growers Association Adds New Benefits E85 Wants Five Year Bridge E85 Wants Five Year Bridge USDA to Hold Public Meeting on E. Coli Rules USDA to Hold Public Meeting on E. Coli Rules Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Next Generation Impact: Proposed Child Labor Rule Comment Sought Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Farm Story to be Told Across Key TV Networks Boost Corn Per Acre Output with Texas Research Boost Corn Per Acre Output with Texas Research Timpte Lengthens Its American Ag Series Bulk Commodity Trailer Fruit Growers Encouraged To Complete Fruit Acreage Inventory Restoring Domestic Horse Slaughter Restoring Domestic Horse Slaughter Fun Turkey Facts For Thanksgiving Fun Turkey Facts For Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Questions and Answers Via Social Media Thanksgiving Questions and Answers Via Social Media Retrofit Your Tractor Cab for Like-New Appearance Sysco Slammers Serve Up Pork Inspiration Now Is The Best Time To Winterize Your Ground Sprayer More Money Missing from MF Global More Money Missing from MF Global Farm Bill Will Need Additional Work Farm Bill Will Need Additional Work Rural Development Funding Will Improve Health Care Rural Development Funding Will Improve Health Care New Smartphone App Highlights Wireless Broadband Need Now South Korea Ratifies FTA South Korea Ratifies FTA South Korea Ratifies FTA Super Committee Admits Failure Super Committee Admits Failure U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference U.S.-China Wrap Up Commerce and Trade Conference Lamy Calls for Trade Opening Lamy Calls for Trade Opening Domino's Delivers for the Dairy Industry Agricultural Surveys Coming to Michigan ATV-Mounted PolyFence Wizard Makes Temporary Fencing A Snap Super Committee Fails, Now What? Super Committee Fails, Now What? DuPont and Evogene Enter Multiyear Collaboration for Soybean Rust Resistance Farm Bill Proposal Delivered to Super Committee Farm Bill Proposal Delivered to Super Committee South Korean President Urges FTA Passage South Korean President Urges FTA Passage South Korean President Urges FTA Passage Celebrate Thanksgiving With Beef Celebrate Thanksgiving With Beef Ruth Mott Foundation Recognized As MSU Extension Key Partner President Proclaims National Farm-City Week President Proclaims National Farm-City Week Check Corn Plot Trial Results As They Are Posted Automate Farm Tractor Cooling System WTO Rules on COOL WTO Rules on COOL WTO Rules on COOL NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill NCBA Hopes To See Livestock Title Eliminated From Farm Bill Dairy Reform a Hot Topic at NMPF Annual Meeting Dairy Reform a Hot Topic at NMPF Annual Meeting Pork Checkoff Supports Return of McRib Nationwide Deal Struck to Change Route of Pipeline Deal Struck to Change Route of Pipeline Federal Partners Unite to Help Rural Communities Federal Partners Unite to Help Rural Communities ESCO Offers New Wheel Dolly for Agricultural Equipment MSU's Product Center Spurs Job Growth, Preservation Making a Statement with a Combine Rollout Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Vilsack Announces Investments in International Market Development Farm Bill Talks Concern NCGA Farm Bill Talks Concern NCGA NMPF Elects New Board Officers at Annual Meeting Ag Appropriations Bill Out of Conference Ag Appropriations Bill Out of Conference AutumnFest 2011, MSU's Largest Tailgate, Slated For Nov. 19 Yetter Stalk Devastator Prevents Tire and Track Stubble Damage American Farm Bureau Voices Concerns About the Farm Bill American Farm Bureau Voices Concerns About the Farm Bill MF Global Bankruptcy Will Have Repercussions for Grain Markets MF Global Bankruptcy Will Have Repercussions for Grain Markets USDA Funding Broadband Services in Rural Areas USDA Funding Broadband Services in Rural Areas USMEF's Branded Products Program to Begin New Fiscal Year USMEF's Branded Products Program to Begin New Fiscal Year Alliance Offers Speed-Rated Agricultural Flotation Tire Spice Up Your Potato Eating With Ideas From India Making a Charitable Contribution of Grain Making a Charitable Contribution of Grain We Test Oregon-Blount's Battery Chainsaw Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Supreme Court Hears 'Downed' Livestock Arguments Farmers Selling Meat Directly Must Follow Proper Inspections Senator Charles Grassley Says Any Hope for Payment Limits Rests with Super Committee Senator Charles Grassley Says Any Hope for Payment Limits Rests with Super Committee Ag Secretary Announces Agricultural Export Numbers Ag Secretary Announces Agricultural Export Numbers Senator is Uncertain about Ability of Super Committee Senator is Uncertain about Ability of Super Committee Final Push to Complete Pork Checkoff Budget Take a Corn Seedsman to Lunch for a Change! Still No Free Lunch? Still No Free Lunch? BinMaster Has New Level Sensor for Bins and Silos Japan Wants Spot at Table for Trade Initiative Talks Japan Wants Spot at Table for Trade Initiative Talks FSIS Delays Labeling Rules Implementation FSIS Delays Labeling Rules Implementation NAMA Chapter Looking To Build On Its Recent Success 'Protein' Coalition Applauds Labeling Delay 'Protein' Coalition Applauds Labeling Delay USDA Releases Funds for Energy Projects USDA Releases Funds for Energy Projects Council Begins Lower-Oil DDGS Education Efforts Council Begins Lower-Oil DDGS Education Efforts Cost of Thanksgiving Day Meal Higher Cost of Thanksgiving Day Meal Higher Power Mig 256 Joins Lincoln's Welder Line Monsanto Reinforces Commitment To Product Stewardship Deadline Extended to Meet New Spill Requirements Deadline Extended to Meet New Spill Requirements United Ethanol Settles Air Quality Suit United Ethanol Settles Air Quality Suit American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues American Farm Bureau Federation President Discusses Ag Issues Report Shows Benefits of Atrazine Report Shows Benefits of Atrazine International Chefs Show Love for American Pork Butt Reducing Energy Costs for Rural Businesses Reducing Energy Costs for Rural Businesses FCA Board Proposes Rule Amending Liquidity Management Regulation FCA Board Proposes Rule Amending Liquidity Management Regulation Positives Abound During USFRA's First Year Positives Abound During USFRA's First Year Window to Submit Farm Bill is Closing Window to Submit Farm Bill is Closing Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act an Important Step for Agriculture USFRA Communication Advisory Committee Planning for 2012 USFRA Communication Advisory Committee Planning for 2012 Pfizer Animal Health Opens Equine Research Center We Like the Oregon PowerSharp System CruiserMaxx Advanced Soybean Seed Treatment Now Available Increasing Organic Matter Can Reduce Soil Compaction In Sugarbeets New Global Study Reveals Gaps Between Consumers, Farmers New Global Study Reveals Gaps Between Consumers, Farmers USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting USFRA Kicks Off First Annual Meeting Lawmakers Want Answers from Army Corps on 2011 Flood, Plans for 2012 Lawmakers Want Answers from Army Corps on 2011 Flood, Plans for 2012 Sugarbeet Variety Selection Key Component To Maximize Profitability U.S. Supreme Court Upholds RFS2 U.S. Supreme Court Upholds RFS2 Dow AgroSciences Successfully Produces 2,4-D Choline Michigan Corn Growers Appointed to National Posts Pork Checkoff Offers Insight, Tips on Manure Pit Foaming Still No Farm Bill Details from Ag Leadership Still No Farm Bill Details from Ag Leadership Switch From Harvest Mode To Grain Keeper Mode Antique Tractors Cross Mackinac Bridge Syngenta Receives Approval For Triple Stack Corn In Argentina Economists Question ACRE's Worth Economists Question ACRE's Worth Meeting Between U.S. and China Scheduled Meeting Between U.S. and China Scheduled Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Subcommittee Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act Passes Subcommittee Chesapeake Bay Watershed Battle Continues Chesapeake Bay Watershed Battle Continues FSA County Committee Elections Begin FSA County Committee Elections Begin Fall Versus Spring Potassium Applications Prior To Planting Soybeans Fed Bank Economist says Agriculture Strong in Midwest and Great Plains Regions Fed Bank Economist says Agriculture Strong in Midwest and Great Plains Regions Beef Checkoff Announces Landmark Sustainability Project Beef Checkoff Announces Landmark Sustainability Project USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson USMEF Conference Kicks off in Tucson EPA's Chesapeake Bay Model a Burden to States, Rural Communities EPA's Chesapeake Bay Model a Burden to States, Rural Communities Updated Agricultural Employer Checklist Available Clearing Up The Misunderstanding About So-Called Shallow Loss Programs Clearing Up The Misunderstanding About So-Called Shallow Loss Programs USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef USDA Sets Meeting to Identify Pre-Harvest Pathogen Controls in Beef House Members Press Forward with Effort to Stop EPA Regulation of Farm Dust House Members Press Forward with Effort to Stop EPA Regulation of Farm Dust Interstate Sale of Raw Milk Debated Schools Can Now Offer Soymilk For Kids With Lactose Intolerance Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Senate Fails to Address Pesticide Ruling Senate Fails to Address Pesticide Ruling Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Comment Period on Ag Labor Regulations Extended Pigford II Settlement Receives Court Approval Pigford II Settlement Receives Court Approval Potato Growers, Gardeners: Take Action To Prevent Late Blight Sukup Designs Corrosion Prevention for Grain Bins Window of Opportunity Closing on Pesticide Permits Window of Opportunity Closing on Pesticide Permits Farm Bill Energy Funding Pushed by AEC Farm Bill Energy Funding Pushed by AEC Surveys Reveal Consumers' Knowledge Gap on Food Surveys Reveal Consumers' Knowledge Gap on Food Curtis Industries Cabs Polaris Ranger Crew USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule USDA Still at Work on Finalizing GIPSA Rule True or False: Taking The Last Alfalfa Cutting Will Not Hurt My Stands? What Comes After Harvest? Super Committee Failure Would Cripple Ag Super Committee Failure Would Cripple Ag Build A High-Profit Beef Business Build A High-Profit Beef Business Mahindra Adds More Traction to 4025 Nebraska Governor Concerned About Route of Pipeline Nebraska Governor Concerned About Route of Pipeline Senators Seek Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Labor Rule Senators Seek Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Labor Rule USDA Announces Economic Development Funding USDA Announces Economic Development Funding Hunting On Private Lands: Tips For Landowners Comprehensive Tax Reform is Needed to Resolve Uncertainty Comprehensive Tax Reform is Needed to Resolve Uncertainty Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November Vilsack Announces Plan to Travel to Vietnam and China in November House Ag Chair Admits Pulling Farm Bill Together a Tall Order House Ag Chair Admits Pulling Farm Bill Together a Tall Order Chicken Markets Starting To Approach Breakeven Versatile Answers Critics With Comfort, Power and Clean Air American Ethanol Paint Scheme Featured in Upcoming NASCAR Race American Ethanol Paint Scheme Featured in Upcoming NASCAR Race MSU Collegiate Dairy Judging Team Wins Oral Reasons DuPont and Plant Sensory Systems Collaborate to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Corn Farm Bill Process Rolling with Ag Leaders Striving for Nov. 1 Deadline Farm Bill Process Rolling with Ag Leaders Striving for Nov. 1 Deadline Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Cattlemen Need Certainty That Comes With Legislation to Block EPA Dust Regs Senate Not Likely to Bring Relief from Pesticide Permits Before Deadline Senate Not Likely to Bring Relief from Pesticide Permits Before Deadline Son Tek Unveils Doppler Irrigation Meter Plan Now For Winter Storage Of Pesticides All Versatile Farm Makes it 100,000! Farm Bureau Proposes 'Systemic Risk Reduction' Farm Program Farm Bureau Proposes 'Systemic Risk Reduction' Farm Program Coalition Presents Roundtable Discussion in Continued Push for Open Fuel Standard Coalition Presents Roundtable Discussion in Continued Push for Open Fuel Standard World Dairy Expo Has Record Setting Year Cub Cadet Ups the Ante in Zero Turn Mower Market Senate Passes Income Cap Amendment Senate Passes Income Cap Amendment Grants Totaling More Than $5M For Specialty Crop Research Roadblock to Russia's WTO Bid Removed Roadblock to Russia's WTO Bid Removed Direct Payments Likely Out of Next Farm Bill Direct Payments Likely Out of Next Farm Bill Food Day is About Food Food Day is About Food European Debt Crisis Solution Still Days Away European Debt Crisis Solution Still Days Away USDA Secretary Vilsack Sends Key Message to FFA: Think Ag USDA Secretary Vilsack Sends Key Message to FFA: Think Ag Be Familiar With Root Rot Diseases Of Alfalfa How Should You Handle Wet Corn? Worksaver Clamps On Snow Blade for Convenience U.S. EPA Seeks to Collect CAFO Information It's Official: Obama Signs FTAs It's Official: Obama Signs FTAs Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Superfund Common-Sense Act Introduced Top 10 Title I Alternatives Studied Top 10 Title I Alternatives Studied Eight Factors for Confident Vaccine Selection Proposed Labor Regulations Under Review Proposed Labor Regulations Under Review LS Tractors Takes The Clutch Out Of Shifting Snyder Re-Appoints Members to Soybean Promotion Committee Vilsack Speaks Out On FTAs Vilsack Speaks Out On FTAs Deadline is Drawing Near for Pesticide Permits Deadline is Drawing Near for Pesticide Permits AerWay Offers Single-Pass Aeration, Seeding Recycling Company Offers Wares to Agriculture 'Stay Home and Grill Out' Summer Grilling Beef Promotion 'Stay Home and Grill Out' Summer Grilling Beef Promotion EPA Extends Oil Containment Regulations Deadline EPA Extends Oil Containment Regulations Deadline MDARD Honors Its Outstanding Employees For 2011 A Closer Look at the ARRM Farm Bill Proposal A Closer Look at the ARRM Farm Bill Proposal Senators Promote Program Cap Bill Senators Promote Program Cap Bill Syngenta Introduces Gramoxone SL Herbicide for Optimal User Experience Miss America Promotes Agricultural Website Temporary Berms Provide Spill Protection McCain Seeking Ethanol Amendment Vote McCain Seeking Ethanol Amendment Vote Conservation Study: Sediment, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Great Lakes Region Reducing NASS Announces Elimination of Some Surveys and Reports NASS Announces Elimination of Some Surveys and Reports Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Several Groups and Legislators Respond to EPA Dust Announcement Ag Committees Recommend $23 Billion Cut to Ag Spending Ag Committees Recommend $23 Billion Cut to Ag Spending Winners of HealthierUS School Challenge Saluted Winners of HealthierUS School Challenge Saluted Producer Input Needed to Help Improve PQA Plus Program EPA Regional Administrator Confirms EPA Dust Decision EPA Regional Administrator Confirms EPA Dust Decision Michigan Crops Progressing Nicely Ward Off Cold Air Effects This Winter USTR Chief Ag Negotiator Says More Trade Efforts in the Works USTR Chief Ag Negotiator Says More Trade Efforts in the Works Conner Believes Request for Moratorium on Regulation a Fair One Conner Believes Request for Moratorium on Regulation a Fair One U.S. Meat Export Figures Released U.S. Meat Export Figures Released Corn In Storage Next Thing to Watch Currency Exchange Rate Bill Passes Senate Currency Exchange Rate Bill Passes Senate President's Jobs Package Fails President's Jobs Package Fails New 'My American Farm' Memory Game Caters to K-2 Great Plains Introduces The Turbo-Max NCBA Expresses Their Support and Appreciation for FTA Passage NCBA Expresses Their Support and Appreciation for FTA Passage Super Committee's Cuts Will Impact Farm Bill Super Committee's Cuts Will Impact Farm Bill Topcon and AMAZONE Form Partnership American Lamb Jam Masters Hits the Big Apple Extend Diesel Fuel with Natural Gas for Savings Checkoff Work in Nigeria Pays Big Dividends for U.S. Wheat Growers Checkoff Work in Nigeria Pays Big Dividends for U.S. Wheat Growers Breakfast On The Farm Organizers Looking For 2012 Host Farms Favorable Reaction to FTA Passage Continues Favorable Reaction to FTA Passage Continues NRCS Chief Touts Progress in Conservation NRCS Chief Touts Progress in Conservation Positive Reaction Pouring in on FTA Passage Positive Reaction Pouring in on FTA Passage Pork Checkoff Recommends Producers and Workers Get Flu Vaccination Senator Sees Merit in Moratorium on Regulations Senator Sees Merit in Moratorium on Regulations Hearing Focuses on Reform Legislation Hearing Focuses on Reform Legislation Topcon and AMAZONE Form Partnership Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Wall Street Reform Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Wall Street Reform And Now, The Perfect Bungee NFU Partners With Feeding America To Tackle Hunger Both Chambers of Congress Pass FTA's Both Chambers of Congress Pass FTA's Beachell-Borlaug Scholarship Winners For 2011 Final Days for Committees to Make Recommendations to Super Committee Final Days for Committees to Make Recommendations to Super Committee Welden Appointed Vice Chair Of World Initiative For Soy In Human Health Data Collection is Easy from Grain Cart Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? Are the FTA Agreements Hours Away? National School Lunch Week Underway National School Lunch Week Underway Ground Beef Recalled by California Firm Ground Beef Recalled by California Firm Farmers In Developing World Need To Use Technology Farmers In Developing World Need To Use Technology New All-Season Bar Track from Bobcat Panama Canal Expansion Should Reduce Cost of Transport Panama Canal Expansion Should Reduce Cost of Transport Feinstein to Introduce Guest Worker Program Feinstein to Introduce Guest Worker Program ASA Calls on Producers to Contact Legislators on FTA ASA Calls on Producers to Contact Legislators on FTA New 4-H Rabbit Fitting And Showing Guide Available Pioneer, Bunge Announce 2012 Plenish High Oleic Soy IP Contract Program Groups Voicing Recommendations for Super Committee Groups Voicing Recommendations for Super Committee Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Comment Period on New Animal ID Rule Extended Congress Will Be Focusing on FTAs This Week Congress Will Be Focusing on FTAs This Week World Dairy Expo Hosts Six Successful Breed Sales Expect Exports to Continue As long as Foreign Buyers Can Afford Grain Farm Bill Proposals Continue to Pour In Farm Bill Proposals Continue to Pour In Fall Stale Seedbed Preparation For Spring Sugarbeet Planting Kuhn Offers New Bale Processor Farm Bill Proposal Would Save $40 Billion Farm Bill Proposal Would Save $40 Billion Sept. Ag Prices Down From Month Earlier Immigration Issues Linger in Congress Immigration Issues Linger in Congress Importance of Transportation Highlighted at Economic Summit Importance of Transportation Highlighted at Economic Summit Tracking Study Shows New Brand Resonates with Target Market Tracking Study Shows New Brand Resonates with Target Market New Honda Four Wheeler For Work and Play RFS Report Misses Some Developments RFS Report Misses Some Developments MSU Sustainable Ag Project Earns USDA Secretary's Honor Award Swift Action Taken on Pending FTAs Swift Action Taken on Pending FTAs Legislation to Alter RFS Introduced Legislation to Alter RFS Introduced Michigan Receives Grant Funds To Enhance Viticulture Program Making It In Michigan Conference Helps Ideas Become Reality USDA Funds Support Specialty Crops USDA Funds Support Specialty Crops Mahindra USA Cuts Ribbons to New Headquarters in Houston House Ways and Means Passes FTAs House Ways and Means Passes FTAs House Ways and Means Passes FTAs USFRA Pleased By Food Dialogues USFRA Pleased By Food Dialogues Vilsack Talks About Opportunities FTAs Offer Vilsack Talks About Opportunities FTAs Offer Michigan's Fall Harvest Underway Michigan Grain Stocks Slightly Lower, Almost Half Corn Stored On Farm USGC Releases Results of Their China Corn Tour USGC Releases Results of Their China Corn Tour National Academy of Sciences Report Criticizes RFS National Academy of Sciences Report Criticizes RFS Information Issued to Combat Meatless Monday Information Issued to Combat Meatless Monday AFBF Backs Capital Gains Legislation AFBF Backs Capital Gains Legislation Brehmer Adds Aluminum Silage Box Michelin Offering Rebates On Ag Tire Purchases Through November Planting Recommendations For A Successful Wheat Yield Pioneer Hi-Bred Releases New Silage BMR Hybrid Sending FTAs to Congress Receiving Favorable Reactions Sending FTAs to Congress Receiving Favorable Reactions Michigan's Market Hog Inventory Down 3% Senator Touts Bipartisan Farm Bill Proposal Senator Touts Bipartisan Farm Bill Proposal USDA Announces Funding for Economic Development in Rural America USDA Announces Funding for Economic Development in Rural America Former USB Chair Stepping Down from Board Former USB Chair Stepping Down from Board IDF and FAO Launch Revised Guide To Good Dairy Farming Practice AgrAbility Helps Farmers With Disabilities Hauler Utility Vehicles From Cushman Hit The Market Test Identifies Red Angus Carriers of Bone Disease Early Reports Say It Wasn't A Good Year for Corn after Corn Farm Bureau Farm Bill Reviewed Farm Bureau Farm Bill Reviewed Goodlatte Wants Rollback of RFS Goodlatte Wants Rollback of RFS Michigan Small Grain Production Report Shows Record Wheat Production Vet Students Apply for 2012 Scholarship Program Ag Committee Chair Addresses Farm Bill Ag Committee Chair Addresses Farm Bill Checkoff-Funded Market Research Checkoff-Funded Market Research President Sends FTA's to Congress President Sends FTA's to Congress President Sends FTA's to Congress AGCO to Acquire GSI Holdings Meat Recall Leads to Russian Ban Meat Recall Leads to Russian Ban Funds Announced to Support Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Funds Announced to Support Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Farm Bill Proposals Coming Fast and Furious Farm Bill Proposals Coming Fast and Furious NCGA Encourages Passage of Three Key Trade Agreements NCGA Encourages Passage of Three Key Trade Agreements ASA Issues Action Alert ASA Issues Action Alert The Wheels On The Rig Go Round And Round What Ate My Corn? DMI Annual Report Available at Dairy Checkoff Website Struggle over FTAs Continues Struggle over FTAs Continues Grassley Speaks Out on RFS and Farm Bill Grassley Speaks Out on RFS and Farm Bill Wisconsin Lawmakers Seek to Overturn State's Margarine Ban Managing Round Bales To Minimize Losses USDA Official Leads Trade Delegation to Vietnam USDA Official Leads Trade Delegation to Vietnam Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Higher Inventory Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Higher Inventory Missouri River Flood Damage Revealed Missouri River Flood Damage Revealed Payments for Advanced Biofuels Announced Payments for Advanced Biofuels Announced Nominations Open for Positions on National Pork Board Syngenta Fails to Obtain Injunction Against Bunge Syngenta Fails to Obtain Injunction Against Bunge Proposed Dairy Policy May Cause Neediest To Go Without Sweepstakes Celebrates Speed, Staying Power Of Kixor Herbicide Porter-Cable Redesigns 18 Volt Drill/Driver, Hammerdrill Patented Method Transforms Digital Cameras for Aerial Color Infrared Photography Flusher Keeps C-P Irrigation Machines Clean Study Finds Pork Producers Receive Return on Investment in USMEF's Market Development Programs House Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Internet House Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Internet Sampling for SCN This Fall Can Save Soybean Yield Next Growing Season Sampling for SCN This Fall Can Save Soybean Yield Next Growing Season USDA Launches MyPlate Video Challenge USDA Launches MyPlate Video Challenge 4-H Paper Clover Fundraiser Continues Support New Farm Bill Plan Introduced New Farm Bill Plan Introduced RFA Wants Current RFS Maintained RFA Wants Current RFS Maintained Value of Ag Export Programs Recognized by White House Value of Ag Export Programs Recognized by White House Beef Checkoff Sets FY2012 Plan of Work Michigan Apples Off To Strongest Start In Years IAS Introduces a Wireless Blockage Monitor for Air Seeders When To Harvest Could Boil Down To Numbers New Dairy Program Offered New Dairy Program Offered Super Committee Holds A Lot of Sway Over Farm Bill Super Committee Holds A Lot of Sway Over Farm Bill Yamaha Introduces a 'Baby' Bear Atrazine Up for Review Again Atrazine Up for Review Again USTR's Kirk and WTO's Lamy Meeting to Discuss Doha USTR's Kirk and WTO's Lamy Meeting to Discuss Doha USFRA: Get Family Back To The Dinner Table (4 of 4) USFRA: Get Family Back To The Dinner Table (4 of 4) Food Dialogues Talk About Sustainability (3 of 4) Food Dialogues Talk About Sustainability (3 of 4) Food Dialogues Hit Hot Topics at D.C.Town Hall Meeting (2 of 4) Food Dialogues Hit Hot Topics at D.C.Town Hall Meeting (2 of 4) USFRA Holds First Town Hall Meeting in Indiana USFRA Holds First Town Hall Meeting in Indiana Food Dialogues Event Hosted by USFRA Food Dialogues Event Hosted by USFRA Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' Setting the Record Straight - Hay is Not a 'Pollutant' FFA Membership Skyrockets To All-Time High Robo-Sharpener From Case IH Keeps Tillage Blades Sharp More Problems for FTA? More Problems for FTA? Votes Impacting Agriculture Taken in House Votes Impacting Agriculture Taken in House NMPF Board Advocates Changes to Peterson-Simpson Dairy Policy Reform Package Senate Vote May Clear the Way for FTAs Senate Vote May Clear the Way for FTAs Corn Rust Webcasts Launched in 'Focus on Corn' Resource Vermeer Unwraps New Bale Wrapper USTR Files Case Against China With WTO USTR Files Case Against China With WTO President's Recommendations to Reduce Deficit Receiving Some Heat President's Recommendations to Reduce Deficit Receiving Some Heat Meat Products Recalled Job Creation Partnerships Promoted by USDA Rural Development Job Creation Partnerships Promoted by USDA Rural Development President's Deficit Reduction Package Released President's Deficit Reduction Package Released Vermeer Has New Baler Offerings FSA Extends Sign Up for BCAP FSA Extends Sign Up for BCAP Around The World of Dairy in Five Days Researchers Looking Into Sugar Beets as Fuel Source Pay Premium For Healthier Genetically Modified Foods? Senninger Flow Meter is New Monitoring Tool Orthman Grain Cart Features Double Auger Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight Region 7 EPA Administrator Sets Record Straight Senators Want EPA Administrator to Take Stance Senators Want EPA Administrator to Take Stance REAP Funding More than 500 Rural Projects REAP Funding More than 500 Rural Projects The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices The Causes Behind Rising Food Prices EPA Seeking Public Comment on Request for Atrazine Ban EPA Seeking Public Comment on Request for Atrazine Ban Important Fruit Chemical Use Study to be Conducted Subcommittee Listens to Concerns about Feed Availability VR1428 Makes a Lot of Hay Drop in Corn Yield May Not Be Over Yet House Ag Leadership Concerned about Super Committee House Ag Leadership Concerned about Super Committee Threat of Dry Winter for Already Drought-Devastated States Threat of Dry Winter for Already Drought-Devastated States Senate Approves Cuba Amendment Senate Approves Cuba Amendment Bipartisan Ag Research Bill Introduced to Spur Innovation Bipartisan Ag Research Bill Introduced to Spur Innovation Consumer Contest in Japan Highlights U.S. Pork Butt Recipes Estimate Soybean Yields Prior To Harvest County Cash Rents Data Available Lindsay Unveils New Model Numbers Subcommittee Completes Audit Series Subcommittee Completes Audit Series AFBF Reports Marketbasket Survey Results AFBF Reports Marketbasket Survey Results Freeze Event This Week Could Greatly Impact Immature Crops Freeze Event This Week Could Greatly Impact Immature Crops FTA Delay Costing American Farmers FTA Delay Costing American Farmers FTA Delay Costing American Farmers RFA Says Ethanol's Bad Rap Unwarranted RFA Says Ethanol's Bad Rap Unwarranted Reducing Soybean Harvest Losses Pork Inspires Barbecue Buffs in Washington, D.C. Propane Powered GM Conversions Propelling Growth Across The Value-Chain From Seed-To-Shelf NFU is in Washington for Their Fall Fly-In NFU is in Washington for Their Fall Fly-In Farmers with Flood-damaged Crops Are Getting Assistance from USDA, FDA Farmers with Flood-damaged Crops Are Getting Assistance from USDA, FDA Farmers Union Leader to Take Helm of International Ag Group Farmers Union Leader to Take Helm of International Ag Group Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Reaction to USDA E. coli Announcement Mixed Driving Demand for Dairy, Food and Product Innovations Check the Tires Please NASS Michigan Office Provides Agricultural Summary NCGA Releases Farm Bill Proposal NCGA Releases Farm Bill Proposal How the American Jobs Act Applies to Rural America How the American Jobs Act Applies to Rural America Keeping The Latest USDA Corn Numbers In Perspective Keeping The Latest USDA Corn Numbers In Perspective Hearing Being Held in Sugar Lawsuit Against HFCS Hearing Being Held in Sugar Lawsuit Against HFCS Burton Eller Retires from NCBA Burton Eller Retires from NCBA Cover Crop Movement Gaining Momentum NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation NCBA Pushing Several Pieces of Legislation USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups USDA Extends Zero Tolerance Policy for Six Additional E. coli Serogroups Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Three Regulatory Bills Introduced in Senate Ethanol Exports Continue Strong Pace Ethanol Exports Continue Strong Pace U.S. Geological Survey Finds Surprising Results About Glyphosate U.S. Geological Survey Finds Surprising Results About Glyphosate AC21 Gets Three-Pronged Assignment from Ag Secretary AC21 Gets Three-Pronged Assignment from Ag Secretary AMS Pressured to Enforce COOL Law Now Latest On Fruit Crop Disease And Insect Research Michigan Wines Receive Prestigious Awards Deficit Super Committee Meets Deficit Super Committee Meets Deficit Super Committee Meets La Nina Returns La Nina Returns La Nina Returns President Addresses Congress and Nation President Addresses Congress and Nation Committee Approves Ag Appropriations Bill Committee Approves Ag Appropriations Bill July Beef, Pork Exports Continue to Surge Booming Ag Economy Bringing Young People Back to the Farm Booming Ag Economy Bringing Young People Back to the Farm Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Urge Congress to Support Farm Flexibility Reminder: Organic Cost Share Reimbursement Deadline Oct. 1 Lincoln Offers Better View of Welding U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance to Host Food Dialogues Congress Setting the Table for FTAs Congress Setting the Table for FTAs Report Outlines Food Insecurity in America Report Outlines Food Insecurity in America Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries Frustration with FTA Delay Grows in Other Countries National Beef Checkoff Looks at 25 Years of Successful Industry Information National Beef Checkoff Looks at 25 Years of Successful Industry Information USDA Rolls Out First Themed MyPlate Healthy Eating Message USDA Rolls Out First Themed MyPlate Healthy Eating Message America Selects Its Favorite Farmers Markets Michigan Farmer Master Farmer Contest Public Input on Agricultural Management Practices Sought USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs USMEF Highlights Benefits of Passing FTAs High-Oleic Soybeans Hold Big Potential for U.S. Industry High-Oleic Soybeans Hold Big Potential for U.S. Industry Predictors Lower Some Crop Estimates Predictors Lower Some Crop Estimates New Stable Lien Provisions Signed By Illinois Governor Hobart Gives Welder Generator More Run Time Stalk Rot and Ear Rot Season Ahead? Congress Returns to Washington Congress Returns to Washington Congress Returns to Washington Gypsum Provides Potential Benefits Proposed 2012 National Pork Board Budget Continues Consumer Focus Vilsack Calls American Agriculture Resilient Vilsack Calls American Agriculture Resilient USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates The History of Labor Day The History of Labor Day Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Resistance to Antibiotics is Ancient Blount Unveils Cordless Oregon Chainsaw NRCS Gets First-Hand Look at Dakota Flood Mitigation Efforts NRCS Gets First-Hand Look at Dakota Flood Mitigation Efforts FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines FSA Reminds Producers of Disaster Assistance Deadlines World Dairy Expo Offers Continuing Educational Credits Farmall B Legacy Expands with Four New Models 'Put A Little Soy In Your Life!' Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Upon Return House Leadership Ready to Roll Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Labor Department Offers Child Labor Proposal Fendt Debuts New 900 Series Bayer Meets Grower Demand USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year USDA Forecasting Big Increases in Net Farm, Net Cash Income for Year Army Corps Updates Levee Restoration Progress on Mississippi River Army Corps Updates Levee Restoration Progress on Mississippi River Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene Assistance Offered to Residents Affected by Hurricane Irene AAEP Issues Wild Horse Recommendations Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond Farmers and Ranchers Appeal to Vilsack for Adequate Time to Respond First Annual Michigan Soybean Festival Set Taking Care of Mud on the Planter ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam ISA Exhibit: Ford Increases Soy Content in Foam Dow AgroSciences Names Its Newest Herbicide Offering Enlist Duo Dow AgroSciences Names Its Newest Herbicide Offering Enlist Duo Checkoff Aims to Increase National Soybean Yield Average Checkoff Aims to Increase National Soybean Yield Average Crop Condition Continues to Decline Crop Condition Continues to Decline Greek Yogurt Sales Rise In U.S. Dairy Aisles Some 4,000 Visitors See Deere Vertical Tillage Debut Some 4,000 Visitors See Deere Vertical Tillage Debut USDA Alerts Organic Industry of Fraudulent National Organic Program Certificate CME Modifies Wheat Futures Contract CME Modifies Wheat Futures Contract Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Smart Grid Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Smart Grid Compuware Plants Another Seed in Downtown Detroit AGCO RoGators Get Update High-Capacity SuperFlex Draper Head Designed for New Holland Combines High-Capacity SuperFlex Draper Head Designed for New Holland Combines New Holland Combines Feature Tier 4A Engines Using ECOBlue New Holland Combines Feature Tier 4A Engines Using ECOBlue Worth the Wait Worth the Wait Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Farm Futures Sees Acreage Increases For Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs Path Forward Still Uncertain for FTAs North Carolina Ag Commissioner Reports on Damage North Carolina Ag Commissioner Reports on Damage Bird Flu Rears Its Ugly Head Again Governors Seek Flooding Answers from Corps Governors Seek Flooding Answers from Corps Sharrards Selected as MMPA's Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperators Farm Credit Publishes Community Impact Report Farm Credit Publishes Community Impact Report DuPont Announces U.S. Approval of New Insect Protection Farm Bill Hearing Focuses on Risk Management Farm Bill Hearing Focuses on Risk Management Soybean Checkoff Continues Conversations with EU on U.S. Soy Biodiesel Soybean Checkoff Continues Conversations with EU on U.S. Soy Biodiesel Wind Power Has the Ability to Maintain Rural Communities Wind Power Has the Ability to Maintain Rural Communities Beef Checkoff is Changing Perceptions of Beef Beef Checkoff is Changing Perceptions of Beef New Online Game Brings 'Ultimate Challenge' Of Farming To Life Saga of Low Yields Picks Up Steam Case IH Grows the Patriot Sprayer Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift Farm Aid is Helping Oklahoma with Hay Lift NFGA and NAEGA Weigh in on AgriSure Viptera (UPDATED!) NFGA and NAEGA Weigh in on AgriSure Viptera (UPDATED!) Grassley Says Super Committee Needs to Rely on Expertise of Each Committee Grassley Says Super Committee Needs to Rely on Expertise of Each Committee Biotech Acceptance in China Impeding Growth of U.S. Corn Export Market Biotech Acceptance in China Impeding Growth of U.S. Corn Export Market Importance of High Speed Broadband to Jobs, Development in Rural America Importance of High Speed Broadband to Jobs, Development in Rural America EPA Issues Compliance Orders to Egg Farm, Cattle Feedlots EPA Issues Compliance Orders to Egg Farm, Cattle Feedlots Michigan Schools to Buy Local for School Lunches Making a Corporate Statement Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Farm Bill Hearing on Tap in Kansas Government-Wide Regulation Review Plan Announced Government-Wide Regulation Review Plan Announced Budget Process Could Have Big Impact on Writing of 2012 Farm Bill Budget Process Could Have Big Impact on Writing of 2012 Farm Bill Changes in Crop Acres Since Freedom to Farm Changes in Crop Acres Since Freedom to Farm World Dairy Expo Dairy Product Contest Announces Grand Champion Winners Farm Bureau Supports LightSquared Goal Farm Bureau Supports LightSquared Goal Michigan Youth Put Skills To The Test EPA Science Advisory Board Releases Nitrogen Report EPA Science Advisory Board Releases Nitrogen Report Bunge Responds to Suit Bunge Responds to Suit Chinese Trade Delegation Getting Firsthand Look at U.S. Corn Chinese Trade Delegation Getting Firsthand Look at U.S. Corn Corn and Soybean Conditions Continue Slight Decline Corn and Soybean Conditions Continue Slight Decline Frustration Growing as FTAs Remain Undone Frustration Growing as FTAs Remain Undone USDA Weather Assumptions Undermining Forecasts USDA Weather Assumptions Undermining Forecasts Class III Sets Record High In July Come And Get It: Second Chance To Win 'Free Groceries for a Year!' Bestway Offering New Transport Hitch Canadian-Colombian Free Trade Agreement In Effect Canadian-Colombian Free Trade Agreement In Effect Ag Secretary & Ag Chair Highlight Importance of Ag Research Ag Secretary & Ag Chair Highlight Importance of Ag Research Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July Huge Placements of Cattle on Feed in July More Dollars Released for Broadband Service More Dollars Released for Broadband Service USSEC Animal Utilization Stakeholders Meeting Takes Place in Seattle USSEC Animal Utilization Stakeholders Meeting Takes Place in Seattle Checkoff Teams with Sodexo to Promote Pork Reason for Daily Trading Limit Change Doesn't Ring True for NCGA Reason for Daily Trading Limit Change Doesn't Ring True for NCGA Liberty Link Soybeans Approved in Argentina PowerSharp System Keeps Chainsaw in Action Consolidated Bioprocessing: Corn As A Whole-Plant Feedstock Syngenta Files Suit Against Bunge Syngenta Files Suit Against Bunge Vilsack Holds Rural Forum at Iowa State Fair Vilsack Holds Rural Forum at Iowa State Fair Dow AgroSciences Submits for Approval First Ever Three-Gene Herbicide-Tolerant Soybean Growth Energy Disputes Auto Industry Claims Growth Energy Disputes Auto Industry Claims Study Group Looking at Renewables Study Group Looking at Renewables To See Refuge-In-A-Bag In The Field Is To Understand It Understand Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome At Field Day 25X'25 Favors President's Biofuels Plan 25X'25 Favors President's Biofuels Plan Dairy Draft Legislation Discussed Dairy Draft Legislation Discussed Challenger Launches MT500D High Horsepower Tractor Series Do You Need Ammonium Sulfate In Your Glyphosate Spray Mix? Strange Pollination Patterns Showing up in Corn Fields Trichomonaisis Risk Could Increase With Western Drought Trichomonaisis Risk Could Increase With Western Drought Changing Market Impacts Latest Biotech Trait Changing Market Impacts Latest Biotech Trait Ag Lenders Survey Results Revealed Ag Lenders Survey Results Revealed Biotech Acres Continue to Grow Globally Biotech Acres Continue to Grow Globally Your National Beef Checkoff: 25 Years and Counting Your National Beef Checkoff: 25 Years and Counting Sunflower Drill Simple, Easy to Operate and Fast RFA Responds to President RFA Responds to President Cope With The Late-Planting Impact And High Feed Costs Additional Rural Investments Announced Additional Rural Investments Announced Additional Rural Investments Announced Obama Blames Congress in Farm Tour Obama Blames Congress in Farm Tour Ethanol Compromise Unlikely to be Salvaged Ethanol Compromise Unlikely to be Salvaged NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs NCBA's Woodall No Longer Confident Congress Will Pass Pending FTAs Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement Regaining Important Beef Markets Requires Government Re-Engagement USDA Official Highlights Renewable Fuel Choices for Missouri Drivers USDA Official Highlights Renewable Fuel Choices for Missouri Drivers Butterfly Mower Can Cut 30 Acres Per Hour Dairy Stabilization Program Not Active Plot Tour Includes Cover Crops, Manure, No-Till And More Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Vilsack Announces Renewable Energy Funding Obama Opens White House Rural Economic Forum Obama Opens White House Rural Economic Forum Obama Says Biofuels Should Leave No Stone Unturned Obama Says Biofuels Should Leave No Stone Unturned What to Know About Installing a Wind Energy System on Your Farm What to Know About Installing a Wind Energy System on Your Farm Senator Expects Pending Trade Deals Could Be Approved Soon Senator Expects Pending Trade Deals Could Be Approved Soon Extra-Density Baler Packs More Mass In Same Space USDA Announces Historic School Nutrition Improvements as Children Return to School USDA Announces Historic School Nutrition Improvements as Children Return to School Moser Named Top Senior Division Dairy Judge State Seeking Nominations for Wheat Marketing Program Committee Pork Checkoff Study: PRRS Costs Industry $641 Million Annually President Announces New Rural Economic Programs President Announces New Rural Economic Programs Farm Progress Exclusive: Ag Secretary Discusses Rural Council ASA Listens To Missouri River Farmers' Concerns ASA Listens To Missouri River Farmers' Concerns RFA Comments on EPA Proposals RFA Comments on EPA Proposals CWT Assists with 2.9 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Michigan Farm Real Estate Values And Cash Rents Rise Obama Makes Campaign Start in Minnesota Obama Makes Campaign Start in Minnesota Vilsack Says Rural Tour and Forum Provide Opportunities 25x'25 Issues Call to Action MFB Asks Growers To Develop Videos On Environmental Practices August Crop Production Shows Decline For Most Crops Conservation Announcement Supports Wildlife Habitat Restoration Pasture Plant Key to Improving Ruminant Health Horror Stories are Anecdotal So Far Rural Economic Growth, Jobs Focus Of Council Forum Rural Economic Growth, Jobs Focus Of Council Forum Challenges Ahead for Super Committee Iowa RFA Puts Positive Spin for Politial Reporters Most Pastures Are In Extreme Ratings Most Pastures Are In Extreme Ratings Grants Made for Bioenergy Projects Agco's 90-Foot White Planter Rolls On Tracks Help Feed Rural American Families Brazil's Dairy Sector Seeks a Comeback Variety of Programs Featured In Rural Life Tent Judges From Around The Country Taste and Judge Michigan Wines DOT Promises No New Ag Related Regulations DOT Promises No New Ag Related Regulations Nine of Twelve Named to Debt-Reduction Super Committee Nine of Twelve Named to Debt-Reduction Super Committee AMI Foundation Reaffirms Meat's Role in Healthy, Balanced Diet Congressional Research Service Releases Report on Agricultural Trade Trends Minority Farmer Advisory Committee to Hold First Meeting Dieselcraft Offers Water Detection Tool Check Out Seed Plots to Learn More Furniture Row Racing to Showcase Farm American Initiative Michigan Corn Growers...Start Your Engines State Seeking Nominations for Wheat Marketing Program Committee Kinze Adds Planting to Autonomous System AGCO's New Equipment Launch Largest Ever Cattle Handling Demos Twice Daily Rule Proposed For Improving Livestock Traceability Rule Proposed For Improving Livestock Traceability Administration Announces Program to Save Fuel Costs, Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence National Forests, Grasslands Continue Positively Impacting U.S. Economy Ag Secretary Says U.S. Agriculture Has Many Success Stories U of I Offers Up Fun, Information Rural America to Benefit from USDA-EPA Partnership Beef Checkoff Celebrates 25 Years Beef Checkoff Celebrates 25 Years New Plan to Bring Wireless Broadband to Rural America Unveiled New Holland Boosts Raking Efficiency Statewide MSU Extension 4-H Training Center Celebrates Golden Anniversary Agribusinesses Recognized For Their Environmental Protection CRP Modified; Other Programs Helping Disaster Impacted Producers Syngenta Receives Japanese and Mexican Import Approvals for Corn Trait Stack Several Priorities of Next Farm Bill Outlined New Obstacles Are in the Way of River Upgrades Debt Deal Will Impact Farm Bill Research Center To Spotlight Grape, Tree Fruit Findings Late-Season Corn Field Checks Could Prove Interesting Pork Checkoff Appoints Two New Vice Presidents Merrigan Kicks Off National Farmers Market Week Deadline for Refillable Pesticide Container, Repackaging Requirements Approaching Topcon Acquires SGIS Agricultural Software from AGCO Watch Equipment Work in the Field Several Issues Left Hanging by Debt Debate Future of Farm Policy Depends on Budget Negotiations Expanding High-Speed Broadband Can Grow Ag Economy, Rural Jobs Climate Change Projections Simulated to Understand Impact of Higher CO2 Levels Michigan Agricultural Exports Grow 10% From 2009 Soybean Checkoff Dollars Being Invested to Build Demand Next Farm Bill Will Have Less Money Proposed Regulations from FMCSA Concern Senators Agriculture Secretary Says Safe Food is a National Priority Kinze Unveils New Grain Cart Center for Rural Affairs Learns of Challenges Facing Latino Farmers, Ranchers Dairy Producers Reject Status Quo Funding To Combat TB In Northern Michigan Reaches $1.5 Million Valley Irrigation Upgrades GPS Product Line Debt Compromise Passed and Signed Debt Compromise Passed and Signed Corn and Soybean Conditions Hurt by Heat Paperwork Being Streamlined by FSA Crop Insurance a Key Part of the Farm Safety Net Kinze Unveils Autonomous Row Crop Technology Farmers and Ranchers Begin To Raise Their Voices Fungicides Don't Control Every Disease Higher Energy Prices Are Big Drain On Agriculture Club Car Upgrades Utility Vehicle Debt Deal Passed by House NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Returns with Special on Trade NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Returns with Special on Trade Work Continues on Funding Mississippi River Improvements Milk Producers Continue to Enroll in New National Dairy FARM Program to Assure Consumers Sugar Policy is Being Promoted at Sweetener Symposium New Pallet Fork from Danuser Crops Aided By Timely Rains; Second Cutting Of Alfalfa Underway Come And Get It: 'Free Groceries For A Year!' Beef Industry Long Range Plan Influences Summer Conference Deliberations Beef Industry Long Range Plan Influences Summer Conference Deliberations Debt Agreement Announced by President Debt Agreement Announced by President Possible CDL Requirements Worry NFU The Climb Continues for Retail Beef Prices Giant Spools Boost Haying Efficiency July Agricultural Prices Show Increases Interior Bill Contains Measures to Limit EPA Power USDA Makes Funds Available for Credit Needs Vilsack Addresses National FFA Leaders about New Opportunities Congress Reviews Research Programs, Specialty Crops Michigan Schools to Buy Local for School Lunches Polaris Offers New RZR Asia Pizza Demand Boosts U.S. Cheese Exports Secretary Vilsack Announces Biomass Production Projects Sherman Holds White House Rural Roundtable with Tennessee Producers Consumers Buying More Chicken Michigan Youth Put Skills To The Test Chairman Lucas Provides Insight at Subcommittee Hearing House and Senate Working in Different Ways to Get Debt Deal Time is Short for Passage of Ethanol Compromise Cattle Losses Rising Groups Consider Direction of Domestic Energy Development BioPreferred Final Rule Designates Additional 14 Biobased Categories University of Illinois Studies Option to Replace Direct Payments Time is Growing Short To Reach a Debt Agreement Time is Growing Short To Reach a Debt Agreement GOP Senators Pledge Support of TAA GOP Senators Pledge Support of TAA National FFA Receives Donation from Microsoft Global Milk Consumption Will Soar This Decade Consolidated Bioprocessing: Corn As A Whole-Plant Feedstock Cleaner Engine Oil Through a Centrifuge Koch Agronomic Services Acquires Agrotain International Sweeping Changes Will Happen in Next Farm Bill Debt Talks Being Driven by Taxes Debt Talks Being Driven by Taxes Debt Talks Being Driven by Taxes Debt Talks Being Driven by Taxes Johanns Disappointed in Vote Killing Cut, Cap and Balance Legislation Careful Crafting Needed for CFTC Rules Several Programs Receiving USDA Funding Tour Promises Education for Cattlemen Odd Things Happen in Weird Crop Years Do I Really Need To Add Ammonium Sulfate To My Glyphosate Spray Mix? Yetter Knife Improvements Boost Efficiency Syngenta Launches Vibrance to Fight Rhizoctonia in Cereals Unresolved Budget Issue Forces Obama to Re-Think Position White House Not Sending FTAs to Congress Before August Recess $37M Available for Value-Added Producer Grants Ag Expo Brings Together Economic, Environmental Strategies Food Safety Act Threatens Farmers Food Safety Act Threatens Farmers SNAP Focus of Ag Subcommittee Hearing USDA Announces Proposed Rule USDA Announces Proposed Rule Preparing for the Next Farm Bill More Debt Ceiling Solutions Offered Retailers Expanding to Serve Underserved Communities NFU Board of Directors Responds with Own Resolution to Dairy Proposal Sunco Introduces New Trash Discs 45,000 Acres Planted to Potatoes in Michigan Costly, Job Stifling Overregulation Still Top Concern in Rural America Costly, Job Stifling Overregulation Still Top Concern in Rural America Ag Coalition Urging Debt Action by House and Senate Dodd-Frank Wall Street Act Needs Tweaking Additional E.Coli Testing Gains Backing Additional E.Coli Testing Gains Backing Push Back the Night TAA Remains Stumbling Block for Trade Agreements TAA Remains Stumbling Block for Trade Agreements Managing Internal Parasites In Sheep, Goats Program Offered 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced 2012 Farm Progress Hay Expo Location Announced Struggle Between Senate Leaders Stalls Legislation USDA's Numbers Questioned by AFBF Old Plan Revitalized to Raise Debt Ceiling Workforce Study on AVMA Priority List MMPA Hosts 74th 4-H/MMPA Milk Marketing Tour Energy Programs Face Federal Cuts NMPF Says IDFA Claims on Proposed Dairy Legislation Not Fact-Based How Much Nitrogen is Left in Your Corn's Tank? Food Bank Support Shows 'We Care' Farm Programs Need to Be More Responsive to Modern Agriculture Vote For America's Favorite Farmers Market USDA Commits to Stand by Producers Affected by Severe Weather, Natural Disasters Just Enough Time for N NFU Urges Separation of Policy Organizations and Beef Checkoff Program NFU Urges Separation of Policy Organizations and Beef Checkoff Program Congress Must Control Regulations Great Lakes Hybrids Awards Scholarships Oxbo Introduces Self-Propelled Merger National Shortage of Food Animal Veterinarians Requires Solutions National Shortage of Food Animal Veterinarians Requires Solutions Michigan Peach Growers Expect Full Crop Small Grains Forecast Predicts Record High Yield for Michigan Winter Wheat USMEF Still Helping Japan Recovery USMEF Still Helping Japan Recovery Senate Hearing on Rural Job Growth Scheduled Coalition Supports Clean Water Federalism Act McConnell Offers Debt Limit Plan Miller Electric Launches Rebate Program Dairy, Beef Cow Productivity Increases Benefit Environment MI Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development Announces New Division Leadership Alltech Debuts New Website Anthem Could Strengthen FMC's role in Herbicide Market National Biodiesel Board Happy With EPA Proposal Cattle Care Programs Working Cattle Care Programs Working Results of Farm to School Team Visits Announced Lameness Undermines Dairy Herd Management Michigan's June Corn Stocks Are Lower Than Year Earlier Purchase Farm Progress Show Tickets Online Congressman Sends Message to Secretary Vilsack Congressman Sends Message to Secretary Vilsack School Meals Highlighted at Meeting National Border Security Subject of Hearing National Border Security Subject of Hearing Corn Acreage Increases By 150,000 Acres Over Last Year New International Convenience Products? New International Convenience Products? Grain Storage Takes On New Look Regulations by Presidents Need to Be Reined In President's Town Hall Remarks Questioned in Letter Unique Tour Has Farm Show Start Unique Tour Has Farm Show Start Ethanol Deal is Best the Industry Could Get Codex Stalls Decision On Ractopamine Progress on Free Trade Agreement Reality of Small Corn Sets In Equine Demonstrations And Educational Sessions Slated For Ag Expo Shield Agriculture Equipment Can Supply Belts Energy Department to Support Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Reaction Continues to Pour in on Ethanol Agreement NPPC Worried About Possible Federal Legislation Regulating Egg Production CWT Assists with 2.5 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Win a Boomer Tractor for Five Years Introduction of New Legislation Brings Hope for Biodiesel Warming Boxes Help Calves Grow Into Healthy Cows VEETC and Tariff Would Be Eliminated By Ethanol Deal Ag Land Values Not In True Bubble Ag Land Values Not In True Bubble U.S. and Mexico Sign Trucking Agreement U.S. and Mexico Sign Trucking Agreement Industry Won't Let Ethanol Continue to be Scapegoat House Interior and Environmental Budgets Released House Interior and Environmental Budgets Released Trimble Offers New High-Accuracy Correction Service National Pork Board Begins Building 2012 Plan and Budget Conditions Decent for Corn and Soybeans Granted Extension For Filing 'Prevented Planting' Claims Due To Rain House Committee Will Tackle FTA House Committee Will Tackle FTA Deadline is Approaching to Sign-up for SURE Statewide Event Kick-Starts MFB Policy Development Process Purdue Economist Says Higher Commodity Prices Could Be 'The New Normal' USCA Wants Beef Checkoff Changes Made USCA Wants Beef Checkoff Changes Made Bayer CropScience Settles Biotech Rice Litigation RBOG Applications Are Due Aug. 1 Some Prevented Planting Rules Changed A-Teams to Discuss Council Programs, Direction at Annual Meeting Pork's Burger Alternative Agricultural Labor Survey to Resume Agricultural Labor Survey to Resume Handler 190 Ready to Weld Aluminum AgrAbility To Share Program Purpose Who Pays When Government Doesn't? Agriculture Secretary Meets Colorado Business Leaders to Discuss Economic Growth and Job Creation Export Seminar To Be Hosted In East Lansing Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Economic Development Funding Senate Recess No Longer Scheduled Be On Guard For Foliar Diseases Federal-Mogul Drops the Brushes Budget Talks Likely to Impact Rewrite of Farm Bill Global Dairy Organizations Unite to Advance Research Goals Sno-Pro Offers Alternative to Bucket Plowing Republican Boycott Forces Cancellation of Mock Markup Good Silage Advice Good Silage Advice Warming Boxes Help Calves Grow Into Healthy Cows Acreage in Four States Being Re-Collected Deere Retools Midsize Players New Idea for Moving Forward with Deficit Reduction Agreement Roberts Introduces Transportation Bill Sharpen Your Feed Efficiency Sharpen Your Feed Efficiency Budgets Hitting Hard at Ag Education and Research Budgets Hitting Hard at Ag Education and Research Cherry Production Forecast Substantially Higher Breakthrough Could Move Trade Deals Breakthrough Could Move Trade Deals Grant Will Help Farmers Deal With Changes to Climates EPA Announces E15 Labeling Senate Willl Mock Markup FTAs Several Points of View on Livestock Presented Several Points of View on Livestock Presented Food Safe Families Campaign to Reduce Foodborne Illness What Do Producers Think About the Checkoff? What Do Producers Think About the Checkoff? Supreme Court To Review California Law Regarding Non-Ambulatory Livestock DoMor Has New Series of Grading Gear What Potential Federal Delisting Of Wolves Means For Michigan Corn Yield Contest Deadline Extended Adding Up Weather Costs New FAO Head Makes Reform Pledge Dow AgroSciences Ames Field Research Station Expands, Relocates Three Appointed To Michigan Beef Industry Commission Waterways Will Need Post-Flood Attention Bringing Back a Biotech Board Hog Inventory Rises Rural Areas Need Faster Web Service New Red Weeder TD Model for Direct Weeding Scout for Corn Diseases and Take Effective Control Measures Agritourism Safety Guidelines Updated And Available Online Industry Group Asks Congress to Protect GPS Network Farm Payment Database Released Variety of Weather Conditions Continue to Plague U.S. Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve Released Ag Committee Calls on USDA to Streamline Programs Ag Committee Calls on USDA to Streamline Programs Dust, Pesticides and Water Addressed at Symposium MSU Nets $5M Grant To Increase Dairy Production Efficiency New Kuhn Fertilizer Spreader Buhler Industries Enters Tillage Market Keep Farm Kids Safe 2012 RFS Proposal Released FTA Negotiations Are Up Against the Clock FTA Negotiations Are Up Against the Clock Amvac, Monsanto Announce Crop Protection Collaboration Kind Takes a Look at Senate Ethanol Votes from Other Side of the Hill Beef Board Budget Dips More than 20% in Five Years Beef Board Budget Dips More than 20% in Five Years Weld Something Cool, Win Something Cool New Farm Programs Need to Work Together Michigan Wheat Forecast Is Promising Rising Energy Prices Drive Up Retail Food Prices Bogs Footwear Caters to Farmers and Ranchers Budget Negotiations Continue Budget Negotiations Continue New CAST Paper Examines GE Animal Regulations Ethanol Amendment Unlikely to Reach President's Desk USDA Rewards States for SNAP Administration Excellence Corn Refuge and Import Status Clarified Big Ag Budget Cuts Made By House Seed Corn Industry Announces New Shifts Bobcat Offers Tread Design Choices Maple Syrup Production Sets Record High House Fires Shotgun at Ag Programs Ethanol Votes Draw Plenty of Reaction More Bushels, Less Inputs Happy Cows? Not so Fast Recycled Advertising Handy Around Farm Soybean Farmers to Get Firsthand Look at Checkoff in Action Ethanol Credit Dies in New Senate Vote U.S. Senate Isn't Done with Ethanol Yet Aussie Cattle Export Ban Impacts Local Markets Aussie Cattle Export Ban Impacts Local Markets Prevented Planting, Flood Rules Clarified Euro E. Coli Outbreak to Have Widespread Ramifications Euro E. Coli Outbreak to Have Widespread Ramifications Biodiesel Group Works to Tell Story to Consumers Better Manage Johne's Disease By Focusing On Calves Power MIG Line Now Includes 180 Dual When a Tax Credit is a Tax Increase When a Tax Credit is a Tax Increase Ag Appropriations Push Causes Call to Action Meeting the Global Food Challenge Shell Rotella Offers Engine Warranty Program Vaccinate Horses To Protect From Mosquito-Borne Diseases Effort to Cut Off Ethanol Support Fails Effort to Cut Off Ethanol Support Fails Senator Coburn Considers Ethanol Bad Economic Policy Ag Appropriations Bill Questioned by Administration, Ag Committee Opinions of GIPSA Rule Continue to Vary Opinions of GIPSA Rule Continue to Vary USDA Crucial to Electric Grid Expansion MSU Dairy Judging Team Returns From Utah, Prepares For Europe Trip NCGA President Believes We Can Produce A Record Crop, Despite Weather Concerns Grants Will Help Rural Development, Conservation Fewer Test Plots No Excuse for Less Scouting Saginaw Bay, Western Lake Erie Basin Eligible For Assistance President Establishes Rural Council Farmer Age Increasing Farms Welcome Visitors For Breakfast on the Farm Web-Based Guide Can Help Keep Children Safe On Farms Cost of America's Marketbasket Rising Cost of America's Marketbasket Rising Mustang RT Series Trackloaders for 2011 ESCO Offers Wheel Heat Warning Label Plant Pests and Diseases Targeted CDC's Food Safety Report Card Flunks Salmonella National Pork Board Officers Elected Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15 Stopping The Worm 2011 Farm Progress Show Adds Country Music Star Rodney Atkins Concert 2011 Farm Progress Show Adds Country Music Star Rodney Atkins Concert Yamaha Upgrades Grizzly Report Released Addressing Food Productivity Gap Report Released Addressing Food Productivity Gap Crop Planting, Especially Soybeans, Lags Behind Dow AgroSciences Announces Prairie Brand Seed Purchase New Kuhn Power Merger for Hay Fields Agco Parts Offers Parts 'Rewards' Program Four New Bee Viruses Found Pork Board Unveiling Carbon Footprint Calculator Farm Market & Agricultural Tourism Directory Now Available Debt Ceiling Issue is Uphill Battle Debt Ceiling Issue is Uphill Battle New Line of Sub-Compacts from John Deere Sukup Offers Accessory for Clearing Bin Clumps Get A Handle On Horse Restraints Lack of Proper Controls from FSA Caused Problems with Energy Program Soybean Farmers to Get Firsthand Look at Checkoff in Action Research Opens Door for More Options in Sheep Breeding Buying Power Varies Among Economic Groups Buying Power Varies Among Economic Groups Row Crop Farmer Testifies on Important Components Needed in 2012 Farm Bill Budget is Big Challenge for Farm Bill Senate Ag Committee Gets Earful From Locals Dairy Reform Can't Wait for Farm Bill To Replant or Not to Replant, That is the Question! Could Dairy Proteins be Food Package Resource Rhino Expands Flex-Wing Mower Line Michelin Extends Tire Line for Skid Steers John Deere Financial Announces New Name For Farm Plan Mitas Expands Row-Crop Tractor Tire Line AHA Accepts Poultry Stunning Method Hunt for 2011 State Christmas Tree Now Underway USDA Releases New Icon to Replace MyPyramid Food Industry Applauds New Dietary Icon MyPlate Food Industry Applauds New Dietary Icon MyPlate E15 Will Receive Attention at NASCAR Races Corn Coalition Heads to Washington Supreme Court Denies Review on EPA Decision Food Pyramid Ends Life Today Leica Updates Ag Guidance Products Soil Test Kits Protect Water, Save Pocket Change Livestock Groups Back House Spending Bill Livestock Groups Back House Spending Bill More than 50 Groups Oppose Conservation Cuts Soggy Fields Now Create New Dilemmas Web Guide to Keep Children Safe Web Guide to Keep Children Safe There is a Top Limit on Planting Speed! High Plains Cattlewoman America's Farmers Mom Of The Year Pioneer Hi-Bred Launches Mobile Version of Website Phytophthora Diseases A Threat To Strawberries Measure Aims to Put Timetable on Biotech Approvals Europe Dealing with E. coli Scare Prevent Overflowing Grain Bins with Level Indicator Register For 4-H Dairy Days Australia Bans Live Cattle Shipments to Indonesia Australia Bans Live Cattle Shipments to Indonesia Russia May Be Returning to Wheat Export Market Council Finds Growing Market Potential in Turkey AGRA, USDA Sign MOU To Cooperate On African Food Security Fact Sheets Focus On Climate Change, Field Crops WTO Makes Ruling on COOL WTO Makes Ruling on COOL Ethanol Saving Travelers Millions this Holiday Weekend Checkoff Resources Help Producers Share Their Story GreenStone FCS Announces Election Results Senate Ag Committee Conducts First Farm Bill Hearing Budget Cuts May Be Affecting Banking Reform REAP Applications Due Next Month Stabenow To Host Farm Bill Field Hearing Panels PLC, NCBA and ASI Urge Support of Government Litigation Savings Act PLC, NCBA and ASI Urge Support of Government Litigation Savings Act CAT Alerts Transition To New Website, Keep Focus On Timely Information Growers Should Scout Corn, Soybean Fields Early to Avoid Pests, Diseases House Subcommittee Cuts Key Energy Bills House Subcommittee Cuts Key Energy Bills Organizations Request Completion of Farm Bill in 2012 Farm Bureau Estimates Flooding Impacting More than 3.5 Million Acres Toro Blends Small Engine Synthetic Oil New USDA Guidelines Lower Pork Cooking Temperature Breakfast On The Farms Connects Community With Agriculture Genuity Smartstax RIB Complete Approved For Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement Program Can Biofuel Development Ease Poverty? Brown Turns to Biodiesel Sign-up Deadline Approaches for DCP, ACRE U.S. Beef, Pork in Japan Relief Effort Gehl Launches Compact Track Loaders Where's The Beef? GOP Presidential Ticket Firms Up Ignite Herbicide Label Change Provides Greater Value How Souped Up Is Your Planter? New Kuhn Drum Mower Wheat Producers to Vote on Marketing Development Program FCC Warned over GPS Signal Worries Treasure Trove of State Facts Online Syngenta To Invest In New Genetics Research Facility New Bill Targets Unfair Livestock Marketing Practices New Bill Targets Unfair Livestock Marketing Practices America's Farmers Mom of the Year Finalists Announced Administration Officials Visiting Flooded Areas Topcon Expands Farming Operations with System 210 Bring The Kids To Great Dairy Adventure Yamaha Increasing ATV Production in USA House Members Request GIPSA Analysis Timeframe House Members Request GIPSA Analysis Timeframe Economic Debate Pushes Energy Policy to Back Burner FSIS Suspends E. coli O157 Tests for Dry Sausage Closed Section of Mississippi River Reopened Relay Timer Reduces Dead Battery Surprises Efficient Water-Use Practices Promoted USDA Will Take Another Look At Crop Projections No Bond Between Land Use Changes and Biofuels Learning In The Lab Leads To Tools In The Field New Options in Utility Tractor Tires Activities Center Around Involving, Educating Youth About Dairy Kubota Offers Choice in ZTR Technology ARS Agronomist Creates Farmer-Friendly, Crop Growth Software DDGS Sales Up in Southeast Asia Michigan State Research Is Working To Change 'Know Your Food' Concept Michigan State Research Is Working To Change 'Know Your Food' Concept 'Farmers Drive Iowa' Will Promote Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Reduces Harmful Emissions Significantly Farm Groups Testify on Trade Farm Groups Testify on Trade Plenty of Problems to Look For in Young Corn Students Earn Reserve Platinum Awards Haymaker's Handbook In Third Edition Mexican Trucking Plan Near Ready Report Addresses Flaws in USDA's Program Delivery System Report Focuses on Livestock Feed From Ethanol Production Topcon Expands Farming Operations with System 210 Fact Sheet Provides Insight Silver Anniversary for the Hay Expo Silver Anniversary for the Hay Expo Silver Anniversary for the Hay Expo VEETC Reduction and Transition a Logical Step Forward House Expected to Pass Outer Continental Shelf Plan Pork Checkoff Offers Pork Management Conference Ag Leaders Urge Stabenow To Protect Crop Insurance Bill Would Provide for Open Fuel Standard Lawmakers Are Talking Budget Approach to Endangered Species List Changing Antitrust Lawsuit Filed by Justice Department Increased SCN Reproduction on Resistant Varieties Does Not Mean Failure Corn-Powered Engines Growing More Corn Two Important Genomes Sequenced NCBA Calls for Implementation of Pending Trade Agreements NCBA Calls for Implementation of Pending Trade Agreements Undersecretary Says USDA Will Continue to Expand Alternative Fuels Study Addresses Food Security Issue Apply For The Michigan Youth Livestock Scholarship New Hay Technology Unveiled Missouri Ag Director Holds Roundtable Hearings Court Rules CAFO Permits Not Authorized by CWA Court Rules CAFO Permits Not Authorized by CWA Bill Would Improve Rural Healthcare Weigh Expected Corn Yield Loss vs. Sloppy Planting CBB-NCBA Working on Differences CBB-NCBA Working on Differences Generation III Gyrorake for Hay Producers 4-H Advances Environmental Science Education Discrimination Meeting Held Campaign Launched to Combat Top Meat Myths Campaign Launched to Combat Top Meat Myths School Lunch Program to be Investigated New Mapping Receiver from Topcon Food Establishments Beware of Phony Inspector Scam CAST Paper Examines Agricultural Air Issues $20M Research Grant To Study Climate On Corn-Based Cropping Systems Drip Pans Can Fit Together in Many Shapes Groups Support Grassley-Conrad Ethanol Tax Proposal Administration, Congress to Talk About Free Trade Agreements Administration, Congress to Talk About Free Trade Agreements Monsanto Officially Rolls Out Refuge in a Bag Cruise Control for Center Pivot Sprinkler Without Obstacles, Pork Industry Can Thrive MSU Product Center Teams With State Agencies Bill Introduced to Stop Ethanol Subsidies Hearing Focuses on Environmental Data Levee Breach Leaves Payback Questions Calling All Farmers Markets Lincoln's New Welder/Generator New Initiative to Provide Path to Transform Food and Ag Policy Kuhn Krause, Inc New Name in Farm Equipment Field Secretary Tours South, Sees Infrastructure Problems National Expert: Ban is Best Way to Fight Feral Swine Spread Missouri vs. Corps Standoff Could Be Over Legislation to be Introduced Ending Oil and Gas Subsidies Corn Refiners Respond to Sugar Lawsuit Secretary Urges More Help in Feeding Hungry More Than Planting Date Impacts Corn Yield Potential Cucumber Harvester Inventors Recognized For Innovation NIFA Director Beachy Resigns Proposed Guidelines Worry Farm Groups Proposed Guidelines Worry Farm Groups MMPA Awards Nine Scholarships EPA Challenged by NCBA, FCA Beef is Now a High-Stakes Gamble Beef is Now a High-Stakes Gamble Sugar Farmers Sue Corn Processors on Sugar Claims Clean Water Framework Released by Administration Clean Water Framework Released by Administration Ethanol Keeps Money in Consumer Pockets, Boosts National Economy USDA Partners with Defense to Support Military Families Recipe Finalists Announced Become an Advocate for Agriculture At Last, EPA Agrees To Focus On Oil Spills, Not Spilt Milk Lincoln Repowers the Outback 145 Welder President Urges Action on Energy Problems Planting Continues to Be Delayed by Weather More Groups Involved in GIPSA Rule Proposal More Groups Involved in GIPSA Rule Proposal Entries for Farm Mom of the Year Still Open Monsanto Donation to Help St. Louis Relief Scratch Another Chemistry Off Waterhemp's Hit List Two New Hay Makers Hit the Meadows Hot-Dip Galvanizing Stops Rust! EPA Has Final Policy Assessment on Dust EPA Has Final Policy Assessment on Dust Expansion of Jurisdiction Would Hit Farmers Hard New Bill Would Help Dairy Farmers Utilize H-2A MI Food Policy Council Wins $150K Grant Zinc Stops Rust! Administration Moving Trade Deals Toward Congress Great Outdoors Initiative Underway Be Ready To Watch For Early Season Pests Trends Report Shows Positive Signs Mom Of The Year Nomination Deadline Approaches Agco Offers Assisted Steering for Windrowers Nominate Your 'Farm Mom' Now MSU Lands $4.1M Grant Delays in Corn Planting Not Enough to Cause Great Concern at This Point Doha Round of Trade Talks Show Progress Pork Producers Support a Sustainable Future MF Extends Tier IVA Technology Bill Would Stop EPA's Proposed Dust Regulation Bill Would Stop EPA's Proposed Dust Regulation Missouri Groups Reach Compromise on Proposition B Earth Day This Friday Bio-energy Research Dollars Available MFB, County Farm Bureaus Receive Grants Beef Promotions Featuring Local Cattle Farmers Beef Promotions Featuring Local Cattle Farmers Rotary Tillers for Compact Tractors Iowa Farms Host EPA Administrator Iowa Farms Host EPA Administrator Credit Warning Adds Urgency Extreme Weather Conditions Continue In The U.S. FSIS Announces Final Rule for Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Products FSIS Announces Final Rule for Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Products More Details of Panama FTA Deal Released Attend The Spring Sip & Savor This Machine Specializes in Food Plots Regulatory Guidance Has Challengers Regulatory Guidance Has Challengers Upgraded Honda Foreman Still a Workhorse Wind Industry Signs Multi-Species Protection Plan Discover The Benefits, Products Made With Soy Movement Made on Panama Free Trade Agreement Movement Made on Panama Free Trade Agreement Land Pride Makes New Flail Mower Some Cuts Won't Affect 2011 Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Proposal Passes House 2012 Budget Proposal Passes House Organizations Want Improved Border Security on Public Lands Organizations Want Improved Border Security on Public Lands Support 4-H; Buy A Clover Celebrate Wine, Food & Art in Traverse City Cool, Slow Start to Spring Could Affect Weed Control Strategy Ag Leader and HARDI Unveil HC 9500 Controller 2011 Budget Passes House and Senate 2011 Budget Passes House and Senate CRP General Sign-up Deadline Nears Direct Payments are Likely to Be Cut Helping People Overcome Food System Challenges Ethanol Policy Forum Disappointing Michigan Vegetable Intentions 2011 Chevron Introduces New Delo ESI Budget Proposal is a Suggestion for Committees Keep Dairy Cows on Full Rations Keep Dairy Cows on Full Rations New Initiative Launched by Fertilizer Industry Crary Industries Providing Hopper Covers Livestock Continues To See Support From Corn Industry U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth U.S. Meat Exports Continue Growth Simple Calculation Reveals Soil Phosphorus and Potassium Removal Federal Budget Scrutinized by Ag Econmists Details of 2011 Budget Compromise Coming Out Details of 2011 Budget Compromise Coming Out Grocery Sales Recover In 2010 Spilled Milk Can Now Be Just That Cattlemen's Expo A Success for the Beef Industry Multi-Voltage Hobart Welder Has Seven Output Voltages Vilsack Challenge: If Government Doesn't Do It, Who Does? Higher Ethanol Blends Discussed by Automakers Applying Too Early Could Mean Nitrogen Loss Nebraska Town Takes Proactive Approach to HSUS Nebraska Town Takes Proactive Approach to HSUS Corn Nematode Research Helps Michigan Farmers Narrower Trailed Mower from Kuhn Government Shutdown Avoided Lawmakers Moving To Tighten EPA Regulation Monsanto Releases Refuge-in-the-Bag Concept Early Weeds Can Clip Corn Yields Survey: Retail Prices For Staple Foods Rise Congressional Leaders Address Margin Requirements EPA Approves Dow Registration of Refuge in a Bag Magnalight LED Boat Light could easily be a 'farm light' Shutdown Will Affect USDA Programs USGC Teaching U.S. Testing Procedures USGC Teaching U.S. Testing Procedures NFU Presents Beginning Farmer Program Key Summer Food Service Program Regulations Cut 4-H Accepts Active Lifestyle Goal Factors Affecting Food Prices Discussed Free Webcast Helps Horse Enthusiasts NCBA Represented During Hearing NCBA Represented During Hearing Loans Will Improve Electrical Service Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade Beef Economist Talks Beef Trade Disaster Assistance Funds Released Disaster Assistance Funds Released Alternative Mode of Action for Herbicide Tolerance in Co-Development Calculator May Help Determine Stocking Rates Calculator May Help Determine Stocking Rates Sorghum Checkoff Passes Muster Miller Dons New Line of Gloves MSU To Host Arabian Horse Breeders Conference 2012 Budget Plan Revealed Negotiators Fail in Budget Negotiations Negotiators Fail in Budget Negotiations New Hold Requirement Announced New Hold Requirement Announced Farm Bureau Reports on Cost of Food R-CALF USA Petitions CFTC Creagh Appoints Members to MAEAP ATV PTO Add-On Air Quality Task Force Appointments Made Online Scholarship Winners Announced Supreme Court Sides With Kansas in Water Dispute Supreme Court Sides With Kansas in Water Dispute Poultry Influenza Under Control Dirt-Less Digger Appointments Made to The Michigan Apple Committee, The Bean Commission Roto-Mix has New Mixers Budget Deadline Looms Groups Form World Farmers Organization Enhanced Coupling MI Cattlemen's Bull Test Sale Smashes Records Kubota Upgrades RTV900 with XT Model U.S. Oil Leases Untouched Get Rid Of Sidewall Compaction Fuel Container, Container On-farm Trials Jump In Popularity Bill Would Permanently Repeal Estate Tax Bill Would Permanently Repeal Estate Tax CWA and FIFRA Amended to Restore Previous Regulatory Framework Bill to Change Depreciation Schedule on Farm Equipment Proposed Anti-Ethanol Amendment Removed from Small Business Bill One-person Wood Processor Take The Strain Out Of Fencing Lawsuit Filed Against Monsanto U.S. Soybean Farmers Increase Support of Domestic Aquaculture New Soil Fumigant Applicator President Talks Alternative Solutions to Oil Groups Praise President's Commitment to Renewable Fuels Congress Still Debating How to Repeal 1099 Congress Still Debating How to Repeal 1099 Stabenow Addresses Dodd-Frank Act Twin-auger Mixer Contain A Fuel Spill NPPC Testifies on Panamanian FTA Not all GAPs are the same MFB Makes Staff Changes Claim $$ for Propane Conversion United Soybean Board Invites Producers to 'See For Yourself' Lightweight Corn Head Survey Says: Cattle Produced in Every State Survey Says: Cattle Produced in Every State New Ute from Cushman NRCS Has an 'App' for That Court Extends CWA Permit Deadline Grant To Study Impacts Of Climate On Corn-Based Cropping Systems Faster Bin Unloading New NASS Site Visited by Government Officials Lawmakers Continue Battle Over Federal Budget Motion Filed in Pesticide Use Case Enhancing A Deep-till Rig Higher Rate For Anhydrous Interactive Water Stewardship Website Launched EPA Reports on Air Quality E15 Stoppage Requested by Automakers Report: Market Approach Failing in U.K. Big Week for Grain Markets Food Exec Angers Corn Group Sidedress Pro Protect Your Tires Chicago Fed Announces New Agriculture, Small Business, Labor Advisory Council Beef Industry Educates Members of Congress Beef Industry Educates Members of Congress Farmers Fired Up and Ready to Roll in Southern Corn Belt Off Shore Wind Development Takes Another Step It's Time to Tell Agriculture's Story It's Time to Tell Agriculture's Story Trail Mower Provides Options Innovative Loader Gets An Upgrade Appointments Made to Minority Farmer Committee Appointments Made to Minority Farmer Committee Two Potential High-Risk Areas Designated in Northeast Lower Michigan State Officials Recognized By The Michigan FFA KUHN Group Announces the Acquisition of KRAUSE Corporation Secretary Speaks Out For Ethanol and Other Issues More Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Going to Schools Ag Committee Hearing on Gas Prices Scheduled Weatherproof Ag Notebooks Concerns Rise About Herbicide Resistant Weeds Growing Wine Grapes In Michigan May Be Big Business Rugged Electric Vehicle Corn and Soybean Acres Gain, Reports Farm Futures Survey Wildlife Recreation Survey Announced Grassley Wants Ag Committee Hearing Potato Packs Ready to Feed Hungry New R-CALF USA Officers Selected New R-CALF USA Officers Selected Genetically-Modified Corn Hybrids Protect Against Pests Energy Efficient Dryer Secretary Seeks Committee Members Another Suit Against USDA and RR Alfalfa Another Suit Against USDA and RR Alfalfa CSX Supports FFA Programs Funds to Aid Hungry Low-Income Children Cattle Woman Takes Story to Capitol Hill Cattle Woman Takes Story to Capitol Hill FMC Announces New Preplant Label for Cadet Herbicide 25x'25 Says Time to Review Energy Policy Programs to Support Hispanic Students Unveiled Wolf Protection Case Resolved Wolf Protection Case Resolved Ag Secretary Promotes Health Law Graduate Numbers Exceed 2,000 for Beef Advocacy Program Graduate Numbers Exceed 2,000 for Beef Advocacy Program Proposals to Receive WREP Funding Eye On Your Soil When Will We Have 300 Bushel Per Acre Corn? Safe Grain Mover Report on Dairy Industry to be Available Soon Processors Are Encouraged To Attend The Michigan Food Processors Official on Clean Use of Antibiotics Public Broadcasting Debated Before Vote Pork Industry to Aid Japanese Recovery Pork Industry to Aid Japanese Recovery Online Scholarship in Full Communications Online Scholarship in Full Communications Ag Day Commodity Groups, Legislators Together Groups Will Assemble Meals for Malnourished Children Kuhn Offers 5-Year Warranty MBW Launches ProTrakker Rotary Cutter Addition CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide CBO Report Addresses Budgets Government Wide Plans Based on Chesapeake Model Moving Forward Plans Based on Chesapeake Model Moving Forward Governors Ask for Improved Corn for Ethanol Reporting FSIS Issues New Performance Standards Future of Sugar Policy is Strong Farm Bureau Addresses EPA Regulations Issue Green Subcompact Player Model Business Plan Helps Hoop House Growers Trimble Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire OmniSTAR Budget Views and Estimates Letter Adopted by House Ag Court Strikes Down CAFO Rule Court Strikes Down CAFO Rule Secretary Honors Producers During Ag Day Secretary Honors Producers During Ag Day Conservation Report on Chesapeake Bay Released Japanese Meat Imports Will Recover Japanese Meat Imports Will Recover NASS Statistics Available to Classrooms MSU Extension Hosts Series Of Calf Care School Workshops Snow Blower Choices Next CR Ready for House Action More USDA Renewable Energy Funds Available Researchers to Look at Contamination Researchers to Look at Contamination Longer Ragweed Season Confirmed Confederation Addresses Potential Feed Shortage Confederation Addresses Potential Feed Shortage A Proper Grade Dairy Producers Interpret Current Industry Conditions New Budget Deadline Proposal Put Forward by House GOP Subcommittee Holds Hearing on FDA Funding Subcommittee Holds Hearing on FDA Funding ASA Voices Concerns Over Budget Cuts Electronic Rural Atlas Available Continued Growth Seen in Pork and Beef Exports BASF and Monsanto Take Dicamba Tolerant Cropping System Collaboration to the Next Level High Prices Force Agronomist to Expand Chart First Bill Signings Show Commitment To Agriculture, Environment New Zero-Turn Player Japan Earthquake to Impact Grain Trade Japan Earthquake to Impact Grain Trade General CRP Sign-up to Begin Vilsack Appears Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee EPA Administrator Testifies Before House Ag Committee EPA Administrator Testifies Before House Ag Committee New Hydro For Utility Vehicle New Compact Series Update to Broadband Infrastructure Program Necessary MSU Extension To Host Spring Grazing Programs Target Your Market Target Your Market Budget Bills Fail in Senate Budget Bills Fail in Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Reducing Regulations Report Released on Recovery Act Clean Air Act Focus of Hearing Clean Air Act Focus of Hearing Staying On Track Maxi-Probe Friends of America's Heartland Premier New Web Site Friends of America's Heartland Premier New Web Site 'Farm Fresh Food' Blog Tells Michigan Farmers' Stories Senator Grassley Speaks to Home Grown Energy Action Taken in Milk Lawsuit A 'Super' Forage Box Biodiesel Good for Livestock Economics Derivatives Regs Have to Work for Both Consumers and Businesses Governor Snyder Makes Appointment To Soybean Checkoff Board New Mower Lineup Almond Scholarship Announced Priorities Reset by ASA Loan Guarantees Released to Electric Cooperatives National School Breakfast Week Underway Big Manure Mover Barn Preservation Network Conference Set 2011 Proclaimed Year of the Weeks Act New Transmission For Compact Tractor Grants Available to Provide Broadband Access Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers Partners With Furniture Row Racing's Farm American Program Two Budget Bills Expected on Capitol Hill Pork Industry Focuses on Environmental Issues Pioneer Opening Agriculture's Educational Doors Looking for America's Farmer Mom A Power Mixer New Beef Safety Guidelines Announced New Beef Safety Guidelines Announced Center for Excellence Showcases New Agronomic Practices R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case R-CALF USA Responds to Latest Canadian BSE Case Value-Priced Zero-Turn Mower Ask Your Dealer For Sample Bags Of New Hybrids Lucas Tells Farmers What They Want to Hear Not an Amine, Not an Ester USB Study Shows Disconnect to Livestock Market USB Study Shows Disconnect to Livestock Market Another Canadian Case of BSE Another Canadian Case of BSE Seed Company Invests in Science Education Corn and Soy Associations are Optimistic Mexican/U.S. Trucking Dispute Settled Mexican/U.S. Trucking Dispute Settled A Dry Soil Amendment House Passes 1099 Measure House Passes 1099 Measure Adding A Problem Solver NASS Reports February Agricultural Prices Dairy Advisory Committee Makes Recommendations Dairy Advisory Committee Makes Recommendations New Fungicide Tool on the Way President Signs CR GAO Report Focuses on Government Wide Saving 1099 Repeal Vote Expected Today Aggressive Closer New Equipment Rubber FFA Members to Make Connections Team Nutrition Grants Available Dr. Elisabeth Hagen Addresses Beef Safety Summit Participants Dr. Elisabeth Hagen Addresses Beef Safety Summit Participants Renewable Energy Production Survey Results Released HedgeHog Has the Grip 2011 'See for Yourself' Program Seeking Farmer Two Week CR Passes House 1099 Repeal Vote is Set President Backs Health Care Deadline Get Nutrients Where Needed DEF Solution On The Go Summit Explores Beef Safety from Gate to Plate Summit Explores Beef Safety from Gate to Plate Beyond Roundup: Say Hello to Enlist MSU Prof Earns Distinguished Alumni Award Porter-Cable Angle Grinder Ready to Cut Two Week CR Extension Likely Proposed GIPSA Rule Focus of Meeting Proposed GIPSA Rule Focus of Meeting Ag Committee Hearing Announced Crary Air Reel For Case IH Headers Pork Board to Present New Campaign Michigan Farmer Sought for 2011 See for Yourself Program New Crop Insurance Proposal Advanced USDA Package Would Settle Claims USDA Package Would Settle Claims Vilsack Calls Government Shutdown Talk Premature Significant Oil Well Producing in Indiana Learn Steps to Joining the 100-Bushel Club Left-Hand Row Unit for Post Emerge Nutrients Seed Treatment Options Become More Important USDA Projects Higher Plantings of Most Crops Lawmakers Position for Budget Showdown Pioneer Introduces New Forage Inoculant 2011 Livestock Prospects Are High 2011 Livestock Prospects Are High Stabenow Sets Agenda at Outlook Forum Mahindra Unveils New 5010 Tractor Avoid Crop Water Stress, Produce Higher Yielding, Quality Potatoes Survey Shows Farmers Making Own Energy Survey Shows Farmers Making Own Energy R-CALF Requests More Action R-CALF Requests More Action USDA Changing VAPG Program Program Provides Increased Food Access Joint Hogs/Pigs Report Released Kuhn Knight Builds AccuSpread Michigan Field Office Director Transferring PLC Supports Moves to Protect Livestock Producers PLC Supports Moves to Protect Livestock Producers Farm Bureau Support Helps Feed Hungry Commodity Classic Speakers Announced Daytona Good Start for Farm American Sponsorship JCB 3230 Comes to the U.S. as Xtra Three-Wheeled Sprayer Floats February Potato Stocks Reported E15 Blends Are At Least 4 Years from Reaching the Consumer Brazil Converted Its Automobile Fleet to Ethanol In Record Time, Why Can't the U.S.? Ethanol Leadership Says Now Is the Time to Present a Unified Voice Experts Discuss How to Preserve Ethanol Tax Credits Despite Rampant Budget Cuts EPA Preparing to Review Rules EPA Preparing to Review Rules NCGA's Tolman Brags on U.S. Farmers to Ethanol Industry Monsanto Purchasing Divergence, Inc Farm Women's Symposium Announces 2011 Plans GloWear PowerCap Lights the Way USDA Reports More Feedlot Placements in January USDA Reports More Feedlot Placements in January Food Check-Out Week Underway House Approves HR 1 House Approves HR 1 Pesticide Container Recycling Program Wants Your Clean Containers Grain in Storage Could Still Have Problems Hard-facing Makes Yetter Knife Tougher Krone Unwraps Big X Forage Harvesters Senate Ag Committee Hearing Held Senate Ag Committee Hearing Held Suit Filed Against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Suit Filed Against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Cattle on Feed Report Due Friday Cattle on Feed Report Due Friday National FFA Week Begins this Saturday New Technology Allows Continuous Harvesting 1099 and Continuing Debate Action on the Hill 1099 and Continuing Debate Action on the Hill Massey Ferguson Intros MF1526 Tractor Yankee Barn Homes Unveils the Farmers Market Great Barn Giveaway New Disc Mowers from Rhino FWS Releases Siting Guidance On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Information Coming Spring Not a Good Sign for Parched South Central Plains Spring Not a Good Sign for Parched South Central Plains Farm Groups Team with NASCAR Driver to Promote E-15 Key Senate Ag Staff Appointments Announced Lucas Doesn't Want Mandatory Programs 'Nickeled and Dimed' Study Animals Until The Cows Come Home Toshiba Offers Money-Saving Pump Speed Drive U.S. Beef Herd Continues to Shrink U.S. Beef Herd Continues to Shrink Dairy Industry Advisory Committee Discusses Draft Recommendations NFU Wants Budget Burden Spread Tax Scammer Alert American Heart Association Puts Its Heart-Healthy Mark On Beef National Teach Ag Day Coming Up New Hooded Sprayer Aims at Pigweed January Agricultural Prices Released Some Tough Choices Made in New Budget Some Tough Choices Made in New Budget USDA Releases Farm Financials Forecast USDA Releases Farm Financials Forecast Secretary's Thoughts on Financial Outlook Sheep and Goat Inventory Crustbuster Foursome Set for Planting Ag Hearing's Witness List Released Ag Hearing's Witness List Released Fuel Prices to Keep Climbing House Committees to Study Regulations House Committees to Study Regulations Editorial Gets Attention of Growth Energy Learn To Optimize Wheat Income APHIS Deregulates Corn Amylase Three new Farmall Models from Case IH MDA Announces Specialty Crop Grant Opportunity Hearing on Derivatives Held By House Ag Committee NRCS-EPA Numbers Do Not Agree Groups Request Regulatory Changes Groups Request Regulatory Changes MAES Dons New Name M-F Launches 2600 High Clearance Lineup National DHIA Awards $750 Scholarship Winners Senators Ask What's Next for Competition Issue Senators Ask What's Next for Competition Issue Partial Counter-Cyclical Payments Not Coming American Ethanol Sponsoring Clint Bowyer's 33 Car House Rules Committee Approves Rule for Regulation Organic Farming On Tap For ANR Week Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces New Optimum Intrasect Insect Protection New DuPont Realm Q Herbicide Delivers National FFA Organization Seeks Young Farmers NACD Sets Goals, Elects Officers Senator Sends Letter to House Oversight Committee Senator Sends Letter to House Oversight Committee Testing for Salmonella and E.coli Promising Testing for Salmonella and E.coli Promising Beef Checkoff Survey Results Revealed Beef Checkoff Survey Results Revealed Chip-Potato Cooperators Recognized All USDA Programs Should be Examined for Budget Cuts Bt Compliance Remains Effective Protection of Sage Grouse Funded Foster Children Eligible for Nutrition Programs Ag Day At The Capitol Links Lawmakers To Ag Krone Unwraps Big X Forage Harvesters Federal Funding Cuts Proposed Youth Attending Biodiesel Conference Asparagus Growers May Have Benefits Available Weed Control Workshops Offered For Nursery Growers Riots Can't Be Blamed on Ethanol How Many Hybrid, Variety Choices Do You Need? Sukup Adds Double-Run Conveyor to its Line Michigan Ranks 5th Nationally In Horticulture NFL Commissioner Goodell Joins Leading Authorities in Historic Private-Public Pledge to Fight Childhood Obesity USDA Partially Deregulates Roundup Ready Sugar Beets FSA May Help With Weather Related Losses FSA May Help With Weather Related Losses Law Would Put Brakes on EPA Karl Rove Says Tough Choices Must be Made Karl Rove Says Tough Choices Must be Made 1099 Amendment Passes Senate 1099 Amendment Passes Senate NCGA and NASCAR Are Partnering Up Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Confirmed in Michigan Joint Farm Grain Bin Safety Video Unveiled Michigan Cattle Inventory Dips Slightly Syngenta Receives Approval for Triple Stack Corn in Brazil NCBA President Denounces Government Overreach NCBA President Denounces Government Overreach Storm Is Impacting Agriculture Storm Is Impacting Agriculture Sorghum Referendum Underway States Feeding Those in Need Michigan Ag Experiment Station Dons New Name Most States Moving on Health Care Child Nutrition Focus of Visit Is a FiberMax Couch In Your Future? CCC Rates Announced for February New Beef Pricing Program Released New Beef Pricing Program Released Ag Leader adds 'Russian' to ParaDyme's Language NASS Releases Fruit Production Report For 2010 2010 Dietary Guidelines Released Judge Declares Obamacare Unconstitutional Grassley Presses EPA for Review Grassley Presses EPA for Review Keep Super Bowl Foods Safe Reaction to Dietary Guidelines Mostly Positive Reaction to Dietary Guidelines Mostly Positive Ag Leader Gears OptRx to Wheat Sale of Family Farm Will Protect Farms in Michigan Cattle Report Shows Lowest Numbers in Decades Cattle Report Shows Lowest Numbers in Decades General CRP Sign-up Announced Expansion of On-Farm Energy Audit Movement on South Korea FTA Urged by NPPC AGM disc mower series feature oval-shaped cutter discs Nitrogen Sensing for On-the-Go Applications Still In Infancy Plan to Establish Mustang Sanctuary Rejected Plan to Establish Mustang Sanctuary Rejected January Potato Stocks Up From Last Year Monsanto Announces Initiative to Increase Food Security New Goals Set By Department of Interior Senate Ag Committee Named Markets Awaiting Friday's USDA Cattle Inventory Report Markets Awaiting Friday's USDA Cattle Inventory Report Deadline Nears for National Ag Day Essay Contest AGCO Expanding Minnesota Tractor Factory National Debt to Continue Climb National Debt to Continue Climb Weather Concerns Continue for the Wheat Belt RR-Alfalfa Finally Gets 'Green Light' Wheat Grower's Dilemma Coming Michigan Pork Industry Events Slated NCGA Would Like More Detail on Infrastructure Senators Want Regulation Review Reaction to State of Union Continues WRDA Funding May Have Better Chance Now New Cropland Exploring Service Announced Tradition Broken During President's Speech Monsanto Completes FDA Consultation Process For Low-Saturate, High-Oleic Soybeans Members of House Ag Committee Subcommittees Announced Federal Assistance For Small Businesses Announced Strike an Arc On-line New Highs Hit by Pork Futures New Highs Hit by Pork Futures USDA Dollars to Benefit Rural Healthcare Ag Secretary Promotes Atlas to Mayors Child Feeding Program Expanded Drawer Storage Cabinets Hold More than Shelves GLRDC Teaches Use Of New Spartan Dairy 3.0 Wide Range of Reaction to E15 Decision USDA To Help Fund Renewable Energy Studies 2EZ Hay Hauler Handles Up to Six Bales Percent of Groundwater Recharge Going into Spring will Be Key Dairy Program Could Come This Year NCBA Sets Priorities NCBA Sets Priorities MSU Students Earn Dairy Memorial Scholarships Pork Industry Forum Announced E15 Receives Approval for Older Vehicles Many Believe Budget Pressure Will Impact Farm Policy Farm Groups Welcome Presidential Order Farm Groups Welcome Presidential Order Administration Denies Increases in Grazing Fees Administration Denies Increases in Grazing Fees Biotech Forum Held By House Ag Committee Biotech Forum Held By House Ag Committee FFA Forms Strategic Alliance NCBA Announces Impressive Speaker Line-up for 2011 Cattle Industry Convention Lambing Clinic For Sheep Producers Offered New Seed Tender Health Care Repealed By House Lawmakers Voice Concerns on Alfalfa Decision Biobased Products Label Announcement Thursday Democratic Members of House Ag Committee Announced Dean Foods Settlement Leaves Unhappy Producers Pork Checkoff and Partners Announce Recipients of the 2010-11 Pork Industry Scholarships USDA AMS Will Take Second Look at Beef Checkoff Agreement USDA AMS Will Take Second Look at Beef Checkoff Agreement Three-Wheeled Sprayer Floats Winter Wheat Seedings Increase Bioenergy Education Receives Boost USDA Weighs in on Beef Checkoff Agreement USDA Weighs in on Beef Checkoff Agreement Connected Farm Integrates Farm Data With New Abilities House Agriculture Committee Reorganized Annual Crop Summary Released Chopper Roll for BT Corn Stalks Jim Miller Resigns from USDA Jim Miller Resigns from USDA House Will Vote on Heath Care Repeal House Will Vote on Heath Care Repeal Trimble Introduces New Precision Ag Tools NCGA Social Media Training Event Planned NCGA Social Media Training Event Planned Higher Farmland Values Expected to Continue USDA's MyPyramid Targeted in Lawsuit Johanns Wants Ag Committee to Work Together Soybean Growers Invited to MSA Annual Meeting of Members In-Field Seed Weighing for Accuracy Emissions Data from Animal Feeding Operations Released Emissions Data from Animal Feeding Operations Released United Fresh Releases Food Safety White Paper Pick Your Result, Pick Your Study New Newcastle Disease Vaccine Announced Yetter Magnum Lineup Grows Beck's Hybrids to Host 52 Winter Grower Meetings Compliance Review of NCBA Completed Compliance Review of NCBA Completed Growth Seen in 2010 for Clean Energy U.S. is at Blending Wall CSP Ranking Period Extended CSP Ranking Period Extended USDA Proposes Update to Nutrition Standards Ethanol Makes Its Way Into Snowmobile Challenge Reinke Dealers to Carry National Pumps EPA to Delay GHG Permitting Requirements Stabenow Addresses Agricultural Issues SURE Sign-up Period Open for 2009 Crops Farm Bureau Delegates Pass More Resolutions Farm Bureau Delegates Pass More Resolutions ProAG Unveils Pair of Heavy-Duty Bale Haulers Interim Dean Recommended for College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Meeting Consumer and Production Demands Gov. Snyder Appoints 2 New Members MIFFS Annual Meeting Set New Gearbox From Lindsay Encourage Ag Advocates Encourage Ag Advocates Pork Board to Meet in Oklahoma Soybean Growers Beware EPA Power Grab to Affect U.S. Society Food Safety Discussed at AFBF Meeting Demand for Mores Acres Seen Strong Topcon and DICKEY-john Join Forces Lawsuit Aganinst EPA Filed by AFBF Nebraska Firm Cleans the Air AFBF Survey: Retail Food Prices Edge Higher Farm Bill Faces Barriers Farm Bureau Wades into Chesapeake Bay NASS Discontinues Weather-Crop Summary Repealing Health Care Could Cost State Seeks Grant Proposals Funds Released for Seasonal High Tunnels FSA Issues Rules on FSA Death Payments Nitrogen Utilization Trait for Corn Moves Closer to Reality Chinese Anti-Dumping Case Addressed by USGC Hard Road Ahead to Rein In EPA Good Performance Rule Proposed GreenStone FCS Announces Three Management Appointments Miller Welding Workbench Is Portable Monsanto Updates Status of Several Projects Monsanto Announces Advancements in Annual R&D Pipeline Update Strong Pork Prices Expected in 2011 Farm Bureau Reports Food Prices Up Slightly CoBank and AgBank Propose Merger Governor Snyder Signs First Executive Order New York State Considering Non-Therapeutic Ban Commodity Classic Registration Open New CCC Lending Rates Announced Hesston Offers New Disc Mower Pioneer Introduces Hybrids with More Natural Drought Tolerance Funding Still Questionable for Food Safety Bill Funding Still Questionable for Food Safety Bill SURE Program Sign-Up Scheduled House Moves Forward on Health Care Repeal CCC Rates Announced for January Poultry Handling and Transportation Program Developed Transport Radial Rated for Highway 12 Top State in Corn Yield Contest Repeal of Health Care Expected Polaris Pushes the SxS Envelope Scholarship Encourages Future Dairy Leaders Horticulture Production Numbers Up Nation's Top Sorghum Producers Identified President to Sign Food Safety Bill Animal Protection Groups Send Letters to Poultry Growers on LAPS Discovery Has Promise for Biofuels CRP at 25 CRP at 25 December Hogs, Pigs Down From Year Ago Plot Your Planting Strategy Now Deadline for Fungicide Rebate Offer Approaching Humane Treatment Measures Proposed by FSIS Humane Treatment Measures Proposed by FSIS Anti-Dumping Investigation of U.S. DDGS Launched by China Regulation of GHG Becomes Official FSA Criticized by Inspector General Nitrogen Growing Environmental Concern South Korea Takes Action on FMD South Korea Takes Action on FMD Meat Label Rules Have Exceptions Milk Production Increases Federal Tax Changes to Keep an Eye On Grants Available for Helping to Promote, Market Crops Cooperative Program Helps Export Cheese Group Promotes Ethanol Byproduct Overseas GreenStone CEO Armstrong Named to New MEDC Board Hog Inventory Falls 1% Michigan School Gets Grant for E15 Study USDA to Revise Brucellosis Testing Requirements China to Vote on Biotech Ag ACLF Builds On Track Record Don't Slide Into the Pond FFA State Officers Attending International Leadership Seminar Appropriation of Food Safety Funding Could Be Problem Appropriation of Food Safety Funding Could Be Problem Healthy Kids Competition Deadline Near Ethanol Production Slides Should You Buy That New Planter or Not? Crary Blower Boosts Harvesting Capacity New Program Unites Retiring Farmers With Beginners USDA Report Summarizes CCD Research Social Media Training for Farmers Being Offered Social Media Training for Farmers Being Offered USDA Offers Conservation Funding to Organic Producers Dry Bean Production Up New House Ag Committee Taking Shape Extending EPA Authority is a Long Shot Farm Gets Clean Bill of Health from State of Virginia MSU, Michigan 4-H Dairy Judging Teams Compete In Louisville Food Safety Bill Going to President RFS Upheld by Court NCBA Opposes Judge Appointment NCBA Opposes Judge Appointment MSU Horse Judging Team Ends Season With Impressive Finishes Food Safety Bill Passed By Senate A Chesapeake Regulation 'Fast One' Conservation Funds Available Engine Manufacturers File Suit Against EPA Premise Identification Nearing Completion Premise Identification Nearing Completion Better Drought and Cold Tolerant Wheat? Plum Pox Tests Are Negative CRP Flexibility Could Be In Next Farm Bill President Obama Signs Tax Bill President Obama Signs Tax Bill Congress Able to Avoid Government Shutdown New Republican Members Named to House Ag Committee FSA Operating Loan Program Deadline Nears MIFMA Launches Certificate Program Worksaver Builds Euro to Skid Steer Adapter 2009, 2010 Set the Outer Boundaries on Corn Maturity NCGA Announces 2010 Corn Yield Contest Winners Tax Bill Sent to the President Tax Bill Sent to the President USDA Releases EIS on RR Alfalfa USDA Releases EIS on RR Alfalfa Groups Concerned About Changes Within BLM Groups Concerned About Changes Within BLM NRCS Releases New Online Tool National Ag Day Essay Contest Announces February 4 Deadline Positive Reaction to Tax Passage FDA Issues Animal Drug Use Report FDA Issues Animal Drug Use Report MCA Annual Conference Is Jan. 22 House Committee Holds Wall Street Act Hearing R-CALF USA Back's New GIPSA Rule Analysis R-CALF USA Back's New GIPSA Rule Analysis Bayer Cropscience, UNL to Partner on Wheat-Breeding Research Feinstein Wants Ethanol Subsidies Lowered USDA to Analyze GIPSA Rule USDA to Analyze GIPSA Rule Senate Debates Tax and Unemployment Bill Senate Debates Tax and Unemployment Bill Group Addresses Chesapeake Bay Issue Florida Crops May Have Escaped Freeze Damage Wil-Rich Offers Single-Pass Tillage and Compaction Control How Green Is Your Farm? Tax Bill Passed by Senate Tax Bill Passed by Senate Companies Ink Trait Licensing Agreement Judge Finds Against Health Care Clause USDA Researchers Report FMD Breakthrough USDA Researchers Report FMD Breakthrough Tax Extension Passes First Senate Hurdle Tax Extension Passes First Senate Hurdle Child Nutrition Bill Now Law MABA Winter Conference Spotlights Agriculture Growth Strategies, Water Quality Agri-Inject Simplifies Bleeder Valves Senate Could Vote on Tax Bill Monday Senate Could Vote on Tax Bill Monday NACD Pushes for Full Conservation Funding Kemper Confirmed New ASA President New Tool for Aquatic Weed Control Economy and Exports Continue to Hurt Beef Economy Economy and Exports Continue to Hurt Beef Economy Water Project Funding May Benefit from New Management Plan Lake Effect Winery Opens New Tasting Room Tax Cut Bill Rejected by Democratic Caucus Tax Cut Bill Rejected by Democratic Caucus Tax Package Has Benefits for Rural America Tax Package Has Benefits for Rural America President to Sign Child Nutrition Law Seed Monitoring Added to Ag Leader's Integra Display NCGA Grower Leaders Meeting in St. Louis Michigan Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool Earns Awards Farmers Must Strengthen Ties with Consumers Farmers Must Strengthen Ties with Consumers USDA Simplifies Crop Insurance CRP May Not Be Re-Authorized Workshops Defended by Ag, Justice Officials Workshops Defended by Ag, Justice Officials BASF Announces Expanded Label for Stamina Try Reuseable Rubber Twist Tie Cooperatives Working Together Launches 2011 Membership Drive NCBA Opposes Food Safety Rider NCBA Opposes Food Safety Rider Competition Workshop Takes Closer Look At Farm And Retail Margins Competition Workshop Takes Closer Look At Farm And Retail Margins Look Deeper For Answers to Intriguing Questions Urban Farms Could Provide A Majority Of Produce For Detroiters Tax Deal Being Discussed on Captiol Hill Healthy People 2020 Program Unveiled More FMD Found in South Korea More FMD Found in South Korea Estate Tax Provisions Questioned by Some Democrats Estate Tax Provisions Questioned by Some Democrats 'Quick Hook-Up' Device Nabs Iosco Co. Farmer Idea Exchange Award Ag Day Contest Announced Grundfos Eyes Pumping Needs of World Agriculture Economist: Consider the Basics for Farm Bill 2012 Economist: Consider the Basics for Farm Bill 2012 Ceremony Books $3 Billion in Soybeans Dairy Industry Prospects Improve New Dry Storage From American Craftsmen Agenda for Competitive Workshop Outlined Agenda for Competitive Workshop Outlined Reid Dairy Farm Recognized For Ecology Leadership Moves Expected to Save Food Safety Bill Moves Expected to Save Food Safety Bill CIG Program Dollars Available Though NRCS How You Store Corn Depends Upon Where You Live Organizations Want Water Conservation Fund Expansion Stopped Organizations Want Water Conservation Fund Expansion Stopped November Agricultural Prices Are Up For Most Commodities U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal U.S., South Korea Lock Down Trade Deal Senate Slated to Vote on Taxes Saturday Senate Slated to Vote on Taxes Saturday American Ethanol to Fuel NASCAR Child Nutrition Bill Going to President Iowa Senator Says What's Fair for Oil Should Be Fair for Ethanol. Act Could Stop Certain EPA Rules Groups Ask Funding for Energy Titles Organizations Want Water Conservation Fund Expansion Stopped Organizations Want Water Conservation Fund Expansion Stopped Agriculturally Speaking From The Michigan Department of Agriculture What Was the Most Valuable Protein at Your Tailgating Party This Fall? What Was the Most Valuable Protein at Your Tailgating Party This Fall? Crop Assistance Program Sign-up Deadline Nears Claims Settlement Act to Get President's Signature Ethanol Tax Extension Pushed in Senators' Letter NCGA Introduces New Refuge Calculator House Passes Hunger-Free Kids Act Dan Wyant Group Executive of DEQ, DNR and Agriculture & Rural Development Marketing Beef Locally Is Theme Of Upcoming MSU Extension Webinar Series R-CALF Wants FMD Proposal Withdrawn Kubota L-Series Gets More Muscle and Comfort Letter from Senators Draws Reaction NCBA and United Fresh Oppose Food Bill for Differing Reasons NCBA and United Fresh Oppose Food Bill for Differing Reasons More Reaction to Senate Passage of Food Safety Act HSUS Files Lawsuit Against Perdue Farms AEM Updates Mower Safety Manual Net Farm Income for 2010 Increases Net Farm Income for 2010 Increases Americans Using Internet More For Food System Information Soybean Performance Report Updated Press Conference Urges Estate Tax Reform Press Conference Urges Estate Tax Reform Mixed Reaction to Food Safety Passage Mixed Reaction to Food Safety Passage Final Grassland Reserve Program Rule Published Final Grassland Reserve Program Rule Published Time Running Short for Lame-Duck Action Ag Groups Send President Letter on Estate Tax Ag Groups Send President Letter on Estate Tax Farmers Prepare for 2011 Planting Season RFS2 Requirements Announced Growers Called to Action by ASA USDA Announces Small Business Conference Most We Can Hope for is Short-term Tax Extension New Event with Unique Taste Launched Food Safety Bill Debate Possible in Senate Finalization of GIPSA Expected Soon Finalization of GIPSA Expected Soon Deere & Co. Reports Better Earnings New Loader for Montana Model Changes to Livestock Mandatory Reporting Today's Planters and Planter Maintenance Score Well Farmers Will Tackle Issues At MFB Meeting House Committee Consolidation Proposed Pepsi Grant May Go to HSUS Exceptional, Early Growing Season Favorable for Michigan Red Wines Grants to Help Remote Areas Cut Energy Bills Conference Offers New Sales Opportunities for Farmer-Groups FFA Community Volunteers Shine Turkey Facts Exotic Hemlock-Killing Insect Found in Three Michigan Counties Renewable Electricity Requirement Gains Support Plan Released to Reduce Debt and Deficit Thank You Program Aimed at Farmers Russia Sets Poultry Import Quotas Congress to Return to Lame Duck Session Bulk Seed Treatment Just Got Quicker New Free Booklet Helps Sheep Owners Understand Johne's Disease Poultry Cooking Tips Offered HSUS Says No Petition Drive Slated for Nebraska HSUS Says No Petition Drive Slated for Nebraska Earmarks Out for 112th Congress President Proclaims National Farm-City Week All-Wheel Steering from Unverferth GIPSA Takes Action Against Livestock Buyer GIPSA Takes Action Against Livestock Buyer Institute Wants Change in Organic Milk Production $500,000 Federal Grant to Expand Hunting Opportunities CARB to Follow Purdue Study Michigan's Stabenow Now Senate Ag Committee Chair Black and Native Farmers Benefit From Bill U.S. Pork Feeling Impact of Mexican Trucking Dispute Onset Computer Adds New Soil Moisture Meter Plan Insect Control Now Farmers Produce High Yields for Their Communities October Milk Production Up From Year Earlier EPA Delays E15 Decision Rural Utilities Receive USDA Loans Some Cap and Trade Issues May Be Discussed Cattlemen Should Focus on Careful Strategy Cattlemen Should Focus on Careful Strategy U.S. Dairy Producers Find Growth Opportunities Around The Globe Michigan Communities Launch Rural Entrepreneurship Programs NFU Briefs Ag Committee Members NFU Briefs Ag Committee Members NFU President Talks About Biofuels Policy NBB Elects New Leadership Tax Cuts on the Capitol Hill Bubble AARP Special Airs Thursday Night on RFD-TV New Guide Available Designed to Assist Agri-Entrepreneurs Pork Board Looking at 2011 Budget Priorities for Pork Checkoff CWT Assists with 1.8 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Deficit Reduction Commission Draft Calls for Farm Subsidy Cuts Alternative Fuel Supporters to Visit Washington, D.C. Senator Pushing For EPA Vote Federal Food Assistance Working Well Fifth Justice-USDA Workshop Announced Small Improvements Make a Big Difference Michigan Farmers Rank First in Adopting Good Agricultural Practices Appalachian MOU Signed by USDA Honda Boosts Towing/Load Capacities for 2011 Big Red National Research Council Finds Shortcomings in Risk Report on NBAF National Pork Board Meets This Week Alliance Offers New Flotation Radial Small Farms Conference Set For Jan. 22 Live Call-In Show on GIPSA Rule to be Featured on RFD-TV Live Call-In Show on GIPSA Rule to be Featured on RFD-TV U.S. Red Meat Exports Continue Positive Trend U.S. Red Meat Exports Continue Positive Trend Farm Bureau Reports on Thanksgiving Feast Final Wetland Reserve Program Numbers Announced Farm Bureau Presses President on Ag Issues Final Funding Totals Announced Beachell-Borlaug Scholarship Application Period Open Buying Quality Seed Becomes Trickier These Days Copperhead Boots Protect From Snakes DeLaval Unveils More on Its Robotic Milking Rotary Taste Your Way Across Michigan Using Regional Maps and Suggested Stops Dairy Management Inc. and America's Dairy Farmers Set the Record Straight Organizations Unite in Support of Sorghum Fund-Raiser Helps Local 4-H Chapters Pork Producers Consider Change to Committee Structure 4-H Mobilizes Against World Hunger Alliance Aims to Tell Ag's Story New Forks for Compact Tractors Deficit Commission Offers Plan Japan is Third Largest Buyer of U.S. Soybeans Ag Commission and MDA Seeking Public Input on Management Practices Vilsack Addresses Farm Broadcasters Vilsack Addresses Farm Broadcasters Yetter Builds On-Target Tip JCB Offers 'All American' Skid Steer Loader Lineup Korean Free Trade Deal Stalls Korean Free Trade Deal Stalls NCBA Chooses Not to Join Lawsuit Portable Plasma from Lincoln Early Detection Program Finds a New Invasive Pest of Fruit in Michigan OCM Organizes Discussion of GIPSA Proposed Rule OCM Organizes Discussion of GIPSA Proposed Rule This Casts a New Light on Things GIPSA Analysis Released GIPSA Analysis Released Consider Adding Debt Carefully Consider Adding Debt Carefully Contest Challenges Student Cereal Scientists Farmers Asking Congress to Fix Permit Requirements for Pesticides GIPSA Proposal Discussion Continues GIPSA Proposal Discussion Continues Researchers Work to Produce Fuel from Field Pennycress MSU's Annual Tailgate Party - AutumnFest 2010 Ownership Change at Germplasm Company Michigan FFA Member Named National FFA Agri-Entrepreneur Studies of Rural Grocery Stores Released Trimble Makes it Flow Downhill House Ag Chair Not Too Concerned with Upcoming Move to Ranking Member More ECP Funds Available RFA Pushes For Advanced Biofuels Support Insect-o-Graph Can Improve Stored Grain Management Two Summer Internships Available for Dairy Students Fighting Cattle Fever Ticks is a Little Easier Fighting Cattle Fever Ticks is a Little Easier ICON AG-10 Comes to the Farm ACRE Payments Being Made Conservation Program Dollars Released Bill Would Authorize Defense Department to Purchase Renewable Fuels APHIS Prepares Environmental Assessment Draft on Sugar Beets CWT Assists in 2.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Export Sales Ag Leader Unveils List of New Products Why Farm Tests Must Be Repeated EPA to Provide Technical Assistance on Sustainable Growth and Development Two Fruit and Vegetable Conferences for the Price of One County Committee Elections Begin Friday Prop B Passage Won't Change Strategy Rural America Has Spoken Plowing Political Ground: Farmers Among New Crop of Legislators Pride of Ownership Certificate Program Recognizes Farmsteads Dairy Cattle Antibiotic Residue Prevention Manual Available Free to Farmers Condor G with Dry Box Potential Virus Found in Switchgrass NCBA Expresses Mixed Feelings About Election Outcome Missouri Voters Pass Proposition B MDA Completes Survey for Blueberry Pathogens USDA to Fill Committee Appointments NanoCourier Transmitter Keeps Irrigators in Touch Agriculture Anticipates Promising Future With Snyder At Helm Election Will Change Ag Leadership Lame Duck Could Be Last Chance for Climate Change Legislation AMI Wants GIPSA Rule Withdrawn Researchers Working on Closed Fish Systems Landoll Corporation Acquires Brillion Farm Equipment Celebrate Michigan's Beautiful Barns MSU's Annual Tailgate Party – AutumnFest 2010 Increased Penalty for Improper Livestock Transportation Flexxifingers To The Rescue Pork Checkoff Supports Return of McRib Nationwide After all The Rhetoric One Thing Left to Do...Vote Making the Scientist-Farmer Connection MI Department of Agriculture Announces Healthy Bird Week Cut Fertilizer Bill MSU Dairy Club to Hold Its 52nd Annual Cheese Sale Nov. 10-24 Biofuels Group Names New President USDA Announces CCC Lending Rates 'Flat, Hot, Crowded' Author Sets Tone for Science Meeting 'Flat, Hot, Crowded' Author Sets Tone for Science Meeting Microloan Funding to Boost Business for Rural Areas MSU Students Learn Dairy Management Skills on the Farm Report Shows Money Paid to the Dead Raw Horsepower on the Cheap What Happens to Seed in a Seed Corn Plant? Antique Tractors Trek Across Mighty Mac Farm Bureau to Work with New Congress ACRE Program Revenue Triggers Announced Michigan Corn Growers Appointed to National Posts Sniffing Out Bugs Automatically GIPSA Rule Backed by NFU GIPSA Rule Backed by NFU Community Food Projects Awards Made Rural Cooperative Incomes Down Organic Codes Being Established Report Shows Ethanol Can Be Cost Saving NCGA Membership at Record Level Wind-proof Tarp From Agricover Vaccines Could Help What's Ailing Fish New Technology Gives More Accurate Carcass Readings FDA Calls for More Food Safety Managers Center for Rural Affairs Provides Help Line Orange Labels Might Scare Motorists New Website for Coccidiosis Prevention and Treatment in Cattle Forest Service to Improve Camper Safety DELAP Payments Being Made Grants Released for Specialty Crop Research FSIS Explains New Technology Testing Guidance FSIS Explains New Technology Testing Guidance Food Inspectors With Conflicts of Interest Michigan Food Processing Generates Nearly $25 Billion Final Rule For BioPreferred Program Announced Statewide Ballot Proposals Reviewed In MSU Extension Publication Fighting Obesity On The Horse Farm USDA Paying for 2009 Moisture Damaged Crops Iowa Could Land Another Cellulosic Ethanol Refinery Dr. Cases Closes FFA Career Bred Ewe Sale Is October 30th Line Up Energy Shavers And Money Savers - Now Late-planted Corn Yields Surprisingly Well Late-planted Corn Yields Surprisingly Well BCAP Announcement Receives Positive Reaction Biofuels Supports Announced CRA Calls for Immigration Fix NFU Working With FFA Members Report Released on Recovery Act Programs Ohio Livestock Care Board Sets Penalties Alternative Ethanol Tax Credit Proposal Wal-Mart Launches Global Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture MI Dept. of Agriculture Honors Its Outstanding Employees for 2010 Fall Dry Fertilizer Applications Frogeye Leaf Spot Show Resistance to Fungicides Cell Phones Help African Farmers Beat Drought Beginning Farmer-Ranchers Funds Released Settlement is Reached in Keepseagle Case Stormy Weather Could Be Welcomed By Some Producers Ag Groups Withdraw from Leonardo Sustainable Ag Standard Development New Tool Focuses on Future Consumers No Firm Association Between Colorectal Cancer and Beef No Firm Association Between Colorectal Cancer and Beef Springport FFA Students Donate $1000 to Orphanage New Options and Sizes From Krause Canadian Packers Upgrade Beef Grading System Canadian Packers Upgrade Beef Grading System Canadian Packers Upgrade Beef Grading System Nation's Forests Hold Lots of Carbon FSIS Inspectors to be Paid FSIS Inspectors to be Paid Chicken Industry Leader To Retire NASCAR Upgrading Fuel to E15 New Top-Spin Pre-Cleaners Michigan 4-H Dairy Management Team Places Second at National Contest USDA to Establish New NASS Center Rural Development Dollars Allocated Farmer Market Grants Announced Report Friendly to Diesel Energy Early Indications Are That Seed Quality Should Be Good Michigan Soybeans Nourish Bangladesh Rickshaw Drivers Collect bales with 2-Banger Buffett Commits $13 Million To Help World's Small Farmers Grassley Concerned with EPA's Limited E15 Decision USDA Establishes Behavioral Research Program Biomass Event Tackles Issues UPI Opposes Proposed Rule by USDA Growth Energy Says EPA Decision is Important First Step Cause for Concern in Some Areas for Winter Wheat Food Processors Summit to Be Held in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan USDA Passes out Honors During National School Lunch Week Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Taking Shape Waiver for Use of E15 is Granted Rate Of Increase In Ag Productivity Lags World's Growing Needs Missouri Farmer Sets New World Record for Soybean Production Food From Livestock Plays Key Role in Combating World Hunger. Food From Livestock Plays Key Role in Combating World Hunger. Renewable Fuels Organizations Join Forces to Combat Anti-Ethanol Groups Recipes for Healthy Kids Challenge Announced Michigan 4-H State Horse Show Draws 600 Participants From 55 Counties ASA Says It's Time to Talk With Candidates NGFA Opposes CRP Interim Rule What if Ears Had 50 Kernels Per Row? Farm Tour Focuses on Cover Crops and Manure With No-Till Congressmen Urge Obama to Take Administrative Action Depth of Manure Injection Does Count E-15 Testing Done, Positive on Cars 2007 and Newer Vermont's First Digester Online Economist Negative on GIPSA Rule Proposals MSU Extension Clinic Focuses on Sheep Production Michigan October Crop Production Dryer, Warmer Weather Could Bring Pockets of Drought NCGA Urges Growers to Make Grain Bin Safety a Priority Problem of Goss's Wilt Moving into Midwest Michigan Deer Hunters Get Ready - Corn Fields on Track to Be Cleared NRCS Extends Deadline Dairy Industy Efforts to Improve Ag Image Animal Welfare Is Presenting Farm Groups With Uphill Battle Animal Welfare Is Presenting Farm Groups With Uphill Battle Iowa Senator Sees More Interest in Trade, Energy Credits in Republican-Led Congress Meet MFB's New West Central Regional Representative USDA Takes Part in 4-H National Youth Science Day Schaffert Improves Disk Design for IH Planters Rockefeller May be Raising White Flag Prematurely NCGA Chairman Says Argument of Groups Opposing E12 is Nothing New Representatives Want Economic Analysis of Proposed GIPSA Rule Representatives Want Economic Analysis of Proposed GIPSA Rule Studying Aeration in Grain Bin Quality Control Milk Cow Numbers Drop for First Month This Year AFBF Pushes to Repeal Form 1099 Requirements of New Health Care Law Zip It Up! Vilsack To Headline Global Farmer Town Hall Meeting In Iowa Farm Bureau Urges Unified Effort to Fix Pesticide Regulation 4-H National Youth Science Day Focused on Water NCBA Echoes Temple Grandin's Animal Welfare Concerns NCBA Echoes Temple Grandin's Animal Welfare Concerns Harvest Progress Adds Finishing Touch to Good Michigan Crop Year Free Telfarm Training Sessions Offered Valley Irrigation Offers VRI Taxes Surrounded by Uncertainty Fall Tillage for Compaction Relief Researchers Report on Work in Mycotoxins Farm Bureau Wants 1099 Provision Dropped Committee Approves Beef Checkoff Initiatives For FY2011 Committee Approves Beef Checkoff Initiatives For FY2011 Saturn Offers Pair of New Waste Oil Heaters VeraSun Attorneys Retract Demands for Farmer Payments Lawyers Back Down in VeraSun Situation Seeing Big Opportunity for DDGS Market Growth, Council Brings Buyers to U.S. New Leadership Elected for RFA Bill Would Protect Farmers from CWA Permits NASS Could Upgrade Some Crop Numbers Swine Producers Can Aim for Niche Markets Farm to Fork Tour Moran Wants Brakes Applied GIPSA Rule Proposal Moran Wants Brakes Applied GIPSA Rule Proposal National Biodiesel Board Still Working on Extension of Tax Credit Rural America Solutions Group Accuses EPA of Stifling Job Creation, Economic Growth Great Lakes, Great Food: Making It in Michigan Conference Coming to Lansing Markup of Cuban Travel and Trade Bill Canceled Plot Corn and Soybean Strategy Cuban Trade Bill Considered by House Foreign Affairs Committee States Qualify for 2009 Crop Payments Forecast is for Mostly Dry, Wam Weather China Sets Higher Duties on U.S. Poultry NMPF Launches Foundation for the Future Web site Most Hog Producers and Packers Are Turning a Profit Support for Michigan Good Food Charter Grows Energy Grants Announced Costs Run Up Behind Prices Mandatory Price Reporting Act Signed Mandatory Price Reporting Act Signed Mandatory Price Reporting Act Signed Legislation to Give Agriculture a Voice Introduced in Senate Wet and Dry Weather Causing Mixed Effect on Corn Crop Fall Crop Insurance Sales Closing Date Coming Up EPA Picks UK for New Watershed Center MSU Student Wins Helena 2010 Outstanding West Central Division Intern Award Fall Weather Arrives John Deere Boosts Power on 8R Series Tractors Time Running Out For Child Nutrition Bill Reauthorization Renewable Energy Bill Introduced in Senate USDA Reports Smaller Hog Inventory USDA Reports Smaller Hog Inventory Filter Can Reduce Storm Water Runoff Agencies to Simplify SNAP Program New Telematics Available for John Deere Equipment Pick Apart Yield Reports MABA Announces Michigan Endorsements in 2010 Election Free Webcast Offers Tips On Effective Horse Fencing Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on EPA Small Business Bill Passes House VP Releases Report on Recovery Act Projects Two Universities Join in Energy and Environment Work VeraSun Bankruptcy Affects Michigan Corn Growers Again August Milk Production Up From Last Year Fall Harvest Continues With Cool and Wet Weather Dairy Industry Advisory Committee Continues Work President Says Economic Policy Needs More Time During Town Hall Meeting What Will Happen to Estate Tax is Really Up in the Air Not Much Progress at Congressional Hearing on Egg Recall Bayer Ramping Up Sustainable Food Technology Families Invited to Have Fun With Science During 4-H Science Blast UTV Snowplows from THE BOSS NMPF Releases A Farmer-Friendly Tool to Assist Dairy Producers in Developing Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans Why it's Important to Test Forages Chinese Trade Could Result in Domestic Jobs NPPC Asks President To Resolve Trucking Issue Research Producing Healthier Soybeans Senate Committee Hearing to Focus on EPA and Agriculture New Round Cuts Offer Six More Value-Added Beef Options New Round Cuts Offer Six More Value-Added Beef Options USDA to Study Corn and Potato Production Practices Valmont's Bender 30 Is Easy to Install Porter-Cable Adopts Lithium Batteries Crop Progress Well Ahead of Schedule for Corn, Beans More Cattle Go Into Feedlots Than Expected AFBF Backs Expanded Broadband Bill E15 Works Well With Older Cars NASS to Collect Vegetable Chemical Use Data NCGA Disappointed That USDA Picked Winners and Losers With Disaster Package Schuler Offers New Vertical Mixer Recipients of VeraSun Letter Must Respond By September 30 Sorghum Research Looks to Future Homegrown Eco Ultra Oils Save Petro-dollars Senate Fails to Pass Biodiesel Tax Credit Stalk Tests Before Harvest Worth Taking County Cash Rents Data Now Available Vilsack Announces Special New Grower Assistance Programs Farm Input Costs Going In the Wrong Direction This Year NCGA Backs Name Change to Corn Sugar Schuler's New Feed Wagon is All Hydraulic Symposium Will Focus On Smallholder Farming Snyder, Schuette, Johnson Share Political Visions With Farmers Tri-Traction, Compaction Fighter From Reinke National Dairy FARM Program Enrollment Now Open Dollars Released for Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies Distillers Grains Will Be Focus at Export Conference Looking for a Free, Fun and Family-Friendly Fall Outing? FSA Signs Up More than 4 Million Acres into CRP Sprinkler Control via the Web Corn Genetic Mapping Helping Researchers Mild Weather is Expected for the Rest of This Week Budget for Next Farm Bill is Going to Be Tight Deere's Tillage Family Grows GreenStone FCS Takes Occupancy Of Its New Corporate Office Governor Granholm Proclaims September as Food Safety Education Month Animal ID Rules Draw Nearer Animal ID Rules Draw Nearer Senninger's UP3 Upgraded to Easy-Clean/Change Capability EPA Okays Ford V-10 Irrigation Engine on Propane NCBA Legislative Conference Begins with Beef Nutrition NCBA Legislative Conference Begins with Beef Nutrition AFBF Delegation Getting Briefing on WTO Doha Round CRP Acreage Will be Announced Tuesday Corn And Soybean Harvest Speeding Up As Condition Declines Gordon Guyer to Be Recognized for Leadership During Annual Event FDA Didn't Have All the Information from USDA in Egg Case Digital Camo Is Latest Miller Helmet Design Co-Products & Cornstalk Residue Cut Cow Feed Costs By A Dollar A Day Co-Products & Cornstalk Residue Cut Cow Feed Costs By A Dollar A Day Two Ways to Prevent Johne's Disease According to ARS Study Form 1099 Tax Law Will Be Addressed Sugarbeet Harvest Underway Hobart Has Problem Solver Field Report: It Looks Like mid-October Out There! Syngenta Seeds, Inc. to Sell All Soybeans by Seed Count in 2011 Biorefinery Gets Help In Replacing Fossil Fuels With Biomass United Fresh Conference Set for Next Week Nebraska Senator Wants to Ensure Producers Don't Suffer from GIPSA Rule Nebraska Senator Wants to Ensure Producers Don't Suffer from GIPSA Rule Dust Regulation Rears its Head Again Larsens Selected as MMPA's Outstanding Young Dairy Cooperators Congressional Change in Leadership Could Impact Agriculture Thousands of Schools Signed Up for Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Groups Press for Senate Action on Food Safety Beef Council Restructuring Underway Beef Council Restructuring Underway Iowa Senator Has Questions Following Egg Recall Beef Capitalizes On The Power Of Lean Beef Capitalizes On The Power Of Lean Beef Checkoff's Retail Promotion Helps Extend Producer Investments Beef Checkoff's Retail Promotion Helps Extend Producer Investments Nuts About John Deere… and the Samson Cane M Michigan Farmers Markets Accept Bridge Cards Michigan Corn Growers…Start Your Engines Deere and Hillco Team Up for Biomass Harvest New Player for 1000-gallon Sprayer Market USDA Honoring Civilian Ag Experts Corn Crop Coming Along Nicely ARS Conducts Study on Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields Big Changes Could Be Coming to Dairy Industry Ag Expo 2010 Draws In Excess Of 15,000 Visitors MI Dept. of Agriculture Seeking Public Input on Agricultural Management Practices Deputy Ag Secretary Urging Congressional Passage of Child Nutrition Act Wet and Cooler Weather Dominates First Week Of December Climate Change Regulations Being Prepared by EPA Energy Use, Fuel Demand Lower Afla-Guard Protects Corn, Too National Wilderness Month Set United Fresh Foundation Provides Michigan Man With Family Business Scholarship Kuhn Adds Conventional Plow FMC Corporation Announces Development and Distribution Agreement Consider Fertilizer and Weed Management Options Consider Fertilizer and Weed Management Options Research Could Change Conservation Programs Corn Lines Resist Fungal Toxins The Tale of Two Seasons Pork Board to Consider 2011 Budget Pork Board to Consider 2011 Budget Dollars Released for Genetic Breeding Programs Timing of Last Alfalfa Cutting Important Conservation Loan Funds Available Thinking About a Cover Crop? Veal Video Draws Responses Veal Video Draws Responses Veal Video Draws Responses Shell's New Coolant Lineup Touts Long Life Action Taken Concerning GMO Sugarbeets Turning Up Heat on Corn-Based Plastics Poultry Research Findings Reported Pioneer Expanding IMPACT Program State Honors Acme Township for Farmland Preservation Achievements USDA Meteorologist Looks at Corn, Soybean and Cotton Conditions Organic Price Election Programs Announced Vilsack Responds to ERS Reports Vilsack Responds to ERS Reports Vilsack Responds to ERS Reports Loans Benefit Electric Consumers Rural Development Funds Released Application Deadline for Swine Jobs School Is Today Agco Presents Sunflower 6630 Vertical Till System Fall Corn Scouting Necessary VP Touts Recovery Act Investments Study of Biobased Lubricants to Begin MSU Extension to Hold Grazing School for Livestock and Dairy Producers Case IH Unveils New Steigers and Magnums Fourth of Five USDA-DOJ Workshops Held Fourth of Five USDA-DOJ Workshops Held Scientists Crack Wheat Genome Feed Source of Egg Contamination NPPC-NCBA GIPSA Rule Media Briefing Held NPPC-NCBA GIPSA Rule Media Briefing Held Expect the Insects to be Out There MDA Accepting Applications for State Pesticide Notification and Organic Farm Registries Cutting Edge Ag Technology Field Day Set for Sept. 2 MFB Strongly Opposes Govenor's Proposed 3% Cut to Department of Ag New Colorado Lab Opened Pushing the Combine Envelope Weatherproofer III Gets New Muscle Livestock Competition Workshop Is Highly Anticipated Livestock Competition Workshop Is Highly Anticipated General Sign-up for CRP Draws to a Close Senators Question Purpose of Competition Workshop Senators Question Purpose of Competition Workshop Groups Request Hearings on E-15 Safety Disaster Relief Dollars Still Being Sought Dr. John Tilden Named to National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Taking the No-SCR Approach EPA Official Denies Ag is Being Targeted EPA Official Denies Ag is Being Targeted EPA Official Denies Ag is Being Targeted Pilot People's Garden School Program Announced Speaker Ready to Address Issues at Workshop Speaker Ready to Address Issues at Workshop Grants Available for Rural America Food Initiatives Salford Unveils New Finance Program Conservation Reserve Program General Signup Deadline Approaching Imaging Test Helps Identify Campylobacter Clues to Cause of Salmonella Sought by FDA at Two Iowa Egg Farms Clues to Cause of Salmonella Sought by FDA at Two Iowa Egg Farms Sherrod Turns Down Vilsack's Job Offer SDS Growing Problem in Soybeans USDA-FFA Helping Statistical Education Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Massey Ferguson Phasing In Sisu Engines Deli Meat Recall May be Too Late Deadline to Apply for 2008 Crop Loss Payments Approaching Soybean Crop is Ahead of Last Year Expect More Egg Recalls Vilsack Encouraging HealthierUS Participation Ammonia Application Made Simple Suction Aeration Advantages Cited Frahm, Raterink Named Overall Award Winners at Annual Dairy Expo Pfizer Animal Health Introduces INFORCE 3 Respiratory Vaccine Keynote Speaker Announced for AFBF Annual Meeting Farmers Need To Take Advantage of Recess Competition Workshop Agenda Announced Competition Workshop Agenda Announced EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water New Egg Farm Issues Egg Recall Where Did All The Nitrogen Go? Clean Energy Investments Strong MSU Students Interested in Dairy Can Benefit From Scholarship Leadership Academy Seeks Applicants for Programs Beginning Jan. 2011 Michigan Migrant Labor Housing Construction Grants Available Kuhn Offers new Bale Processor President Appoints USDA Officer Other Items Besides Pork Are Being Targeted by Mexico Rate Reduction of Atrazine Could Have Same Effect As Ban 2010 State 4-H Horse Show Is Aug. 20-22 Pilot SNAP Program Started Make Sure EEE Vaccinations Current Broadband Access Is Important to Rural America Lucas Talks About White House Effort to Find Ag Disaster Aid Federal Reserve Bank Reports on Farm Values, Incomes Millions of Eggs Recalled Report Says Forests and Grasslands Benefit Rural Areas USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-up Flint Hills Resources Agrees to Buy Iowa Ethanol Plants For Some Farmers Rain Is A Pain Barrier May Benefit Producers in Flood Prone Areas NAILE Hosts Angus Programs NAILE Hosts Angus Programs NAILE Hosts Angus Programs Rural Energy Dollars Released KZValve Offers Hand-held Remote Applicants Being Sought for ASA/DuPont Young Leader Program Cattle Industry Needs to Work Together Cattle Industry Needs to Work Together CRP Sign-up Deadline Nears Senate Agenda Uncertain Following Recess Events Teach Animal Rights Activists to 'Play Dirty' Events Teach Animal Rights Activists to 'Play Dirty' Corn and Soybeans Still Holding Their Own Against Heat and Wetness Food Price Inflation Almost Negative So Far This Year Beef and Pork Export Reports MSU Weed Team Claims Victory at National Conference Economic Rebound Will Show R&D Investments Wise Syngenta Receives Approval from Mexico, the Philippines for Two Agrisure Viptera Trait Stacks Court Halts Planting of GMO Sugar Beets Forest Landscape Project Funds Released Senators Support Proposed USDA Rules Clarifying GIPSA Senators Support Proposed USDA Rules Clarifying GIPSA FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Substitute Offered Farmers Invited to Hear Where Political Candidates Stand USDA Accepts TAA Petition J-Wheelz Add ATV Traction In Loose Terrain Don't Make Assumptions Until You Walk Your Fields Health Care Reform Includes Paperwork Requirement Ag Groups Back Lincoln-Chambliss Effort More than $18 Million Awarded in Conservation Innovation Grants ARS Engineer Finds Way to Meet Energy Demands with Wind, Solar Combos Pest Management Intensity Affects Wild Bee Populations USDA Asking States to Apply for Nutrition Program Testing Next USDA, DOJ Livestock Workshop at Colorado State House Ag Ranking Member Says Senate on Right Track with Latest Legislation House Ag Ranking Member Says Senate on Right Track with Latest Legislation Agreement Made Over Public Lands Grazing Concerns Agreement Made Over Public Lands Grazing Concerns Biodiesel Cleans Up the Oil It's Trying to Replace Michigan Ranks in Top 10 in Nation for Farmers Markets Three Traceability Meetings Set Three Traceability Meetings Set Tools Identify or Predict Scab Infestations We Ride Yamaha's New Grizzly 450 EPS 'Super' Combine Rolls for 2011 Revamped Animal ID Program Regulations Will Be Proposed Next Spring Revamped Animal ID Program Regulations Will Be Proposed Next Spring Senator Pleads Rural Dust's Case to EPA Senator Pleads Rural Dust's Case to EPA Cattle Groups Discuss GIPSA Rule's Potential Impact on Cattle Producers Cattle Groups Discuss GIPSA Rule's Potential Impact on Cattle Producers Farm Production Expenditures Down 6.4% in 2009 AMI Puts Meatless Monday Into Focus AMI Puts Meatless Monday Into Focus National Forest Service Fees Waived Bobcat Introduces Two New Bigger Loaders August Crop Report Likely to Have Better Idea of Yield Expectation Employees at USDA Are Ageing Making Wind Energy Work for You, Presentations Slated Throughout The State Scientists Progressing on Scab Project There is Still Threat from Soybean Rust Economists Survey Results Reported Public Lands Grazing Threatened Valspar Implement Paint Stands Up to Nature SNAP How-To Handbook for Farmers Markets Released by USDA Farm Real Estate Values and Cash Rents Reported Bill Would Not Require Water Act Permit NFU Urges Congress for RES in Energy Legislation Montcalm Research Farm Field Day Features Latest Potato Research No Money for Black or Native Farmers Yet United Fresh Produce Sets Meeting Kuhn Upgrades Power Harrow Series Disaster Assistance 'By The End Of The Month' Hybrids Separate Themselves By This Time of Year 4000th Operation Main Street Speech Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passes Unanimously Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval Number of Farmers Markets Continues Increase Across U.S. Senator Urges Overhaul on Universal Telephone Fund for Broadband MSU Field Stations and Campus Farms Host Field Days Mandatory Price Reporting Bills Ready for Floor Consideration Mandatory Price Reporting Bills Ready for Floor Consideration Farmer Candidates Plow Political Ground In Primary Election Mahindra USA Launches a Baker's Dozen New York Senator Wants 2012 Farm Bill Changes Government Asked to Take Action on Beef Checkoff Government Asked to Take Action on Beef Checkoff Health Care Legislation Examined by Report AMI Says Meat is Still Safe Despite Recent Study AMI Says Meat is Still Safe Despite Recent Study Report Reviews Crop Protection Product Use Vilsack Announces Broadband Projects We Test the ThermaCell Outdoor Lantern Major Decrease in Expenses for Farmers and Ranchers Major Decrease in Expenses for Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Antibiotic Ban Ahead? Livestock Antibiotic Ban Ahead? Retail Meat Prices Are Reaching For A Record High Retail Meat Prices Are Reaching For A Record High Michigan's Corn Growers Urge Support for VEETC Extension New York City to Burn Bioheat Fold-up Wing Float Pulverizer Free Educational Program to Feature Expert Speakers Amendments of Interest to Ag Possible in Senate SURE Sign-up Deadline Approaches NFU President Participates in Policy Discussion at Sweetener Symposium Study Says Technology has Slowed Flow of GHGs Largest Flex Fuel Vehicle Fleet Has New Pump Seminar to Help Growers Enter Cranberry Production USDA Michigan Field Office Provides Crop Update New Tire Aims for Big Sprayers EPA to Hold Community Meeting on Oil Spill Health Care Legislation Provisions Analyzed in Center for Rural Affairs Report Swine Jobs School Helps Prepare Workers Public Lands Grazing Threatened Public Lands Grazing Threatened Industry Wants Wind Energy Legislation Sunflower Launches New Disc Harrow EPA Takes Action After Soybean Damage Reported Pioneer Agronomists Say Look Out for Foliar Diseases EPA Approved For Up To $13 Million To Fund Federal Oil Spill Response Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval FSA County Committee Nominations Due Amendment on Estate Tax Not Yet Part of Small Business Bill Child Nutrition Bill Needs Passage Before Programs Expire New Beef Resource Organization Formed With Purpose to Spread Facts New Beef Resource Organization Formed With Purpose to Spread Facts Mandatory Price Reporting Bill Passes House Ag Committee Mandatory Price Reporting Bill Passes House Ag Committee Senate Can Help Michigan Farmers By Reforming Federal Estate Tax Lincoln's Ag Disaster Money Dropped from Senate Bill Beef Exports Need More Action on FTAs Big Changes Since 1995 Farm Bill Crop Acreage Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law Research to Look at Climate and Freshwater Systems ARS Signs Partnership Agreement Dairy Scholarship Opens Doors for MSU Animal Science Senior Monsanto Corn Technologies Receive European Union Regulatory Approval Problems Found During NCBA Audit Problems Found During NCBA Audit USB Reassured by Conclusion of Audit Growth Energy and Research Paper Author at Odds Lincoln Pleads for Child Nutrition Extension Passage USDA Invites Comments on Asparagus Revenue Loss Program Fold That Subsoiler! CRP General Sign-up Begins Next Week USDA Extends Comment Period on GISPA USDA Extends Comment Period on GISPA EPA Asked to Approve E-12 Interim Rule We Drive Polaris Redesigns for 2011 Democrats Face Uphill Climb Second Annual Michigan Livestock Expo Raises Whopping $155,300 GIPSA Comment Period Extended by USDA Support Remains to Do Something on Energy Committee Could Cut Ethanol Subsidy Senators Say EPA's Dust Regulation Proposals Defy Common Sense USMEF Gets High Rating from FAS USMEF Gets High Rating from FAS June Milk Production Is Up From Year Earlier State Officials Honor Romence Gardens for Environmental Verification Corn Doesn't Like Tropical Weather Either Sunco Launches NutriMate 3 Crop Insurance Hearing Held By House Ag Subcommittee Senators Try to Address 'EPA Overreach' on Agriculture Senators Try to Address 'EPA Overreach' on Agriculture Forest Service Steps Up Climate Change Work Senate Will Take Lead on Tax Cut Extensions EQIP Program Very Popular and Under Funded EPA Awards Regional Environmental Education Grants NCBA to Present Lifetime Achievement Award at Upcoming Conference NCBA to Present Lifetime Achievement Award at Upcoming Conference Kinze Offers $5,000 Rebate USDA Employee's Resignation At the Center of a Firestorm Obama Signs Financial Reform Law Implementation of 2008 Farm Bill Reviewed by Senate Ag Committee Ag Subcommittee Reviews Specialty Crop and Organic Ag Programs Summer Beef Conference Focuses on Rebuilding Herds Summer Beef Conference Focuses on Rebuilding Herds Michigan Vegetable Crops Get a Jump Start, Pest Concerns Surface Debate of Cattle and Beef Issues Dead Idea Rural Development Programs Reviewed By House Ag Subcommittee NFU President Points Out Permitting Problems Durum Wheat Quality Program Applications Now Being Accepted by USDA Michigan Mink Production Increases Grain Industry Debates Terms in Dietary Guidelines HPPD Resistant Waterhemp Confirmed Several Cuts of Income Tax Remain Up in the Air Legislation to Protect Local Immigration Laws Introduced Energy Bill Debate May Start Next Week Yetter Adds to Residue Manager Choices Snowblower Designed for Bobcat Tractors Rhino, Wells Fargo Partners on 0% Retail Financing Program MSU Opens New Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Facility New Heavy Tiller From Kuhn NCBA Prepares for 2010 Summer Conference NCBA Prepares for 2010 Summer Conference USDA Announces Funding for Wetlands Restoration Projects in Midwest Biomass Technologies Providing More Opportunities Moratorium on Regulations Backed by House Minority Leader E85 Fueling Locator Apps Available NFU Brings Light to Accurate Information on Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Support for Aviation Biofuels Sought Free Tour Focuses on Improving Natural Ecosystems Will It Be Year of Gray Leaf Spot? Great Plains Owner Talks About British Acquisition Planting Accuracy for Smaller Operators RFA, Other Ethanol Backers Differ With Growth Energy Financial Reform Legislation Passed by Senate NFU Says Growth Energy's Proposal Good for All Americans Child Nutrition Bill Passes House Committee Wheat and Oats Progressed Well Ahead of Previous Years Traps Indicate Early Corn Earworm Moth Flights Ethanol Policy Change Proposed by Growth Energy Estate Tax Proposal Put Forward in Senate Estate Tax Proposal Put Forward in Senate CBO Missed Big Picture According to Renewable Fuels Association Corn Leaders Lobbying in Washington Iowa Senator Sees Good Things in Proposed Livestock Rule Iowa Senator Sees Good Things in Proposed Livestock Rule Administration Officials to Host Clean Energy Economy Forum Growth Energy Says Action Needed Now Michigan Potato Acreage Dips Slightly From 2009 Totals Nutri-Pro Fertilizer Bar Provides Flexibility Iowa Senator Says Energy Legislative Issues Important for Agriculture President Appoints Agricultural Advisor Companies Sign Standard Reinsurance Agreements EPA May Tighten Dust Regulations 2011 Renewable Fuels Percentage Standards Released by EPA WASDA Members Hear Climate and Energy Issues R-CALF Says Extension Request for Proposed GIPSA Rule Unnecessary R-CALF Says Extension Request for Proposed GIPSA Rule Unnecessary Purdue Top Farmer Crop Workshop is Set July 1 Michigan Peach Forecast Down From Last Year It's Time To Control Those Pesky Flies! It's Time To Control Those Pesky Flies! Monsanto Completes Key Regulatory Submission Agco Cash Back for the Summer Passage of Food Safety Legislation Being Pushed RFA Supports GAO Recommendations for Improving Loan Guarantee Programs Time Short for Action on Estate Taxes Time Short for Action on Estate Taxes Recovery Act Funding Announced for Stimulating Food Systems Survey Finds Retail Food Prices Edge Higher in Second Quarter USDA Grant to Benefit Rural Electric Customers Food Agencies Praised by Secretaries Producer Participation Encouraged by R-CALF Producer Participation Encouraged by R-CALF RK Series Rotary Rake New from MF Good Time to Review Corn Ear Terms Is Wind Turbine Farming in Your Future? Monsanto Announcement Receives Cautious Response USDA Announces Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program USDA Announces Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program President Supports Food Safety Bill EPA Fines Monsanto for Distributing Misbranded Genetically Engineered Pesticide NCBA Takes Time Out from Restructuring Organization NCBA Takes Time Out from Restructuring Organization Farm Bureau AgriPac Endorses Candidates for 2010 Primary Election NCBA Seeks Extension for Comments on GIPSA Rules NCBA Seeks Extension for Comments on GIPSA Rules Report Shows Ban of Atrazine Would Be Devastating to Ag Sector Take Time to Check Soybean Root Nodules NRCS and FSA Working to Streamline Services Senators Urge Modification to Crop Insurance Proposal Farm Bill Possibilities Discussed in North Dakota Farm Bill Possibilities Discussed in North Dakota Groups Support Separation of State Beef Councils Groups Support Separation of State Beef Councils Grain Engulfment Simulator and Safety Seminar Offered at Ag Expo BASF Plant Science and Monsanto to Expand Their Collaboration in Maximizing Crop Yield ASA Top Legislative Priorities Set for 2010 NPPC Asks for Extended Comment Period USDA Funding Water Quality Projects USDA Funding Water Quality Projects Extra Testing for E-15 Explained by White House Corn and Soybean Growers Encouraged to Scout for Japanese Beetles USDA Announces Availability of Grants to Spur Job Creation John Deere Creates SeedStar XP Monitor for Planters Michigan Acreage Summary Report Released Miller Launches 5th Annual Welding Project Contest Monsanto to Alert Farmers About Corn Earworm Migration HumaneWatch's View of Ohio Compromise Has Changed HumaneWatch's View of Ohio Compromise Has Changed Game Has Changed as Result of 2010 USDA Planted Acreage Report Electric Concerns and Biofuels Cited by Former CIA Director New Round of Recovery Act Broadband Projects Announced Iowa Remanufacturing Company Thrives in Down Economy Isabella County Farm Hosting Breakfast on the Farm July 24 Michigan Farmers Union to Gather at Historic Charlton Park, July 25 NPPC Puzzled by Recent Pork Board Appointments Chinese Ports Having Problems Unloading Bean Shipments AAA Says Only HSUS Benefits from Ohio Compromise AAA Says Only HSUS Benefits from Ohio Compromise Weather Changes Means More Trips to Corn Field House Moving on Ag Appropriations Compromise with HSUS Has Ohio Farmers Concerned Compromise with HSUS Has Ohio Farmers Concerned Immigration Reform Depends on Bipartisanship House Education and Labor Committee Hears From Ag Secretary on Nutrition 2010 Innovative Beef Symposium to Unveil New Beef Cuts 2010 Innovative Beef Symposium to Unveil New Beef Cuts Animal Cruelty Will Not be On the Ohio Ballot in November Animal Cruelty Will Not be On the Ohio Ballot in November Ahead Of Energy Debate, NCGA Stresses Now Is the Time for Ethanol Senate Begins 2012 Farm Bill Process Johnson Stresses Importance of Energy Legislation Land Use Change Theory Affected by New USDA Report USDA Accepting Applications for Energy Audits Beef Checkoff Launches New Veal Foodservice Web Site Beef Checkoff Launches New Veal Foodservice Web Site Redesigned Pork.org Web Site Offers New Features Monsanto Seeks U.S. EPA Registration for Refuge-In-The-Bag Option for Senate Ag Committee to Hold First Hearing on 2012 Farm Bill Sukup Offers Medium Duty Hopper Bin Helpful Safety Tips for July 4th Grilling Festivities Provided by USDA Calls for Ag to Start Alliance Building Calls for Ag to Start Alliance Building It's Not Too Early to Start on Next Farm Bill Crop Conditions Take a Slight Hit Votes Being Lined Up for Financial Reform Antimicrobial Guidelines Proposed by FDA Panel of Dairy Producers Says Something Has to be Done Ethanol Producers Encouraged by Recent Reports House Ag Hears Testimony in Preparation for 2012 Farm Bill Ag Expo Educates on All-Things Livestock New Holland Introduces More Powerful WORKMASTER Tractor NCBA Happy with Korea Move NCBA Happy with Korea Move Financial Overhaul Finalized by Key Leaders in Both Chambers USDA/DOJ Hold Third Competition Workshop Farm Groups Testify Before House Ag Subcommittee ASA Encouraging More Efficient, Effective and Defensible Programs GreenStone FCS Announces Election Results National 25x25 Summit Speakers Provide Range of Perspectives The Bull Provides Mobile PTO Power Disease May Show Up in Corn Fields NCBA Suspends Proposed Structure Changes NCBA Suspends Proposed Structure Changes Immigration Legislation is Needed Outside Groups Still Concerned with NCBA Governance Proposal Outside Groups Still Concerned with NCBA Governance Proposal National Biodiesel Board Looking at Alternatives Russia Lifts Ban on U.S. Poultry SDSU First Research Partner in Winter Wheat Expansion Initiative Blueberry Conference Set for July 25-28 in Kalamazoo Obama Moratorium Blocked by Judge New Roadmap for Reaching Biofuel Goals Released Co-op Story Will Be Told at USDA/DOJ Workshop in Wisconsin. Higher Premiums from Insurance Companies Deemed Not Okay by Obama More Funds for Water Quality Improvements Released Supreme Court's Decision on Alfalfa Doesn't Affect USDA Study New Regulatory Costs Threaten Small Meat Processors New Regulatory Costs Threaten Small Meat Processors Ag Expo Offering Financial Management Educational Sessions Surviving 'Cow Days of Summer' Surviving 'Cow Days of Summer' Case IH Will Use SCR for 100 hp and Larger Engines Roadmap for Achieving Renewable Energy Goals is Focus of USDA Report ASA Vouches for Importance of Chinese Market for Soybean Exports Grassley Says Best Solution Is Going Back to February Proposal Heavier Cover Crops Provide Dividends Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. Is "Michigan Agricultural Exporter of the Year" 2010 Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug Program Scholarship Recipients Announced Case IH Adds to Air Cart Lineup A 'Virtual' Tour of Tomorrow's Engineering Today Energy Efficiency Improvements Shown in USDA's Corn-Ethanol Industry Report Food Safety and Nutrition Bills Casualties of 'Short Calendar' At This Point U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Roundup Ready Alfalfa NASS Seeks Information from Stakeholders About Renewable Energy Gulf Oil Spill Not Likely To Induce a Fuel Price Influx Michigan Cherry Production Forecast Plummets From 2009 Crop Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Monsanto May Milk Production Up From Last Year Proposed New Livestock Marketing Rules Receive Mixed Reaction Proposed New Livestock Marketing Rules Receive Mixed Reaction Bioenergy Partnership Authorization Requested CARB's Motion to Dismiss Denied by District Court Growth Energy Says EPA Delays are Unacceptable Biodiesel Tax Extension Remains Stalled Federal Firefighters Ready for Fire Season Kubota Selling L Series Tractor/Loader Package Landoll All-Purpose Drill Starts New Series How Much Defoliation Can Corn Stand? State Accepting Nominations for 2010 Christmas Tree Several Issues in Next Farm Bill Concern Congress Estate Tax Issue Addressed on Senate Floor by Grassley Administration's Recovery Summer Underway Smithfield Wants Full Ownership of Butterball Senator Lincoln Urges Congress to Pass Energy, Jobs Bill Wheat Yield Predictions Increase Farm King Offers Self-Contained Grain Vac No Official Word from EPA, DOE on Blend Wall Delay World Food Prize Honorees Named Group Commends USDA on Conservation Report Corn Growers Elect Next First Vice President New Holland Expands Payload on Grain Carts New Brochure Available: Cost of Johne's Disease to a Dairy Herd Company Clears Another Regulatory Hurdle Panel Wants You to Cut Back on Sodium Intake Keynote Address Focuses on Potential of Ethanol USDA Bans U.S. Organic Inspector in China Free Ice Cream; Learn About Wind Energy, Succession Planning and More Beef Checkoff Creates New Foodservice Brochure Beef Checkoff Creates New Foodservice Brochure Yetter Maverick Gets Flexibility Option Expect a New Fungicide Offering From DuPont By 2012 Act Could Affect Child Labor on Farms Meeting Scheduled for FSA Technology Update Researchers Work to Improve Perch Growth Monsanto Expanding in St. Louis Area Meat Mobil Slaughter Program Set Meat Mobil Slaughter Program Set Johne's Disease Demonstration Field Day at West End Dairy Discovering Beef's 'Diamonds in the Rough' Discovering Beef's 'Diamonds in the Rough' Projects for Carbon Capture and Storage Move Forward Cuban Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Restriction Legislation CRP Receives Boost USDA Ready to Battle Grasshoppers Regulators To Tour Michigan Farms Pigs May Provide Breast Cancer Answers National Pork Board Elects Leaders How to Rate Plots By A Numerical Method New Bear On the Block Monsanto Company Adds Tripleflex Herbicide to Its Corn Portfolio Cargill, Meyer Natural Foods Enter Into Joint 'Go-to-Market' Agreement Cargill, Meyer Natural Foods Enter Into Joint 'Go-to-Market' Agreement We Drive Deere's New Gator EPA Disapproving Resolution Fails Senate Vote Final Draft Version of Reinsurance Agreement Announced Policy Changes Adopted by Milk Producers County Committee Elections to Be Held Government Releases Broadband Report Child Nutrition Reauthorization Begins in House Michigan Farm Operators Count Pork Industry Is Looking For A New Slogan Schmeiser Unveils PFS Series Scraper Monsanto, Armtech Unveil Biotech Yield Assurance Program For Farmers New Gator Raises the Level of the Swamp Practical Energy and Climate Plan Offered NACD Supports Disapproving Resolution EPA To End Use of Chemical NPB's New Strategic Plan Being Implemented Deanna Rose Dairy Day Set for June 12 Congresswoman Miller Calls for EPA to Focus On Oil Spills, Not Spilt Milk Kuhn Offers New Gyrorake Food Safety Shortcomings Pointed to by Report USDA Helping Feed U.S. Hungry Survey Being Taken of Pests and Diseases Harmful to Honeybees Jobs Spending Questioned by Senator Sukup Adds Hammer Head Door Latch Survey Looks at Consumer, Farmer Attitudes Shell, Cargill, Others Pony Up $46 Million for Sugar Gasoline USDA Clears High-Oleic Soybeans Grains Exports Could Be Harmed by Gulf Oil Spill Reid Wants Energy Bill GAO Reports on FSA Oversight Study Taiwan to Inspect U.S. Beef Plants Taiwan to Inspect U.S. Beef Plants Following Recommendations Could Provide Positive Results BASF Files for Registration of Three Active Ingredients Database Helps Consumers Find Food From Environmentally Assured Farms Announced Workshop Will Focus on Dairy Industry Despite Bipartisan Support, Estate Tax Measure Held Up by Politics New Rust Resistant Bean Varieties Under Development USDA To Purchase Surplus Tomatoes MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year Hosting Breakfast on the Farm MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year Hosting Breakfast on the Farm Corn Will Soon Be on It's Own CSP Final Rule Published by USDA EPA Advisory Committee Announced Several USDA Programs and Grants Unveiled USDA's Farmers Market Begins 15th Season Mark Your Calendar for the 31st Ag Expo, July 20-22 President Promotes Climate Change in Wake of Oil Spill National Rural Summit Strives to Show Importance of Rural America to Rest of the Country Coastal Farmers and Ranchers Feeling the Impact of Oil Spill RFA Pushes California's ARB to Maintain Pledge to Use Best Available Science New Sorghum Technology Highlight of Field Days Quarantine to Protect State's Black Walnut Trees Workhorse Utility Vehicle Line Launched Pork Board to Meet During WPX Above Average Temps Put Most Farm Activities Ahead Of Schedule Pesticide Rule Draft Proposal Issued by EPA Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by Senate Ag Committee Record Pace for Ethanol Supply Tenth Herd Retirement by CWT Begins USDA Helping Restore Disaster-Stricken Farmland Through Funding ARS Scientists Discover Reason Pathogen Threatens Wheat Supply Early Entry Deadline Is June 25 for Michigan Dairy Expo Early Entry Deadline Is June 25 for Michigan Dairy Expo Companies Reach Tech Agreement EPA Approves VipCot Cotton for Natural Refuge House Passage of Biodiesel Tax Credit Praised by NBB, ASA New Child Nutrition Effort Sought NPPC Displeased by EPA Deal New Study Provides Tools to Maximize Nitrogen Use Efficiency Michigan Plant Sale Slated for June 19 Garden Day 2010 Slated for Aug. 6 Continued Biosecurity Is Vital In Today's Pork Industry Five New Tubing Sizes From Lundell Senate Passes Full Market Access Resolution Quarantine to Protect Michigan Chestnut Trees Stall Design May Impact Well-being Of Gestating Sows Biodiesel Tax Extension and More for Ag Part of Bill Passed by House Environmental Petition Being Challenged Crop Insurance Agents Suggest Alternatives to USDA Cuts Study Says Ag Grads Have More Opportunities Ethanol Plants are Ramping Up Efficiency Michigan Dairy Expo Coming to MSU New York Hosts Veal/Dairy Tour Farmers Get Soybeans off to Early Start CWT Announces Herd Retirement Seed Treatment Expanded to More Crops Taking the 'Family Farm' Message to Washington Report: Protect Rainforest, Add to U.S. Farm Income Mutant Wheat Rust Has Scientists Worried Mark Your Calendar for the 31st Ag Expo Visiting Korean Team Experiences California Beef Tour Heterosis Needs a Homozygous Recharge Fetal Programming Research Roundup Beef Group Governance Changes Ongoing Beef Group Governance Changes Ongoing Renewable Fuels Association Challenges Enviro Lawsuit Conferees Named to Hammer Out Financial Bill Group: Get 'Navigable' Back Into Clean Water Act Changes Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition Introduces PeakReportOnline.com MBA Sets Single Month Graduation Record! Student Group Achieves National Recognition Haybuster Adds New Vertical Mixer Myths, Misconceptions and Misinformation about EPA are Abundant Foreign Marketing...Giving Cattle Producers Something to Think About Ranking System Stinks Financial Reform Legislation Supported By AFBF New Compliance Guide Available for Mobile Slaughter Units Senator Harkin Says the Time for Food Safety Reform is Now NCBA Governance Structure Questioned NCBA Governance Structure Questioned New Mixer for Beef, Dairy Producers 2010 Cattle Industry Summer Round -Up Is June 18-19 2010 Cattle Industry Summer Round -Up Is June 18-19 Is Bigger Better? Comprehensive Financial Reform Bill Faces Conference Next Slow Response to Foot-and-Mouth in Japan Creates Controversy Jobs Bill, Biodiesel Tax Measure Delayed Horticulture Adviser Earns Recognition HP Labs Designs Data Center Fueled by Manure Taking a Gamble? Leica Geosystems Throws Late Spring Special Next Frontier: Controlling Crop Stresses You Can't Control Checking Your Financial Health Bull or Bear, There's a Market Strategy The New Sharecropper Polaris Opening Mexican Assembly Plant Call to Action on Biodiesel Tax Group Tackles Obstacles Limit Export Growth Reminder: ACRE, DCP Deadline Approaches Study Shows Gaps in Livestock System Marketing Advice for 2010 Dieselcraft Spins Fuel for Purity Pasture and Grazing Management Workshop June 2 Forage Focus at 2010 Hay Expo Forage Focus at 2010 Hay Expo World Pork Expo Debuts People's Choice BBQ Contest How to Pay for Biodiesel Tax Credit Has Bill Stalled Kofi Annan To Deliver 2010 World Food Prize Keynote Address Coalition of Ag Groups Urges Senate to Adopt Murkowski Resolution Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Monsanto Donates Seed to Haitian Farmers Lambing Clinic Set in East Lansing, May 29 John Deere Builds Its 500,000th Self-Propelled Combine Farm Bill Hearing Held in South Dakota Financial Regulation Bill is Moving Forward Obesity Affecting Military Recruits Research on Aphid Control Shows Promise Training Program for Livestock Auction Markets New Leader Launches Nutrient Applicator MSU Seeks Input from Michiganians with Online Tool BASF Announces EPA Registration of Charter F2 Fungicide Seed Treatment Antitrust Workshop Program in Alabama Announced Lubbock Hosts House Ag Committee Farm Bill Hearing Indirect Land Use Change Theory Ignores Facts and Data Time to Scout Corn and Soybean Fields AMS Sets New Food Safety Standards On-Farm Energy Production Survey Hobart Expands Metalworking Glove Lineup Beef Agreement Between U.S. and South Korea Remains Unchanged Beef Agreement Between U.S. and South Korea Remains Unchanged Service Awards Presented to MMPA Dairy Communicators Service Awards Presented to MMPA Dairy Communicators Improved Soybean Oil Achieves Milestone That Will Advance Development Of Foods AMI Against Regulatory Change Regional Approach to Farm Bill? House Ag Committee Hears from Ag Policy Experts Senators Introduce Bill to Stop West Coast Drilling Celebrate 'June Is Dairy Month' With Breakfast on the Farm China Reopens to U.S. Pork Gowan Launches New Magus Miticide Genetics Has Come a Long Way! USDA Announces Incentives Program to Transition Land to Beginning Farmers Where do European Ag Subsidies Go? Report Shows Atrazine Value Good News for Beef, Pork Exports Application Deadline for Youth Livestock Awards Is June 18 Kinze Offers Air Seed Delivery New Yetter Row Cleaner Pork Producers say Ethanol Industry Should Share More Risk Scientists: Bring Back Weed Research Funding New Draft Energy Bill Released Biotech Tree Field Test Cleared Dur-Adjust Upgrades DARF Hay Rakes Michigan's Meat Animal Cash Receipts Down From Year Earlier Michigan's Meat Animal Cash Receipts Down From Year Earlier Field Peas Are Cheaper Alternative To Corn & Soybeans In Swine Diets USDA Announces Signup for CSP USDA Looking for Forest Lands Partners USDA Forming Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers National Soils Report Released Video Report: Defining Operation Success Kuhn Designs Transport Tedder USDA to Study Energy Production on U.S. Farms GreenStone FCS and Michigan FFA Foundation Are in the Winner's Spotlight Handling alfalfa residue from last year's fields Miller Diversion 180 Pushes TIG to New Welders New Performance Standards Released USDA Eases Rules For Cattle Movement In Michigan Climate Change Bill to Be Introduced Wednesday Reconsideration of Chemical Drift Ban USDA, DOE Announce Research Grant Funding Chambliss Amendments Bring Support Homeland Security Offers Veterinarian Courses PorkBridge Educational Series Returns For Fifth Year Rick Foster to Lead New Michigan State University Extension Institute Sign Up for Wheat, Barley Scab Alerts MABA's Byrum Appointed to U.S. Panel Focused on Boosting Agriculture Trade Funding is Stalling the Biodiesel Tax Credit U.S. Pork Wins Blind Taste Test Early House Hearings Establish a Trend Energy Installation Grants Available Vilsack Tours Pennsylvania Biofuels Plant Is There a Fungus in Your Future? On-line Tee Times 4 Turf Auction Slated for May 10-26 It's That Buggy Time of Year! Market Drop May Have Been Caused by Tech Glitch Company Offers a Challenge Is Europe Opening to More Biotech? Corn is King at this Conference Janice Swanson Named Acting Chair of Animal Science at MSU Renewable Fuels Should Be Part of Oil Spill Response Main Street Friendly Amendment Offered APHIS Taking Stand on Welfare Enforcement Polish Up Your Horse Show Parenting Video Report: Maximize Your Crop Insurance Investment Canadian Hog Numbers Down DuPont Names New China Leader Video Report: Protecting Your Farm From Volatility USDA Hosting National Summit on Rural America EU and US Animal Welfare Groups Unite Urgency Felt to Complete Financial Reform Director of Food Safety at FDA Leaving Farm Broadcasters Meet with Ag Secretary Grain Chain Disputes Advisory Group's Findings Michigan Soybean Farmers' Perceptions Rank High Nationally Video Report: Where is Crop Insurance Heading for 2010 and Beyond? Agreement Focuses on GHG from Livestock Operations Senators Charge KYF2 Program Misguided DuPont Receives Historic EPA Registration National FFA Advisor Case Retiring USDA Purchasing a Variety of Foods Shane to Coordinate New MSU Extension District Groups Want FMD Stopped From Spreading DuPont Receives U.S. EPA Approval for First 'Refuge-in-the-Bag' Seed Product Video Report: Working Capital - What Should it Be? Farmers Oppose Budget Cut Proposals for 2012 Farm Bill Mahindra Adds to 35 Series Call Made to Pay Farmers in Pigford II Case Details Released for Workshop on Competetion and Regulation Details Released for Workshop on Competetion and Regulation Super Duty Fords Now Have Access Debate Continues in Senate on Financial Reform Kuhn Offers New Rotary Rakes Try On-The-Saw Sharpening State Ethanol Incentives Influence Plant Locations, But Can Be Costly Animal Welfare Panel: No Compromise What Do Michigan Young Farmers Think? The Dreaded Word: Replant! Video Report: Expert Panel Explores Profit for 2010 Financial Debate Finally Reaches Senate Floor Friday Begins Field Hearings on Farm Bill Arbor Day Observed Today Survey Focuses on School Food Wal-Mart Stores Set New Beef Requirements April Potato Stocks Reported PQA Plus & TQA Certification Available At World Pork Expo In June Syngenta, Embrapa Establish Multi-Crop Partnership FAO Warns of Increased Threat of FMD Infection Senate Working on Finance and Immigration Reform Obama Visits Missouri Biorefining Plant AFBF Backs Tax Incentive Legislation Atrazine Receives Support During Hearing USDA Releases Latest Cash Rent Figures Cattle Price Bounce Will Soften New MSU Building to Plant Seeds for Collaborative Research Ag Leader Adds Dual Product Application Control to EDGE Display Both Sides Optimistic After U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Resistancefighter.com Pinpoints Glyphosate-resistant Weeds on Local Level Another 5.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Sold Wind Plant in Iowa President's First Stop on Main Street Tour High Priority for Immigration May Not Fly RFA Members Vist Capitol Hill Upgrade Made to FSA Computer Applilcations Current Rural Policy Supported by White House Report Michigan Barns Recognized for Preservation Obama Is Urged To Personally Bridge Congressional Deadlock Over Biodiesel Tax Credit Russia Has Slight Imbalance in Pork Supply Agreement Reached on Wall Street Regulations Immigration Dialog Opened by Arizona Law Legislation for Climate Change-Energy Stuck NACD Celebrates Stewardship Week Michigan Corn Growers Association Announces 2010 Scholarship Recipients Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by House Agriculture Committee Farmers Need to Turn in Acreage Reports to FSA Office ASA Pushes CAB Campaign Duty-free Quota Boosts Opportunities for U.S. Beef in Europe Authors Working to Introduce Climate Change Legislation Crop Calculator Helps Farmers EQIP Supports On-Farm Energy Audits The Fruit Belt Is Mowing in the Fast Lane New Fertilizer Factory Planned in Michigan Earth Day Sees USDA Funds Released Much Work to Be Done On Regulation Package AFBF Voices Concern With EPA Blog Posting Strategy Will Fight Wildfires Monsanto Announces Farmers Mom Finalists Have You Contacted Your Local FSA Office? Checkoff Advertising Campaign Launches In May Wall Street Bill Passes Senate Ag Committee Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto RR Alfalfa Case Vilsack Testifies on Farm Bill NFU Supports Loan Eligibility Extension Act Users Board Recommends Navigational Improvements R-CALF USA Wants HACCP Changes Made County Loan Rates Announced Retail Food Prices Rise Slightly in First Quarter Researchers Turning Hog Output into Oil USDA Deregulates Breakthrough Syngenta Seeds Corn Trait Lincoln's Wall Street Bill to be Marked Up by Senate Ag Commitee Grassley, Conrad Introduce Biofuels Legislation Farmers Should Be Part of Earth Day Celebration Farmers Markets Numbers Being Collected Researchers Turning Hog Output into Oil Michigan 4-H Volunteer Honored With Regional Award Address Pasture Problems Early for Season-Long Benefits Farm Bill Hearings Begin This Week in House Ag Committee Senators to Unveil Climate Bill Proposal Next Monday Food Borne Illness Report Issued by CDC Top Government Food Safety Expert to Speak Presidential Memorandum Addresses Outdoor Spaces California Firm Recalls Products Farmers Advised to Know Anhydrous Fertilizer Regulations, Safeguards CWT Accepts Bids for 4.5 Million Lbs. of Cheese Exports RFA Continues to Push E-15 Waiver Wall Street Bill Introduced by Lincoln Senate to Discuss Financial Overhaul Reasons for High Turnover in Rural Vets 2010 MSU On-Farm Research and Demonstration Books Available Planting Speed Still an Important Factor Dow AgroSciences Grower Agreements Can Be Signed Online Some Expect Food Safety Bill Discussions Next Week Financial Reform Centers on Derivatives New Chemical Legislation Ready for Action ELAP Program Changes ARRA Funds Will Help Rural Infrastructure WREP Funding Available MSU Animal Agriculture Initiative Awards Research Dollars for 2010-2011 White House Meeting Focuses on Financial Regulations Red Wing Software Releases CenterPoint Accounting House Committee Holds Hearing on Energy Tax Credits ASA Presents Research Priorities at NIFA Workshop ARRA Funds Released for Water Improvements Program Encourages SNAP Participation FLP Working to Save Forest Lands 4-H Taps Text Giving for New Fundraising Effort Dairy Advisory Committee Meeting This Week Coalition Supports Permanent Estate Tax Law Running on the Power of Protein in Boston Poncho/VOTiVO Seed Treatment Receives Corn Registration Farm Bill Work Begins at Producer Level ARS Working to Develop Biofuel from Camelina Michigan Vegetable Intentions Announced for 2010 Kuhn Offers New Variable Round Balers Turbo Boost for Massey's 2600 Series AutoFarm ParaDyme System Expands BBI Raises the Bar in Advanced Rate Control NFU Calls for Crop Insurance Baseline Protection National Rewable Energy Scheduled for June Company Helps Farmers Turn 'Waste' to Energy MMPA Leaders Elected MMPA Leaders Elected Class-Action Suit Filed Against Perdue Farms, Inc. American Wind Capital Buys OCES Deere Creates New Insurance Entity National TV Campaign Will Promote Ethanol Changes Requested in Senate Food Safety Bill USDA Working to Become the People's Department Wind Energy Growing Across Nation Wind Turbine Systems Contest Winners Announced CME Cheese Prices Rise BASF Sues Over Patent Rights MMPA Recognizes 35-year Members MSU Hosts Earth Day Presentation by WWF Vice President Are You Ready to Pour a Glass of Champagne? Michigan Corn Holdings Surpass Last Year, Soybean Stocks Down MSU Students to Compete in the National Dairy Challenge MSU Students to Compete in the National Dairy Challenge Iowa Poultry Association Responds To HSUS Video Deals Made for Renewable Energy Systems in Hawaii Ethanol Production Continues to Increase Sustainability Focus at United Fresh Meeting Agri-Women Meeting Underway MSU Students To Compete In The National Dairy Challenge Make Plans Now To Attend World Pork Expo June 9-11 March Agricultural Prices Show All Farm Products Up 4.4% Global Food Security Symposium Keynoted by Vilsack FDA Weaknesses Exposed by Report Several Livestock Diseases Could be Declared Eradicated in Brazil State Turkey Research Produces Bigger Birds to Satisfy Consumer Demand Highlights Released From Michigan Prospective Planting Report Renewable Energy Partnership Launched by USDA, Navy Cattlemen Hopeful for Vilsack Visit to Japan Maintaining Stored Grain Is Topic of April 9 Webinar Temporary Suspension of Brazilian Ethanol Import Tariff Beef Board Seats New Members Michigan Corn Growers Association Elects New Board Members and Officers State Officials to Survey for Emerald Ash Borer in the Brimley Area Agriculture Water Quality Funds Released BCAP Moving Biomass Industry Funds Released to Aid Community Facilities AFBF Reports Quarterly Food Costs Researchers Tap Diverse Wheat in Gene Battle Bale Cutters can Add Value to Hay 4-H Turns High Tech for Fundraising Why Corn Plants Do Better When They Get More Light Circuit Court Vacates Injunction on California Law Government Has Not Made Its Agreed to Price Eleven Michigan Animal Shelters Receive Funds from Tax Donations March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Is Up From Year Ago March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Is Up From Year Ago NCBA Encouraged by Vilsack Trade Mission to Japan Resistant Bacteria a Fact of Life Beef Will Take Centerstage During Japanese Trip Strickland Signs Livestock Care Standards Bill Increase in Offshore Drilling Announced Wildlife Federation Calls for Repeal of Biofuels Incentives DOE to Open Biofuels Development Facility Presque Isle-Cheboygan USDA Service Center Closed Due to Fire 4th Annual Meat-In Day Encourages Students to Support Ag Hydroswing Pitches Directly to Farmers Up-Top Pivot Rotator from Nelson End Spray from Senninger is "Solid State" Homeland Security Renews Animal Disease Efforts NCGA Issues Reminder on SURE Program USDA Broadband Program Enters Phase Two Bayer CropScience Launches Internet-Based Crop Compendium Court Ruling Underlines Assessment Protocols Study Finds E20 Lowers Emissions House Resolution Seeks More Access for Beef Products USDA Contracts to Update FSA System Tighter Farm Regulations Called for by New Report Timing of First Clean Air Act Permits Set by EPA Latest Health Care Poll Released Standard Reinsurance Agreement Cuts Considered Ignore the Impulse to Fix Compaction this Spring No More Cap and Trade International Beef Symposium Taking Place in Manhattan, Kansas International Beef Symposium Taking Place in Manhattan, Kansas New Law Increases Renewable Energy Standard in Colorado Meat Safety and Accountability Act Introduced Pork Producers Attend NPPC's Spring Legislative Action Conference How Deep Do You Plant Corn? Video: Expert Panel Explores Profitability Issues Health Care Package Finalized by Senate and House Comments Sought on Rule to Enhance Food Security Farm Bureau Versus Army Corps of Engineers Beef Checkoff Celebrates Earth Day Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Gets Unanimous Support in Committee A Sure-Fire Grain Price-Raiser With Health Care 'Finished' Leaders Turn to Financial Overhaul NFU Goes to Vilsack on Behalf of Dairy Producers USDA Events Scheduled to Highlight Efforts to Improve School Meals Workshop to Provide In-depth, Personalized Information for Dairy Farmers Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Michigan Dairy Herd Numbers Increase in February Michigan Dairy Herd Numbers Increase in February Michigan 12th Grader Is Ag Day Essay Contest Winner Two-In-One Test Developed for Detecting E. coli Corn Acres May Be Limited by Tight Margins President Signs Health Care Reform Bill RMA Partnership Agreement Grants Available More Funding for Broadband Projects House Ag Subcommittee Looks at RUS Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Virent and Shell Announce Viable Biogasoline Process Challenges Remain for Heatlh Care Reform Grassley Will Introduce Amendment to Health Care Package Several Agencies Create Climate Research Program Ethanol to be Produced from Garbage Health Care Package Passes House Governors Take Stand on Wind Energy SUN Act Introduced Air Quality Issues Focus of Grants JBS SA Makes Another Buy MSU Dairy Facility Garners Silver LEED Certification Gypsum Study Proves Problems of One-Year Conclusions UPES Dairy Herd to Be Sold This Summer China Reopens Market to U.S. Pork China Reopens Market to U.S. Pork Bill Would Require More Recall Notifications Cold Storage Loans Available MSU Animal Scientists Receive Nearly $1.5 Million More Veterinarian Student Loan Paydowns Coming More Veterinarian Student Loan Paydowns Coming NCGA Releases Video First Jobs Bill on President's Desk Official Spring Forecast is Wet One Health Initiative Discussed One Health Initiative Discussed Corn Is Most Profitable Cellulosic Biofuel Crop in Michigan Biotech Sugarbeets Get Green Light Japanese Beef Ban Draws Fire from Senators Japanese Beef Ban Draws Fire from Senators Policy Goals Set at NFU Convention Senators Want Restraint on Ag Budget Cuts Pelosi Says Congress Could Pass Legislation Without Vote Animal Standards Fight Restarts in Ohio Animal Standards Fight Restarts in Ohio Idaho, Missouri Take Preemptive Action Against HSUS Idaho, Missouri Take Preemptive Action Against HSUS AAA Looking at Activism's Impact on Food Security AAA Looking at Activism's Impact on Food Security Farm Bureau Reports on Views of Young Farmers and Ranchers Health Care Reconciliation Begins Process Improve Your Soybean Production Practices on Checkoff Web Site Health Care Changes Could Be Voted on by House This Week EPA GHG Regulation Continues to be Fought Against Action on Cuban Trade Legilslation is Being Urged in Both Chambers Older Bioenergy Plants Eligible for Improvement Funding Take Time to Secure Those Seed Bags 2008 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey Released Several Groups Testify on Cuban Trade Several Groups Testify on Cuban Trade USDA-DOJ Announced Updated Panel List for Competition Workshop USDA Tightening Guidance on Pork Contracts Subcommittee Reviews USDA's IT Systems Michigan Trout Production Falls Mac's Upgrades Trail D-Vise New Wind Power System Aimed at Farm and Ranch New Rotating Sprinkler from Netafim Bigger Swath Grader Blade NPPC Delegates Set Organizational Direction NPPC Delegates Set Organizational Direction Competitive Workshop Schedule Announced Soybean Group Endorses River Infrastructure Plan Conservation Districts Push Value of Technology MSU Student Named 2010 Michigan Dairy Ambassador Senate Moves Biodiesel Tax Bill Forward Co-ops Will Promote Competion at DOJ-USDA Workshops Advisory Committee Makes Recomendations to DOI Cellulosic Biorefinery Loan Announced Doppler Technology Could Lead to Better Management Protocols Farm Bureau Seeks Teens for Young People's Citizenship Seminar Leading Agricultural Organizations to Host Gubernatorial Forum Nominate Your Farm Mom? No Word On Roundup Ready Sugarbeets FAPRI Report Delivered to Congress Animal Rights Legislation Introduced Forest Restoration Advisory Committee Being Formed Sorghum Checkoff Ends First Year Funds Available for Wind Energy Project in Hawaii ASA Policy Set at Commodity Classic National DHIA Names Scholarship Winners National DHIA Names Scholarship Winners Manage Potassium for Hay and Pasture Production Management Sessions Offer Financial Perspective for 2010 EPA Control of GHG Has a New Opponent FDA Initiates Investigation That Could Lead to Huge Recall Trade Main Topic of Vilsack at Commodity Classic Russian Agreement to Accept U.S. Pork Confirmed by USDA Russian Agreement to Accept U.S. Pork Confirmed by USDA Some Counter-Cyclical Payments Going Out UPES Dairy Herd to Be Sold This Summer Attention to Detail Will Make the Difference Ag Secretary Highlights Need to Revitalize Rural America Monsanto Boosts Roundup Production, Announces New Herbicide Vilsack Will Keynote Commodity Classic AFBF Supports Relief Act Johanns Draws Parallel Between Safety of Beef and Toyotas Johanns Draws Parallel Between Safety of Beef and Toyotas Support Mounting for Resolution to Stop EPA USDA Wants to Improve Mississippi River Water Changes in Energy Stimulus Program Requested by Senators Climate Science Center Located in Alaska Forage Technology Conference Set for March 11 at MSU Getting the Biodiesel Tax Credit Back Online Is ASA's Top Priority Corn Growers See Need to Tell Their Story Most Americans Don't Know the Truth About HSUS Final Version of Presidential Health Care Plan Outlined Jobs Bill Advancing in Senate CFTC Focus of Hearing Dean Foods Lawyers File Paperwork House Ag Committee Approves Bills Michigan Department of Agriculture Announces Specialty Crop Grants Ignite Herbicide Price Reduction Adds to the Value of LibertyLink Crops Company Working to Tackle Consumer-Farm Debate Focus on Debt, Rising China SmartStax Corn Hybrid Planted for Commercial Production Finance Ranking Member Has Questions for USTR Fact Sheets Available that List False Information in Movie Food Inc. Disaster Package Added to Jobs Bill Update Made to Poultry Welfare Guidelines Update Made to Poultry Welfare Guidelines Mike Score, President of Hantz Farms, Receives Prestigious MSU Honor Legislation on Climate Change Will be Brought to Congress Next Month Pork Organization Meeting This Week Pork Organization Meeting This Week Health Care Reform Bill Limping Along Canadian Cattle Focus of DDGS Trial Canadian Cattle Focus of DDGS Trial December Domestic Ethanol Production Up McGovern-Dole Program Receives USDA Funds Horning Family Named 2010 MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year USDA Final Decision on Large Producer Milk Bottlers USDA Announces CRP Signup Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Honored Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions May Be Reportable Plan Pinkeye Prevention Program For Beef Cattle Now Plan Pinkeye Prevention Program For Beef Cattle Now Health Care Debated During Presidential Summit Pesticide Applicator Training During ANR Week Health Care Summit Held at the White House New Swine Contracting Requirements Being Enforced New Swine Contracting Requirements Being Enforced Obesity Collaborative Strengthened National FFA Week Winding Down Existing Government Policies Spur Wind Power Development Turning Point Offers Tough Cylinders Try Tractor Stalk Stompers Sukup Introduces Continuous Eave Venting Roto-Mix Presents Cyclone HDS Series Forum Seeks to Address Animal Ag Issues in Michigan Forum Seeks to Address Animal Ag Issues in Michigan Senate Passes Job Bill House Passes HR 4626 SRA Revisions Make Progress Poultry Labels Questioned Poultry Labels Questioned Alternative Way to Treat Bunt Disease Possible Insect Control Products Powered By DuPont Rynaxypyr Receive Federal Registration for Product Label Expansions Michigan Beekeepers Association to Hear From Delaware Author Food Consumption Being Tracked By USDA Leafy Green Rules Considered Jobs Bill to be Voted on by Senate This Week President's Health Care Proposal Not Well Received Drug Use in Food Animals Defended by Livestock Groups Drug Use in Food Animals Defended by Livestock Groups MSU Dairy Farm Named Top in the Nation for Milk Quality MSU Dairy Farm Named Top in the Nation for Milk Quality President Offers Health Care Proposal Supreme Court Decision Tightens Pesticide Regulation Water Sustainability Program Announced Warning Label Sought for Hot Dogs Pork Prospects Appear Promising Pork Prospects Appear Promising Commission in Place to Tackle Federal Budget Farm Bureau Making Moves on EPA Endangerment Finding NFU Thanks Ag Secretary for Call to Bring Biodiesel Tax Credit Back Extra Residue this Spring May Require Adjustments Beef Cattle Expansion Not Expected in Short Term Beef Cattle Expansion Not Expected in Short Term National Ground Water Awareness Week Planned Pressure Mounts to Make Dryer, Bin Buying Decisions Soon NCGA Continues Support of Nematode Research USDA Settles Lawsuit by Black Farmers Claiming Discrimination State Biopreferred Bill Expected to Become Law Texas Officials Challenging EPA USDA Proposes Changes in Crop Insurance Program ASA Wants Biodiesel Tax Extension in Jobs Bill Beginning Farmer Rancher Program Grants ARRA Review Continues Vilsack is Commodity Classic Keynote Speaker USSEC Selected as International Marketing Contractor Webinar Replay: Tech Trends for 2010 Explored Former Ag Ambassador Shares Concerns U.S. Being Left Behind on Trade Web Site Launched to Watchdog HSUS Activities USDA Releases ERS Forecasts Political Control Could Change in Washington Bright Future Seen for Ethanol Industry by RFA Executive Administration Making Recovery Act Sales Calls GM and Growth Energy Push for More Blender Pumps Foster Named W.K. Kellogg Professor at Michigan State University Flaws Surface in U.N. Climate Report H1N1 Virus in Retreat R-CALF USA Backs Court Decision R-CALF USA Backs Court Decision California Companies Recall Meat Products New MSU Extension Bulletin Offers Production Tips for Brewery Staple Syngenta to Sell Soybeans by Seed Count Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program Underway Organic Rules for Livestock Announced Organic Rules for Livestock Announced R-CALF Resolution Addresses Extremist Groups R-CALF Resolution Addresses Extremist Groups Guest Worker Program Rules Posted Dairy H-2A Bill Proposal Coming Dairy H-2A Bill Proposal Coming Biodiesel Leaders Call on Senator Harkin To Put 'Green Jobs' Back Into The 'Jobs' Bill Experts Not Sure Where Extra Acres Will Go Syngenta Seeds Receives Mexican Import Approval for Corn Register Now for Michigan Barn Preservation Network Annual Conference Sweetener Is Safe For Your Sweetheart This Valentine's Day Senate Jobs Bill Would Benefit Agriculture Administration Looking at Older Meat Animals R-CALF Resolutions to Go To Membership R-CALF Resolutions to Go To Membership Earthquake Awareness Promoted Clearing Up Misconceptions About Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Clearing Up Misconceptions About Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Wireless Sensors Used To Monitor Chicken Well-Being Consider Variety Choices for Top Yields Valent Introduces Biorational Business Unit Baseline Projections for Agriculture Released by USDA Sequencing May Aid in Producing Biofuel Crops Cooperatives to Tell Their Story Topcon Introduces System 250 Federal Government Shut Down by Storms Report Focuses on Health Care Reform Bean and Beet Symposium Enlightens Producers Hot Start CTM Takes Chill Off Bolt-on ATV Traction Gators Get a Makeover NBB CEO Believes RFS2 a Great Catalyst for Biodiesel Industry Presidential Task Force on Child Obesity Formed House Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Cap and Trade Cyst Nematode Resistant Soybean Line Developed Massey Ferguson Offers new HD Series Utility Tractor USDA Gives New Plan for Livestock ID MSE Names Youth Institute Director Dynasty Seed Treatment Fungicide Now Registered for Use on Sorghum President Calls for Health Care Summit R-CALF USA Proclaims Major Victory Pork Industry Objective Unaffected Pork Industry Objective Unaffected GM Supports B20 Biodiesel Will Have Momentum as Year Continues Advanta US, Inc. Acquires Crosbyton Seed Company Estate Tax Rider in Bill Financial Reform in Jeopardy USDA Agricultural Projections to Be Released Nation's Sorghum Producers in Washington USDA Reviewing Government Food Programs Monsanto Company Receives Approval for New Acetochlor Herbicide Formulation Make Wise Choices About Seed Corn Republicans Call for Estate Tax Legislation Support Children's Health Insurance Program Grows Pork Forum Held Next Month Pork Forum Held Next Month Incorrect Calculations of Indirect Land Use Provides Ammunition for Corn-Based Ethanol House Ag Chair Already Looking Ahead to Next Farm Bill BASF Launches Headline Fungicide Training Module Michigan Corn Growers Association Scholarship Opportunities Matching Nutrition to Cow Type NCGA Focuses on Tax Proposals Veal Industry Adopts Guidelines Veal Industry Adopts Guidelines Organic Survey Results Reported Study of Biodiesel Issued EPA Issues RFS Rules President Talks Biofuels With Governors Yamaha Shipping 2011 Rhinos For Summer Delivery NCFC Concerned by Justice Attempt to End Antitrust Exemption Michigan Sheep and Goat Inventory Increases Valley Will Offer Variable Rate Irrigation Reaction to Proposed Budget Continues Funds Go to Animal Agriculture Research Funds Go to Animal Agriculture Research Researchers Find New Barley Breeding Techniques Evening News Focuses on Antimicrobials Evening News Focuses on Antimicrobials USDA'S NASS Taking ARMS Survey Grassley Anticipates Senate Work on Biodiesel Tax Credit Will Start Soon Farm Women's Symposium Is March 10-12 Animal Activists Counterattack in Ohio Animal Activists Counterattack in Ohio Propane Group Offers Incentives to Buy/Test New Propane Equipment Proposed Budget for FY 2011 Sent to Congress Rural America Impacted by EPA Budget Transparent Health Care Bill Pushed by Republicans New Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Speaks Out New Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Speaks Out U.S Wheat Producers Benefit From Promotions Arnot to Keynote at 8th Annual Dairy Conference Webinar Replay: Changing Role of Retailers and Dealers Explored Top Producers Honored As 2010 Michigan Master Farmers President Dedicating Cap-and-Trade Dollars Chorus of Praise for Trade and Export Remarks in State of Union Fewer Disorders in Poultry Confirmed Fewer Disorders in Poultry Confirmed Need for Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Meat Plan Ahead for 2010 Michigan Livestock Expo in July USDA Purchasing Products for Nutrition Programs Corn Specialist Seeks Clues for Surprising Corn Harvest Government Purchasing Dry Edible Beans for Haiti Reaction to State of the Union Address Small Steps on Health Care Planned in House USDA Issues First NE3 Designation Lincoln Recognized by Wheat Industry ATVs Make Work Fun for Horse Owners Capello Corn Heads Now Available in U.S. Horsch Introduces Cougar Planting System Yamaha Offers "Starting Power" Backup Generator New Holland Offers High Clearance Tractor for Specialty Crops Administration Rephrasing Cap-and-Trade R-CALF USA Questions Beef Checkoff Direction R-CALF USA Questions Beef Checkoff Direction Small Farms Conference Features Outside-The-Box Thinking Montana Beef Processing Plants to Open Montana Beef Processing Plants to Open Senate Rejects Budget Commission Obama Wants Spending Freeze Carcass Irradiation Not Moving Within USDA Carcass Irradiation Not Moving Within USDA House Leader Speaks on Smaller Health Care Bill Dean Foods Purchase Being Challenged Monsanto Receives Mexican Import Approval New Bioproducts Web Site Introduced Italian Sausage Products Recalled Vote on Deficit-Reduction Panel Expected Tuesday Organizations Concerned with Reinsurance Agreement Ned Birkey Receives Excellence in Extension Award Study Shows Pork Safe After Pigs Exposed to H1N1 Virus Study Shows Pork Safe After Pigs Exposed to H1N1 Virus Tyson Shifting Some Production South Tyson Shifting Some Production South Wind Could Power Portion of Eastern Grid EPA Rejects Confidential Business Information Excuse Small Farms Conference Features Outside-the-Box Thinking ARRA Funds to Support Rural Businesses Ask Seedsmen Lots of Questions This Year Non Ag Groups Interested in Cap-and-Trade Regulations FSA Offering Web-Based Payment Calculator Renewable Fuels Adopted by Navy and Marine Corps 2010 Looks to Be Slow for Equipment Sales. Michigan Winter Wheat Seedings Decrease Sioux City Hog Processing Facility Closing Sioux City Hog Processing Facility Closing RMA Urged Not to Cut Crop Insurance Brown Becomes 41st Republican Senator Alaska Senator Wants to Stop EPA from Regulating GHG Portable Slaughter Facilities Have Economic Potential Portable Slaughter Facilities Have Economic Potential NCGA Opposes House Cap-and-Trade Workshop Focuses on Nutrient Management for Small, Mid-Sized Farms Webinar Replay: Changing Role of Retailers and Dealers Explored NFU Pleas for Haitian Support Broader Swine Disease Surveillance Program Sought Broader Swine Disease Surveillance Program Sought Senate Health Care Bill is Better Than Nothing Pest Detection Dollars Now Available Company Recalls Ground Beef Company Recalls Ground Beef HSUS Targets Restaurant Chains Growth Energy CEO Speaks Out on Renewable Fuels Tyson Settlement Approved Tyson Settlement Approved MSU Dairy Meetings Focus on Managing Cows During Early Lactation MSU Dairy Meetings Focus on Managing Cows During Early Lactation Commodity Classic Early Registration Discount Ends January 20 Monsanto Scores a Pair of Favorable Court Decision Crunch Time for Health Care Reform Bison Meat and Producers in High Demand Bison Meat and Producers in High Demand Position Limits Supported by NFU 25X25 Wants Biodiesel Incentive Package Passed Consideration Continues on Financial System Reform NACD Gains New Leader ARRA Broadband Funds Announced Sara Girbach Receives MSU Dairy Memorial Scholarship Farm Bureau Reports Marketbasket Survey Results U.S. Food Being Sent to Haiti Health Care Bill Being Readied Obama Administration Meeting With Russia This Week Obama Administration Meeting With Russia This Week Expanding Opportunities for Corn Growers Key Focus of Ethanol Committee State Seeks Applications for the Top Agricultural Exporter USDA Joins Fuel Up to Play 60 Campaign Environment vs. Genetics in 2009 USB Chairman Looks at 2010 with Great Optimism Justice Wants Monsanto Trait Information NCGA Policy Being Formed This Week Animal ID Principles Sent to Congress Animal ID Principles Sent to Congress Research Focuses on Potential Problems Feeding DDGS Research Focuses on Potential Problems Feeding DDGS John Deere Risk Protection Ties Crop Insurance to Equipment Used We Burn Some Wire with Lincoln's New PowerMIG 216 Agriculture Road Warrior to Speak at 2010 GLRDC in Frankenmuth Product Ideas for Keeping your Horse Drinking Water in Winter Crustbuster Unveils Trio of New Drills Like Chaff In The Wind Sta-bil Now Available for Diesel Fuel Fold It Up For Easy Transport Study Claims Ethanol is Crowding Out Wildlife Pomeroy Strives to Halt EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases AFBF Delegates take Action and Hold Reelection California Board Approves Low Carbon Fuels Standard Tyson Suit Settled Tyson Suit Settled Learn About Organic Farm Research at ANR Week Session New AD 2 Technology From Firestone Farm Bureau Delegates Send Strong Climate Message Farmers Telling Ag's Story Online Farmers Telling Ag's Story Online USDA Looking for Changes in Crop Numbers Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Beef Cattle Prices May Rise This Year as Herd Shrinks Beef Cattle Prices May Rise This Year as Herd Shrinks December Agricultural Prices Reported Illinois Farmer Inventor Wins Top Farm Bureau Award HSUS is Using Religion to its Advantage HSUS is Using Religion to its Advantage Collegiate Ag Leadership Program Available Michigan/Ontario Research Reporting Session Is Jan. 19 Stenholm: Political System Absolutely Broken Highlights from Day One at American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Horner Challenges Climate Change Data Afghan Farmers Receiving Help from Several Government Agencies Farm Bureau President Tells Critics: Circumstances Have Changed Funds to Benefit Clean Energy Manufacturing CFTC Chairman Calls for Regulations Legislation Would Stop EPA Regulation Implementation Organization Questions HSUS Status as Nonprofit December Michigan Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up December Michigan Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up High Powered Lineup for AFBF Annual Meeting in Seattle Annual USDA Outlook Forum Set Two Key Programs Supporting Livestock Producers Slaughter Calls Russian Ban a Wake-up Call Auto Maker Keynoting National Ethanol Conference Pork Board to Meet in Ohio Pork Board to Meet in Ohio Twelve Michigan Corn Growers Top the State in the National Corn Yield Contest Pulsar Herbicide Registered for Use in Wheat, Barley Syngenta Announces Licensing Agreements Two Senate Democrats Stepping Down NFU Has Goals for Health Care Reform Health Care Reform Awaits Compromise Companion School Food Safety Bill Introduced Veal and Lamb Merger Announced Veal and Lamb Merger Announced Dairy Advisory Committee Announced Dairy Advisory Committee Announced Stellas Gourmet Pierogi Potato Cheddar Bacon Product Recalled Monsanto Annual Research and Development Pipeline Updat Westchester Group Scholarship Offered Senators Speak Out Against Taiwan Move Senators Speak Out Against Taiwan Move Cargill Testing E. Coli Vaccine Cargill Testing E. Coli Vaccine MABA Awards Scholarships to 20 Students USDA, USTR Disappointed in Taiwan Legislative Decision USDA, USTR Disappointed in Taiwan Legislative Decision Louisiana Ag Commissioner Warns of Far-Reaching Carbon Laws Vilsack Wants Another Look at Climate Models Constitutionality of Health Care Reform Being Questioned Next Track of Health Care Uncertain CCC Rate Announced for January MI Cattlemen's Conference Focuses on Change, Jan. 23 SURE Program Sign-Up Begins Monday Agreement Reached on Producer Information USDA Redefines the Term 'Actively Engaged' Pilgrim's Pride Settles With Government Growth Energy Responds to Proposed Regulation Hog Economist Retires from Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia Hog Economist Retires from Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia Michigan's November Milk Production Increases Free Webcast Addresses Horse Health Farmers Need to Check for Skin Cancer USDA Program Offers Support for Solutions Reaction to Potential Taiwan Beef Restrictions Reaction to Potential Taiwan Beef Restrictions SURE Sign Up Begins Next Week Ban of Chlorine Treated Poultry Implemented by Russia Ban of Chlorine Treated Poultry Implemented by Russia HSUS Petition Drive Begins in Missouri HSUS Petition Drive Begins in Missouri Syngenta Buys Potatoes to Feed Hungry Corn Board Nominations Sought AMI Defends Mechanical Tenderization AMI Defends Mechanical Tenderization Taiwan to Restart Beef Ban California Fuel Rules Called Illegal Water, Environmental Project Grants Announced Soybean Rust Program Retooled for 2010 SURE Program Up and Running Agrium Clears FTC Hurdle Congresswoman Calls for Labels After Latest Recall Time Running Out for Biodiesel Credit Renewable Fuel Rules Could be Published Soon Agency Says Public Should Know Chemical Inert Ingredients Leadership Named for Senate Ag Subcommittees Questions After a Tough Year Christmas Eve Action Aims to Stop EPA Moves Christmas Eve Action Aims to Stop EPA Moves Christmas Eve Vote by Senate Moves Healthcare Changes Forward National Energy Lab Working With Sorghum High Tunnels to Be Researched Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Census of Horticulture Underway Record Yield Recorded For Michigan's Potato Crop Health Care Vote Thursday Morning Hawkeye Renewables Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy RFS Information Inadequate NCBA Supports Interstate Shipments Survey Results of Soybean Farmers Reported Canada's Sow Reduction Numbers Reported Vaccines Developed for E-Coli in Calves Vaccines Developed for E-Coli in Calves NCBA Facing Structural Change USDA to Pay Dairy Producers 32 Cents/cwt USDA to Pay Dairy Producers 32 Cents/cwt New Pork and Poultry Quotas Set by Russia New Pork and Poultry Quotas Set by Russia Launch of South Korean Burger a Success Launch of South Korean Burger a Success Potash Prices to Rise NCGA Begins Podcast Series Closed-Loop Beef Operation Planned for New York State Closed-Loop Beef Operation Planned for New York State FSIS Seeks Meat Labeling Changes RFA Wants California's New Fuels Standard Stopped Corn Storage Tips Offered Essay Contest Open to Students Livestock Operators to Be Surveyed in January Weakened Climate Change Agreement Reached Senate Reaches Agreement on Health Care Reform Climate Legislation Can Benefit Farmers and Ranchers USDA Purchasing Cheese USDA Purchasing Cheese Court of Appeals Sides With Packer Court of Appeals Sides With Packer National Corn Yield Contest Winners Announced Immigration Reform Legislation Introduced Michigan Dry Bean Production and Yield Down Get Organized With Cable Caddy Yetter Works on Compatibility Follow the Narrow Way Narrow-Pulling Air Drill Another New Name in the Seed Business RR Alfalfa Up For Comment -- Again USDA Announces New Restrictions on Emergency Dairy Aid President Speaks in Copenhagen Clark Warns Against Continuing Oil Imports Pressure Mounting on Health Care Reform Broadband Developmental Funds Released Forest Service Developing New Plan More Members of Congress Step Forward on EPA Resolution of Disapproval Learn About Bioeconomy Topics in New MSU Extension Fact Sheets Average Value of Iowa Farmland Declines By 2% In 2009 Dairy Financial Aid Being Offered Dairy Financial Aid Being Offered Health Care Reform Struggling Estate Tax Extension Blocked Greenhouse Gas Alliance Formed Judge says Poultry Litter Not Solid Waste Learning How to Do More With Less in an Ever-Changing Dairy World Lieberman Leaning Toward Health Care Bill Estate Tax Exemption in Question Dairy Producers Pledge to Reduce Emissions Disapproval Resolution Announced Against EPA Biodiesel Action Alert Issued MSU to Host 2011 Youth Horse Leaders Symposium Dow AgroSciences Submits New Soybean Herbicide Tolerance Trait for USDA Review Monsanto Offers Six New Cotton Varieties U.S. Releases Climate Overview Alternative Cap-and-Trade Program Presented Trade With Cuba Will Be Easier Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Passes House NCGA to Release Yield Contest Results Michigan Products Recognized at Conference for Excellence Medicare Eligibility Expansion Receives Key Support NASS Changing Hogs and Pigs Reporting Ranges USMEF Review Shows Positive Meat Trends USMEF Review Shows Positive Meat Trends USDA to Lobby Lawmakers with School Food Access to India Markets a Problem Basic Rules Still Apply When Buying Seed Michigan Live Horse Racing 2010 Schedule Unveiled Great Lakes Hybrids to Offer New and Expanded Seed Technologies Financial Reform Bill Vote on Friday Food Safety Group Recomendation Implemented House Passes Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Health Bill Vote Possible Before Christmas Framework for Energy Legislation Released Do-It-Yourself Repairs on Propane Systems Often Dangerous Russia Threatens to Close Border to U.S. Pork 2009 A Green Year for Farm Progress Show BASF Unveils Seed Treatment Web Site NCGA Scholarship Deadline Near Biofuels Reducing World Wide GHG Emissions Advocacy and Outreach Office Opens Coalition Backs Pump Tax Rollback Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Now Includes Additional Counties in U.P. Basf Plant Science, Monsanto Enter Into Agreement For Nutridense Tips For Livestock Farmers To Prepare For Winter Storms Tips For Livestock Farmers To Prepare For Winter Storms Climate Change Conference Ready to Get Serious More Groups React Negatively to EPA Declaration More Groups React Negatively to EPA Declaration Expert Offers Tax Planning Tips Ag Groups File Brief in Alfalfa Case Check-Off Funded Research to Be Shared With Farmers Statewide Vilsack Announces Funding to Fight Bark Beetles Ag Leader Introduces New Precision Agriculture Tools New Biological Seed Treatment Provides Nematode Protection Dairy Producers: Learn About On-Farm Processing, Marketing Reaction to EPA Greenhouse Announcement Mixed Senators Speak Out on Cap and Trade Second USDA Food Commodity Contracting Conference Announced President Lobbies for Health Care Small Plant Help-Desk Opened Smartstax Corn Receives Import Approvals for Korea, Taiwan Two Days of Hearings Conclude with Concerns ARRA Funds Help Local Food Banks Cutting Edge Biorefinery Projects Receive Funds Poultry Calendar Available Poultry Calendar Available Look for Positives in a Nightmarish Fall Southwire Introduces SureSeal Cable Prop-A-Gate Offers Helping Hand Lincoln Launches Light Viking Helmet Bigger and Faster Claas Rake ASA Announces New Officers Increased International Attendance at 2009 Farm Progress Show NCBA Concerned With Banking Regulations Senate Ag Committee Moving on Financial Regulation Bill House Passes Permanent Estate Tax Relief Bill Clark Testifies at White House Jobs Summit RFA Leader Wants More Answers NASS Reports on Irrigation Use International Marketing Assistance Available for Michigan Producers Something Nice For Gear-Head Farmers Further Strengthening Of Cotton Research Congress Trying Again to Lift Trade Restrictions with Cuba H1N1 Identified in Turkey Flock H1N1 Identified in Turkey Flock GIPSA Issues New Full Disclosure Rule GIPSA Issues New Full Disclosure Rule Subcommittee Focuses on Climate Change Bill Grassley Wants Last Minute Inclusion in Summit Topic Legislation Would Change Meat and Poultry Inspection Rules Governor Restores Authority to Michigan Commission of Agriculture EPA Delays E15 Determination Estate Tax Bill Up for Vote in House R-CALF Supports Interstate Shipments of State Inspected Meat CBO Report Receives Mixed Reviews Webinar Recap: Maximizing Your Purchasing Power for 2010 Webinar Recap: Maximizing Your Purchasing Power for 2010 Second Wave of H1N1 Has Peaked EPA Announces Delay in E15 Decision EPA E15 Ruling Expected Tuesday CBO Reports Costs on Health Care Bill Justice Department Looking at Big Ag Businesses Chicken Council Questions Consumer Reports Survey Sorghum Producers Get Better Crop Insurance Elections President to Attend Copenhagen Climate Talks Farmland Values Continue Slump Stats Show Safety Level of School Bound Beef Poll Shows Weakening Views of Climate Change Harvest Will End…Someday! Try These Welding Projects 2010 Energy Drilling Lease Sales Announced Bio-Oil and Biochar May be Future of Corn Stover Energy Department Supports Smart Grid Technologies Letter Asks NAIS be Shut Down Letter Asks NAIS be Shut Down Happy Thanksgiving!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Government Reforms Top Policy Agenda for MFB 90th Annual Meeting 2010 Scholars Program Details Released AMI Supports Interstate Commerce Rules Blender Pump Tax Fix Sought EPA Renews Agriculture Charter Search Is on for the State's Best Apple Pie Lull in Climate Change Action Provides Time to Look Again Senate Ag Committee Focuses on Rural Economy Funds Will Help Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Funding Applications Open for Planning Activities Buy Local and Make It a Michigan Thanksgiving Senate Votes to Move to the Health Care Debate WTO Panels to Decide on COOL, EU Poultry Ban Disaster Assistance Bill Introduced Growth Energy Wants California's Public Comment Period Reopened Still Tilling Soybean Stubble….Why? Farm/City Week Tackles Livestock Myths vs. Facts Ag Chair Schedules Two Field Meetings Meetings Set to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues Corn Genome Sequencing Complete New Senate Health Care Bill Faces Rocky Future Committee Passes Food Safety Bill NFU Speaks Out on Child Nutrition Bill One-Year Extension of Current Estate Tax Looks Likely Senate Ag Committee Considers Financial Oversight No Climate Change Bill This Year Please Place Swine Workers on H1N1 Priority List with Santa Estate Tax Bill Could be Delayed Beef Checkoff Wants a Food Fight Beef Checkoff Wants a Food Fight Nutrition Program Hearing Held Food Safety Bill Mark Up Scheduled Poultry Industry Cleaning Up Act Poultry Industry Cleaning Up Act Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Introduced in House Ag, Interior Departments Purchase Land McDonald's and Suppliers Taking on Activist Claims Concerning Slaughter McDonald's and Suppliers Taking on Activist Claims Concerning Slaughter Livestock From Everywhere at NAILE Show Livestock From Everywhere at NAILE Show Propane Supply a Concern Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale Announced JBS in Financial Struggle JBS in Financial Struggle Survey Reveals Highest Rate of Food Insecurity on Record Pork Production Must Be Cut Pork Production Must Be Cut Ag Committee to Hold Two Hearings This Week NutriSphere- N and AVAIL Can Help Fertilizer Efficiency Michigan Corn Growers Appointed to National Posts Banking Bill has Critics Household Food Security Report to be Issued More Doubt Over Climate Change Legislation USDA Sends $1.2 Million to Michigan for Specialty Crop Projects Don't Let High Corn Yield Numbers Shock You New Holland Launches Largest Capacity Combine Group Puts Animal Well-Being Tools Online EPA May Not Make E15 Decision by Dec. 1 Deadline Ag and Energy Departments Fund Biofuels Research Letter Focuses on Climate Bill's Emission Allowances USAID Appointee Faces Challenges Senator Wants Slaughter of Downer Cattle Stopped Senator Wants Slaughter of Downer Cattle Stopped Learn How to Keep Your Cows Walking New Fungicide Registered Dairy Group Leaders Outline Actions Seed Tech Agreement Announced Guidance Provided by RMA for Extension on Crop Insurance ASA Presents its Doha Priorities Chemical Decline in Waterways Good, Thanks to Producers Mexican Pork Demand Responding to Industry Messages Mexican Pork Demand Responding to Industry Messages Revised Label for PowerFlex Herbicide MDA Names Its Outstanding Employees for 2009 H1N1 Vaccine for Hogs Available Soon H1N1 Vaccine for Hogs Available Soon U.S. Farmers Producing Ethanol Needs for Coming Year Banking Regulation Bill Introduced Senate Health Care Debate Could Start Next Week Extension Support Given to Military Families The First Domesticated Pig Genome Is Sequenced Is There a Fungus in Your Future? Albion College and Equestrian Center Making History Agritechnica Preview Shows New Products Agritechnica Preview Shows New Products Senate Climate Debate Picking Up Some Steam Secretary Seeking Support for Child Nutrition Reauthorization Influenza Information Help Available to Pork Producers Influenza Information Help Available to Pork Producers Cuba Trade Bill Needs Support USDA Announces National Pork Board Appointments Health Care Bill Narrowly Passes House Oversight of H1N1 in Pigs is Working Oversight of H1N1 in Pigs is Working Ohio Issue 2 Vote Just the Beginning Ohio Issue 2 Vote Just the Beginning Alliance Voices Views of Latest Clean Air Legislation Workmaster Is New Moniker for New Holland Tractors Toro Introduces Layflat Hose Swisher Offers Clean Driveways Reinke Ups Warranty on Irrigation Rigs New Draper Platform from Deere Easy Does It During Corn Drying This Fall Beginning Farmer Resource Being Developed Pro Football Player Promoting Green Fuels Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in The Breeding Barn Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in The Breeding Barn Cap-and-Trade Legislation Passes Out of Committee President to Meet with House Democrats County Committee Elections Begin Food Commodity Contracting Opportunities Announced Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in the Breeding Barn Deere Offers 5D-5M Series Utility Tractors Climate Legislation Receives Chamber of Commerce Support EPA Proposes New Pesticide Labeling Farm Groups Push Biodiesel Tax Incentive House to Vote on Health Care Reform Saturday Senate Health Care Bill Still Has Challenges Ohio Voters Buoy Animal Agriculture Ohio Voters Buoy Animal Agriculture Ag Commission Chair Steps Down Amid E.O. Struggle Monsanto Breaks Ground for Research Site in Texas Corn Cob Harvesting Demos Attract Farmers Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 EPA Holds Panel on Atrazine AFBF Leader Against Health Care Act Health Care Reform Still A Ways Off Markup of Clean Energy Bill Begins in Senate USDA Funds Farmer and Rancher Education Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Ohio's Issue 2 Vote is Tuesday Ohio's Issue 2 Vote is Tuesday Senate Climate Change Bill Faces Republican Boycott USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine Michigan 4-H Dairy Judging Team is Europe-Bound Farming Technology Advances with Ag Leader, AutoFarm Alliance Millions in Organic Research, Education and Extension Grants Awarded Carbofuran Residues Revoked by EPA Climate Markup Could Happen Tuesday Swine Genome Project Clears Hurdle Swine Genome Project Clears Hurdle Beef Industry Group Questions EPA Dust Rule Analysis Beef Industry Group Questions EPA Dust Rule Analysis 2010 State Pesticide Notification and Organic Farm Registries Being Accepted HSUS Video Gets USDA Reaction Biotech Tools Receive Approval House Subcommittee Hears about Challenges to Next-Gen Fuels Assessing Forage Quality New Opportunity for U.S. Sorghum in Morocco ASA Ready to Celebrate 90 Years House Health Care Package Introduced Testimony Continues on Climate Change Legislation Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 New Ram HD Trucks Made for Towing New Center Expands Corn Research Capacity in Michigan Earlier Observations About Disease Come Home to Roost Syngenta Donates to Farm Rescue, Feeding America Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Can Public Option Garner Senate Votes? Interior Spending Bill Tackles EPA GHG Reporting Rule Implementation of Farm Bill's Horticulture and Organic Ag Provisions Examined Rural Health Care Focus of New Report E. Coli Eradication Act in Works Bill Introduced to Increase FDA Oversight of Food USDA Supports Water Quality Protection and Conservation Healthcare Debate May Begin on House Floor Next Week Farm-State Senators Raise Climate Concerns Senate Climate Change Details Unveiled Could See Health Care Bills from House and Senate This Week? RFA Looking for More User-Friendly Loan Guarantee Program Smart Choices Responds to FDA Concerns Climate Change Hearing Set Is Public Option In or Out of Health Care Reform? Report Quantifies Cap-and-Trade Effect on Fuel Costs Critics Argue Against Biofuels Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Have MIG Will Travel Ranger 225 Enclosed Case Welder Sparks to Life Miller Creates a 40-foot Extension to the Work Area Easier Pulls on Swisher's Log Splitters Shuttle Shift Available on Kioti DS Terex Track Delivers the Goods LS Hits the U.S. Market with New Line of Compact Utility Tractors Trait Talk, Price, Dominate Seed Sales Market Priorities of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Will be Improved Access, Quality and Performance Crop Quality Being Questioned by U.S. Customers House Democrats Add Federal Antitrust Exemption in Health Care Bill USDA's Second-in-Command Learns About Biofuels USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order Crop Research Grants Released Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Blue Jackets Descend Upon Indianapolis Could House Be Near Passing Health Care Reform? Likely to be Changes in USDA Budget Derivatives Regulations Passed by House Ag Committee Kioti Enters the UTV Market USDA Releases DCP and ACRE Numbers FSIS Wants Input on Proposed Regulations Results of NCGA Survey Released National FFA Convention This Week Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Two Additional Locations in the U.P. Dairy Industry Reducing Its Environmental Impact Dairy Industry Reducing Its Environmental Impact Small Tractor Market In Upheaval Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Summit Held in Kansas City on Wheat Industry Health Care Reform Negotiations Could Be Finished in Senate This Week NCGA Releases Educational Film MSU Program Trains Veterans in Agriculture CCC Accepts Butter Bid CCC Accepts Butter Bid Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet EPA Plans Clean Water Act Enforcement R-CALF USA Expresses Deep Disappointment NCGA CEO to Serve with Waterways Council Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award Given for Insecticide Program Honors Ph.D. Candidates Ohio Agriculture Rallies Support for Issue 2 USA Today Editorial Draws Fire from NCGA USDA Study Will Produce New Information Specialty Crops Grants Awarded Survey Finds Staple Foods Drop 10% in Price From Year-to-year Workshop Tells How to Run for Office - and Win Bill Gates Calls For A 'New Green Revolution' To Support World's Poorest Farmers World Food Prize Receives Contribution From Soybean Farmers No Final Counter-Cyclical Payments for Peanuts, Corn, Grain Sorghum and Soybeans New Research Supports Biodiesel Production Senate Debating 2010 Energy-Water Appropriations Bill Disparity in Rural Health Care Addressed by Vilsack Health Reform Makes it Through Finance Committee Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Coccidiosis Must Be Closely Managed Coccidiosis Must Be Closely Managed Proposed Consumer Legislation Needs Strong State Role Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound Senate Finance Committee Votes Tuesday on Health Bill H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing Grant Will Help Improve Safety for Young Equine Enthusiasts OTC Derivatives Discussion Draft Introduced Medical Malpractice is Key Section of Health Care Reform Growth Energy Asks California to 'Do Low-Carbon Right' Electric Rates Are Dropping Wright Named Chair of MSU's CARRS Department MSU and L&L Food Centers Reward Michigan Food Entrepreneurs CCC Supports Dairy Industry Through Sale of Butter CCC Supports Dairy Industry Through Sale of Butter Heavy Duty Trucks Now Get Rain-X Wiper Blades Portable Solar Power Comes From SunPod Upgrade Milo Harvest With Improved Flexo-Guards Featherlite Offers New 8117 Model Livestock Trailer DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing Report Issued on Rural Health Care Coverage CAP Awards Announced R-CALF Wants Deal Denied R-CALF Wants Deal Denied R-CALF Wants Deal Denied FSA Loans Now Available Atrazine to Undergo Comprehensive Review Ag Secretary Launches NIFA Company Sequences Canola Genome Callisto Xtra Herbicide Combines Two Modes of Action Conference Committee Includes NBAF Funding CBO Reports on Finance Committee Health Care Bill Support Program Sign-up Begins CSP Program Experiences Strong Sign-up Sorghum Checkoff Establishes Web Presence Increase in Foreign Owned U.S. Ag Land Study Released that Non-Cage Eggs Would Raise Prices Finace Vote on Health Care Pushed Back Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Water and Environmental Project Funds Released Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces Seed Treatment Offerings for Corn, Soybean Growers Kinze Offers the Industry's First Factory Optional Planter Scale Package Sustainable Agriculture Video Released by NCGA Changes to Climate Change Legislation Requested by BIO Soybean Rust Found in Illinois Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council 25X'25 Helping Wind Energy Spread FDA and USDA Working on New Food Safety Regulations Weigh Risks of Late-Fall Alfalfa Cutting GAO Releases Report Covering ILUC Farm Bureau Doesn't Like Boxer-Kerry Bill H1N1 Vaccine to be Available This Week Corn Grower-leaders Support Atrazine Use Monsanto, Dow Agrosciences Smartstax Corn Hybrids Eligible for Crop Insurance Pilot Premium Rate Reduction Program In 2010 Weigh Those Big Yields as They Come In MI Animal Producers, Humane Society Reach Compromise on Practices MI Animal Producers, Humane Society Reach Compromise on Practices Feds React to California Water Crisis NASS to Resurvey Some Small Grains Producers Taiwan to Purchase U.S. Soybeans NASDA Proposes Unique Support Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program Administration Moving to Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions New Milk Labels May Decrease Overall Demand for Milk New Milk Labels May Decrease Overall Demand for Milk Total September Hogs and Pigs Unchanged From Year Earlier Total September Hogs and Pigs Unchanged From Year Earlier Tillage Radishes Offers More for Online Visitors Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Senate is Moving Forward on Heatlh Care Reform Reaction is Mixed to Boxer-Kerry Bill Pack Silage Right for Best Results Check Alfalfa Above, Below Ground Aphanomyces Root Rot is Alfalfa Yield Killer MSU Students Recognized at International Dairy Science Meetings Boxer-Kerry Global Warming Legislation to be Introduced in Senate Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Turning Cobs into Fuel Receives Boost Bred Ewe Sale Celebrates 75 Years Soyfoods Win at the Michigan State Fair Farm Progress and Iron Solutions Expand Used Machinery Section Distribution Trade Tensions Continue to Grow Between U.S. and China More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef Livestock Forage Payments Being Released NASCAR Meets Agriculture in Hi-Speed Action USGC Releases Results of Chinese Corn Tour Top Leaders Hail Appropriations Agreement Group Purchases VeraSun Facility Ohio Animal Care Campaign Begins Wireless Control For Tree Shearing Bulldog 140 is New From Lincoln Westendorf Unveils Freedom Mount Loaders Valley 5000 Series Aimed at Small Field Operators Lessons Abound in Corn Field Before Harvest AMI Requests Meeting on Electron Beam Technology Soy Checkoff's Biotech Initiative Works to Ensure Market Access in European Union EPA Backs Off Land Use Change USDA Issues Several Grants Compact Impact Sprinkler RFA Discusses Comments for EPA on RFS NRCS Takes Lead on New Initiative for the Mississippi River Basin USDA Announces Move to Improve Health of Mississippi River Basin Climate Discussed at Summit Health Care Reform Moving Support Sought for Key Energy Amendments Michelin Offers Harvest-Time Bounty on High-Performance Ag Radial Tires CWT Completes Eighth Herd Retirement Round CWT Completes Eighth Herd Retirement Round Shell Announces Ladder of Protection Health Care Bill Now Moving Through Senate Finance Committee Review Underway of Outer Continental Shelf Comments Growth Energy Backs Harkin Amendment Study Shows Cost of Regulation Compliance Lucas Says Spending Must Stop Pioneer Expands Corn Drought Research Efforts NCGA Promotes Grower Comments to EPA President Proclaims National Farm Safety and Health Week Research Looking at East Coast Food Production Farmers Market Promotion Grants Announced Decision Favoring Producers Under Review Cap-and-Trade part of 25X'25 Working Group's Focus AFBF Backs Health Insurance Tax Credit For Hillside Farming Shell Offers Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluid Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS New Leader of Organic Program Announced Senate Bill Would Ensure New Fuel Compatibility Worksaver Adds New Tine Grapple Corn Diseases Take Advantage of Weather Patterns Alliance to Promote College Student Participation Freeways-to-Fuel Project Moving Forward Multi-State SCN Research Supports Field Scouting Health Care Reaction Strong in All Directions Sustainable Hop Production Workshop Offered Western Coalition to Promote Healthy Landscapes Monsanto Company Announces Approach to Chemistry to help U.S. Farmers Manage Risk Bobcat Offers New M Series Bayer Sees Strength in Ag, Had Strong 2008 Summary of Health Bill Released Cap-and-Trade Cost Debate Continues Administration Proposes New Fuel Mileage Standards Rural Economic Development Grants Announced Honey Bees Selected by ARS Toss Out Varroa Mites Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces New Inoculant Platform Interstate Shipment Rules Published ASA Requests RFS Letter Writing Campaign Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Program Begins NFU Supporting Dairy Industry NFU Supporting Dairy Industry NFU Supporting Dairy Industry FDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Dorr Named President and CEO of U.S. Grains Council BASF Gets Label for Kixor U.S. Tire Tariff May Affect U.S. Poultry Exports U.S. Tire Tariff May Affect U.S. Poultry Exports Presidents Wants New Financial Regulations Senate Committee Advances on Health Care Bill Producers Assistance Programs Available Biodiesel Has Positive Affect on Soybean Prices USDA Seeks Nominations for Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Dow AgroSciences and Mycogen Seeds Announce Rebates Low Lin Soybean Agreement Expanded Nutrition Programs Face Reauthorization Deadline Ag Department Releases SNAP Funds Funds Released for Forest Protection FSA Needs Advisory Committee Members Financial, Energy or Climate Legislation Could Be Next Economic Recovery Funds Slated for Forest Health Protection Rhino Hay Rake Deep Tillage and Residue Control: One Tool New GFX Row Cleaner Sports Independent Suspension Summers Rolling Chopper Smooths Soil Watch Temperatures Before Making Nitrogen Applications Turn Round Bales Into Cash Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes AGCO Extends Motor Oil Rebate Secretary Takes Reporters to Task Secretary Takes Reporters to Task Secretary Takes Reporters to Task R-CALF Wants House Passed Food Safety Bill Stopped NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained Lincoln Receives More Positive Reaction LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced Grocery Store Tax Incentive May Create More Than 3,000 Jobs Check Your Soil Fertility Reserves Now Senate Finance to Mark up Health Care New Food Safety Web Site Unveiled Senator Lincoln is New Ag Committee Chairwoman Groups Request Denial of NBAF Funding Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Global Warming Zmitko-Somers Appointed to USDA Cherry Industry Administration Board Events Lead to Senate Committee Chair Changes USB Asks USDA for More Details on Proposed Mediation Ag Secretary Promotes Back-to-School Health Care Reform Discussed on Capitol Hill President to Take Health Care Stance First Domino Falls to Change Senate Ag Leadership Chambliss Wants More Global Warming Hearings Climate Change Report Published Soft Market Has Farmers Considering Storage Versus Sales New York Senator Calls for Dairy Relief New York Senator Calls for Dairy Relief Paper Says Ag Leaders Slow Regulation Moves With Biobased Additives, ARS Scientists "Just Say No!" to Petroleum Biodegradable Planting Pots Are Made From Chicken Feathers Recycling Food Scraps Into Gardens NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Ag Committee to Hold Global Warming Hearing Produce Tattoos Developed Companies Believe Farmers Will Plant in Narrower Rows H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds EPA Officials Make Their First Trip to Farm Country Ag Department Meets President's Goal Reminder Issued About Value-Added Program USDA Purchasing Pork USDA Purchasing Pork Renewable Energy Funds Released Drying Grain Efficiently With Propane Hearing Held on Expanding Biofuels Role U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef Bovine TB Public Hearings Continue New Front-end Loader From Buhler Farm Groups Want Obama to Focus on Trade ISU Recommends Facing Climate Change Now Not Later NCGA Commissions Study of Cap and Trade Growth Energy Calls for Country of Origin Labeling of Fuel Place Your Bid, Support The State Fair's Youth Livestock Auction In the Senate Climate Change Second to Health Care Kinze Unveils New Planter Line at Farm Progress Show Potential Regional Shift of Senate Ag Leadership WTO Sets U.S. Sanctions in Cotton Case Biomass Crop Assistance Program Makes First Payments DOE Grant Will Train Officials in Fuels Technologies USDA Grants Go to Home Improvements Explore The Cutting Edge Of Tillage Equipment, Corn Varieties Green Corn Still Dominates Countryside New Web Site has Information on Ethanol Growth Energy Begins Information Campaign Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Survey Reported on President's Energy Policy Two New Box Spreaders in New Holland Line Senate Ag Committee Sets Hearing on Biofuels SprayIT Calculator Makes Tip Selection Easy Stalks, Hay and Straw Make Fodder for the BR7090 Sukup Introduces QuadraTouch USDA Ear Counts Important Factor in Big Yield Updated Information and Database Launched Value Added Grants Are on the Way TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States Health Care Co-ops Debated Grassley Cautiously Optimistic of a Health Care Deal in Wake of August Recess Possible Change at Top of Senate Ag Committee NRCS Issues Estimated CSP Payment Ranges Funds Released to Help Improve Forests Comments Sought on Trade Adjustment Program Atrazine Levels in Water Are Questioned H1N1 Human Infection Scenario Estimates Released Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Research Probes Day Length Sensing in Grapes Vilsack Discusses Cap and Trade Report Projects Reduced Domestic Fuel Production Warning to Equine Owners Issued Warning to Equine Owners Issued Shift Continues in Electrical Generation Sources More Learned About Colony Collapse Disorder Swine Jobs School to Train Students for Jobs TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Internet Tool Focuses on Natural Resources Health-Care Discussed in Phone Conference Study of Fertilizers Costs-Benefits Released Cap-and-Trade Analysis from 25x'25 Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals July Milk Production Up Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss CRP Senators Encourage Insurance Process Improvements Some Movement on Health Care Legislation Possible CFTC Chairman Recommends Additions Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Michigan Wine Competition Results Announced Kinze Launches Planter Rebate Program Crop Insurance Deadline Comes With Strong Incentives Vilsack Brings Administration's Rural Tour to Iowa State Fair Farm Notes Sale Underway Wind Energy Has Many Potential Positives Veterinary Association Questions Pew Report New Tractor Builds on Winning Strategy 7000 Series Tractors Get New Model Powering Up for Forage Productivity Sprayer Aims for Bigger Market New Windrower Lineup Launched for 2010 Guidance Products Additions Offered Boosting Sprayer Productivity Anhydrous Hookup Offers 'No Hands' Convenience Snap Beans Being Engineered to Be Virus Resistant Deere Launches New Tractors and Equipment On Farm Storage Loans Now Available Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble ARRA Dollars to Protect Natural Resources Rural Broadband Study Completed Health Care Option Being Debated Petition to Activate God Squad to Be Presented Farm Production Expenditures Up 8.3% in 2008 Soy Transportation Coalition Publishes Semi Weight Analysis NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Administration Changes Views of Some Health Care Issues Rural Tour Focuses on Education Michigan Farmers and Specialty Food Companies Wanted for Markets at State Parks States Most Likely to Receive ACRE Payments Ranked Four Democratic Senators Want to Push Climate Change to Next Year Ag Secretary Sends Forest Service in New Direction Comments Requested on USDA's Facility Guarantee Program Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health Michigan August Crop Production Report Is Positive August Fruit Report Is Favorable Leave a Clean Path Kuhn Knight Has New Spreader Case IH Offers Small Square Baler Topcon Releases AES-25 for Sub-inch Accuracy Quick Change Artist from Kuhn Meat Export Report Offers Mixed Numbers Clean Energy Bill Study Released Storage Loan Application Period Starts Monday Farm Real Estate Values Drop and Cash Rents Rise Pork Industry Optimistic About Korean Market Ethanol's Future May Rely on Rise in Blend Limit Australia Report Paints Optimistic Market Picture MSU Designs Cattlemen's Boot Camp to Benefit All Operations National Campaign Launched to Increase Ethanol Blender Pumps Illinois Ag Economists See 60% Shot of ACRE Payout Report Focuses on Rural Health Care Vilsack Calls on Veterinarians to Volunteer for 'United We Serve' Initiative Vendors Needed For Final Capitol Lawn Farmers Market Crop Progress Continues to Show Delays USDA Launches Retooled Loan Assistance Iowa State Report Favorable to Ethanol Production APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan President Speaks Out on Mexican Trucking Issue South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork July Agricultural Prices Shift Downward ACRE Signup Due This Friday DOE Supports New Energy Economy Legislation Would Make Ethanol Available at More Pumping Stations Biodiesel Tax Extension Proposed EPA Report Clouds Lifecycle Analysis Issues FDA Proposal Would Speed Up Enforcement Actions Governor Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Michigan Farmers Governors Support Help for Pork Producers Governors Support Help for Pork Producers Iowa Senators Look to Honor Borlaug USDA, DOJ to Hold Workshops on Competition in Ag Industry August Crop Forecast May be Harder to Make Recent Study Shows Benefits of Cellulosic E85 Hogs Hit Bottom Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces First National Sign-Up For New Conservation Stewardship Program Ag Land Values Drop First-Hand Look at Climate Change Senate Ag Appropriations Bill Helps Many Ag Secretary Vilsack Discusses Global Food Security Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced CCC Rates Announced for August Syngenta to Acquire Monsanto's Hybrid Sunflower Seeds Activities John Deere Sponsors 'National 811 Day' on 8/11 Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Ag Spending Bill Approved by Senate Senate Finance Committee Discusses Climate Change Legislation Budget Chair Says Farm Safety Net Not in Jeopardy Iowa State Economist on Ethanol and Corn Report Projects Reduced Domestic Fuel Production New INSTINCT Nitrogen Stabilizer from Dow AgroSciences Receives Federal Label Registration Vets Issue Influenza Recommendations Proposed Biobased Product Label Rule Published No Nutrient Advantage to Organic Produce USDA Announces Money Available through Rural Economic Development Grants NASS Adds ZIP Code Level to Ag Census Health Care Reform Ready for Floor Vote Food Safety Bill Needs Work African Trade and Economic Forum Coming Up Peterson and Frank Complete Derivatives Legislation Outline USDA Raises Dairy Support Payments House and Senate Continue to Work on Health Care Legislation to Boost USDA Meat Recall Authority Introduced Sprouted Wheat May Be Utilized In Biomass Heating Systems AutoFarm Unveils Envizio Pro Redrafted Animal Care Bills Pass House Agriculture Committee Research Betters Ethanol Production Biomass Support Program Begins Billions Announced to Help Rural Businesses Speaker Defends Blue Dog Agreement Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports New Blueberry Plant Diseases Confirmed in Michigan Pumping it Forward New Holland boosts power for twin-rotor small-frame combine CCX770 Cob Harvester New from Vermeer The Joker Has Arrived SmartStax Corn Receives Japanese Import Approval Legislation Would Encourage Local Wind Investments USDA Funding Outreach Programs Food Safety Conference Scheduled Food Safety Bill Fails in House Health Care Reform Still Moving Public Comments Sought on Agricultural Management Practices Anti-Ethanol Groups Make Push Has Administration's Position on Ethanol Imports Changed? Third Hearing on Dairy Prices Held Third Hearing on Dairy Prices Held Canada Will No Longer Quarantine Swine for H1N1 Virus Granholm Visits Capitol Farmers' Market Senators Push for Higher Ethanol Blends Coalition Doesn't Want to See Antibiotics Ban Added to Pending Bills U.S. Sorghum Again Going to Mexico Entry Deadline for NCGA's National Corn Yield Contest Fast Approaching Minnesota Officials Pushing for Resuming NAIS Discussion MI Department of Agriculture Goes Social Fungicide Becomes Hot Topic as Diseases Appear in Corn Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule More Than $4 Million in Grants Awarded to Help Disabled Farmers and Ranchers Senate Ag Members Ask Glauber for Info Health Care Deal May or May Not Happen Papers on H1N1 Virus to be Released Papers on H1N1 Virus to be Released Seed Producer Launches Reduced Corn Refuge Program Five New Rogator Models Introduced Feedlot Inventories Expected Below Last Year Feedlot Inventories Expected Below Last Year No Quick Fix to Wheat Basis Woes President Eases Pressure on Health Care Passage DOE-USDA Joint Funding Announced Green Jobs Waiver Comment Period Closes 20th Annual Viticulture Day Is July 29 CNH Unveils Three-Prong Expansion Plan Tim Bierman Selected to Lead National Pork Board House Hears Testimony on Clean Water Restoration Act NASS Collecting Updated Data for Corn and Sorghum Congressional Oversight Panel Releases Report on Farm Loan Restructuring Options Fertilizer Cost Ails Stockers This Year Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Climate Change Forage Demonstration Day Is July 25 Case IH Announces CVT Option for Farmall Compacts Worksaver Adds New Tine Grapple A New Ranger and One That Runs on Electricity! Vilsack Announces Climate Change Study NFU President to Testify on Climate Change Dow and Monsanto Receive Trait Registration Dow and Monsanto Receive Trait Registration Ag Chairmen Want Crop Insurance Changes Farm Bill Dollars to Advance Biofuels Dairy Industry Support Requested AAMP Asks for More Info Compact Impact Sprinkler Dept. of Agriculture Seeks Vendors for Michigan Restaurant Show Report Explores Why Rural America Needs Public Health Insurance ACRE Signup Push Is On United We Serve Program Promoted USGC Meeting in Full Swing Exports of Grain Tied to Meat Demand USDA Responds to Drudge Report National DHIA Offering College Scholarships Crushing Knife Roll Aids in Clean Fields AMI Takes Position on Food Safety Wild Horse Bill Passes House TB Topic of Discussion in Denver TB Topic of Discussion in Denver TB Topic of Discussion in Denver Health Care Faces Higher Costs NPB to Work on Tight Budget NPB to Work on Tight Budget For Hillside Farming GreenStone Breaks Ground on New Corporate Office Project NCBA Members Vote on Policies to Address Cattle Industry Challenges Why Tassel Size and Shape Matters Eating Pork Fights Type 2 Diabetes Tyson Cutting Back Pork Production No Referendum for the Soybean Checkoff Trimble Acquires Farm Works Software Assets Growth Energy and NAEDA Support Higher Ethanol Blend USDA Announces Loans from Supplemental Appropriations Act Food Safety Hearing Held By House Ag Committee Dairy Rally Attended by Ag Secretary Dairy Rally Attended by Ag Secretary Runoff And Watering Demonstrations Highlight Special Ag Expo Event Learn Good Horsekeeping at Ag Expo Guidelines Released for Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreak 4,500 'Empty Plates' Delivered To State Legislators Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Named Deadline Nears for County Committee Nominations More Water Improvement Dollars Released Senators Want Breakdown of Cap-and-Trade Costs MSU Researchers Work to Eradicate BVD From UP Livestock Organizations Applaud No-Subsidy Ethanol Bill Beef Checkoff Posting Return of $5.55 Beef Checkoff Posting Return of $5.55 Sec. Vilsack Tells Michigan Farmers More Support Is Coming Scab Busts Eastern Cereal Crops Bond Warns Farmers Will Bear Brunt of Cap and Trade Animal/Human Disease Center Discusses Mission AFBF Opposes H.R. 2454 Hay Feeders Featured at Ag Expo Dow AgroSciences Announces Agreement to Acquire Pfister Hybrids Dow AgroSciences Announces Agreement to Acquire Pfister Hybrids House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban Pioneer Launches New High-Oleic Soybean No Counter-cyclical Payments for Wheat, Oats and Barley Monsanto Invests In Developing New Technologies for Wheat Senate Ag Committee Appointments Announced Wheat Industry Applying Pressure for U.S.-Colombian Agreement Obama Administration Asks Americans to Prepare for H1N1 Obama Administration Asks Americans to Prepare for H1N1 Bush-Era Rule Limiting Farm Exports to Cuba Overturned Pork-Beef Exports Mixed Bag Pork-Beef Exports Mixed Bag Free Well Water Testing Offered at Ag Expo Food Safety Official Named at USDA Funding Provided for Community Water and Wastewater Projects Hearing Held on Over-The-Counter Derivatives Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Second Dairy Buyout Set by CWT Second Dairy Buyout Set by CWT Soybean Growers Donate Value of an Acre to Nourish Children Not Every Tassel Is Created Equal Dig It with Land Pride Topcon Precision Ag Shows Off Olathe Headquarters Climate Change Legislation on Hold Several Immigration Controls Proposed Ag Secretary Names FSA Administrator House Passes Ag Appropriations Bill Beef Production Expert Joins MSU Animal Science Faculty Grocery Store Food Prices Continue Downward Trend A QuickSwitch Disc Harrow ASA Has Concerns About Bioenergy Program World Fertilizer Outlook Released Senator Wants Change in Cap-and-Trade Amendment on Information Sharing Denied Recommendations on Immigration Reform Announced Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Hold Rural Community Forum in Michigan Go Dustless and Remote Farmers' Markets - Food and Fun for Everyone Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces New North Carolina Research Center Doug Caruso Resigns as USDA FSA Administrator Secretaries Testify on Climate Change New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins CFTC Hearing Announced National Corn Yield Contest Deadline Ahead Farmers, Commercial Ag Business Reminded to Avoid Pesticide Drift State Climatologists to Meet in Grand Rapids, July 7-10 Food Safety Working Group Release Findings Aid For Trade Will Help Developing Countries Exit Economic Crisis Dairy Export Incentives Announced Dairy Export Incentives Announced New Enforcement Approach for Immigration Focuses on Employers Michigan Carrot Growers Vote to Support Marketing Program Yetter Upgrades Titan All-New Front-End Loader from Buhler Turn Round Bales Into Cash Shell Offers Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluid Deere & Company Set to Grow Russia Business MI Department of Agriculture Proposes Bovine TB Zonal Changes Aussie Tractor Trekkers Make Ohio Food Prices Keep Sliding Lower Countries to Change Focus on Food Aid Obama Administration Taps James Turner Christine White Chosen as State Executive Director for FSA Farmers Plant More Biotech Corn Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Time to Get Serious About Scouting for Disease Load in Under Four Feet Pork Producers Urged to Review Withdrawal Standards Pork Producers Urged to Review Withdrawal Standards Potential for Ethanol Looks Good if Things Play Out Right Higher Highway Weight Limits Ahead? Bayer CropScience and DuPont Expand Collaboration With Broad License Agreements CSP Signup Expected Soon Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Senate Plans to Move on Climate Change R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS Nestlé Cookie Dough Samples Confirmed With E. Coli EPA Further Extends Comment Period on RFS Broadband Initiative Launched Rural Tour Launched by Obama Administration Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea More Corn Fewer Soybeans No Surprise to Lanworth Graves Proposes Bill for Accelerating Energy Projects Climate Bill's Progress Delights Obama The Aussies Have Landed – with Tractors! Tail End Charlie: A Champion Traveler Fescue Research Progressing Fescue Research Progressing Program Brings Soybeans Closer to Consumers Michigan June Hogs and Pigs Estimate Up 2% MSU Scientists Want More Research Dollars For Domestic Animals USDA Launches New Recovery Act Web Site Group Praises Congress for Action on Indirect Land Use Agencies Investigate Salmonella Contamination Canada Ramps up DDGS Use New Flexwing Rotary Cutter Stress Will Show Up If It Turns Dry Insurance Firms Announce Alliance Will House Vote on Climate Change Friday? Several Different Positions on Climate Change Bill Companies Collaborate to Beat Soybean Nematodes Farm Progress Announces New Business Unit Rural America Solutions Group Speaks On Climate Change Legislation Farm Bureau Can't Support Climate Change Bill Hearing on Farm Bill Implementation Held by House Ag Subcommittee Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Senate Releases Report on Excessive Wheat Speculation Farm Futures See Corn Acres Down 3% Peterson, Waxman Reach an Agreement on Energy Bill Growth Energy Pleased with Energy Secretary's Support of Ethanol HUD Joins USDA Effort by Launching Recovery Act Web Mapping Tool EPA Officials to Visit Iowa Appropriation Bills Show Upward Spending Trend Soybean Checkoff Seeks Review of International Marketing Efforts New Climate Change Cost Analysis Released Doha Talks to Move Forward Nestlé Recall Causes Officials to Search Possibilities Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending Pump up Glyphosate Performance Biofuels Development Could Be Hurt By Clashing Policies NFU Calls on CFTC Chairman Gensler for Commodity Market Investigation House Ag Committee Approves FY2010 Appropriations Bill Saturated Fats Are Important Part of a Healthy Diet New High Capacity Offset Mower Rotator Replaces Impact Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Farmland Preservation Hit by Budget Squeeze President Wants New Financial Regulations Ag Groups Battle Food Safety 'Overkill' Two Threats to Agriculture Moving in Congress Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Wheat Production Forecasts Remain Unchanged Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Organic Agreement Reached with Canada USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Vilsack Taps Veteran to Head Forest Service GX1117 Offers Large Capacity and Flexibility Rural Water Projects Get $123 Million from USDA Researchers Team Up With Producers in Battle Against Johne's Disease Hay Acres Will Stay About the Same DuPont Files Answer to Monsanto Lawsuit Pioneer, Beck's to Team Up for XL New Player Moves into Seed Treatment Market Climate Change Study Updates Ag Info Land Values Appear to Hold Strong Where Will We Get New Scientists? Climate Change Bill Vote Expected Soon Bill to Improve Food Safety Introduced Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Support for Biodiesel Continues to Grow MSU Dairy Farm Recognized for Quality Milk Another Ethanol Group Joins Growth Energy Report 2009 Crop Acreage to USDA Farm Service Agency by June 30, 2009 Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Vilsack Discusses Projects for Wood-to-Energy and Biomass Utilization Shell Oil Selling CE10 Vilsack Appoints Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak More Grain Under the Big Top Weigh In on This Mackinac Bridge Inspection to Continue During State Furlough Days Farm Bureau Opposes Clean Water Restoration Act Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Ag Groups Still Focused on Climate and Energy Legislation More ARRA Funds Released County Committee Nominations Open Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong Michigan Carrot Producers to Vote on Program Continuation New Test Available for Angus Influenced Cattle Keep Your Scouting Manual Handy McCormick Upgrades Its CX Tractor Line Waxman-Markey Bill Discussed in Ag Committee Spread of H1N1 Virus Officially a Pandemic USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers Food Processors Fee Passes House Panel 4-H Flag Going on Space Mission EPA Extends Comment Period on E15 Waiver Ethiopian Scientist Wins 2009 World Food Prize Syngenta Acquires Bio-Control Technology Ag Subcommittee Holds Stimulus Hearing Hobbie Speaks at International Grains Conference Rural Development Grants Released Cap and Trade Study Released 2009 Cattle Industry Summer Round-Up Is June 19-20 Raven Offers SmartRow and AccuRow NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State Indirect Land Use Hearing Held EPA Issues Stay on Permitting USTR Issues Cairns Statement Grassley Looks to GIPSA Attorneys to Keep Anti-Competitive Behavior at Bay AFBF Letter Supports Broadband Access Free Tickets Available for "Breakfast on the Farm" June 20 Monsanto, BASF Scientists Disclose Discovery of Gene Conferring Drought Tolerance In Corn Plants RFA Talks About RFS Hearing and Life-cycle Workshops USDA Meets Obama's Biofuels Directive Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Immigration Legislation May Happen Leaders Balk at Obama Request for H1N1 Vaccine Funding Major Fall Trade Shows Scheduled Racing Commissioner Cuts Race Days Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Grassley Wants to 'Show and Tell' EPA Regulation Writers Potential Benefits of Pending FTAs Studied On Recent Trip Indirect Land Use Will Not Be In Final EPA Proposal More Support for Agriculture in Cap and Trade Bill FAS Reports on Colombian Biofuels Industry Get "Fantastically Fresh" at the Meridian Farmers Market, June 20 Electric Service Improvements Funded by USDA NFU President Meets with Ag Secretary Lucas Asks Ag Secretary for Specifics on Cap and Trade Another USDA Deputy Undersecretary Named Additional Electronic Trading Hours at CBOT MSU Animal Science Student Earns National Championship at Equestrian Competition Mathematical Models Help Predict Corn Production Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers Biofuels Financial Conference to Focus on Financial State of Ethanol Industry Peterson Wants Ag Issues Resolved in Clean Energy Bill Senate Ag Committee to Discuss Derivatives, Speculation House Starts Work on Food Safety Overhaul Census of Agriculture Data by Watershed Available Congress to Review Request for Additional Funding to Fight Flu Pandemic Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo NPB Moving Forward with Programs NPB Moving Forward with Programs Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Meetings Scheduled Secretary Vilsack Announces Two Conservation Programs USTR Ron Kirk Travels to Russia to Discuss Trade Issues H1N1 Now Confirmed in All 50 States Animal Genetics Company Fills Two Key Positions in Kalamazoo Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Study Shows Impact of E15 Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants USB and Soybean Checkoff Announce See for Yourself Participants Beef Recalls Announced Beef Recalls Announced Appropriations Take Center Stage in Washington New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits Minnesota Senate Seat in Court's Hands Soybean Products and Information Available at Ag Expo BASF and DuPont Sue Each Other for Patent Infringement Illini Tractor Pullers Take Overall Design Competition Award Eastern Corn Belt Far Behind Planting Pace Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program AMI Informs Canadian House of Commons of Food Safety Progress Non-Specialty Crop Vendors Wanted for Capitol Lawn Farmers' Market Senate Ag Committee Hearing on Derivatives Set Census Report Reflects Watershed Boundaries USDA Releases Livestock Income Figures Annual Milk Production Reported Annual Milk Production Reported Dairy Industry Holding Rally Dairy Industry Holding Rally Deadline for Specialty Crop Assistance Funds Senators Attempt to Bring Climate Change Legislation to Floor President Responds to Biofuels Coalition Judith Canales Named to Rural Development Post Ag Secretary Announces $143 Million to Improve Infrastructure Across Rural America Hot Weather to Benefit Plains Michigan Vendors Reserve Space Now for Capitol Lawn Farmers Market Online Tickets Available for 2009 Farm Progress Show Additional NAIS Listening Sites Named Rural Mental Health Study Released Growing Support for Biodiesel President Releases ARRA Funds for Energy Increased Costs for Food Production Facilities Under Proposed Legislation Benefits of No-Till Shown Through Field Study Soyfoods Provide Solutions for Some Food Allergies We Test Drive Miller's Portable Plasma Cutter Load in Under 4 Feet! Broadband Strategy for Rural America Released Farmland Equipment Sales Slump To Lowest Level in Four Years EPA Looks at Alternative Energy Production Biodiesel Safety a Priority Science Based Comments Being Prepared on RFS Increased Production Goals in Morocco Opens Doors for U.S. Grain Michigan Farm Operators Count Frito-Lay 'Local' Chip Campaign Features Michigan Potato Farmers Delivering The Mash Goodyear Goes Off-road Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Comment Time Extended for E15 Request Colombia Trade Gets Farmer Scrutiny Quick Change Artist from Kuhn House Committee Approves Climate Change Bill NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA Late Planting Doesn't Require As Many Seeds Per Acre AutoFarm Unveils Envizio Pro Midwest Farmland Values Plummet Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Renewable Power Passes Key Test RFS2 Under Review Grassley Introduces Companion to Peterson's Bill to Protect Biofuel Industry U.S. - Panama FTA Under Scrutiny New Food Safety Web Site Launched Michigan Farm Bureau Debuts YouTube Channel for Ag Storytelling Brinsea's New Incubator NFU Backs Increasing Ethanol Blend in Gasoline Repeat Rains Dampen Pace of State's Corn Planting, Worry Farmers Could Soybeans Be Headed for 'Uncharted' 7.6 Million Acres? Study Shows Biotech Crops Good for the Environment Company Expands Wheat Milling Capacity U.S. Dairy Industry Groups Urge Passage of Cuba Trade Bills Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Important VeraSun Deadline Approaching 13th Annual Michigan Dairy Expo Set for July 20-24 at MSU Gensler Nomination Ratified House Members Speak Out Against Energy Plan South Koreans Turn Out H1N1 Vaccine President Announces New Energy Guidelines Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections CWT Auditors Start Taking Cows off Farms Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget USDA Seeks Applications to Repair Rural Housing Farm Works Rolls Out New Web Site More Opposition to Current Climate Legislation EPA Extends Comment Period WHO Meeting Focusing on H1N1 Flu H1N1 Virus Mapped Funds Released to Protect Private Forests Polaris Offers New Palette of Limited Edition Models AFBF PAL Class Announced Gestation and Veal Crates Banned in Maine USDA Funding Rural Community Facility Projects NCGA Concerned with Contents of Climate Change Bill Will You Trade, or be Capped? WHO Counters Virus Source Statement Vilsack Names New Deputy Administrator and Others Guest Worker Legislation Introduced Thunderstorm Season Adds Another Risk to Corn Canadian Officials Confirm Another BSE Case China Investing in Agriculture Production NFU Wants Action on Climate Change Peterson Introduces Legislation to Protect Domestic Biofuel Industry Kuhn Offers Beefed-up Rotary Rakes May Is Beef Month in Michigan Bobcat Digs It With American-made Excavators Synchronized Biotech Introduction is Goal for Wheat Groups Tote That Bale With DewEze 165ss Scan-Kleen Filters Wash Easily Senate Blocks Confirmation of Interior Nominee Lucas Has Cap and Trade Concerns Democrats Relax House Emissions Bill Human Error May Have Caused H1N1 White House Food Safety Working Group Meeting Held U.S., EU Sign Beef Deal Michigan's Corn Growers Urged to Submit Comments to the EPA CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Ground Beef Recall Announced CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Secretary Appoints Another Deputy Undersecretary $50 Million From EQIP Targets Organic Farming; Sign-Up Is May 11-29 WASDE Confirms Strong Grain Markets Conditions Paradis to Serve as Administrator of Food and Nutrition Service EPA Says Indirect Emissions is Law EPA Administrator Testifies at Senate Hearing DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait Ag Secretary Holds Rural Community Forums RFA Speaks Out About Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules TV For Women Farmers and Ranchers Introduced Ag Education Planned for Urban Reporters Canadian H1N1 Herd Culled New AMS Administrator Announced Michigan Farm Bureau Joins Facebook, Twitter More to the Story of Mapping the Cow Genome Whole Genome Not the Whole Story Pork Board Working to Reinforce That Pork is Safe to Eat OMB Provides Insight into President's Ag Budget Proposal States Receive Grants to Strengthen National School Meals Programs Census Data Broken Down by Congressional District MDA Offers Specialty Crop Grant Workshops Outback Offers New Big Screen NMPF To Form Strategic Planning Task Force To Examine Solutions To Dairy Challenges Researchers Find Better TSE Test Hog Operating Losses Have Skyrocketed Since H1n1 Virus Does Starter Fertilizer Become Less Critical Later in Season? Feds Ready H1N1 Contingency Plan for Hogs and Poultry WASDE Report Changes Announced USDA Offers Rural Development Loans and Grants AFBF Not Happy with US-EU Beef Agreement Senate Committee Holds Cap and Trade Hearing Farm Bureau Asks for Section 32 Support for Pork Russia Continues to Manipulate Pork Imports Celebrate 'June Is Dairy Month' With Breakfast on the Farm CWT Bid Period Closes US-EU Beef Agreement Doesn't Do Enough Vilsack Meets With Dairy Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers EPA Scientific Advisory Panel Report on Optimum AcreMax 1 House Holds Hearing On Indirect Land Use Change USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources Named More Staff at USDA Announced New GIPSA Director Announced DFA Representatives Get Reassurances from Secretary USDA Sets Aside Funds for Lawsuit Settlement MIFFS and MIFMA Offer Group Liability Insurance Rates for Members EU and US Reach Provisional Agreement in Beef Dispute New Food Inspection Directive Released Time to Settle Pigford - Glickman Case Outback 185 Takes Power to the Job Site Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers First Step Toward Resolving Two Decade Beef Dispute H1N1 May Impact Beef Too Despite Sick Pigs H1N1 Seems to be Winding Down House Ag and Homeland Security Committees Review Nation Animal ID Weather Has Delayed Field Work in Corn Belt Forestland Dollars Released EPA Proposes Renewable Energy Goals Specialty Mushroom Workshop Set for June 18 Horse Slaughter Bill Now Montana Law ISU Says California Law Negative to Corn Pork Industry Asking USDA for Help Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Monsanto Files Lawsuit Against DuPont, Pioneer Funds Available to Support Organic Farming USDA, EPA and DOE Form Biofuels Interagency Working Group Petition to Request Checkoff Referendum Put Forward Rural America is Underinsured R-CALF Encourages Participation in Listening Sessions Curriculum Offered To Help Groups Raise Awareness About Local Food H1N1 Winding Down Despite Sick Pigs Beef Could Be Impacted by H1N1 Baucus to Introduce Cuban Trade Bill Results of How Farmers Are Viewed Released Flu Found in Canadian Pigs Michigan State University Lives Up to "Moo-U" Nickname in June Financial Strain Expected Due To H1N1 Influenza AAA Dismayed at Animal Rights Groups CRP Extension Available for Many Expiring Contracts National Animal ID Listening Sessions Set Pork's Return to Profitability Likely to Take Longer Why Dow AgroSciences Technology Is Big Step Forward Farm Bureau Supports Raising Blend Wall New Manure System Exceeds Environmental Standards Another Name for H1N1 Virus Hormone Free U.S. Beef to EU? Rural America Solutions Group Formed Michigan Farm Bureau Awards Scholarships to Three MSU Students EU May Accept U.S. Beef USDA Helps North Dakota Livestock Industry Subcommittee Investigates Civil Rights at USDA Ag Department Appointments Reviewed Thursday Michigan Corn Growers Association Membership Soars to New Heights Alert Level is One Notch Below Pandemic NFU, NCGA Favor Cap and Trade System 2010 Budget Resolution Passes Out of Congress USDA Issues 100 Day Report Grants Are Available to Help Rural Businesses Dow AgroSciences Confirms Precise Genome Modification in Maize Weather Causes More Spring Planting Delays Flu Continues to Spread Beyond North America Black Farmers Protest at USDA Soybean Hotline Offers Michigan Growers Crop, Pest Updates Michigan Floriculture Sales Ranked Third Nationally American Grown Goodness Program Begins Canada Begins WTO Action Against U.S COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada Broadband Grant Applications Being Accepted Rural Water Projects Announced Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Funds Available Good Start to Corn Planting Baseless Bans of U.S. Pork Have Already Happened Government Watching North American Influenza Situation Water Research and Development Act Passes House NSP Clarifies Failed Crop Clause 'North American Influenza' Spreads Several Countries Have Stopped U.S. Pork Imports Congressional Committees Looking into Influenza Situation Fear That Flu Could Develop into Pandemic is Driving Markets Lower Deere Offers Tier 3 Reman Engines Ag Secretary Addresses Flu Situation SA Flex Eases Loading California Ethanol Move Sparks Strong Reaction ACRE Sign-up Finally Begins FSIS Administrator Wants Risk Ranking Food Safety Legislation Could Be Next Congress Has Tentative Budget Deal CCC Announces Crop Loan Rates Know What You're Paying For in Stacked Hybrids National Pork Board Urges Increased Bio-Security Plans Swine Flu Confirmed in Southwest Checkoff Helps Drive Consumer Interest in Beef Middle Meats CARB Approves Low Carbon Fuel Standard USDA to Conduct First Wide-Scale Survey of Organic Agriculture FDA Sets Final Feed Rules Food Safety Requires Public-Private Partnership USDA to Check Changing Face of Agriculture Genome Sequence Sheds Light On Ruminant Evolution FDA to Implement Feed Ban Despite Public Objections Midwest Dairy Association Elects Officers Beef Checkoff-funded Veal Retail Campaign Going Strong Don't Panic Yet Just Because You Can't Plant Corn Ag Committee Reviews Crop Insurance Program Summer 2009 Farmers Market Tours Scheduled Obama Presents Alternative Energy and Jobs Plan Draft Energy Bill Reviewed on Capitol Hill EPA Releases Review of Climate Bill USDA Civil Rights Agenda Outlined by Ag Secretary Don't Have a Dairy Budget? Get $1,500 Vilsack Addresses Concerns About EPA Finding California's Decision on Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Impact Entire Country Winter Wheat Progress Not Fairing Well March Milk Production Exceeds 2008 Level HHS Nominee Passes Senate Committee Hearing Bill Banning Antibiotics in Animals Passes Committee Rural Development Funds Released Earth Day Celebration Covering Several Days Agriculture Feeling the Impact of Recession EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision Draws More Unfavorable Reactions Interior Department Distributes Restoration Funds NCGA Files Comments on Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standards Vilsack Returns from G8 Meeting Obama Administration to Cut Expenses at Cabinet Level Early-Planted Soybeans Come With Benefits and Risks USDA Economist Talks Ag Economy Michigan Corn Growers Association Awards 2009 Scholarship EPA Issues Finding That Greenhouse Gasses Pose Threat U.S. and Mexico to Collaborate on Climate and Clean Energy President Makes Two More USDA Nominations Report Recommends Changes to Food Safety System Canadians Ready with WTO Challenge Vilsack Calls for Investment in Ag Develpment to G8 Agricultural Ministerial EPA Wants Input on Raising Ethanol Blend Wall Delegation Provides U.S. View on Global Food Security at G8 Lawsuit Attempting to Limit Ethanol Blending Is Dismissed Vilsack Taps Environment and Climate Advisor Iowa Legislation Would Set Alternative Fuel Standard Five Historic Barns Honored by Michigan Barn Preservation Network Miller Wildcat Provides Welder/generator CBO Ethanol Report Discussed by Agricultural Organizations Stimulus Money for Natural Resources Conservation Announced Michigan Prospective Plantings Report 2009 Word Food Prize Symposium Theme Announced AFBF Addresses Broadband Funding & Services USDA Asking Questions About Animal Identification Farm Sector Economy Stronger than Other Sectors USDA Continues to Fill Staff Positions Nebraska Has First Ethanol Blender Pumps Prices Favorable for Chinese Purchase of U.S. Corn Lifting Cuban Travel Restrictions Good 'First Step' GMO Corn Banned in Germany AFBF Outlines Goals for Climate Change No General CRP Sign-up In 2009 Russia Shuffles Eligible U.S. Pork Plants FAS Adds Country Pages to Web Site Major Storms Sweeping Across U.S. Mobile Technology Unit to Visit MSU April 15-17 WaterScout Keeps Tabs on Field Moisture John Deere Announces New Global Operating Model for Sustainable Growth Scuse Named Deputy Under Secretary of FFAS Lean Pork Weighs In Just in Time for Swimsuit Season Haul With/Without Passengers With New Kubota Winter Wheat Heading May Indicate Southern Plains Condition Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Announces National Reproduction Awards EPA Responds to Request for Review of Pesticide Rule Michigan Vegetable Intentions Announced for 2009 President Loosens Some Cuban Related Controls India Balking on Carbon Sequestration Military Studies Alternative Energy Duckweed Could Replace Corn in Ethanol Vilsack Unveils Updated Research, Education and Economics Information System FFAS Deputy Under Secretary Choosen February Beef Exports Maintain Strong Momentum Supermarkets, Commissaries Support Pork Promotions Delay of Feed Ban Rule Proposed by FDA FDA Wants to Delay Feed Ban Rule Food Safety Progress Not Where CDC Would Like USDA Names Under Secretaries and Additional Staff Groups Step In Where EPA Won't Changes Coming in Marketing Assistance Loans Small Animals Day Provides Families Fun and Education Set Up Field Trials Carefully MMPA Recognizes 35-year Members NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Canada Wants WTO Help with South Korean Beef Dispute New Zealand Ambassador to Head Ag Negotiations CBO Report Shows Ethanol Has Little Impact on Food Prices Red River Valley Bracing for More High Water NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Broadband Access Plan Under Development ACRE Sign-up Start Date Finally Set USDA Officials Sworn into Office MMPA Leaders Elected Drought Impacting Winter Wheat Conditions Study Shows 29,000 Cooperatives Employ More Than 2 Million Meat and Poultry Inspection is Not Broken NPPC Calls for Corn-Ethanol Study McDonald's Japan Sells with Aus NLIS Support for PQA Plus Gains Momentum Aventine Renewable Energy is Latest to File Bankruptcy Obama Pressured to Let Mexican Truckers Through Ag Secretary Announces $17 Million in Grants for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers MAL and LDP Programs Have New Regulations Senators Want Stiff Payment Requirements Nut Problems with Salmonella Expand Poultry Organizations File Suit Against EPA Michigan March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Increases Wireless Monitoring With Vision Works Dairy Farmers of America Earns National Recognition From Dannon FDA Ignoring Environmental and Economic Impacts of Feed Ban Senate Ag Leadership Express Concern Over Pesticide Ruling Congress in Recess But Plenty of Work Awaits Funding Released to Rehabilitate Flood Control Structures Experts Focus on Real World Climate Change Costs Some Biotech Testing Ends in Japan Cotton Industry Wants No Program Changes Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC Announces the Recall Cheeses Massey Ferguson Offers Six New Compact Tractor Models Farm Progress to Expand Husker Harvest Days Show Water Resource Management Is Focus of Lake and Stream Leaders Institute G20 Communiqué Says Global Crisis Needs Global Solution Poultry Products Recalled Bill Promoting Pipelines Introduced Lucas Rejects Democratic Budget SNAP Benefits Increased to Combat Hunger Nitrogen Sensing Moves Closer to Commonplace Extension Fact Sheets Address Issues Facing Dairy Farms and How to Manage Them LibertyLink Soybeans Approved for Import into Korea BQ-9000 Program Unveiled FY 2010 Budget Passes House Climate Change Measure Won't Place Economy at Global Disadvantage Food Safety Focus Begins for House Ag Committee Base Acreage on Federal Land Reinstated Sugar Alliance Wants Sugar Quota to Remain Unchanged Harden Chosen to Head USDA Congressional Relations House Ag Committee Reviewing Food Safety HOBOnode Does It Wirelessly Inaccurate Facts and Omissions Contradict EC Duties on Biodiesel MILC Payments Being Calculated VP And Ag Secretary Announce Recovery Funds Possible Source of Pistachio Contamination Found Dow, Syngenta to Cross-License Crop Tech Vilsack Testifies on Ag Issues Within Administration's Budget Pork Producers Pleased by USDA Pork Purchases Michigan Turkey Producers Continue to Thrive, Boost Local Economy Senate Ag Committee to Hold Hearing on Four Nominations Farm Bureau Wants Cuba Restrictions Lifted Senate Ag Committee Addresses Child Nutrition Silage Management Tips as Temperatures Rise Setton Pistachio Announces Recall Feds Announce Yamaha Recall of Rhino 450 and 600s ACRE and DCP Sign-up Extended Dairy Farmers of America Marks 11 Years of Industry Service At Annual Meeting President Signs Public Lands Law Farm Bureau Opposed to Proposed H-2A Changes USDA Seeks Comments on Conservation Grants GPS Steering Makes the Job Easier Poly Diker From May Wes Budget Sent to Floor Recommendations to be Released at Energy Summit Dam Hearing Set Rust Resistance Possible Largest Draft Horse Show and Pull Comes to MSU Pork Act Delegates Overwhelmingly Support Pork Quality Assurance Plus Hog Numbers Shrink Cargill Advances Animal Welfare Leadership Final Stand Counts When It Comes to Cornfields Flooding Continues In Upper Midwest NCGA Forms Climate Change Task Force Bill Introduced to Change Cuban Payment Rule Bill to Establish Wildfire Fund Passes House EPA Nominee Steps Down Michigan Department of Ag to Audit Shellfish Distributors U.S. Firefighters Honored for Work in Australia Monsanto Issues Grant for Scholarships USDA Moves to Help Dairy Sector and Nutrition Programs Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Conservation Payments Cellulosic Ethanol Executives Push for 15% Blend Farm Bureau, Others, Against California Carbon Score Proposal OMB Director Backs Subsidy Caps Derivatives Bill Gains Support MSU Student Selected as 2009 Michigan Dairy Ambassador Control Powdery Mildew Red Meat Industry Quick to Refute Study Second Quarter Hog Slaughter Projected Down 5% EPA Says Greenhouse Gasses Are Pollutants Grassley Wants FDA Memo Clarified Obama Talks Energy Alternatives Bovine TB Found in Iosco County Deer USDA Staff Appointments Made USDA Announces Another Position USTR Already at Work Poultry Being Euthanized in Texas Poultry Being Euthanized in Texas Russians Ban Poultry from Three U.S. Processors Federal Truck Weight Law Introduced Renewable Energy Summit to Be Held FAS Administrator Named WTO Economists: World Trade Down Soyfoods Have a Place in Family Meals March Potato Stocks Down From Last Year Trade Officials See WTO Agreement Still Has Potential Broadband Leader named for USDA Rice Growers Could See More Exports to Cuba Senators Line Up to Support Food for Peace Program Low-yielding Spots Hurt Overall Yield Group Urges Obama Administration to Take Action in Dairy Crisis USDA, IRS Join Forces Pork Checkoff Offers Management Conference Cellulosic Firms Back Higher Ethanol Blends Animal Welfare Tops MPPA Agenda AgStar Lending Sees Potential Buyers for Ethanol Assets VeraSun Deals Get Court's Stamp of Approval Conference on Food Aid Focuses on Global Crisis Michigan Corn Growers Attend Commodity Classic Hearings Set to Talk About High-Speed Web Access McCormick Turns Corner, Sees Solid Future EU Offers More Beef Imports to End Hormone Dispute New ACRE Tools Available from FSA Program Already Available for Humane Animal Treatment VeraSun Asset Sale Draws Plenty of Bidders Pork Producers Honor Five for Leadership, Service and Skill Grain Industry Monitors New Mexican Tariff Plan Disaster Assistance Offered by USDA Today is National Biodiesel Day - Celebrate! Group Applauds Antibiotic Resistance Bill New Report Looks at Swine Gestation Systems New Survey Shows Corn Planting Intentions Slip 4% for 2009 Another Ethanol Producer on Financial Ropes Bipartison Group Calls on EPA to Go Slow on Ethanol Rules Dairy Producers Can Learn How to Turn Heifers Into Cash Cows Scientists Develop New 'Triple Threat' Corn Agco to Use Topcon Tierra for Telematics AutoFarm Announces Upgrade Program Purdue Experts Question Antibiotic Resistance Claims Beef Group Pulls Out of Food vs. Fuel Coalition President Nominates Two More to USDA Rule on Non-Ambulatory Cattle Finalized Celebrate National Ag Week Plant Corn in the Mud Not the Answer New Webcast Series Will Focus on Equine Genetics Coalition Opposes Cuts in Safety Net House Ag Committee Wants Many Viewpoints Interior Secretary Orders Renewable Energy Projects Questions Pile Up from WTO Members Grants for Energy Audits Available House Agriculture Committee Adopts Budget Letter Michigan Dry Bean Producers to Vote on Referendum Dairy Markets Are a Concern Michigan Trout Production Sales Rise Cow Tax Legislation Now Has House Companion Good News for DDGS Exports Democratic Senators Unveil Rural Agenda Labor and Tax Issues Key to Panama Agreement Committee Hearing on Animal ID Pork Checkoff Honors Sam Hines with Distinguished Service Award 2008 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award Winners Announced Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID CWT Achieves Membership Goal of Two-Thirds of U.S. Milk Supply Purdue Economists Present Update on Factors Driving Food Prices NFU Meeting Wraps Up Kirk Testifies Before Senate Committee Broadband Initiative Begins Michigan Honey Production Up 12% Johnson Wins Farmer Union Election; ND to Get New Ag Commissioner New NPPC Officers Elected First E. Coli Vaccine for Cattle Licensed Register Now for Valuable Michigan Agri-Energy Conference Officials Throw Support Behind Higher Ethanol Blend House Agriculture Committee Reviewing National Animal Identification System National Farmers Union Electing New President Air Delivery by Gandy FAPRI Reports to Congress Vilsack Announces Release of Recovery Funds Allotted to USDA Broadband Initiative Announcement Scheduled Report Shows Benefits to Raising Ethanol Blend Limit Chile DDG Test Results Favorable MFB Earns National Honors for Feeding Needy, Staffing Food Banks Starter Fertilizer Question Hinges on Planting Date National Pork Board Honors Producers During Annual Meeting Michigan Growers Seek Research Dollars to Protect Fruit, Vegetables AFBF Leader Asks for Liberal Trade Policy Senators Introduce Legislation to Tackle Cow Tax USSEC Names Interim CEO Purdue Economist Advises Being Conservative and Defensive State Issues Agricultural Innovation Grant Report EPA Seeks Farmer Cooperation FDA Overhaul Bill Presented On-the-spot pH Accuracy CCC Rates Announced for March Dow AgroSciences, Schillinger Seed Announces Licensing, R&D Animal Improvement Grants Issued Administration Releases Trade Policy Agenda Johnson Throws Hat in NFU Ring More Tax Troubles for Presidential Nominees Learn Beekeeping at ANR Week Conference Texas Places Controls on Incoming Bulls Michigan Potato Industry Presents Distinguished Service Awards Beef Exports up in 2008 Philippine Pork Market to Remain Open Obama to Appoint Sebelius to HHS Post See for Yourself Tour Accepting Participants Producers Favor Biotech Traits in Wheat Philippine Pork Market to Remain Open Report Quantifies Animal Agriculture Attacks Cheese Can Help to Reduce Risk Of Certain Cancers, Research Finds Addressing Consumer Demands For Socially Responsible Pork Production Pork Checkoff Offers Pork Management Conference - Your Pork Industry Investment New Beef Videos Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL Bobcat Company and Polaris Industries Inc. Announce Long-Term Strategic Alliance Supplemental Revenue Assistance Buy-In Is Reopened Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL U.S. Sorghum Going to Canada Senators Want Delay in Chinese Cotton Registry Federal Drought Action Team Activated ASA Voting Delegates Set Policy Direction Beef Producers: Test Bulls For Fertility To Improve Bottom Line Seed.Pro Streamlines Seed Processing Late-planted Corn Lodged Easier Last Fall SmartStax Corn Trait Expected for 2010 Planting Gross Sales Will Be Used for Payment Limits EPA Approves AVICTA Seed Treatment Fungicide Dairy Prices Will Trigger MILC Payments NCGA President Dickey Reviews the 2008 Corn Year Researchers Credit Soybean Group for Genome Support Go On-Line to Measure Your Farm's Health Farm Earnings to Fall Ag Budget To Hold About Steady ASA Leaders Address USDA Inspector General Investigation Program Focus on New TB Requirements for NE Michigan Beef Producers Monsanto Launches Genuity Brand for Seed Products Monsanto Launches Genuity Brand for Seed Products Experience a Taste of Michigan NFU President Stepping Down Hearing Held on CFTC Nominee Fed Chair Cautious in Statement on Economy ASA Bars USSF Delegates Agrium Launches Bid to Buy CF Industries Time to Order Fertilizer Hearing on USTR Possible Next Week Court Decides to Regulate Farm Dust Governors Want Blend Wall Lifted Pesticide Applicator Training Courses Offered During ANR Week Argentine Farmers Strike Continues Senate Committee Members Want Review of Cuba Policy American Farm Bureau Launches Web Site for Consumers Obama Pledges to Cut Deficit in Half Announcements from President Obama Expected Ag Outlook Forum This Week USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices Final COOL Rule to Go Into Effect as Planned Organizations React to End of Merger President Signed Energy Agreement with Canada Congress Holding Hearings on Several Issues Dairymen Feeling Pinch as Weak Economy Sours Milk Demand All-electric Bad Boy How to Make The Same Hybrid Look Different National FFA Week Coming Up Fertilizer Shortage Could Hinder Corn Crop Court Approves VeraSun Auction JBS Deal With National Beef Falls Through Get Your Green on at ANR Week Gardening Events USDA Cattle on Feed Report Coming Friday Groups Respond to JBS Announcement Sustainable Food Lab Announces Conference Obama Makes First Foreign Trip as President Not Enough Interest in Pork Checkoff Referendum Kinda Cuban Showcases Pork at Tropical Smoothie Cafe Montana Offers P-Series Spring Peach Meeting Set for March 11 Vet Shortage Continues Report Card Issued On Beef Checkoff Program Obama Administration Wants Stronger COOL Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability Pioneer Rolls Out New Umbrella Brand Obama Signs Stimulus Bill into Law Pharmaceuticals Pay Dividends Trilateral Meeting Uncovers Common Goals Weaker Land Prices Are Forecast for 2009 Hypertherm Unveils Portable Plasma Cutter Hood Anchors Ag Tech Team Pork Checkoff Referendum Won't Be Held Livestock Losses Limited by Pharmaceutical Technology CWT Finishes Latest Herd Retirement Round Web Site Promotes Careers in Pork Production ReinTech is Born to Reinke and Pivotrac Jaguar Harvester Gets New Options ASA Gardners Recognized for Leadership Economic Recovery Package Going to President Moran Supports OCS Development PCA Files for Chapter 7 Protection John Deere Risk Protection Offers New Crop Delivery Contract Policy DFA Takes Action to Help Members Peanut Recall Will Expand Groups Meet to Discuss Cattle Industry JBS Abandons National Beef Acquisition How Thick To Plant Still a Hot Topic Who Should Control Internet Dollars in Stimulus? Not Just the Internet – YouTube Livestock Coalition Meets With USDA MSU to Focus on Rural Development Farm Sector Poised for Long-Term Growth Stimulus Package Goes to the Floor Corn and Ethanol Industries Fire Back Following Ethanol Attacks Transparency in Markets Bill Passes Committee Acquisition of National Beef by JBS Terminated Another Cabinet Member Withdraws Nomination Obama Administration Refocusing on Resources China Became Largest Pork Importer in History in 2008 No Single Factor Driving Beef Demand Chairman Peterson Introduces Speculation Bill More Farmers Choosing Biotech Crops Major Agreements Made to Stimulus Package Second PCA Plant Closed Nominees Sought for Abraham Lincoln National Agricultural Awards Senate Passes Stimulus Bill Vilsack Supports Single Food Safety Agency Livestock and Dairy Prices Down in USDA Report CAFTA-DR Improving Trade Numbers Senate Ends Stimulus Debate February USDA Reports Drawing A Lot of Interest New Disc Chisel from Landoll Senators Ask Ag Secretary to Implement AGI and Payment Limit Reforms Vilsack Says Expect Change Global Grain Market Important to U.S. Farmers VeraSun Seeks Authority to Sell Assets Pork Serves Up Affordable Mealtime Solutions Corn after Beans Yields More than Corn after Corn - True or False? EPA Reopens California Greenhouse Emissions Decision Agriculture Projections to be Released NFU Wants Economic Review Global Award for Cooperative Excellence Challenges Facing the Pork Industry Gardiner Angus Ranch Launches Educational Internet Video Series Beef Industry Announces Awards USDA Moves Against PCA Senate Holds Food Safety Hearing TTX Series Complete Farm Safety Program Offered in NW Michigan Michigan Corn Growers Association Scholarship Opportunity Specialization in Livestock Projection Continues Diversity a Major Point in Ag Census Data Iowa USDA Labs Are Being Investigated Winter Wheat Condition Runs the Gamut MSU and Pfizer Animal Health Partner to Eradicate BVD USDA Measures Economic Well-Being of Farmers EU Critical of ACRE Program Ag Census Shows Number of Farms Increases, But So Does Concentration Agco Causes Explosion in the Georgia Dome! Stimulus Includes Funding for USDA Modernization and Biofuels Money in the PIPE Guiding Principles for Biodiesel Sustainability Unveiled Bill to Address Merger Problems Introduced House Holds Hearing on Market Transparency Bill GAP and GHP Workshops Tackle Grower Certification Caramel Crumb Pie Takes Top Billing In The State Michigan's Fruit Production Slides from 2007 Levels USDA Announces Lending Rates for February 2009 USDA Announces Lending Rates for February 2009 New Cattle Trends You Must Know Payments Made to Producers Holding Bad Claims FSA Conducting Lamb Referendum CCC Rates Announced for February Vermeer Founder Passes Away at Age 90 Drop in milk prices Bill Introduced to Close Hedge Fund Loophole Grants Will Help Socially Disadvantaged Carolinians Named National Stewards Gregg on Short List for Commerce Secretary Negotiations with JBS Swift May Take a While Michigan's Agriculture Frost and Freeze, Severe Storms, and Drought Disaster Requests Granted Sort Through Mixed Signals on Planting Date Merial Surehealth Limited Warranty Updated Nufarm Expands Glyphosate Portfolio with Continued Innovation VeraSun Meets With Farmers Look Further Ahead, Be Happy Massive Peanut Butter Products Recall Announced Who Owns DNA Test Data? EPA Approves Plant Health Label for Fungicide National Pork Board to Meet in North Carolina Spring Deworming the Best Legislation Introduced to Stop FMD at the Border Partial Support Payments Coming Soon Sale and Disposal Rules Delayed Partnership will Clean Up Illinois River Watershed No Change to Interest Rates Retroactive Rangeland Carbon Credits Deadline is Friday Funding Needed for Lock and Dam Upgrade Brazil Authorizes HERCULEX I Corn Speculation on New Head for FSIS WTO Official Speaks Out Grassley's Wind Energy Proposals Rejected DFA Assumes Responsibilities Of Cal-West Dairymen, Inc. Senate Finance Takes Up Stimulus Package Vilsack Holds First Press Conference Federal Crop Insurance Clarification Sought U.S. Meat Exports Holding Up AccuBoom Remote Section Control 2009 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Phoenix More Protectionism Possible, Policy Expert Predicts NMPF Urges Congress, Obama Administration to Focus Immediately on Dairy Crisis Manure a Costly Option for Dairy's Uncertain Future Dairy Cow Numbers Trend Downward In 2009 QUINTEC Fungicide Now Labeled for Use in Peppers Dairy Industry Prepares to Visit Colorado for 2009 Similar Population Study Finds Different Results President Meets With Congressional Leaders Groups Ask for Free Trade with Cuba NFU Wants All Factors of Trade Addressed Biofuels Cleaner Than Earlier Studies Showed Irrigators Could Benefit From Satellite Information Harkin Has Some Reservations About CFTC Nominee Vilsack Selects Chief of Staff Barn Preservation Tour And Conference Set For March Blame Wheat Prices, Not Corn NCBA Opposes Dairy Buyout in Stimulus Package Ag Committee Power Shifts to Plains Farm Bureau Wants Internet, Roads and Rivers Funded Bill Would Defer Estate Tax on Family Farms Beware of Contagious Equine Metritis Explore Opportunities For Bioenergy At March Conference Trimble Unleashes Major Product Array 2009 National Pork Industry Forum U.S. Soybean Exports Still High R-CALF USA Worried by Peru FTA Obama Administration to Review Country-Of-Origin Regulations Confirmation Delayed for Environmental Appointments House Wants to Meet with Obama on Stimulus Package Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey Mailed Vilsack Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture Ethanol Plants for Sale Stimulus to Give USDA $250 Million for Upgrade World Wheat Numbers Have Turned Around December Milk Production Down From Year Earlier DOWNLOAD Master Farmers photo NPPC Files Suit Against EPA FSA Announces Crop Disaster Sign Up USTR Talks Trade, Doha Interior Drafts Offshore Oil Drilling Plan Better Corn Stands Mean More Bushels President Implements Peru TPA Argentina Increasing Grain Beef Herd Loan Guarantee Approved for Commercial Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Signup for Conservation Innovation Grants Announced Farmers: Explore Bioeconomy Opportunities at MSU Extension Program COOL Challenges Likely Canada Puts Hold on WTO Complaint Against U.S. EU Rejects U.S. Move on Trade Environmental Quality Incentives Program Amended DuPont and Athenix Collaborate to Advance Insect Control First Seed Treatment Nematicide Receives Registration for Use on Corn National Pork Board Names 2009 Celebrated Chefs Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Farmers to See Return on Investment with 2007 Census of Agriculture Results N.Y. Farm Show One of the Best Ever National Ag Day Essay Contest Call For Entries Europe Must Eventually Accept Biotech Farm Bureau Delegates Set Policy Vilsack Faces Senate Ag Committee ASA Submits Policy Priorities Hay Expo Returns to Wisconsin NPPC Supports Changes To Animal ID System Decision to Place Biosecurity Lab At K-State Is Final Can You Picture Your Farm in the Movies? Coalition of Organizations Backs Increased Funding of Agriculture Clean Energy Renewable Fuels Association Provides Outlook for Ethanol in 2009 Today's Rural Americans Aren't as Fit as Urban Americans BASF Plant Science Signs Up Two Brands to Market Corn Hybrids With NutriDense Mixed Reactions to COOL Regulations Secretary of Agriculture Reflects on His Tenure Ag Making Progress in Reducing Environmental Impact Economist Sees Another Year of Struggle for Livestock Producers Final Rule for COOL Published Michigan's Agri-Business Sector on the Grow in 2008 USB Chairman Comments on Checkoff Investigation Economist Sees Lower Crop Prices in 2009 AutoFarm Introduces OnTrac2 GPS Assisted Steering System USSF Responds to ASA Press Release All Things Considered, Ag Sector in Good Shape Farmers, Civic Leaders Urged to Attend Planning for Ag Conference American Farm Bureau Ready to Work With New Administration Grain Exports Face Challenges In 2009 Biodiesel Capable of Meeting RFS Shortfall VeraSun Energy Shuts Three Plants IronPlanet Announces First European Online Auction New Soybean Organization Formed Ag Secretary Summarizes Administration Accomplishments Dairy Farmers' Dilemma High Interest in January USDA Report Obama Looking for New Commerce Candidate Schafer Signs Final Rule for COOL Gerber-Nestlé Nutrition to Invest $75 Million Over 10 Years USDA Recommend Audit of Soybean Checkoff NAWG Surveying Producers on Biotech Traits Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act Introduced Obama Stimulus Package Being Promoted Monsanto Outlines Development Pipeline Weather Channel and Monsanto Launch Farmer-oriented Service Learn New Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture and Family Farms Cattle Importers Waiting on Mexico NCGA Wants Doha Movement Crop Insurance Industry Prepares For More Scrutiny Vintage 2008: Wild Growing Season Ends on a High Note World Economy Will Play Major Role in Agriculture Vilsack Confirmation Hearing Set More U.S. Farmers May Plant Soybeans NCBA Names New CEO State Seeks Grant Proposals to Expand Agricultural Products Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef NCBA Names New CEO NCBA Names New CEO Connor Named to Head NCFC Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef Group Criticizes EQIP Program Non-Organic Fertilizer Made it Into Foods Dry Weather Hits Southern Brazil Hog and Pig Inventory Down Former USB Chairmen Speak Out Pioneer Makes Acquisition to Enhance Information Solutions for Growers Bee Losses May Have Single Cause Upper Illinois Rivers Locks Still Closed Nitrogen Rate Study Held True to Form China Sets Export Quota Limit Mexico Lifts Meat Import Restrictions for Some Plants How Much Grain do You Give Away? Premise Registration Requirement Cancelled Top Soybean Yields Goes Beyond Plots USDA Scholars Program Open for 2009 Academic Year Could Two Major Grain Groups Merge? VeraSun Lender Seeks to Regain Lien Winter Weather Stressing Livestock Grassley Against Russian Admittance to WTO Ports Association Wants Part of Recovery Package What Demand Exists for Soybeans in 2009? Organic Cotton Acres on the Rise European Union Seeks Consultations on Hormone-Treated Beef ASA Sees ACRE Program as Positive Acting Undersecretary of Rural Development Named Higher Costs Unfold as Dairy Tech is Removed Beef Sector Sees Lower Returns and Margins Despite Smaller Inventories Last Month's Milk Production Forecast Lowered Bayer CropScience Continues Growing Strong Program Growers Get More Answers on VeraSun Milk Production Numbers Lowered EPA Partnership Issues Grant Applications Gates Foundation Supports School Meals Abroad Interim Final Rule Issued by USDA on 2009 Payment Limits Lower Cattle Numbers are Not Producing Higher Prices ACRE Program Details Finally Announced Signups Begin for Farm Programs Korea Buying U.S. Corn U.S. Pork Exports Defy Expectations Strong Cheese Exports, Slow Domestic Sales Dairy Cattle: November Milk Production Up 1.4 % Plant Sales Could Allow JBS Transaction Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress Milk Income Loss Contract Program Signup Announced U.S. Oil Consumption to Flatten Mexico Files WTO Complaint Over COOL Court Proceedings on Hold USDA Announces New Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets Farm Bureau Members Converge to Recognize Leaders and Develop Policy Pork Infuses International Flavor into Holiday Celebrations Senator Calls for Next Step in Vietnamese Importation of U.S. Beef Conference to Address Agriculture's 'People Factor' Obama Officially Names Vilsack as Nominee for Ag Secretary Wheat Crop Estimate Cut in Argentina Baucus Presses Vietnam on U.S. Beef Imports Food for Progress Assistance Announced New NCBA Leader Announcement Soon Vilsack to Be Named Ag Secretary Missouri Lawmaker to Propose Decriminalizing Margarine USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress Lottery for Sturgeon Spearing Is Jan. 12-16 Revised Net Cash Income Numbers Still Record Meat Export Numbers Very Positive for Pork and Beef Producers Climate Change Could Cripple Agriculture New IRON Search Equipment Section Now in the Hands of Over 54,000 Wallaces Farmer Subscribers Ag Initiatives Fit Obama's Stimulus Plans New PCVAD Article Focuses on Disease Surveillance Dairy Group, Ex-Execs to Pay State Parks Is Subject of Upcoming Meeting Dorr Sees Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for Rural America Smooth Transition Occurring from Old Administration to New President-elect Makes Key Energy Nominations Uncertainty Remains on Possible Audit of Soybean Checkoff Groups Propose Farm-Based Energy as Key to Stimulus Package Buhler Resurrects Versatile Name and Logo Cranberry Production Could Be "Golden Opportunity" for Michigan EPA Gives Livestock Producers Exemption No WTO Meetings This Year Increased December Chinese Imports Argentine Wheat Yields Down National FFA Announces Plans for Future Conventions Inspector General Completes Slaughter Investigation Education Efforts Create Export Opportunities in Middle East Obama's Energy Team Being Readied Major Increase in Farm Product Sales to Iraq National Change in Weather Pattern DuPont Unveils New Strategy to Expand Its Seed Business Farmers Will Cut Corn Plantings in Favor of Soybeans in 2009 It's Official: Liberty Link Beans Coming in 2009 Know Your Dairy Cattle Farm Feed Costs TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow IOG Says Hallmark/Westland Was Isolated Incident New House Agriculture Ranking Member Opposes CFTC Merger Overall Winter Wheat Condition is Good Peril Continues For VeraSun Corn Suppliers USB Responds to Allegations Auction of Surplus Dry Milk Delayed Beef Checkoff Could Increase Beef Checkoff Could Increase Soybean Association Calls for Checkoff Investigation Beef Checkoff Could Increase Markets Waiting for USDA Crop Reports TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow Hallmark Westland Investigation Completed Nominate a Michigan Barn for 'Barn of the Year 2009' Michigan Is Third in U.S. for the Number of Christmas Trees Harvested GAO Issues Report on Agency Coordination Committee Working on Food Program Reauthorization New Papers on WTO Doha Talks Issued China and U.S. Agree on Need to Curb Trade Protectionism European Union Approves Import of Roundup Ready 2 Soybeans Monsanto Launches Initiative to Improve Water Quality in Mississippi River Basin Seed Pricing Stories Run Rampant Michigan Christmas Tree Facts and Tips Knight Visiting Argentina Farmers Can Get Credit, But Other Challenges Remain Promoting Increased Biofuel Production Globally Learn About New Opportunities in Michigan Cranberry Production Biomass Feedstock Report Released VeraSun Receives Final Bankruptcy Court Approval Argentina Won't End Farm Export Limits Ethanol Co-Product Granted Entrance to Australia Report Outlines Agriculture Challenges for the Next 30 Years ECO-heater Warms Room for Less Homeland Security Selects Kansas for National Bio and Agro Defense Lab Kohl's '09 Outlook: Both Boom and Bust Are Possible USDA Slashes Export Forecast Several Factions Oppose December WTO Meeting Michigan's Corn Farmers Have the Chance to Get Involved Senate Agriculture Ranking Member Wins Runoff Manhattan Wins Bid for Bio-Agro Defense Facility Former House Ag Committee Member Says USDA Restructuring Inevitable USDA Seeks Public Comments on Deregulation of GMO Corn U.S. and China Meeting to Discuss Economy Global Potato Surge Could Help Michigan VeraSun Cancels U.S. BioEnergy Corn Contracts Lamy Stresses Need for Aid and Trade FDA Reports Progress in Protecting Food Supply Agriculture at the Forefront of 2009 Commodity Rebound Canada Moving Towards WTO Challenge Over COOL Pilgrim's Pride Files for Chapter 11 Protection Wild Game Processing Safety Reminders Income Tax Session for Farmers Gate Closes on 'Cow and Sow Tax' Comments Public Meetings on Bovine Tuberculosis Scheduled Federal Agencies Set Energy Corridors Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Light Up the Night Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Lame Duck Session Continues Next Monday New Videos Added to Consumer Education Series on YouTube Push Being Made for Change in Trade Policy with Cuba Standout Apple Recipe Winners Earn Gourmet Cooking Mixer President Bush Pardons Turkey Help Available for Turkey Preparation Questions Collapse in Fertilizer Prices Cause Loss for The Andersons Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference Set for Feb. 5-7 Overcome Barriers to Higher Soybean Yields More Families Face Challenge of Farming Together Farmers Will Be Affected By Tax Changes Group Challenging VeraSun's Corn Contract Procedures GAO Report Questions Farm Payments South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales Interest in Buying VeraSun Martha Stewart to Interview Ag Book Author from Michigan Slow Start to Harvest Leads to Slow End U.S. Meat Production Forecast Lowered Food Prices May Finally Be Responding to Market Factors Several Factors Lead to Less U.S. Meat Production October Milk Production Up From 2007 Vilsack Says He Will Not Be Next Ag Secretary Evaluate Base Genetics, Not Just Traits More Evidence of Shrinking Beef Industry USDA Report Show Beef Industry Contraction Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Now Includes Entire Lower Peninsula Harkin Looks to Bring Transparency to Futures Market Winter Drought Outlook Mixed Bag of News Rains Expected to Downgrade Australian Wheat Crop You Grow It, We Burn It! VeraSun Reports Substantial Third Quarter Losses MSA Hosts 35th Annual Meeting, Dec. 15 Auto Bailout Remains Elusive Lower November Dairy Price Outlook Taiwan Must Drop 'Food Safety' Barriers National Biodiesel Board Elects Leadership Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets StollerUSA Launches Updated Web Site for Growers and Farmers Biodiesel Happy About Diesels Role in 2009 RFS Schafer Leads Delegation to Brazil for Biofuels Conference Corn and Ethanol Industry Answers Attack Calling All Apple Pie Bakers! EPA Issues Review of Own Agency Dairy Price Forecasts Have Dropped VeraSun Refuses to Honor Contract Prices for Corn WTO Chair Pushing for Quick Movement USDA to Determine If Producers Want Pork Checkoff Vote Bayer CropScience Offers Poncho 500 Rebate to Growers Coalition Calls for End to Ethanol Subsidie Concentration in Ethanol Industry Focus of Trade Commission Report Corn Harvest Delays Continue Tolman Calls for Food Price Cut Kuhn Offers New Shredders Club Lamb Association Hosts Bred Ewe Sale Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found BSE in British Columbia Twin Rows Easier to Harvest Than 15-Inch Rows Schafer Says Progress on Doha is Being Made Colombian Dairy Sector is Big Market for U.S. Grains USMEF Gearing Up for Branding Promotion Lame Duck Session Will Be Held This Week Apply for the 2009 Michigan Dairy Ambassador Scholarship Program Soy Exports Set New Record Researchers Make Breakthrough in Developing Ug99 Resistance Schafer Appoints Dairy Board Members House Lame-Duck Session Doubtful USDA Appoints FSA State Committee Member for Michigan Dairy Promotion Board Named USDA to Release Funds for Conservation Disaster Assistance MSU Offers Integrated Crop and Pest Management Update USTR Discusses Import Restrictions with EU Schafer Hopes New Administration Can Build on Past Success Poll Says Biofuels are Most Accepted Method to Achieve Energy Independence Try These Welding Projects Sponsor Call for the 2009 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference New Ethanol Coalition Goes After Big Food Red States Turning Blue? Canada Trying to Regain Beef Access to Korea List of Top 100 Cooperatives Released National Pork Board to Complete 2009 Strategic Plan and Budget Soybean Harvest Nearly Complete, Corn Continues to Lag Winter Wheat Planting is on Target Young Farmer Contests Celebrate Rising Stars in Michigan Agriculture How Low Could Corn Prices Go? Same Hybrid Under Different Conditions Looks Different World Trade Talks Need New Approach New Amendments in Place for 2008 Farm Bill Beef Exports are Increasing Michigan Farm to School Website Now on the Menu UK Pushes for Origin Labeling USDA Crop Report Comes out Monday Michigan Soybean Grower Encouraged by African Market Secretary Makes Board Appointments USDA Transition to New Administration Underway Kubota Offers Gasoline RTV500 Repeat of 1980 Farm Crisis Unlikely Government Slashes Australian Wheat Estimate Rural Development Head Resigns Big Red Takes on the SxS Market Local Foods Showcased at Farm Show Nov. 8 Californians Pass Measure that Limits Livestock Confinement Farm Groups Assess Top Issues For Obama, New Congress Rural Housing Loans Outperforming Economy Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Schoolcraft County Winter Hitting Dakotas, Bringing Wet Weather to Midwest VeraSun Delays Opening of Plant Scientists Ask for EPA Rulemaking Delay VeraSun Energy Gets Finance Help Corn Harvest and Development Lagging Behind USTR Seeking Comment on EU Beef Hormones Dispute Favorable Weather Allows Start of Aussie Wheat Harvest MI Dept. of Agriculture Honors Outstanding Employees or 2008 USDA Announces New Administrators New Requirements For Controlling Manure, Wastewater From Large CAFOs $2 Million Available to Address Michigan's Plant Agriculture Challenges McCain Farm & Ranch Committee Call Obama Out Over Statements Harvest Reveals Surprises in Plots Ethanol Maker Declares Bankruptcy Trimble Acquires Tru Count Assets Council Created to Energize New Generation of Beef Industry Leaders Become a Master of Beef Advocacy Veal Retail Marketing Initiative Launching This Fall Rachel Ray Readers Respond to Pork Ad 2008 Pork Environmental Stewards Named NCBA Endorses None of the Above Big Push to Defeat Prop 2 EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Expected USDA Announces Early Details of their Annual Outlook Seminar Buhler Resurrects Versatile Tractor Brand Will Interest Rate Cut Help Farm Borrowers? Will Farmers Plant More Corn or More Beans Next Spring? Pork Promotion Was the Name of the Game in October USDA Revises Crop Production Estimates Lower Ethanol Has Advantage over Gasoline Environmentally and Economically Lamy Says Opening Trade is Healthy Vermeer Has "Cornstalk Special" New Draper Platform from Deere Schafer Clarifies Rural Business Loan Guarantee Farm Credit Available, More Strings Attached Cast Releases New Commentary Evaluating Biodiesel Production Winter Wheat Ratings Released Genetics Provide Evidence for Virus Movement Via Migratory Birds New and Different Products Buck the Economic Trend Precision Maps Can Reveal What Happened After the Fact Food and Fuel Forum Tackles Tough Issues CWT Announces Second Buyout This Year MGEX Board Recommends Trading Exclusively Electronically GIPSA Rules Affect Swine Contractors Dairy Export Council Updates Web Site Dairy Safety Focus Of New Publication Rust Reaches Corn Belt Ukraine Harvests Nearly 50 Million Tons of Grain Michigan September Milk Production Idle With Last Year USDA Awards Electric Loans Big Three Packers Pledge to be COOL USDA Flunks Another Test On Civil Rights Growers Ready to Harvest Honeycrisp Kuhn Has New Power Harrows Schafer Makes Up Mind on ACRE Base Years Meat Production will Decline in 2009 Proposed USDA Bailout for Ethanol Brings Livestock Protest NCBA Accepting Applications for CEO Position Charges Filed in Iowa Hog Abuse Case Freeze Won't Affect Crops, Precipitation Slowing Harvest Some Argentine Wheat Helped By Rain Mexico Still Biggest Market for Distillers Grains New Seminars Announced to Address Food Safety, Crisis Planning Farmetrics Seeks to Lower Ag Risks Positive Reactions Pour in on Justice Suit Against Packer Acquisition U.S. Seed Industry Suspends Market Choices Certification Growers Ready to Harvest Honeycrisp Too Many Plants Cuts Yields Rains Come to Argentina as Planting Season Begins Analysts Predicting Bigger Drop in Australian Wheat Crop Justice Department Files Suit to Block Beef Packing Merger McCormick Completes TTX Series With Third and Most Powerful Model Michigan Fresh Unprocessed Whole Milk Workgroup Launches Web Site Deere Offers 5D-5M Series Utility Tractors Grain Contract Schemes Occurring In Midwest Ground Beef Recall Announced Renewable Energy Will Help Economy to Recover Corn Growers Unveils Benefit Analysis Calculator Beef's Premium Depends on Quality WTO Issues Ruling on Hormone Beef Ban No Hope for Doha Deal This Year World Wheat Production is Rebounding Michigan Farm Bureau AgriPac endorses McCain for President Biotech Helping U.S. Farmers Satisfy Global Demand Michigan FFA Team Finishes First in National Competition Ag Exports May Surpass Expectations CSREES Awards $2.2 Million for National AgrAbility Project Soybean Farmers Renew Challenge to End Hunger And Malnutrition High Protein Breakfast May Help Dieters Corn Belt Misses Storms, Leaving Corn in Good Shape New Biodiesel Blend Specifications Published Michigan October Crop Production Report Australian Farmer Selected For Kleckner Award Siemens and USDA/ARS Partner in Second Generation Biofuels World Bank/IMF Zero In On Food Crisis Raising of Animals Focus of Two Events Economic Downturn Does Have Silver Lining for Farmers Australian Wheat Crop Forecast Reduced October Fruit Report Released Every Field Deserves the 'Push' Test Silver Linings in Doom 'n Gloom Clouds Cash Rental Surveys Being Sent Out More Wetlands Incentives Available Ag Committees Schedule Hearing on Nation's Financial Mess Tapping Into the Canadian Market Oct. 24 Educational Program Provides Recipe for Dairy Product Success Trading Music for Oil Pork Partners With Soybean Council Presidential Candidates Look to Rural Areas Europeans Have Negative Attitude toward Cloned Animals as Food Schafer Addresses Globalization at the AgExecutive Forum U.S. Pork Industry will be Observed by Chinese Delegation Wet Weather on Way for Parts of Midwest Propane Industry Encourages Safe Use of Propane on the Farm Amity Launches Air Till Drill Combating Invasive Pests Gets Nearly $1 Million USDA Awards More Than $28 Million in Specialty Crop Research USDA Proposes Biotech Rule Changes McCain-Palin Announce Rural Team National Biofuels Action Plan Unveiled Soybean Growers Ask USDA for Help Funding Soybean Rust Monitoring Small Grain Production Reported September Agricultural Prices Reported Egg Producers File Requests Alleging Humane Society Secretly Taped Calls Midwest Harvest Lags Behind Normal Pace Commerce Secretary Travels to Brazil for Trade Talks Learn About State Ballot Issues from MSU Extension Bulletin Balchem Introduces Rumen-Protected Lysine November Conference to Inspire Food Entrepreneurs Some Hybrids Like it Thick, Some Don't! MI Cattle Producers Leading the Nation in Food Traceability Efforts 4-H Showcases Science Education, Celebrates 100 Years in Michigan USDA Provides Incentive for Public Access to CRP Rotella T Goes Synthetic Chicken Industry to Consolidate Around Multi-Protein Model House Passes Bailout Package Value Cuts Promoted in Mexico Favorable Weather Being Seen in South America Lack of Funding Forces Databank Closure Senate Sends Bailout Bill to House U.S. Positioned to Be Leading Biodiesel Market New St. Louis Facility Doubles Urea Capacity Farmer Mac Raises $65 Million in Capital Farm Credit Still Rock-Solid Bill to Change Beef Checkoff Brought to Senate COOL for Meat Finally Enacted Frost is Flirting with Upper Midwest USDA Funding Overseas Promotion Dow AgriSciences Acquiring Another Seed Company Intern Opportunities With Pork Board Failed Bailout Drops Stocks for Agribusiness Companies Senate Passes Farm Bill Fix We Test Miller's Renegade 180 Hog Losses to Persist China Dairy Scandal Reaches United States Lessons Abound in Corn Field Before Harvest Tentative Deal Reached on Bailout Package MSU Donates Fresh Produce to Local Food Banks Charge It - Two at a Time Tensions Continue to Run High in Argentina Tuesday is Important Deadline Date Packers Want "North American" Label for COOL Crisis Hikes Farmers' Costs, But Sector Is Strong SATURDAY WEB TIP: Click on a Tab for In-Depth Information Presidential Candidates Answer Ag Questions National Cattlemen's Beef Association CEO Resigns August Milk Production Shows Production Down from Year Ago Insurance Deadline For Fall-Seeded Crops Is Sept. 30 Schafer Announces New Head of Food Safety Stokes Resigns as National Cattlemen's Beef Association CEO Chance of Frost May Increase Next Week Europe Has Tremendous Potential as Market for Grain Sorghum Lincoln Electric Unveils Ranger 225 GXT Power Krawler Offers High Traction, Low Compaction Hogs and Pigs Report Preview House Approves 10-acre Rule Amendment Senate Hearing on Keenum Nomination to Farm Credit Administration Change the Oil Game and Change the World, Author Says House Committee Attacks Air Emissions Exemption For CAFO Biodiesel Tax Credit Extended by Senate Financial 'Melt-down' Impacts Grain MFB's Agripac Endorses Candidates for 2008 General Election Precise Fueling for 4X4 Pastures and Forage Benefit from Heavy Rains Crop Insurance Deadline Looms Paulson Says Decisive Action is Needed Feed Industry Leaders Speak with Obama Advisers New Poll Shows McCain Leads With Rural Voters Corn Crop is Downgraded New Web Site Helps Farmers Find Alternative Markets for Crops Intended for Deer Bait Ethanol Commercials Released Nationwide MSU Extension Bulletin Focuses on Growing Horse Hay and Pastures Cattle Inventories Are Shrinking Speculation Limiting Bill Approved in House House Ag Committee Tries 10-Acre Rule Fix Early-season Problems Show Up in Late-Season Stand Counts Pequea/Deere Agreement to Boost Frontier Brand Montana Loses Brucellosis-Free Status SATURDAY WEB TIP: Be on Alert Truckers and Exporters Sign Agreement Plain Predicts Higher Placements Trade Mission Heads to Central America Next Week State Launches Food Alert Email Service FDA Issues Draft Guides on Regulating Genetically Engineered Animals Current Weather Should Calm Freeze Fears USDA Purchases Tomatoes Horse Bill Considered but Not Voted On Farmers Must Act Fast to Avoid Missing Opportunity for Disaster Aid Farm Progress Magazine Group to Feature IRONsearch.com Equipment Sections MFB Seeks Nominees for Distinguished Service to Ag Award Judiciary Committee Set to Vote on Horse Bill Farm Bureau Says EPA Can't Regulate Ag Dust Australian Wheat Harvest Downgraded Slightly Farm Progress Magazine Group to Feature IRONsearch.com Equipment Sections Michigan September Crop Production Outlook Crops Continue to Lag Behind Normal WTO Talks Continue in Geneva CME Says Clearing Function Protected Fertilizer Companies Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Price Fixing Visit the Capitol Thursday for Fresh, Local Food Propane Industry Encourages Safe Use of Propane on the Farm Nitrogen Deficiency Biggest Discovery From Field Walks U.S.-China Trade Talks Scheduled This Week USDA Lowers Production Estimates A Golf Cart No More! New Mexico's Cattle TB Status Downgraded SATURDAY WEB TIP: The Power of RSS K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause DNR Acts to Implement CWD Surveillance and Response Plan Farmers Union Asks USDA to Extend Buy-in for Disaster Assistance Testimony Highlights Need for Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension State Departments of Agriculture Ask for Lift of Cuban Restrictions Biodiesel Board CEO Responds to New Report Kentucky Triples The Joy New Potato Research Storage Begins Operations Ike Could Bring Rust to Midwest Wyoming Keeps Brucellosis-Free Status Maple Leaf Identifies 'Likely Cause' Of Bacteria House Judiciary to Vote on Horse Bill Bipartisan Group of Senators Rally Around Energy Plan USDA Administrator Talks COOL State Fair Livestock Auction Raises Over $135,000 for Youth Fund FSA Deadlines Fast Approaching—September 16 and 30 DTE Energy Offers Fall Harvest Safety Tips Corn Crop Condition Shows Stability ACRE Will be Available for 2009 Crops USDA Awards Science and Education Grants Soybean Rust Moving North CME Group Recommends Changes to Wheat Contract MSU, MDA and USDA Team Up to Keep Michigan Agricultural Data Services Available Active Hurricane Season Continues WTO Meeting Scheduled in Geneva This Week National Farmers Union Hosting Fly-In New Power for MF Tractors Farm Progress Corn Fields Have Wider Implications SATURDAY WEB TIP: Go Mobile Learn How To Straighten Your Barn Michigan's First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Detected MFB Members Appointed to Water Resources Conservation Advisory Council USDA Awards Value-Added Grants Canadian Government To Investigate Listeriosis Outbreak Analysis Suggests Higher Food Prices In 2009 And Beyond Feral Swine Expert to Conduct Public Info Meetings in September Assistance Mobilized for Gustav is Prepared for Continuing Storms Pork Board Names New CEO Republican Platform Calls for End to Ethanol Mandates Moly's New Hydraulic Chute A Little Effort Can Save a Lot of Fuel for Tractor Operators Dry Conditions Cause for Concern for Corn and Soybeans USDA Continues Evaluating CRP Situation Dow Completes Acquisition of Dairyland Seed Co., Bio-Plant Research Ltd. Elanco Announces Location for New Global Headquarters Green, Geurink Named High Rank Dairy Award Winners Obama Kicks Off Campaign with Biodiesel Plant Tour Less Meat in 2009 New Auger Options Lower Court Overturns BSE Decision New Virus Invading Honeybees Hybrid Selection for '09 Starts Now SATURDAY WEB TIP: Join the Discussion Farm Bill Is Not Trade Compliant Schafer: Renewable Fuel Decision Is "Watershed Moment" For United States Westland Worker to Talk About Supervisors, Owners Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions to be Discussed FSIS Requests Comments on COOL Label Approval USDA Announces Proposed Rule for Disposition of Downer Cattle Dorr Announces $35 Million in Energy Grants and Loans Big Red Takes on the SxS Market Consumers Favor Biodiesel Brazil Seeks Permission to Sanction U.S. Goods over WTO Cotton Case Own the History of John Deere Vets Say Initiative Not In Animals' Best Interests American Ag and Energy Council Announces Formal Organization Sustainability: Produce More, Conserve More New Branding Provides New Seed Performance Technologies to Enhance Genetics and Traits Exclusive Survey Shows Farmers Wary of Increasing Corn Acres Public Meeting Scheduled on Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions Egypt is Important Partner to U.S. Breakthrough in Producing Hydrogen from Biofuels Omega-3 From Biodiesel Byproduct Iran Purchases U.S. Wheat U.S. Working to Move Doha Forward Watch Fields Where Common Rust Was Prevalent Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink USDA Issues Electric Loans Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink DFA Adds New Division SATURDAY WEB TIP: Customize to Maximize Educational Series to Help Horse Owners Understand Forage Feeds Will Argentine Farmers Strike Again? Look Good Welding for Less Need for Midwest Ethanol Pipeline Highlighted Monsanto, China Seed Expand Corn Seed Joint Venture Dairy Export Prospects Improve Michigan August Crop Production Report Is Favorable Researchers Seeking Healthy Honeybees USDA Expands Crop Insurance Premium Reductions Lower Dairy Sales Expected in 2009 Elanco Will Buy Posilac Dow Selects Name for Nitrogen Stabilizer Additional States and Seed Technology Approved for Crop Insurance Premium Reductions Elanco Will Buy Posilac A Web Change is Coming Make Hay Quickly with Windrow Pro Southeast May Benefit from Tropical Storm Asian Soybean Rust Less Prevalent in 2008 Michigan's July Milk Production Dips Slightly Feinstein Questions Ethanol Tariff Instant BSE Test Being Developed USDA and China Sign Biofuel Agreement New, Multimillion Dollar Site Ready for 2008 Farm Progress Show Crop Conditions Are Steady Argentine Farmers Protest Economic Environment Dairy Farmers Feeling the Squeeze of High Production Costs Dairy Farmers Feeling the Squeeze of High Production Costs Rail Antitrust Exemptions Being Scrutinized Rural Cooperative Development Centers Receive $4.5 Million Canada Confirms Another Case of BSE Thick Corn Holding Its Own With Rain Six Biodiesel Companies Earn BQ-9000 Certification Remarkable Numbers for Beef and Pork Exports USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research DDGS Pelleting Course May Lead to More U.S. Exports to Japan. Online Dairy Class Offered U.S. Trade Development Has Succeeded in Japan Prop 2 Supporters Sue AEB, USDA Farm Production Expenditures Up 9.3% in 2007 Food Inflation May Slow Because of Falling Commodity Prices Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Houghton County Weather Pattern is Predicted to be Neutral WTO Leaders Have Differing Views on Doha Round USDA Issues Clarifications of COOL Interim Rule Tight Corn Supplies Will Continue Next Year Crop Insurance Deadline Plays a Role in Farm Bill Disaster Programs Russia is Growing Market for U.S. Beef Michigan Apple Harvest Gets Underway Crops Are Looking Good USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research Possible E. Coli Contamination Prompts Recall of Ground Beef Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seeds August Report Supplies First NASS Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Fungicide Applied on High-Yield Plots Last Week Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seeds RFS Mandate will Remain in Effect Anhydrous Prices Soar on U.S., International Markets Emergency Grazing Extended "Buy Local, Eat Fresh" Campaign Targets Detroit Area Residents Deere Adds to Its Compact Utility Line John Deere Launches New Utility Tractor Lineup EPA Denies RFS Waiver Survey Says Support for Biodiesel is Strong Monsanto Plans to Part with Posilac USDA Announces TRQ Increase Bush Talks Free Trade in South Korea Michigan Farm Real Estate Values and Cash Rents Increase Monsanto to Sell POSILAC Farm Futures Survey Shows Crops Recovered From June Floods World Wheat Outlook is Looking Favorable Web Site to Aid Pork Producers Manage Tough Times CRP Acres Released for Grazing in Drought Disaster Counties Weather Helping Crop Conditions New Online Ticket Order System Offered for Farm Progress Show Haying and Grazing of CRP Battle Not Over Yet Mandatory COOL Shouldn't Affect Consumers Breakthrough on Avian Influenza Research New Power for MF 5400 Series Maturity Issue Could Have Legs How Can Progress in Geneva Move WTO Talks Forward? Cellulosic Biofuel Research Gets Shot in Arm Rural Electric Loans Awarded Report Recommends Cautious Action Toward Biofuels Off-Road Vehicle Line Gets Makeover Energy Speculation Bill Still Stalled Salmonella Found in Mexican Irrigation Water USDA Issues Interim Final Rule on Federal Milk Marketing Orders Specialty Crop Research Applications Available Failure to Reach WTO Agreement Unfortunate Weld or Keep the Lights On Horse Transport Bill Introduced in House USDA Says No to CRP Penalty-Free Early Outs WTO Talks Breakdown in Geneva U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea Limits on Farm Operating and Ownership Loans Increased Corn and Bean Conditions Very Good Interim Final Rule for Mandatory COOL MSU Helps Build Portable Olympics Turf in China Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Summer Fun in Rural Michigan This Could Be Decision Week for Fungicides Diesel Air Compressor Is Thrifty Veneman Mentioned as Potential Obama Running Mate Groups to Host COOL Workshops COOL Workshops Being Presented Groups Hosting COOL Workshops More Federal Disaster Assistance Available July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory Elk Likely Source of Brucellosis Pork Checkoff Sponsoring Future Leaders July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory USDA Renews Funding for Swine Health Research Cutting the Carbon Hoofprint Producers with Approved Contracts Can Continue Haying and Grazing CRP Swine Health Research Funding is Renewed CFTC Combating Manipulation of Futures Markets Harkin Says WTO Action Not Likely Until Next Year Critical Ag Functions Not Impacted by Flex Work Schedules Cutting the Carbon Hoofprint Pork Board Elects New Leadership Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Court Rules to Allow Haying and Grazing of CRP Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Versatility Both Ways Australia Receives Much Needed Rain Farm Bureau Launches Animal Care Initiative Some Progress being Made at WTO Meeting Michigan Mink Production Decreases Amendments Could Derail Speculation Bill RFS Waiver Decision Delayed Implementing Ag Tourism Recommendations Aids Local Economies Opinions on U.S. Subsidy Cut Vary Greatly Renewable Energy Grants and Loans Awarded by USDA Kubota Lays Down Tracks With New Krawler EU and U.S. Offer Cuts on Subsidies Congress Investigating Speculation Lamy Says Now is Time for Action Shift in Sweeteners Michigan Land Values Set to Go Even Higher Near Record Numbers Seen for All Milk Prices Fewer Cattle and Less Bang for Checkoff Buck First Sugar Beet Diagnostic School Is Aug. 6 in Saginaw Know Your Hay's Humidity Start Scouting for Soybean Aphids Milk Prices Remain Very High Beef Industry Must Do More with Less Judge Orders Parties to Work out Compromise on CRP MSU to Host 12th Annual Michigan Dairy Expo July 21 to 25 FMD Bill Passes Senate Committee Public Meeting Scheduled on BioPreferred Labeling U.S. Trade Representative Hopeful about Ministerial Meeting USDA Funding Research of CCD EPA Not Expected to Roll Back Mandate Groundbreaking Set For $3.5 Million Shooting Sports Center at MSU Argentine Senate Rejects Sliding-Scale Tax Farm Groups File Amicus Brief on CRP Presidential Candidates Pledge Support to Agriculture Bi-partisan Delegation Headed to Colombia Have an Even Greener Summer at MSU Garden Day Getting Ready for COOL More Rain Likely in Corn Belt Additional Funding for Conservation Programs Rallies Attempt to Tilt Argentine Senate Vote Be Alert for Hoary Alyssum in Pastures Governors Association, GM Team Together on E-85 Expansion New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases Beef Checkoff Launches New Web Site Pequea Offers Fluffer Tedders Cutting Costs by Limiting Pasture Clipping Meat Exports Continue to Rise Flooded Fields May Have More Disease Farm Bureau AgriPac Endorses Candidates for 2008 Primary Election Reduce Use of Fuel and Time by Using Smaller Pastures and Frequent Moves New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases Case IH Adds New Flail Conditioner USDA Provides Funding to Develop Science-Based Tools. WTO Nations Reviewing Revised Texts Australian Drought is Hurting Wheat Seeding Fuel Up on Knowledge at Ag Expo Fungicide Could Be Next Big Call Badger Band to Officially Kick Off Wisconsin Farm Technology Days USDA to List Stores Receiving Recalled Meat New Grizzly 550 Purrs Like a 700 Project FRESH Enhances Access to Local Produce Senate Introduces Legislation to Protect U.S. from FMD Barge Traffic Resumes on Mississippi River NCBA to Review Governance Structure Pioneer Launches New Generation of Soybean Varieties Environmentalists Lodge Complaint with USDA Touring Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans Coming to Lansing Soybean Association, EU Feed Industry Want Greater Biotech Acceptance Courts Issue Restraining Order to Stop Haying of CRP Senate Ag Committee Approves CFTC Nominees Peterson Urges Caution on Regulating Energy Futures Ag Expo to Host Miss Michigan 2008, Ashlee Baracy Mexican Sweeteners Added to USDA Reports USDA Releases CRP Acres for Livestock Grazing in Flooded Regions Miss America 2008 to Lead the DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade Argentine Court Upholds Legality of Grain Tax Asgrow Narrows Finalists for Roundup Ready 2 Yield Armstrong Chosen as New CEO of Greenstone Farm Credit Service Insurance Has Greater Importance this Year R-Calf Obtains Preliminary Injunction Crop Development Continues to Lag Behind Normal USDA Begins Issuing Advance Payments Downy Mildew Confirmed On Cucumbers South Korea Names New Cabinet Ministers Signs of Disease, Insects Showing on Young Corn House Sets Hearings on Futures Markets British Newspaper Attacks Alternative Fuels Truncated Signup Period for DCP Program Kansas Reader Wins Polaris Prize Michigan Acreage Report Summarizes Planting NBB Responds to AEI Discussion Plaintiffs Ask Court to Consider New BSE Case in Ruling USDA Official Tapped for Farm Credit Position U.P. Experiment Station to Host "Focus On Energy" Hay, Do You Buy It For Horses? Drier Weather for Midwest at Last National Sorghum Checkoff Begun Confidence in Food Safety is Rebounding Safe Tomatoes Just A Click Away Planted Acreage Exceeds Expectations Wet Weather Continues to Delay Corn and Soybean Progress Goodlatte Speaks Out in Favor of RFS Reduction USDA Announces Grants Clark Tapped to Head NASS U.S. Hog Inventory Surprises Analysts Disaster Loans Available for Flooded Farmers Sidedressing Corn Without N Will Level Playing Field WTO Director General Pushes Trade Talks Senate Anti-trust Chair wants to Block JBS Acquisitions Permanent Disaster Program and ACRE Will Take Time R-CALF USA Wants Brucellosis Program Expanded Build Stock Trailers with "PerfectFit System" U.S. Beef Set to Enter South Korea Governor Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Michigan Farmers Direct and Counter Cyclical Payment Sign-Up Announced HSUS Releases More Video Uncertainty Surrounds Crop Production FMC Wants to be Your Hero USDA Plans for More Crop Surveys AVMA Testifies on Antimicrobial Resistance before Senate House Agriculture Committee Postpones Energy Vote Weather Presents Challenging Conditions for Michigan Growers Integrated Electronics Keep Tabs on Harvest Operations Former USDA Economist Criticizes Ethanol Policy Corn Conditions Improve; Soybeans Still Lagging Behind Crop Disaster Sign-up Begins Cattle Supply is Shrinking CFTC Chief Assesses Futures Market in Back-to-Back House Hearings Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Kawasaki Adds Fuel Injection to Brute Force 750 South Korean U.S. Beef Imports Could Resume Soon Missouri's Plain Pegs Swine Breeding Herd Down 2% Corn with Preplant N Gets Nod Early Haybuster Has New Grain Grinder Group Forms Ag Safety Council Landscape Machine Works Like a Dawg Meat Industry Responds to South Korean Demand for Younger Cattle South Korea to Import Only Younger Cattle Renewable Fuels Standard Under Fire USDA Working to Assess Flood Impact Companies Donate To Support Flood Relief Efforts Farm Progress Show Site Development on Schedule Biofuels Take Heat from Flood Impact Flood Impact Keeps Spreading New Biotech Advancement Announced National Corn Growers Name South Dakota Farmer to Leadership Farm Bill Veto Overridden...Again Biofuels and Renewable Energy Get Special Attention New Chevron Delo Grease Michigan's Ag Industry Supports Local Food Banks Multi-Trait Corn Package Moves to Regulators Wilbur-Ellis In Grant Awarded For Environmental Stewardship Next Flood Challenge: Crop Insurance South Korea Leader to Make Beef Statement Scab Incidence Varies Across Midwestern States China Buys Beans Under the Arch Biodiesel Clears Significant Hurdle Iowa Flooding Moves Downstream...to the Mississippi Grain Dispute Case Moves to Higher Court Ag Expo Caters to Farmers Group: New Hypoxia Plan Needs More Information GreenStone FCS Announces Board of Director Election Results Pick Up Loose Material with the Clawt Pick Up the Pieces and Move On Record Prices Cause Buyers to Back Off FAPRI Says Oil Major Factor in Commodity Prices Flooding Slows Iowa Biofuels Production Foodborne Salmonella Outbreak Associated with Certain Fresh Tomatoes Syngenta Issues Alert on Five Hybrids Dole, McGovern Named 2008 World Food Prize Winners FSA Nominations Open June 15 Flooding Causes Closing of Mississippi River Locks USDA Announces Farm Bill Provisions An ATV Stile Rural Voters May Sway the Presidential Picking? Rains Continue in Midwest; Drought a Concern in Other Areas U.S. Will Not Renegotiate Beef Deal with South Korea DOE and USDA Send Letter to Senate Energy Chairman CFTC Interagency Task Force to Study Commodity Markets USDA Cuts Corn Yield Estimate Food Before Fuel Partnership Launches Campaign M-F Adds Four New Subcompacts Canadian Food Label Consultations Close Corporations Joining USDA in Promoting Nutrition New Educational Speaker Series Set For Ag Expo Beginning Farmer and Rancher Committee Will Hold Open Meeting Oklahoma Attorney General Urges Scrutiny by DOJ Weather Remains Issue for Corn and Soybeans President Will Veto Farm Bill Again USDA Releasing Supply, Demand and Price Projections Twin-Row Concept Gains Momentum SIP Growing Well Senate Re-Votes on Farm Bill Corn-Based Bags Now Available to Michigan Toursits Windsock Designed for Chemical Application Projects Pork Producers Warn of Significantly Higher Pork Prices Schafer Says FAO Meeting Productive Blender's Credit Viewed in New Terms Lamy Says Talks Moving Toward Moment of Truth Immigrants Fuel Alternative Weed Control Weldcraft Offers New TIG Torch MSU Researcher Eyes Onion Improvements Senate Holds Hearing for CFTC Nominees Update Considered for Poultry Improvement Plan WTO Rules Against U.S. in Cotton Dispute Company Announces Commitment to Double Crop Yields Pulling Back The Curtain and Peering Into the Future Of Corn June 10 WASDE to Include Cotton Price Projections Should You Capture This One-Time Tax Savings? Ag Expo to Feature Cutting-Edge Sprayer Technology Tyson to Withdraw Raised Without Antibiotics Label USDA To Step Up Defense Of Ethanol Soybean Yield Contest Provides Research U.S. Presents Strategy to Combat Food Prices Planting Springs Forward High World Wheat Harvest Needed Avian Influenza Research Funding Renewed South Korean Protesters Ask Court to Block U.S. Beef Critical Time for Farm Strike in Argentina June Is Michigan Horse Racing Month This Year's Plots Will Put Delayed Planting Theories to the Test Congress Back From Recess USDA Announces Record Forecast for Exports Survey on Continuing Pork Checkoff will be Conducted Schafer Leads Presidential Delegation to Rome South Korea May Allow U.S. Beef in Next Week Privately Owned Deer and Elk Increase in Michigan Miracle Heel for Skin Damage Pork Prices Increase Despite Surplus Supplies Windows-based Program on Display at WPX Still Time to Signup for Livestock Assistance Programs MSU Wheat Wins Best of Show WTO is Reviewing Doha Documents Farm Groups Address 'Hype' Surrounding Ethanol Fungus Improves Corn-to-Ethanol Process Pork Prices Increase Despite Surplus Supplies USDA will Implement New Farm Bill to Best of Its Ability Schafer Confident Beef will be Heading to South Korea Soon Corn and Soybean Progress Improving; Wheat Still Slow Developing USDA Opens CRP Ground for Haying and Grazing CCSP Releases Report on Climate Changes Celebrate 'Buy Fresh, Buy Local - Select Michigan Day' Another Delay to Beef Trade with South Korea Argentine Farmers Promise Action DDGS Market Budding in North Africa, Mature in Israel Argentine Farm Talks Break Down Again Hybrid Vigor Difference Visible to the Row President Touts Importance of Agribusiness in Global Trade House and Senate Override Farm Bill Veto Trade Ministers Must Move Doha Talks Forward Little Change Expected in 2009 Meat Exports JBS Contracts Require Feedlots to Waive Rights One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Farm Bill Congress Halfway to Veto Override Wild Weather Has Impacted Many Areas JBS Wants Feedlots to Waive Rights Argentine Farm Talks Scheduled Biodiesel Tax Credit Extended President Vetoes Farm Bill MIG Welding Made Easy USDA Proposes Ban of Downer Cattle No Time to Waste for CSP Signup Potential Tariff Reduction Formulas Released in WTO Talks Authorities Investigating DFA DFA Investigated for Possible Price Manipulation Ban of Downer Cattle Proposed by USDA Good Progress Made in Corn Planting Farm Bill Veto Could Happen Tuesday Chinese Earthquake Shouldn't Affect Grain Markets EPA Seeks Comments on RFS Waiver USDA Host New Conference on Food and Fuel Feedlots Beginning to Clear Backed Up Inventories Raindrops and Cool Temperatures Plague Some Areas Heritage Catalog for Ferguson, MF and MH Expo Focuses on Economics and Management of Manure Revised Texts for WTO Ag Negotiations Being Released Expo Focuses on Economics and Management of Manure Cattle on Feed Report Shows Record Marketing SunEthanol Wins DOE Grant Michigan Agriculture Industry Generously Support Local Food Banks Grassley Takes to Senate Floor to Defend Ethanol Administration Still Plans to Veto Farm Bill Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting Issued Biodiesel Tax Incentive is Extended Senate Passes Farm Bill USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting Square Yard Bales from Massey Ferguson Identify And Diagnose Soybean Emergence Problems Early Farm Bill Makes it over First Hurdle South Korean Beef Trade Delayed Identify and Diagnose Soybean Emergence Problems Early Almost 400 Arrested in Immigration Raid Biobased Product Groupings Designated House Approves Farm Bill Mercy For Animals Accuses Gemperle of Lying U.S. Beef Won't be Headed to South Korea This Week Entries Due May 27 for Summer Junior Livestock Events House Takes Up Farm Bill Entries Due May 27 For Summer Junior Livestock Events Cold More of a Problem than Wet Senate Votes to Stop Deposits to Oil Reserve Farmers Making Progress with Corn Planting NASS Making Final Push to Complete Ag Census Undercover Video was Staged Slower than Expected Growth in Dairy Industry Population Study in the Ground At-a-glance Temp and Humidity Readings 2008 Michigan Farm Market Directory Now Available Schafer Says President Committed to Veto 2008 Michigan Farm Market Directory Now Available Dairy Industry Growing Slower than Expected NAIS May Play a Role in Implementing COOL President Will Veto Farm Bill Cookbook Benefits Non-Profit Organization Conference Committee Releases Farm Bill Report Midwest Senators Oppose RFS Waiver Large Wheat Crop May Not Drop Prices CSP Sign-up Extended Soybean Seed Inoculation Pays MSU to Offer Series of Cow Camp Clinics in May, June Farm Bill Agreement Reached U.S. Livestock Allowed into Russia Senate Hearing Questions Use of Ethanol Subsidies HSUS Releases More Videotape Host of Crop Protectants Get Approved Learn Strategies for Using Cover Crops in Vegetable Production Debate Continues on Blame for High Food Prices House Holds Hearing on RFS Implications National Sorghum Checkoff Approved New Pesticide Applicator Manuals Available Republican Senators Join Assault on Ethanol FTC Challenges Agrium's Purchase of UAP Planting Progress in Midwest Still a Mixed Bag Congress Schedules Hearing on Concentration in Agriculture Slow Emergence Saving Winter Wheat Crop Time for Another Shot at 300-bushel Corn NIMBLE Registered for Small Grains Another Request for Ethanol Waiver Argentina Strike Resumes April Agricultural Prices Reported MSU Equestrian Team Competes for National Title USDA Purchasing Pork USDA and DHS Hold Joint Conference New Farm Bill All But Done MSU to Offer Series Of Cow Camp Clinics In May, June Congress Sends Farm Extension to President Increased Food Costs Not Caused by Single Factor State Attorney Generals Asked to Investigate JBS China Causing Grain Shortage Two-Week Extension of Farm Bill Deadline Approaching for Dairy Disaster Sign-up Farm Bill Conference on Hold Major Changes Made in Farm Bill Commodity Title USDA Honors Dee River Ranch for Conservation April Showers are Stretching into May Hard to Tell What Will Happen with Farm Bill Final Pew Report Proposes Changes for Animal Production Ethanol is Under Attack Dairy Industry Launches Environmental Initiative Farm Bill Meeting Rescheduled FSA Releases Farm Information Beef Board Begins Process to Analyze, Change Checkoff FDA Sued for Food Inspection Work Plans FDA Approves Baytril 100 for Swine FDA Approves Baytril 100 for Swine Farm Bill Conference Committee Meeting Postponed Resist Temptation to Take Shortcuts Just to Plant Texas Seeks Ethanol Exemption Michigan 4-H Celebrates 100th Birthday Conference Committee Working Out Final Details of Farm Bill FDA Withdraws StarLink Testing Guidance Farm Bill Funding Breakthrough 2008 Ag Expo Set For July 15-17 at MSU Annual MSU Dairy Club Heifer Sale Averages $2,259 Congress Passes Farm Bill Extension Colombian Trade Ticker Launched Reversing Animal Infertility Australia Clears JBS to Acquire Tasman Senate Extends Farm Bill AWB Barred from USDA Export Programs Plenty of Potential for U.S. Beef in South Korea Karcher Offers Hand-truck Washer Design MI Dept. of Agriculture Outlines Changes to Pesticide Regulation 637 Seventeen Horses for Sale at MSU Spartan Spectacular NPPC asks USDA to Address Pork Industry Crisis FDA Releases Final BSE Feed Rule WTO Talks Remain Sluggish Utah State Student Named Young Animal Scientist Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome Bush Asks For Longer Extension of Farm Bill Argentine Talks Break Down CFTC Explores Market Conditions A Gut-Level Green Issue Byron Center Herb and Goat Farmer Busts Barriers Wwith MSU Assistance Argentine Wheat Register Closed Indefinitely STEP-UP Gives You a Pickup Boost Corn, Barley and Oat Acres Cut by Canada Carbon Offset Web site Launched Study Shows Ethanol is More Efficient MSU Team Wins at Animal Welfare Competition On-line "On the Road" Is a Ford Feature President Signs Extension; Congress Still Has Steep Climb South Korea Opens Market to U.S. Beef Base Cropping Decisions on Long-Term - Not One Year Doha Deal Needed This Year Cattle on Feed Report Bullish High Production; Low Profits in the Hog Industry U.S. and South Korea Agree to Beef Deal Farm Bill Remains Up in the Air Comment Period Closes on NAIS Business Plan More Beef Production than Predicted Beef Production Higher than Expected Hog Industry Seeing High Production; Low Profits Groundbreaking Hillman Company Successfully Markets Gluten-Free Foods Senate Extends Farm Bill Global Trade is Slowing Down Time Will Tell if Farmers Ultimately Plant More Soybeans, Less Corn House Passes One-Week Extension of Farm Bill USDA Barter Initiative Will Help Feed Hungry USDA Implements NAIS Business Plan Strategy Immigration Raid at Five Pilgrim's Pride Plants NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA U.S. Pork Exports Continue to Break Records Got Dairy Cows? Check Out This Survey N.Y. Reactivates Milk Marketing Advisory Council Canadian Hog Cull Underway NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA Stockyards in South St. Paul Hold Final Sale Conference Committee Approves Farm Bill Titles Midwest Has to Deal with Another Storm 'Runaway Energy Prices' Contribute to Survey's Higher Food Costs Farm Bureau Urges Changes to Temporary Worker Program Funding Remains Major Roadblock for Farm Bill Wanted: People Passionate about Pork Farm Groups Call for Stop to U.S.-Korean Beef Talks Michigan to Receive Nearly $3.5 Million to Fight Bovine Tuberculosis Conference Committee Agrees on Farm Bill Programs Corn Planting and Wheat Development Behind Schedule South St. Paul Stockyards Hold Final Sale ODA Amends Dairy Labeling Rule Halt to U.S.-Korean Beef Talks Asked for by Farm Groups Senate Counters House Farm Bill Proposal Michigan Department of Agriculture to Survey for Exotic Pests Interest Grows In Narrow Rows Preliminary Injunction Dismissal Denied in Labeling Case Southwest Wheat Projected Below Average Ag Exports Shattering Records Oil Not Corn at Heart of Rising Food Prices Follow-Up Planned for Food Summit House Succeeds in Delaying Colombian Free Trade Agreement. Farm Bill Conference Stumbles U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea Leave the Steering to FarmPRO U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea JBS Acquisitions Are Still Being Questioned House Names Farm Bill Conference Committee Deere Launches Two New Tractor Lines Michigan Growers Serve on National Action Teams Michigan Vegetable Intentions for 2008 Announced Colombia FTA Vote In Jeopardy Anti-Trust Laws May Need to be Revisited The Farm Bill: When? Youth PQA Phase-Out Concludes June 1 DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Another Extension of Farm Bill Not Out of Question Collaboration Seeks to Improve Water Quality in Southeast Michigan Schafer Discusses Colombian FTA USDA Fighting Bovine TB More CRP Going to Crop Production China Boosts Hog and Poultry Subsidies Food Safety Summit Comes to Washington Rural America Issues Aren't Red or Blue Fourteen Students Represent MSU at Midwest Regional Dairy Challenge Use the Right Fertilizers for the Right Need 2007 Green Stem Disorder Occurrence Affecting Seed Quality, Planting Strategies Pressure Rises for Farm Bill Decision Bush Sends Colombian FTA to Congress USDA Hosting Food Safety Summit Sow Lameness Symposium Held USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures A Pair of Bears for 2008 Pioneer to Treat its New Soybean Varieties with CruiserMaxx Beans Two Weeks Until Farm Bill Deadline USDA Changes Inspection Procedures Problems for Crops Keep Expanding First-ever Sow Lameness Symposium Held When Will Right Planting Window Appear? Williamston Resident Honored with Top Agriculture Award House Members Join Conservation Groups Against Cutting Farm Bill Conservation Farm Bill Keeps Grinding Forward Schering-Plough Program to Affect All People, Units Livestock Producers Number One Consumer for U.S. Soybeans Smithfield Names New Pork Team Seminar on Swine Disease Draws Crowd in China USDA Provides Additional Bovine TB Funds Offsets Still the Major Problem for Farm Bill Michigan Prospective Plantings Report Announced Wet Spring Troublesome; But Bigger Problems Could Follow Monsanto Plans Expansion in Louisiana Comments on Two CAFO Issues Are Due Partnership to Help Advance Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion Technology Governor Declares "Michigan Wine Month" Organic Yogurt Maker Has Voluntary Recall of Yogurt Grassley Pushing for Higher Blends of Ethanol More Rain Coming for South and Midwest Argentine Wheat Exports Set to Open Next Week Rising Pork Output Pressures Prices Pioneer Releases Information to Advance Corn Research EPIC Responds to Time Article U.S. Proposes to Merge CFTC and SEC WTO Rules Against EU on Beef Hormones Swine Disease Seminar Draws Crowd in China Hog Cost/Price Squeeze Hog Numbers Higher than Expected U.S. Still Accepting Renewable Energy Pledges Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Record Inventories Stopping Stalk Rot Starts Now Conservation Groups Send Letter to Ag Leadership Major Cattle Agreement Reached Between U.S. and Mexico Colombia Agreement Headed to the Hill Major Cattle Agreement Reached Between U.S., Canada and Mexico Many Michigan Growers Plan to Increase Apple Acreage Bobcat Enters Tractor Market Wheat Condition in Southern Plains Going Downhill CSP Details Published in Federal Register JBS Acquisition of National Beef, Smithfield and Five Rivers Still Being Fought Brazil Soybean Crop Breaking Records Staff Still Struggling Through Farm Bill Racing Team Turns to Ethanol Small-Scale Biodiesel Can Benefit Cattle Ranches Higher Milk Production Expected in 2008 Livestock Workshop For First Responders Set For MSU Pavilion Milk Production Increases in 2008 Cattle Ranches Can Benefit from Small-Scale Biodiesel Research Clarifies Effect of Feeding DDGs Barn Of The Year Winners Announced At ANR Week When Mead E3 Biorefinery Reopens Remains Unclear High Beef Demand Continues Beef Demand Remains High Chinese Crops Hurting from Drought Flood Waters Are Headed South Ag Leader Offers Entry-level Guidance System Conversion of Pasture to Cropland Egg Association and Humane Group form Relationship UN Agency Asks for More Aid Food Company Chief Attacks Biofuels Support Seek Good Sources for Pasture Herbicides Community Service Grants Available from FFA Nitrogen Results Become More Significant New Mahindra Available Johne's Funding Commitment Renewed NRCS Soil Maps Now Available on the Web Schools Promised Reimbursement for Recalled Beef USDA Renews Johne's Funding Commitment Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Preview of USDA Hog Inventory Report Preview of USDA Hog Inventory Report New Boomer Does More Than Mow Planting Advancing Rapidly in South Conservation Security Sign-up is Announced USDA Names New Deputy Financial Officer Brazil's Soy Harvest Moving Quickly Schafer Discusses Administration Position on Farm Bill WTO Meetings Show Promise Canada Seeks Comments on DDGS Feed Rules Producers Planning to Shift Acres Back to Soybeans Aussie Wheat Crop Critical for World Wheat Stocks NASS Still Accepting Ag Census Ag Week Celebrates Agriculture CME Merges with NYMEX Reorganization of NCBA Staff Universal Remote for Tarping Calling all Michigan Chefs Schafer Supports Farm Bill Extension Corn Illustrated Results Don’t Back Seed Rate Increases Argentine Strike Continues NCBA Reorganizes Staff Cattle Industry Loses Leader Cancer Claims Livestock Leader How to Make Renewable Fuels Sustainable Two New Cutters Available Ag Day at the Capitol to Stress Agriculture's Importance to Michigan Bush Says He'll Sign Farm Bill Extension Westland/Hallmark Meat Chief Admits Failures at Plant Opportunities for Trade Plentiful in Africa Failures at Westland/Hallmark Admitted by Company President MSU Extension Meetings Help Farmers Meet Environmental Expectations Farm Bill Extension is Official USDA Creates New Office for Small Meat Plants Lack of Rain Giving Southwest Jump on Planting Glyphosate Resistant Johnsongrass Confirmed New Herbicide for Winter Wheat MSU Extension Clinics Help Sort Out All the Bull Pay Limits Still Being Pushed Storms Keep Coming Through Midwest China Encouraging Soybean Imports Ag Leadership Agrees on Extension Deere Announces Tier 4 Mission Technology for Larger Engines National Ag Day Essay Winner Announced New Office Created for Small Meat Plants New Office Created for Small Meat Plants New Office Created for Small Meat Plants 4-H Teens Conference Focuses on Civic Engagement and Public Policy USDA Wants Faster Reporting of Food Illnesses Early CRP Release Still a Big Issue Pilgrim's Pride Sells Turkey Plant Woody Biomass Projects Receive Grants from USDA Slavik, Westendorp Named New Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Even Glyphosate Tolerance has its Limits Chevron Offers New "Diesel" Oils Farm Bill Deadline is Fast Approaching Brazil Soy Crop Estimates Raised Rains Delay Argentine Corn Harvest Cattle Processors Losing Money Took Opportunity to Sell Surplus Kill Capacity behind JBS Acquisitions Harkin Says Farm Bill is in Reach Spring Vaccinations Help Prevent Animal Disease Researchers Are Studying Switchgrass as a Renewable Fuel Dow Acquires Triumph Seeds Disaster Assistance for Dairy Producers Finally Available Two Michigan Students Earn DHIA Scholarships Inputs Eating into Farm Income Dairy Signup Begins WIREC Dedicated to Increasing Renewable Fuels Globally Ethanol Industry Gets Shot in Arm from Report FAPRI Says Agriculture's Economic Outlook is Strong National Beef Packing Company Being Sold U.S. Premium Beef Selling National Beef Packing Company Learn Forest Management During Master Woodland Steward Training No Partial 2007 Countercyclical Payments Biomass Research Gets Big Boost in Funding Changes to Regulation of CAFO Permits Group Opposes Glyphosate Resistant Sugarbeets On-Farm Field Crop Research Report Now Available Michigan Corn Referendum Passes Administration Concedes Ground in Farm Bill Fight New Tool for Wheat Weed Control Water Quality Grant Funding What Would Permanent Law Mean USDA Awards Weed Grants Andean Trade Extension Signed Global Trade Talks are Doable Sidedress Application Worth a Close Look This Year Slavik, Westendorp Named New Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Soybean Growers Can Find Help in the Stars Farm Bill Financing Still Not Resolved AMI President Testifies on Hallmark/Westland Issues to Senate Subcommittee New Organization Working To Quantify Sustainable Agriculture Monsanto Develops Second Generation Soybean Scholarship Winners Announced at Classic Political Analyst: McCain Will Have Uphill Battle Schafer: Agriculture's Boom Spearheaded by Trade Ford and John Deere Commit To Using More Soybeans in Production Product Aims at Stress Reduction Crop Insurance Deadline March 17 Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Hallmark/Westland Issues Glauber Appointed Permanent USDA Chief Economist Cleavinger to Take Reins of NAWG Company Working to get EPA to Rethink Refuge NCGA, ASA Outline Policy Goals for 2008 Corn Grower CEO Defends Biofuel Mandates Michigan Farmers Headed to Argentina for Agricultural Study Tour MFB's Election Workshop Teaches How to Run Winning Campaigns Global Demand for Glyphosate is Outpacing Capacity Corn Growers Still Expect New Farm Bill House Extends Andean Trade Act Bayer CropScience Executive Sees Bright Future Farmers Worry Over Input Costs, Markets, Weather U.S. Wheat is Needed by the World Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative Earns Product Center Award Michigan Asparagus Producers to Vote on Continuing Research Program Multiple-Resistance Weeds: Coming to a Field near You? Congress Still Negotiating Farm Bill Number Winter Weather Just Won't Quit New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New Holland Introduces T1510 Policy Expert Says Hillary Clinton Best for Agriculture New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta MSU Land Management Office Names New Farm Manager Doha Will Impact Future Negotiations Seeds May be in Short Supply Ethanol Industry Outlook Released LMA Asks High Court to Hear Horse Plant's Case Acres Stampede Back to Soybeans from Corn Planting Pattern Still Intriguing Question Federal Agencies Find No Risk from Seed Contamination Corn Stocks to Tighten but Prices Should Strengthen U.S. Extension Service Extends Its Reach With eXtension Web Portal USDA Holds Technical Briefing on Hallmark/Westland Recall Good Years Ahead for U.S. Agriculture Sheep Breeders Recognize Industry Leaders Presidential Cabinet Members will Participate in WIREC Distiller Grains Exports Nearly Double U.S. Ag Exports to Top 2007 Record by Wide Margin Demand for Grain is Straining U.S. Supply NASDA President Discusses Castro Resignation Farmers Can Still be Counted and Make a Difference Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum is This Week EPA Announces Advisory Committee Study Shows Technology May not be Cause of Increased Corn Yield Trends Minnesota Finds another TB Herd Smithfield Begins Sow Reduction Senate Receives Counter-offer from House Smithfield Begins Sow Reduction Magellan, Buckeye Partners Studying Midwest Ethanol Pipeline Michigan Potato Stocks Up 35% From 2007 Michigan Milk Production Increases Dryness Pushes Down Argentine Crop Yields Companies Sharing Insect Control Technology Companies Sharing Insect Control Technology Canada Sending Record Number of Hogs Ag Secretary Thanks State Ag Departments Winter Weather Has Helped Western Water Situation New Compact Utility from John Deere New Herbicide Launched for Soybeans Canada Sending Record Number of Hogs UNL Report Shows Byproducts Aid Dairymen Something Not Natural About Killing Healthy Corn Plants Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Senate Makes Funding Proposal Doubts Raised About Recent Global Warming Studies Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Progress Made on Farm Bill Ag Day at the Capitol Seeks to Educate Legislators Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Ritchie Industries Deepens the Pond Finding a Final Number for Funding the Farm Bill Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Biobased Product Showcase Scheduled USTR Files Appeal to WTO New Report Provides Snapshot of 2007 Michigan Fruit Production House Framework Rejected by Agriculture Groups Winter Weather Could Cause Problems for Wheat Net Farm Income Will Likely Set Record International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare Set for May 28-30 House Releases Framework for Farm Bill Year's Food Bill Already Paid for Thanks to Affordability of U.S. Food USDA Releases Advance Copy of 10-Year Projections Soybeans Continue to Stay Strong Korean Beef Trade May Resume Soon Study Claims Biofuels Could Worsen Global Warming OEFFA Calls Milk Labeling Ruling 'Extreme' The Beef Buck Stops Here WTO Deadline Approaches for U.S. Appeal Dupont and Precision BioSciences Reach Agreement MSU to Offer IPM Academy Brazil May Extend Wheat Tax Exemption Farm Numbers Shrink as Size Increases BoomPilot Offers Section Control New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade GIPSA Proposes Last Minute Rule National Stewardship Award Announced National Stewardship Award Announced NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff USDA Provides Update on Meat Packing Investigation Learn and Earn Pesticide Applicator Credits at ANR Week Time to Trust Nitrogen Trials! Officials Oppose Sugar Proposals NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff More Census Forms to be Mailed GIPSA Proposes Last Minute Rule National Stewardship Award Announced Delegates to Discuss Challenges Facing the Pork Industry Try a Tarp Grabber! Corn Growers Say Farm Bill Falls Short Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Harkin Pushing Forward With Farm Bill Brazil Cuts Wheat Import Tax Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit Supply-Demand Forecasts Come Out Friday Argentine Corn Sales Explode Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit President Reiterates Veto Threat Veterinarian Loan Hearing Ohio Releases New Rule on Dairy Labeling Farm Markets Wanted for 2008 Directory Grassley Will Take Pay Limits to Conference American Farmland Trust President Will Step Down Farm Bill Main Topic of Ag Commissioners Meeting Biodiesel Yields Higher Energy Balance Budget Coming Under Fire Changes Proposed for Farm Worker Program Suspension at Hallmark/Westland Meat Company Nominations Being Accepted for Environmental Award Environmental Stewardship Workshop Offered at Dairy Conference Solution to Energy Independence Is At Local Level Winter Storm Moves Across the U.S. Biodiesel Meets Fuel Quality Standards More Countries Approve New Biotech Beans E. coli Vaccine Moves Closer We Review Arctic Cat's 700 Auto Diesel Farm Bill Conference Members Named More Countries Approve New Biotech Beans Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule USDA Proposed Budget Released Michigan Corn Growers Association Scholarship Opportunity Growing Dairy Herd Growing Dairy Herd Working Groups Help Producers Delay for Dairy Disaster Assistance Sign-up Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Delay for Dairy Disaster Assistance Sign-up Right Population to Plant Remains a Mystery Check Out 'Dairy Robotonomics' – a Premier Event U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free Bovine TB Detected at Fresno County Dairy Former Purdue Dean Earl Butz Succumbs at 98 U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free Downturn of Cattle Cycle Bovine TB Detected at Fresno County Dairy Cattle Cycle on Downturn Ford Rolls Out 2009 F-150 National Pork Board Names 2008 Celebrated Chefs Wind Will Play Large Role in Energy Future Harkin Hopes to Move Forward on Farm Bill Deadline Looms for Census of Agriculture Marketing Expansion of Low Linolenic Soybeans Bush to Propose Ethanol Tariff Change Study Shows Evolution of Meatcase Farm Bill is First Priority for Schafer Charges of Slaughterhouse Cruelty Being Investigated GAO Looks at Food Safety Oversight First Commercial American Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Rural Infrastructure Loans Available USDA Investigating Charges of Slaughterhouse Cruelty Partnerships Leading Way for U.S. Ethanol Industry High Food Prices Could Help Trade Talks Naturally Raised Comment Period Extended Argentina Reopens Registries Schafer Meets With President Bush Dynamic Weather Conditions Packer Price Reporting Ruling Crustbuster Offers Drive-Over Pit Woods Offers Counter-rotating Tiller Senate Confirms New Ag Secretary CME, Nymex in Merger Talks WTO Sets Target for Trade Talks Lower Argentine Corn Yields Enough Infrastructure for Ethanol? Buis Urges Action Roto-Mix Offers New Vertical Units How to Grow Whopper Ears New Conservation Program Disaster Payment Sign-up Underway Schafer Hearing Goes Smoothly Michigan Master Gardener Spring Conference Set For March 8 at MSU Two New Deere Skid Steers Economic Slowdown Won't Affect Agriculture Much Emergency Funding for Moth Eradication State Designates Potential Bovine TB High-Risk Area in Iosco County Fire at CBOT Could Complicate Trading Today Schafer Confirmation Hearing Vermeer Launches 40 Series Disc Mowers More Market Access for U.S. Beef New Biofuel Process Shows Promise Egg Web Site Launched New Challenge of Roundup Ready Bobcat Unveils Three New Compact Tractors Predictions of a Warm Spring Michigan Winter Wheat Seedings Increase No Need to Renegotiate NAFTA Freezing Temperatures Hit U.S. TB Confirmed in Minnesota Minimal Risk Restrictions Removed Lows Hold in Early Grain Market Trade Congress Back After Break Market Access Benefits Both Parties Sunflower 4412 Aimed at Residue Management Lower Milk Prices Possible in 2008 Capturing More Sunlight Key to Future Yields Add-on Cargo Light Makes Sense WTO Deal Still Possible Food Prices on the Rise DDGS Head to Algeria FDA Expands Acheson's Role One Millionth Acre Enrolled in CREP Lincoln Vista Helmet Blinks Bigger Renewable Energy Conference Attracting Attention Helping Cold Stressed Livestock AgroFresh and Syngenta Form Alliance EU Fails to Respond to WTO Lease Agreement Reached by NPPC and NPB AFBF Votes to Support COOL Conference to Explore Science, Practice and Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems Blueberry IPM Scout Training Program Starts Feb. 14 "E" Model Deere Means "Electricity" 4-H Birthday Celebration Attracts 4,000 to Breslin Opinions Mixed on Clone Announcement Biomass Advisory Committee Members Appointed Farm Bureau Elects Leaders FDA Approves Cloned Products National Pork Board CEO Resigns MSU Sheep Center Has Top-Selling Ewe at National Sale Animal Welfare a Heated Issue Cattle Feeding Short Course Set for Four Locations, Including MSU GM Partners with Ethanol Company Vet Group Reorganizing as Part of HSUS Key Meat Markets Should Reopen Soon EU Lags on Biotech Dispute Changes Final Brief Filed in Cattle Case Dodge Makes Statement at North American International Auto Show Sometimes Luck Helps! Farm Bill Veto a Serious Threat Pork Management Workshops Set for Four Michigan Locations Be in Compliance with Anhydrous Ammonia Sunco/AcuraTrak Hones Three-point Guidance Schafer Hearing Scheduled Farm Bill Not On Road To Passage Murphy Resigns Farm Bill Needs to Get Done Quickly U.S. Delegation Travels to Mexico City Will Doha Round Be Completed in 2008? Farm Bill Compromise Faces Tough Sledding Office of Racing Commissioner Announces 2008 Initiatives RX for Off-season "Lock Up" Changes to Regulations of Chemicals Biotech Yield Endorsement Approved by RMA Michigan's Equine Survey Shows Increase Big Kioti and Upgrades Unveiled New Round of Crop Reports Coming Friday EU Won't Delay Ban on Cages Biodiesel Company Goes Belly Up Outbreak of Tornados; Flooding May Follow E. Coli Use in Biofuel Production Senators Travel to Europe No Definition of 'Natural' Scholarship Deadline Extended Grain Standards for Distillers Grains Nebraska Study Finds Major Potential in Switchgrass Ethanol Pork Groups Team Up with Illinois Corn Growers on DDGS Research Veto Threat could be Negotiation Tactic Breakthrough on Avian Flu USDA Proposes Horse Transport Rule Deadline Approaching for AGR Program Farmtrac Upgrades Small Tractor Line Pork Groups Team Up with Illinois Corn Growers on DDGS Research One Year’s Data is Just That - One Year! Kawasaki Counters RZR with Teryx 750 Funding Deal Needed for Farm Bill Hog and Pig Inventory Reported Leadership Changes at FDA New Working Documents Issued by WTO Appropriations Bill Expands Disaster Aid New Yamaha Rhino Earns High Praise Nasty Conditions in Midwest; Another Storm on the Way 4-H Members to Be Special Guests at MSU Game NASS Administrator Retires Energy Merger Advances Association to Give Away Free Polypay Starter Flock Full Implementation of NAFTA Collins' Retirement Becomes Official Simpler Farm Loan Process New CBP Position Michigan Corn Growers Association Prepares for Annual Meeting Nitrogen Rate Study Held True to Form Retail Beef Prices on Rise Food and Fuel Crops Can Co-Exist Soybean Rust Review Higher Soybean Acreage in 2008 Corn Industry Success Brazil Biodiesel Mandate Public Comment Period on Agricultural Practices Extended Weather Trend Continues Hogs and Pigs Report Released Ammonium Nitrate Security Rethinking the Food Pyramid for One Group Census Packets Hit the Mail Soon High Cattle Feedlot Inventories Rotational Survey Summarizes Michigan Strawberries and Brambles Argentina Registry Stays Closed Peterson Discusses Farm Bill Conference Conner Unhappy With Conference Bill Schools; Roads Receive Funding Farmer Could Have Paid for Irrigation System in One Year! Food Aid for the Hungry USDA Funding Rural Development Initiatives New FSA Director Named 2008 Fungicide Application Requirements New Energy Bill Will Have Significant Impact on Economy Change to Latitudes by Rain-X New Ag Trade Office in China Conservation Innovation Grants Available Biotech Alfalfa Regulations Changed Business Model for Animal ID Energy Bill Enacted Disaster Payments Issued Wet and Snowy December Isn't Over Yet New Swine Flu Identified New Swine Flu Identified President Signs Energy Bill Comment Period Reopened Amity Offers Air System BSE Diagnosed in Alberta House Sends Energy Bill to President WTO Issues Decision in Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute New BSE Case Found In Canada New Chemical Pump Positions Open on Corn Board New WTO Case against U.S. Programs Nebraska Becomes Tenth State to Register More Than Half of Animal Premises Energy Loan Guarantee Agreement National Corn Yield Contest Winners Announced Farm Bill Finished by Senate Three New Millermatics Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Livestock Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Full-season hybrids Did Better Planted Early Full-season Hybrids Did Better Planted Early Rain in Argentina Gives Corn a Boost Peru FTA Signed Naturally Raised Rule Proposed Pilgrim's CEO Suffers Stroke Senate Votes to End Farm Bill Debate Senate Passes Energy Bill Land Policy Institute Gets $6 Million Grant Payment Limitations Rejected by Senate House Works toward Vote on Omnibus Spending Additional Aflatoxin Research Funds Requested Grassley-Dorgan Amendment Withdrawn Vote Scheduled for Subsidy Amendments Dairy Reproduction Specialist to Speak at Annual Dairy Conference Farm Bill Extension Sought South Korean Market for U.S. Beef U.S., China Strengthen Biofuels Cooperation ARGO Off-Road DVD Fall Price Rally Lures More Acres Back to Corn EPA Approves New Corn Herbicide State Seeks Grant Proposals to Promote Agricultural Products Action on Farm Bill Ice Storms Hard on Livestock Livestock, Ethanol Combination Best for Rural Communities China Lifts Ban on Pork Plants Action Expected on Farm Bill Court Denies Rehearing of Air Emissions Case Russia May Reopen to U.S. Beef MacDon Unveils Harvesting Equipment on Tour Corn, Food Price Correlation Weak Picking Right Planting Date as Important as Planting Early Amendments Offered to Farm Bill Picking Right Planting Date as Important as Planting Early Winter Storms Hit, More on Way Energy Bill passes House, Stopped in Senate Research Links E. coli to Dried Distillers Grain Farm Bill Deal Struck in Senate Spokesperson Hired to Tout Health Benefits of Apples Energy Bill Makes it Through House Senate Switches Cloture to Energy Bill Economic Policy Being Discussed in Japan Farm Bill Outlook is Still Murky MFB Honors 'Distinguished Service' of Two Milk Industry Leaders Pesticide Summit in Rome USDA Appoints Advisory Board Beef Plants Being Scrutinized Wheat Registry Remains Closed in Argentina Peru Trade Agreement Passes Senate Michigan November Agricultural Prices Generally Increase Survey of Beef Processing Plants Premiums Offered for Pioneer Low-Lin Soybeans R-Calf Scholarship Applications Available Applications Available for R-Calf Scholarship Peru FTA Approved High Prices Mean No Countercyclical Payments Farm Bill Future Still Unclear One More Hurdle for Peru FTA Asgrow and Dekalb Launch New Web Site Doosan Infracore Completes Acquisition of Bobcat USDA Designates 12 Michigan Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Uncertainty Remains as Congress Returns Argentine Frost May Have Caused More Damage Watershed Grants Awarded High Population Didn't Pay in Field-Scale Test High Population Didn't Pay in Field-Scale Test Dairy Disaster Program Signup Announced No Deal on Senate Farm Bill Debate New USDA Communications Director China Drops Trade Subsidies FSIS Ends Extra Testing Energy Deal is Near FSA Ballot Deadline Looms Smaller Soy Area in Mato Grosso Reaction to Collins Retirement Signup Announced for Dairy Disaster Program Public Comments on Proposed Rule Sought Nebraska Ethanol Pipeline Discussed 'Farm it Forward' Workshop Helps Farm in Transition USDA Chief Economist Retires Senate Closer to Limiting Amendments to Farm Bill NCBA President-Elect Resigns Dry Conditions Plague Wheat Crop WTO Postpones Overturn of Biotech Ban Survey: Consumers Don't Fear Biotech Proposed Milk Rule Comment Period Refuge Planning Impacts Seed Purchase Decisions Rootworms are Unpredictable, if Nothing Else! Advisory Committee Needs Nominations Research Continues into Cause of Colony Collapse New Claas Corn Heads for Non-stop Harvest Seattle-Houston Joint Venture Targets Biodiesel Major Australia Supermarket Chain Turns up Nose to Biotech Meetings Focus on Increasing Soybean Acreage and Yields Freeze Scares Producers in Argentina Green Stem Disorder Another Remnant of Dry Growing Season America Needs to Thank Farmers Meat and Poultry Hotline Open on Thanksgiving FARMALL Makes a Comeback EU Looks at Capping Farm Subsidies MSU Receives Grant to Explore Cellulosic Biomass Education Needs Missouri Representative Says Window Still Open for Farm Bill Thanksgiving Meal Cost Increases Food Stamp Grants Announced Poor Conditions for Winter Wheat Crop FSA County Elections Underway Canadian Cattle Entering the U.S. Bulletin Helps Identify Winter Damage on Plants Keep the Water Warm More than Corn Borer Causes Dropped Ears Newest 'FB Update' Video Newsletter Is Viewable Online Farm Bill Action Still Stalled House Weighs in on Extending Current Farm Bill U.S. Delegation is Attending Agriculture Conference Philippines Opens Beef Market New Spreaders from Pequea Senate Cloture Vote Fails Environmental Agency Seeks Ag Committee Nominations House Asks for Year Extension of Current Farm Bill Local Farmers Comprise MFB's Policy Development Committee Senate Holds Cloture Vote Japanese Prime Minister Visits Washington Quantity Loss Signup Underway New Yamaha Rhino Earns Good Marks New Power Tiller from Kuhn U.S. Faces WTO Complaint Senate Leadership Compromises on Farm Bill Amendments Conner Emphasizes Importance of Finishing Farm Bill Energy Bill a Long Shot to be Completed This Year New Holland Supports 100% Biodiesel Farmers Market Educational Sessions Featured at Produce Event Drought-Like Conditions Hurting Winter Wheat New WTO Trade Text Released Hobart Handler 210 Loves Aluminum Show-Me a World Record Agritechnica is a 'Really Big Shew!' Farm Bill Extension is Possible Farm Bureau Joins Groups to 'A' New Saltes Tax on Services Farm Bill Would Require Biobased Expo Cagle's Receives Buyout Offer No Movement on Farm Bill Interagency Import Safety Report Has Companion Oil Price Affecting Commodity Prices Changes in Acquisition Procedures for Biobased Products 'E' Model Deere Means Electricity New Holland Supports 100% Biodiesel Veto Override Ends Wait for Lock Modernization Positive Reaction to Peru Free Trade Agreement USDA Farm Loan Program Announces Changes Goodyear Expands Wrangler's Applications Senate Overrides WRDA Veto Peru Free Trade Agreement Passes House House Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Meat Recalls FAO Report on High Food Prices USDA Announces Funding for Whole Genome Animal Selection Progress Has Been Made in WTO Senate Stalled by Procedural Debate GPS Receivers May Need Reconfiguration House Overrides WRDA Veto Amendments and Administration Dominate Day Two of Farm Bill Debate Action Plan on Import Safety Released South American Planting Advances Floor Debate on the Farm Bill Trip to Colombia a Success Optimistic Outlook for Beef Exports to Middle East Confirmation of New Ag Secretary on Back Burner Senate Takes Up the Farm Bill Stalk Rot Threat Increases with Stress Override Vote of WRDA Veto Expected FSIS Steps Up Testing of Canadian Meat and Poultry Bush Vetoes WRDA Asian Beef Trade Team Returns Senators Urge EPA to Study Higher Ethanol Blends FSA County Elections Begin House Committee Approves Peru Agreement; Delegation Set to Visit Columbia Ed Schafer Chosen as New Ag Secretary Cancer Prevention Report Says Limit Red Meat Bush Names New Ag Secretary Americans Want More Renewable Fuels NCGA Displays Outrage at UN Official's Statements Decision on Biotech Ban in Hands of European Commission Educational Sessions Highlight Michigan Equine Conference Australian Wheat Estimate to be Released Tuesday CSP Payments Almost Ready to Send No Price Cut on Beef at the Grocery Store Congress Limits FSA Closures Excess Heat During Season Can Hold Down Yields USDA and FFA Partner on Census of Agriculture Electric Loans Awarded by USDA UN Official Calls for Halt in Biofuels Production Try This Propane Lamp Reaction to Senate Farm Bill Runs the Gamut MSU Organic Tree Fruit Research Focus Of Field Day Conner Taking Congressional Delegation to Columbia U.S. Winter Wheat Conditions Farm Bill Passes Senate Agriculture Committee MSU Student Places Second Overall At National Dairy Judging Contest Farm Bill Mark-up Underway Corn Traits Earn European Import Approval WRDA Arrives on the President's Desk Europe Approves Corn Traits for Import Sensaphone Watches Your Fields Weather Change is Welcome MAEAP Phase I Meeting Set for Dec. 18 at MSU Aggressive Action by FSIS against E. Coli ASA Concerned by Priorities of New Farm Bill 'FRESH' Farm Policy Legislation Introduced Compromise Reached on Interstate Meat Sales Payment Limitation Amendment Bypassing Committee Mark-up Congress Closer to Conference on Energy Bill No Break in Fuel Prices Grass-Fed Label Standards Released Renewable Fuels Take Center Stage at World Food Prize Symposium Standards Released for Grass-Fed Label Shift to Corn May Reverse in 2008 Conner Wants Action On Farm Bill John Deere Links Dealer's Inventory to eBay Stress vs. No Stress Evident in Corn Illustrated Plots Possible End to Testing Corn for StarLink Goals Needed for Beginning Farmer Assistance Conner Pleased Farm Bill is Moving Forward Wheat Prices Could Push CRP Land into Production New Record Estimated for Brazilian Soy Crop E85 Pumps Certified Safe Now is the Time to Fight SCN Harkin Unveils Deal on Farm Bill EPA Announces Formation of Agricultural Advisory Committee Early Grain Imports for Cattle Feed May Result from Australian Drought Minnesota Ethanol Plant Construction Delayed Conservation Call-In Day Organized Record High Soybean Exports Bobcat Enters Compact Tractor Boom House Passes 25x'25 Energy Goal More than 2.5 Million Acres Enrolled in Carbon Program Aflatoxin Found in Iowa Cornfields NFU Urges Congressional Blockage of BSE Minimal Risk Rule AgriEdge Corn Program Expands for 2008 Very Little Progress on Beef Trade with South Korea Corn Illustrated Plot Still Standing - Or is it? Grassley Defends Harkin's Postponement Wheat Stocks Lowered Again Cub Cadet, Yanmar Join Forces for New Tractors Deere Rollout: Track Suspension in Action Research Grants Awarded to Study Invasive Pests Doha is Still Doable Decreasing Price of Natural Gas May Not Translate to Lower Fertilizer Costs Peru FTA Headed for Senate Floor Take Precautions When Handling Dry Pods Rust Found in North Carolina Water Quality Grants Issued Increased Biofuels Use Intensifies Water Quality, Quantity Issues Former Ag Secretary Joins Senate Race Environmental Group Targets Agribusinesses Move Grain with New Conveyor New World Record Soybean Yield Set in Southwest Missouri Tracking the Price of E85 Ag Groups Fighting EPA Dust Rule Smaller Meetings May be Key to Doha Success Michigan Nursery Production Sales Rank Ninth Nationally Dow Serves up Insecticides Check Out New Land Search Tool MMPA Encourages Dairy Farmers to Vote "Yes" on Dairy Referendum U.S. and South Korea Schedule Beef Talks Resolutions Introduced in Congress to Block Canadian Cattle Not Much Time Left for Australian Wheat Crop Weekend Storms Send Rust Spores Across the Midwest Avenger in Collector's Garb Planning Started for Renewable Energy Conference APHIS Wraps Up Biotech Rice Investigation Expect More Normal Yields from Irrigated Corn Plot Rust Spreads Farther North and West Meat Recall Forces Topps Out of Business USDA Volunteer Killed in Afghanistan Farm Bill Pushed Back; Finance Passes Disaster Aid U.S. Notifies WTO of Domestic Supports Johanns to Officially Run for Senate Michigan Cherry Grower Gets Certified for Sustainable Practices USDA Reviewing Recall Procedures National Coalition Announces Dairy Animal Well-Being Principles and Guidelines Community Connect Grants Issued Deere Adds to Air-seeding Line Governor Doyle Announces New Cheese Production Record in Wisconsin National Coalition Announces Dairy Animal Well-Being Principles and Guidelines Another Delay in Farm Bill Action in the Senate Michigan's Wine Grape Acreage Continues to Grow NASDA and NFU Back Interstate Meat Sales Provision Australian Wheat Crop Estimate Continues To Plummet GAO Says U.S. Agriculture May be Vulnerable to Foreign Pests State Ag Officials Respond to ‘Weak Inspection’ Allegations USGC Releases Final Numbers from China Corn Tour Conner Optimistic About WTO Talks Senate May Actually Move on Farm Bill Kaiser named new World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent Iraq Buys U.S. and Canadian Wheat Kaiser named new World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent Polaris Offers 6 Passenger UTV Ethanol Plant Construction Halted Leaders Talk Safety at Washington Meeting Plan Now for World Dairy Expo World Dairy Expo Kicks Off Today Good Conditions Aiding Planting in Argentina Pork Center Developing Swine Schools USDA Issues Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Peru FTA Goes Back to Congress Rust Continues to Spread Later-Planted Corn Yields Could Nose Dive Bush Addresses Climate Conference Lack of Rain Worries Brazilian Soybean Growers No Early Release of CRP Opinions Differ on Peru FTA USGC China Corn Tour Sees Lower Production Global Climate Change Conference Opens in Washington Crop Insurance Sales Deadline is Almost Here Michigan Family Farms Conference set for Jan. 19 4-H Dairy Programs Benefit From Dairy Heifer Replacement, A.I. Sale Farm Bureau Against Long-Term Extension of Farm Bill Pork Producers Are Upping Expansion Pace EU Drops Mandatory Set-Aside Australian Ag Minister Predicts Poor Wheat Crop Peru Free Trade Agreement Moves Closer House Version of COOL Will Be in Senate Farm Bill Soybean Rust Still Moving North Panama Reopens Border to U.S. Cattle USDA Issues $223 Million in Electric Loans Brazil's New Soybean Crop May Set Record Federal Funding to Improve Food Safety Acting Ag Secretary Talks about USDA's Top Priorities WRDA Passes Senate, But Still a Long Road Ahead China's Feed Growth Will Ramp Up WTO Rules in U.S. Favor on Rice Dispute Peru Trade Agreement Passes Senate Committee Hybrids of Yesteryear Study Becomes 'How Not To' Plot Soybean Rust Found In Kansas Reaction Toward Johanns After Resignation Swift and Positive Conner Celebrates Food Stamp Anniversary; Awards Grants Harkin Introduces Bill Establishing National Food Safety Framework China May Cut Import Duty on Soybeans PIG Opportunity Secretary of Agriculture Resigns U.S. Trade Negotiator Offers to Accept WTO Subsidy Cap NAWG Implores Senate to Provide Safety Net USDA Gives $22.7 Million in Value-Added Grants New LGMA Doubts Following Dole Recall Johanns Reportedly Will Run for Senate Farm Payments Play a Role in Converting Grasslands to Cropland Farm Bill Extended by One Month Lowering Interest Rates Good for Farmers Pork Producers Council Holds Legislative Conference in Washington Report Questions Link Between Ethanol and Higher Food Prices If Australia Stays Dry U.S. Wheat Could Reach New Highs Weekend Frost Causes Fears of Decreased Soybean Yields CNMP Providers Course Set for Nov. 13-15 Bech Named Deputy Administrator for Biotechnology SmartStax Will Provide Farmers One-Stop Weed and Pest Control Reactions Vary On USDA's Minimal Risk BSE Rule Michigan Apples – Enjoy the Sweetness! European Commission Proposes Stop to Setaside Corn Illustrated: Early Harvest Indicates Typical Nitrogen Pattern Soybean Rust Continues to Move North New Class Action Suit Brought Against AWB EU Court Rules in Favor of GMOs USDA Announces Final BSE Minimal Risk Rule Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences Partner on Eight-Gene Stacked Corn USDA Awards Cooperative Development and Community Facility Grants USDA Announcing Final Rule on Canadian Cattle Imports Today Export Demand Offsets Lower Ethanol Consumption New Resources from MSU Help Growers Identify, Control Potato Diseases Ag Secretary Makes Appointments to United Soybean Board Possible Senate Run? Ag Secretary is Keeping Mum MSU Scientist: Two Key Findings Steer Cucumber Disease Research Progress Being Made on U.S.-Korean Beef Trade Issues Slow Start for U.S. Soybean Harvest Crop Protection Firm Talks Strategy Kuhn Extends Mower-conditioner Line Tax Package May Help Farm Bill Agriculture Census Offering Information; Options Online Internet Access Increased on Michigan Farms Public Comments Sought on Climate Change Report EU Trade Commissioner Says Clock is Ticking on Doha MSU Farm Open House Features New Air Quality Research Facility Australian Wheat Crop Estimates Released Brazil's Wheat Crop Looks Better Than Last Year's U.S. Officials Urge Congress to Move on Free Trade Agreements Disaster Aid Signup Dates Announced Bobcat Replaces 533 with Compact S100 IDF Promotes Good Dairy Farming Practices Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Chinese Government Says It Will Not Stop Soybean Imports Western Canada Already Seeding Winter Wheat Give Feeder Calves a Breather Mixed Bag of Crop Results in Corn Illustrated Area Compost Barn Seminar Set for Sept. 21 Country of Origin Labeling A Year Away…Maybe USDA Rural Development Issues Grants for TV Upgrade Soyoil Gets Big Boost by Biodiesel Virus May Be Cause of Bee Deaths Soy Formula May Stop Child Illness Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Coalition Meeting Focuses on Biotech Producers Urged to Take Survey to Help FMD Study Obtain Movement Certificates for Moving Cattle Across Zonal Boundaries U.S. Soybeans May Hit $10 in 2007 Honda Enters UTV Market with Big Red Grain Group Forecasts Record Feed Grain Exports Final Push Needed For WTO Trade Talks Michigan Propane Gas Association Launches Statewide Safety Program C. Coleman Harris Retires Countercyclical Payments Begin for Cotton and Peanuts Company Pushes Idea of a New Revolution Farmers May Need to Update GPS Equipment Opinions Differ on House Farm Bill Kubota, Land Pride Announce Agreement A Call for Genebanks to Prevent Livestock Extinction John Deere Unveils 5003 Tractor Line NCGA Pushing Legislative Issues Top Names Highlight Major Bioeconomy Summit Flex Fuel Vehicles Announced for 2008 Congress Back in Session with Plenty to Cover Group Asks for CRP Acre Release Corn Illustrated: Too Early To Tell if Fungicide Application Helped Disaster Sign-up to Start Oct. 15 Arctic Cat Introduces Diesel ATV MABA Awards Scholarships to 18 Students Michigan Dry Bean Production Significantly Down USDA Projects New Export Record Japan Loses Another Ag Minister Horse Flu in Australia Draws Inquiry Grains Council Outreach Efforts Talk Biotech, DDGS NCGA: Keep the Heat on for the Farm Bill Michigan Corn Growers Association Doles Out Scholarships Business Grants Promote Rural Development New Engine Idea Enhances Efficiency Keeping Score on Soybean Rust Income Limits Still Hot Topic for Farm Bill Grapes from Rotational Survey Summarized Farm Bill Needs Beginning Farmer Options Trade is Hot Topic for Ag SowBridge is Pork Production Educational Program Farmers Urged to Turn to Biodiesel for Harvest New Herbicide Tech on Display MSU Agribusiness Student Receives National Dairy Award, Scholarship Trimble, Dickey-john Partner for Future Lincoln National Ag Award Recipients Named at 2007 Farm Progress Show What to Wear to Fund Youth in Agriculture New Survey Shows Fight for Acres Ahead in 2008 Gates Open for 2007 Farm Progress Show Apply for State Pesticide Notification and Organic Farm Registries Online Film Attempts to Turn Up Heat on Farm Bill Battle Watch Out for Corn Nematodes Last Call for Bus Trip to See On-Farm Robotic Milking Units South Korea Resumes U.S. Beef Inspection German Poultry Farm Infected with Bird Flu Analysts Take a Look at Biofuel Boom Familiar Landmark Rises from Progress City Ag Secretary Makes Plans to Attend Farm Progress Show Corn Growers Remind Growers About New Corn Tech Responsibility USDA Invests in Produce Safety EPA Develops Help For Anhydrous Ammonia Facilities USDA: Chinese Currency Could Boost U.S. Ag Exports Corn Trait Gets Japan Nod Chinese Complain About U.S. Soy Quality NCGA: Extreme Conditions Show Importance of Safety Net Flooding Could Pressure Soybean Production More Soft Red Wheat to be Planted USDA Pushes Renewable Energy Projects Tropical Storms Raise Rust Worries CNMP Providers Course Set for Nov. 13-15 South Korea Could Decide Soon on U.S. Beef Dairy Industry Documentary Available on DVD Suspected vCJD Case Refuted Ag Exports to Top $78.5 Billion Dairy Industry Documentary Available on DVD Five States Poised to Harvest Billion Bushel Corn Crops USDA Aims to Be Better Energy User NCBA Discusses Policies for 2007 New Alternative Swine Production Health Reference Available Grains Council Continues International Biotech Effort New Chance for U.S. Beef in South Korea? Corn Illustrated Weekly: Where Did All the Beetles Go? U.S. Food Aid Flawed, Charity Says Michigan Lifts Ban on Importation of Wisconsin Hogs Water Scientists Worry About Biofuel Side Effects Fruit Producers Brace for Immigrant Crackdown McFarlane Busy with New Seedbed Tool Sugar Could Boost Ethanol Ag Commission Names Donald Koivisto as New State Agriculture Director Corn Growers Look for Farm Bill Changes Use Distillers Grains for Livestock Rations Take a Peek at the 2007 Farm Progress Show Site Underwriters Labs on Track to Certify E-85 Pumps Top Names Highlight Major Bioeconomy Summit Southern Corn Harvest Begins What Can New Farm Bill Do to Help Beginning Farmers? Sustainability Initiative Draws Farm Group Support Determine Accurate Plant Moisture Levels Before Silage Harvest USDA Reports July Agricultural Prices Monsanto Appeals Roundup Ready Alfalfa Injunction Plan Fuel Purchases to Catch Lower Prices Still Time to Harvest Carbon Credits Valley Offers Single-span Engine Drive NCGA Holds First Agri-Industry Council Meeting Wheat Group Eyes Doha Negotiations Corn Illustrated Plot Offers Surprises British Foot and Mouth Tests Coming in Negative NCGA: Corn Growers Reducing Erosion Japan Set to Approve Agrisure RW USDA Report Predicts Largest Corn Crop in History Farmers Encouraged to Take Advantage of CSP Program EPA: 2,4-D Not a Human Carcinogen Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Meeting to Address U.S. Animal Disease Readiness Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Farm Management Consultant Suggests Farmers, Tenants Talk Buhler Lists Two New Products for Grain and Hay Conservation Security Program Gets More Funds How Will Global Warming Affect U.S. Corn Belt? Food Standards Aren't U.S. Issue Only U.S. Could Be Making Progress on Japan Beef Talks NMPF Takes Lead in National Dairy ID Effort Disease Outbreak in England Is Reminder to U.S. Producers Test for Nitrogen Before Planting Wheat House Energy Bill Nabs Oil Money AerWay Unveils New Close-coupled Tandem Farm Futures Predicts Record Corn Crop Senate Will Discuss Rural Broadband Access Britain Deals with Foot and Mouth Disease Heat Wave Will Separate 'Men from Boys' Study Works Towards Rust-resistant Soybeans Farm Production Costs Climb WRDA Passes House, 381-40 GAO Finds Problems in Animal ID Implementation Japan, Korea Beef Talks Hit Snags USDA Provides Emergency Funds for Bovine Tuberculosis U.S., China Meet for Food Safety Talks Carbon Credit Signup Deadline Approaches Senate Farm Bill Could Include Controversial Tax Measure Corn Yield Contest Postmark Deadline Is August 1 NOAA: Nutrient Pollution Damaging Nation's Estuaries New Soybean Trait Offers 7-11% Yield Advantage New Soybean Trait Offers 7-11% Yield Advantage Governments Look to Back Up Ethanol Goals WRDA Nears Completion Rains Help Corn - and Ethanol Reactions Pour in After House Farm Bill Passage First Signs of Disease Noticed in Corn Illustrated Plots Weather Guru Sees Strange Twist to Corn Crop Farm Bill Passes in House Legislation Bans Hog Waste Lagoons in North Carolina Legislation Bans Hog Waste Lagoons in North Carolina WRDA Edges Forward House Farm Bill Faces Threats MDA Director Mitch Irwin to Retire Ag Commission Begins Search for Department of Agriculture Director Soybean Rust Could Move North from Texas A Tale of Two Bills Local FFA Members Mobilize to Place Sticky Traps in Farmers' Fields Farm Bureau Survey Shows Retail Food Prices Up in Second Quarter John Deere Overhauls Four Instruction Manuals Senators Propose Revenue Counter-cyclical Program Johanns Threatens Farm Bill Veto Over Lack of Reforms Korean Bone-in Beef Decision Expected in July Flaws Appear in Farm Payment System Aug. 1 Is National Corn Yield Contest Deadline Ag Groups Voice Opposition to Kind-Flake Honey Bee Research not on Farm Bill 'A-list' Congress Gets Ethanol Ownership Bill The Farm Bill for Corn Growers Farm Bill Reactions Come In Corn Illustrated Weekly: Drought Damage Assessment Is Tricky Business Remember Costs in Cash Rent Negotiation New Program Will Focus on Underground Utility Safety Legislators Broker COOL Compromise Johanns Reacts to Farm Bill Automated Weighing System Gets Patent New Farm Bill Clears House Committee New Invasive Wood Wasp Found in Michigan Senate Legislation Expands Biodiesel Education Program Scientists: Only Use Fungicides for Disease Add-on Dump Truck USDA Partners With U.S. Animal Identification Organization EPA Announces Extended Feeding Operation Deadlines Consumers Still Beefing Up With Market Declining, Oats Could Be Cover Crop Monsanto Takes its Show on the Road Specialty Crops Get Boost in Farm Bill Draft Corn Crop on Record Pace Peterson Proposes $1 Million Eligibility Cap Johanns Announces New Protections for Fruit and Vegetable Imports Johanns Expresses Disappointment with Farm Bill Borlaug First to Get Congressional Medal for Agricultural Efforts John Deere Announces 5003 Series Tractor Line-up China Returns Fire in Food Fight Renewable Energy Gets $100 Billion Globally Cato Institute: U.S. Dairy Policies are 'Milk Madness' Biofuels a Hot Topic at Energy Summit Corn Illustrated Weekly: Low N Rates Produce Classic Nitrogen Firing Syngenta Grants Zimmerman Corn Rights to Hoegemeyer Hybrids New Web Site Provides YieldGard VT Tips Researchers Say Good No-till Management Can Net Higher Profits Johanns Disapproves of House Farm Bill EPA Meets with Ag Leaders Fruit and Vegetable Processor's Guide to Environmental Regulations Online USDA Seeks Comments on Biotech Regulations ASA Joins Rice Groups in Backing Peterson Proposal Farm Bureau Votes to Back U.S.-Korea FTA Adding Fruity Twist to Dairy Cow Diets Recognized Beef and Meat Groups Debate Country-of-origin Labeling Senators Introduce Ag Market Competition Legislation Brazil to Join Canada in WTO Complaint Against U.S. American Farm Bureau: 'Food vs. Fuel' Not a Concern Conservation Districts Unhappy With Farm Bill Language New Insecticide Gets EPA Registration Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Consumers Line up for $1.85 E85 Fuel Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Nominate a Master Farmer Ag Groups Ask Congress for More Research Funding Global Biofuel Output Will Double by 2012, Report Says National Corn Yield Contest Entries on Record Pace Register for the Michigan Corn Growers Association Golf Outings A Way to Make Biodiesel Cheaper, Faster, Better Keep Current Soybean Standards, Grain Groups Say Kuhn Lengthens Its Rotary Rake Line Cattle Producers Urge Equal Opportunity Energy Policy New Opportunity for Organic Producers MSU Partners to Garner Biofuel Research Dollars Ag Secretary Content with Farm Bill Progress U.S. Grains Council: Panama FTA a Win for Producers National Sheep Seminars and Sale Set for Aug. 4 in Iowa Support Scholarships, Enjoy Ice Cream at Ag Expo Senator Calls for "Import Czar" How to Move Forward with Ethanol? Emergency Responders Can Attend Agricultural Accident Training New USDA Facility to Deal with Animal Diseases Congress May Require Full Korea Beef Imports to Sign FTA Wheat Harvest Could Suffer from Immigration Bill Failure Study: Ethanol Co-products Gaining Popularity Horse Selection and Evaluation Topic of New Online Course Drop in Bean Acres Puts Squeeze on Biodiesel USDA Gives Interim Approval to Change in Organic Regulations U.S. Wants China to Reopen Market for Beef Corn Illustrated Weekly: Chlorophyll Meter Will Unmask Differences - Hopefully! Machinery Firms Make Changes Farm Bill May Include Crop Insurance Reductions Great Dairy Adventure to Provide Free Fun, Education July 18 U.S. Ag Exports Rise in 2006 Corn Plantings Reach 92.9 Million Acres When More Is Less Is Good BASF and Monsanto Partner for Trait Promotion OPEC: Biofuels Not a 'Magic Bullet' Michigan Leaders Propose Strategy to Expand Alternative Energy Industry Immigration Bill Comes Up Short in Senate China Says Defends Safety of Food Exports Companies to Help Farmers Understand Ethanol Yield Potential Improve Hay Quality with Fork Immigration Bill Faces Crucial Vote in Senate Michigan Earns National Recognition for Food Safety Summer Aerial Application on Corn Expected to Be High Harkin Wants to Reduce Direct Payments Corn Illustrated Weekly: Hybrid Differences Still Show After Irrigating Companies Slow to Market Jointly Labeled Chemicals Event Promises Hog Roast, 'Big Family Reunion' Feel Cargill Technology Wins EPA Award Tyson and Syntroleum Form Sythentic Fuels Company U.S. Beef Makes Strides in Korea, Japan Onset Offers New Smart Sensor Soybean Rust Turns Up in Three States European Governments Stalled on GM Corn Talks Michigan Biomass Energy Program Offers Grants for Market Expansion DDGS Can Be Pelletized Payment Limits Not Likely in Farm Bill, Peterson Says Legislation Would Let More Meat Cross State Lines CRP Contracts Expiring Sept. 30 Can Be Re-Enrolled Applications for Disaster Loans from SBA Due July 9 Energy Bill Clears Senate Proposals Sought for New State Acres for Wildlife Conservation Program Senate Reaches Fuel Efficiency Reform Compromise Johanns Chides House on Farm Bill Action Harkin: Farm Bill Should Boost Rural Development U.S. Blocks WTO Investigation of Subsidies FAPRI Examines Possible Farm Program Rate Changes Energy Bill Includes Money for Renewable Fuels Sweet Cherry Acreage Down 1,500 Acres Athenix Lends Monsanto a Hand With Insect Control Renewable Fuels Association Backs Renewable Fuels Education Bill Ag Secretary Decries Farm Bill Subsidy Renewal State Selects Cooperative Elevator as "2006 Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year" Chevron Offers New Gear Lube Subcommittee Recommends Keeping 2002 Farm Bill Subsidy Program House Farm Bill Draft Gets Soy Support Ag Engineers Get 'Charge' for the Future Industry Interests Lobby Against Energy Bill 2007 Cattle Industry Summer Round-up Is June 22-23 Cover Crop Roller Cuts Field Trips American Agricultural Scientist Wins 2007 World Food Prize Administration Introduces Immigration Enforcement Measure FSA County Committee Nominations in Process All-Michigan Holstein Show Set for July 19-20 Bipartisan Legislation Pushes Biodiesel Corn Belt's Nitrogen Runoff Can Be Curbed Corn Illustrated Weekly: Nitrogen Rate Differences Show Visually in Rate Plot Eight MSU Projects to Receive $350,000 Some Analysts Say Ethanol Boom May Stumble Kuhn Adds New Mower-conditioner Study to Focus on Animal Operations' Emissions Corn Gets Bad Rap for Food Price Increases Johanns Names Biotechnology and 21st Century Ag Board EPA Rolls Out New Rules Web Site Proposed Bill to Strengthen Biodiesel 2007: A Record-Breaker for Soybean Aphids? Japan Loosens Inspection Rules for U.S. Beef Next-Generation Hybrid Vehicle Released Energy Bill Pushes Through Senate Showcase Program Highlights Conservation Technologies Barn Mural Celebration Set for June 15 USDA Undersecretary Speaks on Livestock Identification Database Detailing Farm Subsidies Gets Update Biomass Research Gets $18 Million Boost Pork Producers Have a Stake In Immigration Policy Summer Round-Up Brings Cattle Producers Together Alamo Offers 'Tractor Focused' Loaders Report: Energy Department Not Keeping Up for Biofuels USDA List of Approved Nonorganic Items Stirs Controversy USDA Expands Beef Recall Over E. Coli Scare Environmental Project Awards Research Dollars Yogurt Maker, Environmental Group Aim to Save Farms Valmont Offers 'Loaded' 7000 Sprinkler Canadian WTO Request Omits Complaints Against U.S. Corn Immigration Reform Bill Falls Short in Senate GAO: Crop Insurance Program Still Needs Improvement Final Rows Planted at Corn Illustrated Plots MSU Dairy Judging Team Travels to Utah Small Farmers Speak on Farm Bill Input Wanted for EPA Ag Center Survey House Subcommittee Approves More Farm Bill Proposals American Farm Bureau Backs Immigration Bill Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation Celebrates Golden Anniversary New Controls for Eastern Fruit and Nut Producers Brazil and U.S. Share Common Interests in Ethanol South Korea Proceeds With Beef Inspections, but Holds Sales Chamber of Commerce Criticizes Rahall Energy Bill MSU Professor Developing Hybrid Superturf Commodity Groups Reiterate Importance of Market Access in Doha Debate Heats Up Over Direct Payments Study Looks at Impacts of Ethanol in U.S. MSU to Honor Legendary Professor, Mentor June 9 Harvestores Grow in New Design South Korea Reinstates De Facto Ban on U.S. Beef U.S. and China Work on Non-Grain Biofuels Agreement Early Season Scouting Improves Soybean Yields, Profitability U.S. and Brazil Likely to Discuss Ethanol in Meetings DewEze Offers '08 Ford Hydraulics Scientists Work on First U.S.-produced FMD Vaccine Scientists Work on First U.S.-produced FMD Vaccine Control Stable Flies This Wet Spring New Vaccine Could Work Against Foot-and-mouth NCGA: Clean Water Legislation a Burden for Producers Cattle Groups Respond to JBS-Swift Acquisition Gain Hands-On Experience at Spray Applicator Workshop Monsanto to Acquire Delta and Pine Land, Divest NexGen and Stoneville Former Senators Propose Eliminating Direct Payments to Farmers Quilt Fungicide Application Rate Reduced FDA Recalls Feed Over Melamine Concerns Researchers: Global Warming Could Cause Soil Decline Schools Earn $12,000 in Apple Sweepstakes Michigan Corn Office Launches Website Focused on Heating with Corn Governor Granholm Declares First-Ever Michigan Horse Racing Month Retrofit Chain to Reduce Trash Administration Will Fight Voluntary BSE Testing Farm Progress Companies Help With Safety Day Promotion China Says U.S. Food Companies Should Be More Cautious Family Farms Feed Michigan's Future Coalition Formed Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Dairy Diets Fined Tuned for Distillers' Grains Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift More Beef Could Be Headed to South Korea Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Japanese Ag Minister Commits Suicide Amid Scandal Bill Helps Dedicated Energy Crop Growers Congress Marks Up Disaster Package Woods Offers GroundMover-X U.S. Calls for Food Safety Measures from China U.S.-S. Korea Free Trade Agreement Biggest Ever for Pork Producers Council: U.S.-S. Korea FTA Means $10 More Per Pig Subcommittee Reviews Dairy for Farm Bill Subcommittee Reviews Dairy for Farm Bill Rinse and Recycle Agricultural Pesticide Containers Bill Would Allow Justice Department to Sue OPEC New BIO Policy Aims to Minimize Trade Disruptions New MSU Extension Bulletin Focuses on Environmental Farm Practices What's in the Immigration Bill for Ag Distillers Dried Grains Market Stabilizing House Subcommittee Works on Conservation, Energy, Credit Titles U.S. Cattle Groups Respond to Upgraded BSE Classification U.S. Gets 'Controlled Risk' BSE Classification Coalition Tells Congress: Fund Country-of-Origin Labeling Touring by Tractor Bird Flu Could Be Slowing Down Week of May 20 Declared "Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week" Biofuel Producers: Ethanol and Biodiesel Not Enough to Meet Bush's Targets Red Palm Mite Explosion Causing Caribbean Fruit Losses New Ag Legislation Introduced in Congress Farm Bill Draft Makes Changes to Conservation Funds U.S. Beef Causing Push for New Safety Measures in S. Korea Poultry Fed Melamine Pronounced Safe for Processing Michigan Equine Survey Could Be in Your Mailbox This Month House Ag Committee Adopts Renewable Energy Resolution Genetically Modified Corn Seed Closer to Approval in Brazil Expanding Ethanol Industry Impacts Grain Transportation Lawmakers in Congress Introduce Help for Beginning Farmers 2007 Farm Progress Show Adds Country Music Concert Senate Passes Locks and Dams Bill New Senate Legislation Aims to Boost Cellulosic Energy Crops $35 Million Goes to Wetland Reserve Program Projects U.S. Beef Shipments Continue to Clear Korean Inspections About 56,000 Swine to Be Released from Quarantine Bilateral Free Trade Agreements a Possibility Wheat Growers to Congress: 'Keep Food in U.S. Food Aid' Bush Calls for New Emissions Standards Manage Heat Stress in Dairy Cows Chinese to Sign Soybean Contracts Corn Prices Hurt Ethanol Producers, Too Wheat Blends Outperform Single Varieties in Study New Rules Proposed for Rural Broadband Asian Soybean Rust Found Early in Louisiana Japan Takes Issue with U.S. Trade Report USDA Farm Bill Proposals Aim to Keep U.S. Ag Competitive MSU Program Recruits Students to Shrinking Field of Large Animal Vets U.N. Panel Raises Concerns About Biofuels Flooding Causes Barge and Rail Delays Biodiesel Producers, Soybean Growers Ask for Farm Bill Provisions Farm Aid May Be Separated from War Spending Bill $19 Million Available for Value-Added Ag Grants USDA and EPA Coordinate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Protection Survey Indicates Consumers Concerned With Food Safety Registration Open for Beef Improvement Federation Meeting in Colorado Corn Plantings Up in Midwest Michigan Conservation and Climate Initiative Supports Carbon Credit Trading U.S., Mexico Talk Agriculture Ashland and Cargill Create Joint Biobased Chemical Venture Johanns Announces Specialty Crops Farm Bill Proposals Soybean Plant Mortality May Be Greater This Year U.S. Now Has Over 1,200 E85 Locations Researchers Say Organic Ag Can Help Combat Hunger Melamine Contamination Poses Almost No Risk to Humans Researchers Showcase Biotech at International Event Smithfield-PSF Merger Gets Justice Department Clearance Kirkpatrick Research Fund Established New Web-based Program Helps Swine Management UN Panel Calls for Urgent Action Against Global Warming New Iceberg Lettuces Resist Wilt USDA Releases Report on Animal ID Projects Judge Rules Farmers Can't Plant Roundup Ready Alfalfa MSU Research Supports Residual Herbicides in RU Ready Corn GAO Report Calls for Continued Improvement of Crop Insurance Senate Committee Approves Renewable Fuels Legislation Moving New-Tech Corn by Rail Banned New BSE Case Turns Up in Canada Fuel Price Outlook: Mixed to Higher Quarantine Issued to Control Spread of Plant Disease Use Fungicides with Caution Bush Speaks Against Farm Disaster Aid in War Spending Bill House Subcommittee Reviews Crop Insurance MMPA President Elwood Kirkpatrick Retires U.S. Beef Hits Shelves in Korea Motorists Can Find Ethanol Pumps on the Web Brazil Concerned About EU Environmental Certification for Biofuels Climate Change Panel Issues Warnings Contaminated Pet Food Traced to Poultry Feed MSU Working to Help Local Officials Set Wind Energy Policy Grassland Improvement Group Receives Highest Conservation Award Food Safety System May Be Set for an Overhaul Contaminated Swine Feed Poses Very Little Health Risk for Humans 2007 Ag Expo Set for July 17-19 at MSU U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea Oral Arguments Begin in Roundup Ready Alfalfa Case Officials to Destroy Hogs That Ate Adulterated Feed Michigan Soybean Yield Contest Open to Farmers Don't Bug Me! House Ag Chairman Discusses Farm Bill Johanns Announces Funds for Rural Housing, Electric War Spending Bill Passes House Researchers Identify a Possible Culprit for Bee Losses EPA Approves Section 18 for Folicur QuickTrax Offers Simplified Steering System Replanting Wheat Could Have Insurance Implications Bioenergy Could Bring Agricultural Renaissance, FAO Says Ag Groups Back Call for Sugar Policy Reform FDA Moves to Contain Melamine Profit from Trout Production Slides USDA Secretary: Progress Made in U.S.-Japan Beef Talks Fungicide Gets EPA Registration for Soybeans American Farm Bureau Releases Farm Bill Recommendations March Milk Production Up by Almost 5% USDA Gives Nearly $180 Million for Rural Water Projects 38,700 USDA Program Payees' Information Leaked Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Wheat Farmers Consider Replanting MSU Supports Legislation To Expand Extension, Research, Teaching Programs House Passes Locks and Dams Bill Second Wheat Summit a Success MAES Researcher to Study Disease Resistance in Plants Democrats in Congress See Ag Contributions Grow Michigan Bans Importation of Wisconsin Hogs We Test Drive Honda's Foreman EPS on Rough Desert Roads Bush Administration Denounces Locks and Dams Bill American Heart Association Campaign Draws Support CSP Program Popular Despite Funding Cuts Johanns Warns Farm Disaster Aid Could Sink War Spending Bill State Recommends Aggressive Action to Eliminate Feral Swine GAO Report Finds Inefficiencies in Food Aid Program Johanns Lists Farm Bill Proposals for Beginning Farmers USDA Farm Bill Conservation Title to Go to Congress Great Lakes Agritourism, Farm Market Bus Tour Set for June 12-13 Advisory Panel: Clones Should Not Be Labeled as Organic Minibatt Comes to USA USDA Aims to Help Beginning Farmers in Farm Bill Proposals NCBA: Government Should Not Limit Cattle Marketing Choices WTO Must Be Part of Farm Bill Discussion, Ag Secretary Says NCGA and USDA Economist Optimistic on Corn Supply and Demand Research Is Answer to Biofuels Crunch Michigan Potato Growers to Vote on Program Continuation $1 Per Gallon Tax Credit Helps Venture Produce Biodiesel from Animal Fats USDA to Award $12.8 Million for Rural Communities Dairy Farmer Testifies to House Ag Committee Study Finds Agricultural Market Concentration Rising New Fungicide Gets EPA Registration and Herbicide Gets Brand Name Habitat Credit Trading Offers Conservation Incentives AFVi Hands Out Alternative Fuels Awards Kuhn Unveils Six-rotor Tedder Scientists Work on Enzymes to Improve Ethanol Efficiency Trade Ministers Set Doha Timeline Ethanol Facilities to Be Equal Under Clean Air Act CBOT Ethanol Seminars Cover Price Risk Management Energy and Forest Companies Partner on Biofuel After Strong 2006, WTO Forecasts Weaker Expansion in 2007 Venezuela's President Aims to 'Knock Down' U.S.-Brazil Ethanol Deal Great Lakes Agritourism, Farm Market Bus Tour Set for June 12-13 USDA Proposal Bad for Farmers, Ag Policy Group Says National Renewable Fuel Standard Requires More Biofuel Use Johanns Outlines USDA Conservation Proposals Russia Partially Bans Meat Imports from U.S., Others Mahindra USA Offers Two New Utility Tractors Cuba and Venezuela at Odds with U.S. on Biofuels Agriculture Safety Days Program Raises Methamphetamine Awareness Biodiesel Gains Policy Attention Fertilizer Shortage Talk More than Rumor? Case IH Designs for High Humidity Haying Indy Racing Brings Attention to Ethanol USDA Announces Over $152 Million for Rural Development Loans Shipping Mistake Adds to Complicated Japan Beef Situation April's Cold Start Raises Corn Acreage Questions Ag Secretary Proposes Changes to USDA Rural Development Program USDA Secretary Pleased With U.S.-Korea Trade Deal Ag Department Seeks Input on Agricultural Management Practices Two More Grain Groups Ring in on New Tech Grain USDA to Announce Value-Added Grant Deadline Soon Korea Trade Agreement Has Far-reaching Implications Grain Handlers Team Up for Identity Preserved Market Michigan Vegetable Intentions Report Filed Distillers Grains Marketplace Expands Kinze and Ag Leader Partner on Planting Technology U.S. Farm Machinery Exports Up 10% Study: Bt Corn Benefits European Producers, Environment Homeland Security Rule Could Affect Ag Chemicals Anemometer Loan Program Available for Producers More Hurricanes Predicted in 2007 EU Closer to Approving Biotech Corn Trait Hog Profit Outlook Improved By Planting Intentions 'Limited' and 'Minimal' Meat Inspections Suspended Letters to FDA Protest rBST Milk Labels Beef Key to U.S.-South Korea Trade Deal H5N1 Bird Flu Could Continue to Spread National Corn Yield Contest Begins FDA Extends Cloning Comment Period Johanns: USDA Not Lifting CRP Release Penalties Abe Lincoln National Ag Awards Launched at 2007 Farm Progress Show U.S. and South Korea Reach Trade Pact Milk Production Increases in February Smart Nozzle Spoon Feeds Through Sprayer USDA Risk-based Meat Inspection Questioned EPA and ARS Research Manure Runoff USDA Report: Corn Acres to Be Highest Since WWII District Judge Rules Private Companies can Test for BSE Locks and Dams Bill Headed for Senate Floor Association Promotes and Assists Farm Markets N2XP Fills Mid-size Sprayer Niche Chicago Board of Trade Plans Mini-sized Contracts on Electronic Platform Soybean Growers Speak to House Subcommittee Paper Explores Challenges of Biotech Regulation Corn Growers Present Farm Bill Proposal to House Ag Committee Bush Backs Beef at NCBA Spring Conference Corn Growers, Economists Disagree on Future of Food Prices No-till Gaining Popularity for Corn National Farm Machinery Show: New Tools for Livestock Operations Plant Roundup Ready Alfalfa Now, or Return It President Pushes Policymakers to Pass Petroleum Proposals MSU Extension Director Joins National 4-H Council Board of Trustees Engine Maker Supports B20 Biofuel USDA Announces Air Quality Grants Rootworm Biotech Trait Lacks Approval in Japan, NCGA Warns U.S. and South Korea Push to Finish Trade Talks National Farm Machinery Show: What's New for Planting? National Farm Machinery Show: Hot Tools Make the Cut Automakers Onboard with Flex-fuel Vehicles Effects of Starter Fertilizer With Sulfur on Corn Production Tiger Power Offers PTO-driven Kilowatts Brazilian Government Shuts Down Cargill Port USDA Expands Farm Bill Nutrition Goals GMO in BASF Rice is Safe, USDA Says Farm Credit System to Present Proposals to Congress Farmers Converge on Capitol to Educate Legislators Researchers Develop Durum Line to Help Fight Fusarium Corn Growers Association Urges Reinvestment in Research Senate Adds Farm Disaster Aid, MILC to Spending Bill American Soybean Association Backs Nutrition Program Democrats Tack Farm Spending onto Iraq Funding Bill Subcommittee Works on Rural Development Programs USDA Includes Renewable Energy Expansion in Farm Bill Proposal Take the "Guesswork" Out of Welding Johanns Announces Loans for Energy Projects Online Database Keeps Corn Growers Aware of Seed Hybrids Senate Amendment Proposes Ceiling on Farm Payments Former POAST Customers Could Be in for Some Money Food Industry Groups Combine to Form Center for Food Integrity EU Members Agree to Remove Five GM Strains USDA Grants Help Fund Development of Biomass Projects Monsanto and BASF Collaborate on New Traits Senate Legislation Aims to Curb U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil New Legislation Gives Specialty Crops a Boost Scientists Develop Aphid-Resistant Barley Pork Producers, U of M Extension Host Webcast Three Michigan Barns Earn Preservation Awards Report Indicates Global Warming Affects Cereal Crops Early March 1 Hog Inventory Guesses Harkins Asks Johanns for Crop Insurance Changes Can Switchgrass Lead Us to Viable Cellulosic Ethanol? U.S. and South Korea Talk Beef South Korea Discusses Beef Imports with U.S. Senate Budget Committee Passes Ag Budget Resolution Soybean Producers Voice Biodiesel Concerns Deere Unveils Two New Utility Tractors Crystal Flash Energy Recognized as Conservationist of the Year Hard Red Winter Wheat Coming Out of Dormancy Fertilizer Demand Tied to Ethanol Demand It'll Be Harder to Squeeze Profit from Ethanol National Dairy Leaders Conference Set for April 15-17 Survey: Two-Thirds of South Korean Restaurants O.K. with U.S. Beef U.S. GM Rice Imports Banned in Mexico Preying on the Luck of the Irish to Turn a Buck Locks and Dams Bill Expected to Pass House Committee Organic Diary Farmers Form FOOD Monsanto Reacts to Roundup Decision U.S. Bird Flu Prevention Measures Get Boost NCGA Presents Farm Safety Net Proposal in D.C. 2006 Horse of the Year Award Winners Announced USDA and U.N. Agree to Coordinate Assistance Ads Recognize Environmentally Conscious Farmers Bush Administration Supports Fish Farming Bill Research Program Provides Aflatoxin Protocol Michigan Cherry Producers Approve Continuation Referendum Laforge Offers Front 3-point Hitch for Case IH Iowa's First Soybean Rust Found in 2006 Crop New Acreage Survey Projects Highest Corn Plantings Since 1946 New Day for Controlling Volunteer Corn FDA Suggests Safety System for Fruit and Vegetable Processors Michigan, Indiana Holstein Associations Host Spring Sales Report Indicates E85 Not Causing Problems at the Pump WTO Director Still Hopeful on Doha U.S. and Brazil Reach Biofuel Agreement Simplify Registered Product Data Pork Producers Ask Congress to Back Off Ethanol Support European Union Agrees to Binding Climate Measures Manure Exemption Bill Introduced in Congress Congress an Essential Piece of Doha Puzzle Know Your Energy Customer Johanns Announces CRP Contract Results Global Trends Bode Well for Agriculture, USDA Economist Says Brace for More Wild Swings in Biofuel Economics Specialty Crop Research Initiative Study Finds Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Poultry Ag Secretaries Renew U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture Brazilian President to Ask Bush for Ethanol Tariff Cut Be In Compliance With Anhydrous Ammonia Expand Biofuels Feedstock Sources Corn Growers Back Revenue-based Farm Bill Safety Net Ethanol Production Up Nearly 25% in 2006 Institute Affirms Big Shift to Corn Company Cooperates with USDA to Pull CL131 Rice Food vs. Feed vs. Fuel Clinton County Corn Growers to Host Annual Meeting USDA Makes Updated 2007-08 Crop Predictions Panel Expected to Recommend U.S. BSE Classification Upgrade Will FDA Approve Cefquinome? Iowa's Harkin Applauds 25x25 Action Plan Monsanto Attempts to Intervene in Alfalfa Lawsuit Companies Announce New Tech, Products Case IH Unwraps Eight New Maxxum Models Biotech Crops Benefit Environment, Study Says 'We Can Get There' P and K Fertilizer Source in Jeopardy? Soybeans Growers Seek Equity NAWG Looks for Wheat to Turn Around How Does an Adjusted Gross Income Cap Work? 2006 Crop Values Summary Department of Energy to Invest in Biorefineries USDA Ups Ag Export Estimate for 2007 NCGA Proposes Farm Bill Safety Net Johanns Acknowledges Farm Services Computer Problems Stenholm: Adjusted Gross Income Test Tough to Implement New Report Provides DDGS Guidelines Analyst: Wheat Production to Increase in 2007-08 Congress Receives Renewable Energy Action Plan Farm Bureau Acreage Estimates Similar to USDA Can You Get Paid To Protect The Atmosphere? Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff How Best to Feed DDGS to Swine? Soy Checkoff Leaders Review Priorities USDA and FDA Seek Comments on Food Additives DuPont to Accelerate Seed Development Lease Rules Could Affect USDA Program Payments National Dairy Shrine Award and Scholarships Applications Due March 15 Women's Seminar Aimed At Helping Launch New Businesses USDA Delays Date for Canada Produce User Fee Collection Manage Pastures Carefully in Drought Serveon Debuts SABI Data Collection Tool 2007 Michigan Agri-Energy Conference Is March 13-14, 2007 Thawing Rivers Allow More Barge Traffic Grains Council Ups World Wheat Projection NCGA Publication to Focus On American Farmer Take the Work Out of Log Splitting Two Senate Ag Committee Members Defend Farm Subsidies Congress Likely to Write Renewable Energy Standards American Corn Growers Association Files Antitrust Suit USDA Set to Begin Risk-Based Meat Inspections MSU Extension And Experiment Station Council Names New Members Grand L Series Gets Makeover Advocate Groups File Petition Against rBST Ag Economist: Animal Agriculture Is Transforming U.S. Beef Shipment May Have Violated Japan's Age Rules Researchers Work to Develop Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Mulch Films Organic Group to File Suit Against USDA Soy Meal Moves Underwater Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Analysts Divided on Predictions for Corn and Ethanol FFA Supports Conservation Service on Earth Day Heritage Livestock Exhibition Features Farm Animals of the Past Higher Corn Prices, Higher Farmland Prices Researchers Gain Access to Soybean Cyst Technology Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise USDA Wants Beef Talks with Japan EU Governments Agree to Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions Biofuel Company CEO: Cellulosic Ethanol Needs Early Support USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes Special Financing Available for Ethanol Venture Investments USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes U.S., EU Possibly Near Trade Deal USDA Releases Study on Livestock and Meat Marketing Bipartisan Bill Aims to Open Agricultural Trade with Cuba Soybean Rust Found Overwintering in Texas Forage Technology Conference Set For ANR Week Ag Secretary Hopeful About Cellulosic Ethanol Leaders in Congress Introduce Food Safety Legislation House Budget Committee Considers Farm Bill Funding USDA Invites Students to Agriculture Outlook Forum USDA Seeks Public Comment on Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Johanns, House Ag Committee Discuss Farm Bill Proposals Flow-Trak II Improves Liquid Application USDA Predicts a Strong Long-term Farm Economy Grains Groups Say Ethanol Not Responsible for Tortilla Prices Weigh on the Go with Scale Kit Judge Seeks Remedies in Alfalfa Suit Farm Credit System Reports $2.379 Billion Income Senator Predicts Tight Budget for Farm Bill USDA's Annual Farm Survey Underway Congress Mulls Bush Trade Authority Renewal Johanns Announces $4.6 Million for Rural Businesses Lawmakers Move to Limit Antibiotic Use Commissioner: U.S. Must Develop a Trade Friendly Farm Bill Explore Organic Agriculture March 3 During ANR Week American Soybean Association Announces Farm Bill Proposals Roundup Inventor to Join Inventors Hall of Fame Biofuels Bill Heads to Senate Alltech Raises Alarm over Corn Supply Canada Wild Bird Survey Finds No Avian Flu DewEze Equips Dodge-Cummins Canadian and U.S. Cattle Groups React to BSE Case Group Says Bush Budget Bad for Rural Communities National Association of Conservation Districts Elects New President South Korea and U.S. Fail to Reach Beef Agreement Sugar Sour on New Farm Bill Proposal USDA to Decide on CRP Acres by Summer Washington to Explore New Barge User Fee Canada Confirms BSE in Alberta U.S.-South Korea Discuss Beef Trade Gardening Conference is March 17 One Million Sign Anti-GM Petition in Europe Processors Increase Premium for Vistive Soybeans Dairy Farmers of America Offers Biosecurity Program Growers Respond to USDA Budget Request Peterson Says Cellulosic Ethanol Will be Central in Farm Bill Devgen and Monsanto to Exchange Technology U.S. Confirms Beef Meeting with S. Korea to Occur USDA Budget Proposal Draws Lukewarm Reactions European Commission Says Avian Flu Trade Bans Unjustified Michigan Holstein Association Annual Meeting is Feb. 10 In Frankenmuth U.S. and Brazil Exchange Ag Research Resources USDA Secretary Outlines 2008 Budget Request Members Approve Policies at NCBA Annual Meeting Avian Flu Strikes British Farm More Soybean Aphids Expected in 2007 Barn Preservation Network Planning Annual Meeting Johanns Brings Farm Bill Talk to Beef Producers UN Report Forecasts Far-reaching Effects of Global Warming Till the Soil with a Bobcat Cattle Group Struggles with Biofuels Issues House Science Committee OKs Biofuels Bill Crop Insurance Premiums Poised To Jump In 2007 Agri-Business Visits Capitol to Showcase Michigan Products Maple Leaf Foods to Phase Out Gestation Stalls Groups React to USDA Farm Bill Proposal with Caution Cargill and MMI Launch Cattle Breeding Tools Maple Leaf Foods to Phase Out Gestation Stalls Study Suggests Virus Causes Encephalopathy Johanns Reveals USDA 2007 Farm Bill Proposals EPA Makes Pesticide Watershed Data Available U.S. Trade Rep to Deliver Commodity Classic Keynote Address Bramco Unveils New Bale Bed USDA to Measure the Economic State of U.S. Agriculture FFA Announces Grant Winners Renewable Fuels Association Speaks to House Committee Soy Checkoff Helps Monitor Soybean Rust 2008 Farm Progress Show Location Announced R-CALF Joins Group Calling for Market Reform Nations Agree WTO Talks Should Resume, but 'No Breakthrough' Seeking a Grassroots Approach USDA Awards $6.4 Million for Rural Initiatives Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Beans for Your Ball Joints! South Korea and U.S. to Discuss Beef Shipments Joysticks Available for Smaller Bobcats Senator Proposes Act to Label Food from Clones Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Exclusive Farm Futures Survey Predicts Corn Acreage Boost Miller Offers Arc Armor Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Study Predicts Higher Crop Insurance Premiums in 2007 Grand L40 Joins Kubota Compact Tractor Lineup Survey Indicates Support for Ethanol Triple Corn Trait Gets EPA Approval U.S. Trade Rep Pushes for WTO Talks Tests Confirm High Path Avian Flu in Hungary Johanns Announces Plans to Invest $1.6 Billion in Renewable Fuels Cargill Program Helps Farm Kids Go to College State of the Union Energy Proposal to Boost Cellulosic Ethanol State of the Union Energy Proposal Draws Varying Reactions Mahindra Offers New 5520 State of the Union Address Includes Renewable Fuels Plan Study Shows Alternative Fuels Increasingly Competitive Polaris Introduces a Quick-on-the-trail Ranger RZR U.S. and EU Work on Trade Deal Wind Power Increases by 27% in 2006 Report: Minimum Wage Hike Affects Rural Workers More Survey Suggests Drivers Uneducated on Biofuels Soybean Checkoff Helps to Fund Human Health Research New Policy Project Calls for Farm Bill Changes New Landoll Disk Aimed at High-Residue Fields U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia New Subcommittee on Organic Ag U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia Researchers Find Genetic Marker for Swine Litter Size NCGA Tells Senate U.S. Producers Will Meet Corn Demand EU Renewable Energy Targets Pay Dividends for Farmers JOBOX Protects Tools, Valuables Program Protects Michigan Farmers Working with Licensed Grain Dealers Alltech Raises Alarm over Corn Supply Producer Groups Bring Up Rail Complaints EPA Helps Farmers Make Manure Pay U.S. Pork Exports Roll On Seminar Aims to Help Cheese Food Safety Be On Alert for Soybean Rust in 2007 Report: Biotech Crop Area Increases 13% in 2006 Cellulosic Ethanol on the Rise, Says Energy Investor Corn Prices Could Climb to 10-Year High MSU Gears Up to Celebrate ANR Week Producers Group Wants Market Fairness Section in Farm Bill Accountability Office Finds Room for Improvement in EQIP and CSP USDA Releases State-by-state Conservation Results Avian Flu Outbreaks Confirmed in Thailand and Japan Trimble Autopilot Gets Implement Steering Analysis Predicts Moderation in Corn Prices Learn About New Composting Rules U.S. Talks Trade with South Korea USDA Allocates $42.5 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery Japan Looking Into Easing Restrictions on U.S. Beef Wheat Marketing Moves in Australia Called into Question Arbaugh Appointed to Grape and Wine Industry Council Chances of Reviving Doha in 2007 May Be Dwindling Don't Miss Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 24-25 New XUV Gator Ventures Off-road California Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases Will Impact Ethanol Will "COOL" Heat Up Again in Congress? Learn About Overcoming Barriers to Higher Soybean Yields South Korea Agrees to Talk About Beef Shipments South Korea Agrees to Talk About Beef Shipments South Korea Agrees to Talk About Beef Shipments Investigators Close in On Taco John's E. coli Source Proposed Rule Limits Cattle Material in Medicines Proposed Rule Limits Cattle Material in Medicines Proposed Rule Limits Cattle Material in Medicines North American International Auto Show Features E85 Vehicles House Committee Chair Cites Resistance Concerns in Animal Drug Ethanol Leader Relates Industry's Importance in Senate Committee New Herbicide Available for Burndown Control in Corn Johanns Tells Cotton Growers New Farm Policy Needed USDA Animal ID Chief Seeks Voluntary Participation National Black Farmers Association Protests Monsanto Merger 2007 Bean and Beet Symposium Approaching USDA and NAHMS Seek Input for Design of National Beef Study by Monday Forecasters See Low Winterkill Risk for Wheat USDA Backs Radio Frequency Animal Identification Dakota Senators Push for Permanent Disaster Aid ARS Adds to Lifetime Net Merit Categories Trade Rep Says Ag Exports Will Be Major Revenue Source Canada Asks to Speak with U.S. on Subsidies Johanns And Petersen Express Divergent Views On 2007 Farm Bill Michigan Corn Producers Have the Chance to Get Involved Four New Ethanol Plants Planned for Midwest UC Davis Studies Foot-and-Mouth Disease Cattlemen Set Up Fund in Response to Blizzards The Big Question: Ethanol's Impact On Rural America? Farm Bill Top Priority for American Farm Bureau Federation You Can Help With High Plains Relief Efforts Vegetable Growers Can Get Phytophthora, Downy Mildew Information at Jan. 24 Workshop Economist Says Government Is Underestimating Ethanol Demand New Bill Would Boost Biofuels Representatives Introduce Biodiesel Tax Incentive USDA Looks to Expand Imports from Low BSE Risk Countries U.S. and EU Leaders to Talk Trade and Energy Rescue Work Continues for High Plains Livestock Energy Ventures Draw Record Investments Antibiotics in Feed Boosts Poultry Production Costs USDA Looks to Expand Imports from BSE Minimal Risk Countries Blizzards Strand Thousands of Cattle Corn Growers Sponsor Livestock Feeding Seminar Commodity Classic includes Michigan Event USDA Report Suggests BSE Affected Beef Sales Fungicide for Corn Worth a Look USDA Releases Crop Operating Cost Estimates Report Backs Congressional Extension of Wind Tax Credit Organic Valley Responds to FDA Cloning Assessment Get the Most from Fertilizer and Lime Purchases Missouri River Shipping Hits a Low Point USDA Evaluates Prion-Free Cattle USDA Evaluates Prion-Free Cattle USDA Evaluates Prion-Free Cattle Farmers Consider Replacing Wheat with Corn Soy Checkoff Creates Tools for Animal Agriculture Kioti Unveils First of Eight New Models Ag and Science Groups Provide Mixed Responses to FDA Clone Statement Universal Bans Trans Fats at Amusement Parks N.J. Appellate Court Sides with Dairy Farmers U.S. Hog Inventory Up 1% U.S. Hog Inventory Up 1% FDA Says Cloned Cows and Pigs Safe to Eat High Corn Prices Make for New Rent Considerations Attendance At TB Zoning/Animal ID Meetings Encouraged Iowa Senator Takes Aim at Ag Competition Issues EPA Fines Syngenta for Unregistered Corn Branson Powers Up to 55 and 65 hp Machines Dems Want to Shift Oil Money to Alternative Energy Bird Flu Did Not Cause Idaho Duck Die-off Certified Organic Farmland Tops 4 Million Acres Next Farm Bill Likely to Alter Sugar Program Soybean Report Show Growers Boost Production, Maintain Quality Wheat Offers $21.5 Billion Boost to Economy Bush Signs Congress' Last Bills Cattle on Feed Report Market Neutral South Korea Rejects Fourth U.S. Beef Shipment 2006 U.S. Soy Exports Reach 1.2 Billion Bushels Move Away from Trans Fats is an Opportunity Key Ag Trade Negotiator Leaves Trade Office Proactive Discussions Will Dominate Environmental Conference FFA Claims 2006 is Banner Year Wild Ride at Michelin USDA Releases Farm Payment Data 2005 Farm Subsidies Most Since '01 Sexed Semen To Be Highlighted During Dairy Conference USDA Announces Suspension of AWB from U.S. Programs New Program Addresses Dairy Farm Security Johanns Applauds U.S.-Panama Free Trade Rice Biotech Lawsuits to Be Tried Together Senate Ag Chair Criticizes South Korea Beef Policy Consumer Organization Urges FDA Action on 'rBST-free' Ads High Corn Costs Stop Swine Breeding Herd Growth Top Speakers Tackle 2007 Farm Bill BASF and FMC to Share Ingredients Organizations Merge to Lobby for Water Transportation 4,000 Chickens Die on French Farm Cattlemen Submit Petition Against EPA Air Standards Growers and Industries Partner Through Soy Checkoff Dry Bean Production Down In Michigan NCGA National Corn Yield Winners Announced Legislators Discuss New Food Safety Options Constructed Wetlands Can Stem Hog Hormones in Runoff Cattlemen Support Brucellosis Surveillance Program R-CALF Opposes Phasing Out of Disease Surveillance Nominations Open For 2007 Heritage Barn of the Year Council Makes Recommendations Lowering U.S. Oil Dependence Ethanol Imports to U.S. Decline in October USDA Gives $5.3 Million for U.S.-Iraq Ag Projects Web Page Focuses On Improving Dairy Profitability Economics Firm Predict Corn Acres Up, Soy Down USDA Approves Beef Export Program Lettuce Most Likely Source of E. coli Outbreak USDA Approves Beef Export Program USDA Approves Beef Export Program Farm Futures Summit Tackles Top Issues USDA To Conduct January Livestock Surveys Congress and Administration Agree on Ethanol U.S., South American Countries Team to Market Soy in India Ethanol from Citrus Peels CDC Says E. coli Source Probably Not Onions Corn Supplies Steady in USDA Crop Report Ag and Trade Group Report Favors Domestic Markets for Corn Green Onions Test Negative for E. coli Company Explores Plant Health Impact of Seed Treatment High Corn Prices Used to Bring Higher Hog Prices U.S. Rice Exports Up Despite EU Ban NFU Urges Wind Energy Tax Credit Extension Companies Set Up Cooperative Grain and Swine Effort Final Congressional Actions Meet with Corn Growers' Approval DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition Restructures E. coli Concerns California Farmers Fewer Funds May Be Available for 2007 Farm Bill Source of E. coli Outbreak Still Uncertain ARS Works on Nitrogen-Recovering Soybeans USDA Outlook Forum Set for March Senate Sends Drought Program to President's Desk Senator Calls for AWB Investigation, Possibly Compensation Corn Harvest in Home Stretch Ready Pac Halts Green Onion Shipments Report Says Farmers Can Produce Both Food and Fuel Soybean Board Discusses Next Checkoff Locks and Dam Bill Put on Hold Workshop focuses on Phytophthora and Downy Mildew New 6X4 Gator for Less Money! USDA Secretary Issues Statement on U.S. Beef in South Korea Ag Secretary Disappointed With South Korea Russia Bans Rice Imports Senate Rejects Ag Disaster Aid Web Site Tracks E-85 Prices USDA Economist Sees Crop Income Rising How Do You Define "Naturally Raised"? How Do You Define "Naturally Raised"? How Do You Define "Naturally Raised"? How Do You Define "Naturally Raised"? How Do You Define "Naturally Raised"? New York City Bans Restaurant Trans Fats USDA Announced Conservation Grant Sign-Up AWB Loses Monopoly on Wheat Exports Corn Genome Mapping Project Shows Promise Ag Disaster Package to Face Vote Today MSU's "EWE" Blankets Go On Sale USDA Secretary Talks Farm Bill, Doha USDA Nutrition Program Concerns Dairy Farmers Landec Brands Combine with Monsanto New Herbicide Available for Soybeans Judge Dismisses Nutrition Lawsuit Against Dairy Groups 2006 Agriculture Review Set For Six Eastern Michigan Locations Lawyers May Combine GMO Rice Lawsuits Wheat Industry Supports U.S. Action Against AWB Western Growers Answers Food Safety Concerns New Ag Committee Chair Will Support Reforms AWB Split Draws Mixed Reactions Will Acres Diverted to Corn Pay Off? Economist Says to Expect New Approach to Ag Policy FAO Report Says Livestock Is Damaging the Environment World Biodiesel Output Could Hit 16M Tons this Decade USDA Will Not Make Animal ID Mandatory New Report Discusses Agricultural Biotechnology Study Finds Corn Kernel Size Unimportant Australian Wheat Monopoly to Split Select Michigan Christmas Trees for Freshness, Quality and Tradition AWB Likely to Face U.S. Congressional Probe USDA Aims to Import More Canadian Beef Pork and Corn Industries Talk About Distillers Grains New Herbicide-tolerant Soybeans Set for 2009 Commission Finds Australian Wheat Company Guilty of Corruption USDA Deregulates GMO Rice Line First Corn-Based Polymer Shipments Leave Plant Current and Future Ag Chairs Lead Trip to South America New Global Wheat and Corn Forecasts Bring Mixed Results Scientists Clone Wheat Gene with Better Nutritional Value World Trade Organization Chief Makes Case for Resuming Talks Australians Mull Future of Single-Desk Trading Approach Holiday Food and Fuel Prices Worth Being Thankful For Lamy, Johanns Pushing for Doha Russia Threatens to Ban Animal Products from EU WTO Biotech Ruling Will Not Face EU Appeal Farms Could Provide 1 Billion Tons Cellulosic Biomass Upcoming FDA Report to Support Safety of Food from Clones Survey Shows Educated Consumers Buy More Ethanol Chesapeake Shows Need for Continued Conservation Bush Encourages Indonesia to Develop Biofuels Russia Re-opens Market for U.S. Beef Doha Chances Possibly Improving Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome Warrants Prevention Measures Slump in Domestic Pork Demand May Be Turning Survey Says Consumers Worried about Food Safety Black Box offers grain trailer safety U.S. Soybean Protein Content Hits Low Justice Looks into Smithfield-Premium Farms Merger MSU Goes Greener in Joining Chicago Climate Exchange Senate Schedules Dec. 5 Vote for Farm Disaster Aid USDA Delays Fees for Canadian Product Inspections USDA Secretary Heads to India ARS Research Puts Bacteria to Use Goodyear launches tough new Wrangler Michigan Deer and Elk Producers Will Meet to End Marketing Program U.S. Rep to EU Sees Doha Round Slipping USDA Secretary Not Worried about Meeting Ethanol Demands New USDA Web Tool Cuts Animal Housing Costs Study Indicates Renewable Energy Can Meet 25X'25 Goals U.S. Farmers Plant More Wheat USDA Designates 73 Michigan Counties Primary Natural Disaster Areas Conservation Reserve Program Benefits Wild Fowl Both Parties Make Ag Appointments USDA Commits $200 Million for Overseas Promotion Grapple rake beats a bucket Claas Dealers Get Sneak Peak at New Products in Germany Ethanol-Powered Dragster Wins IHRA Championship Plan Tax Approach for Best Results FFA Expands Merchandise Center Study Says Biodiesel Will Boost Economy U.S. and China Move Towards Energy Independence Tyson Warns of Higher Meat Prices Japan Finds 30th Mad Cow Case The Honda Rancher Just Got Better New Herbicide Available for 2007 Biofuel Growth Spurs Transportation System Changes Bestway offers a 1,200-gallon sprayer U.S. and Russia Settle Trade Disputes Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Sought for 2007 Rising Feed Costs Squeeze Hog Profits USDA Official Comments on S. Korean Beef Restrictions Ethanol to Power IndyCars VersaWinch is self-contained pulling power Farm Safety Organization Celebrates Two Decades USDA Reports Bring Variety of Changes Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Restrictions Would Affect Some Producers Citrus Disease Proposal Gets Top Research Spot WTO Report Shows Strong Ag Trading Corn Growers Won't Change Bipartisan Approach U.S. Beef Company Breaks Japanese Import Rules Researchers Develop Better Scrapie Tests Democrats May Take Ag Policy in New Directions Federal Agreement Protects Land Near Military Bases New spin-off bale feeders New Reports Discuss Ethanol Industry and Corn Trends MSU Product Center Offers Human Resources Conference for Small Businesses U.N. Says Climate Change Will Affect Food Supply Process Produces Biofuels Faster Rising Meat Exports Help Soybean Value CBOT Sets New Annual Volume Record with Time to Spare Corn Acreage to Explode in 2007 AGR-Lite: The Details Conference to Offer Marketing, Environmental Protection Info Corn Growers Voice Support for WRDA Commodity Classic Will Provide Education and Networking for Farmers US Ag Secretary to Go to India Company to Make Biodiesel with Ethanol Byproduct Ride soft with Airhawk Colombia and Peru Reopen U.S. Beef Markets Experience the "Sweet Smell of Success" Creekstone Issues Counter to USDA Claims WTO Director Fears Ag Subsidies Will End Doha NCGA Raises Grain Transportation Concerns New Alfalfa and Fruit Weed Tool Available New oil for new diesels Truckers Will Run on Biodiesel in Study Great Lakes Fish Farmers Fear Movement Ban Will Destroy Business Meetings Will Gather E85 Policy Feedback Iowa State Completes Cattle Certification Research Producers in Ten More States Can Use AGR-Lite Insurance Reverse Auction Enrolls 3,500 Acres in WRP Soybean Achievement Awards Accepting Nominations USDA Forest Service Begins Significant Reorganization Michigan Farmer's Market Receives Federal Grant Biofuel Heating Oil Makes Debut Researchers Find Use for Midwestern Weed Fast offers new 94FM sprayer Fast offers new 94FM sprayer Company Approves Biodiesel in Its Tractors Seventh Bovine TB Case Emerges in Minnesota Produce Association to Initiate Safety Measures for Greens Crops Conference Focuses on Corn Fall Has Been A Challenge For Michigan Agriculture Massey Ferguson in the Pink with Promo Tractor NRCS Deals with Dead Zone through Incentive-Based Programs Pro-Biofuel Legislation Gaining Momentum Nationwide Online Course Teaches Technical Side of Ethanol Lenawee County Center for Excellence Hosting Yield Meeting NCGA Expresses Mixed Feelings about Crop Insurance Policies FFA Elects New Officers Nebraska Ethanol Plant Will Run Without Fossil Fuels KFC Switches to Low Lin Soy Oil First U.S. Beef Shipment Arrives in South Korea African Union Urges Renewed Doha Talks MF 500 Series sports new looks and features Tests Show Ohio Samples Contain No Avian Flu Michigan Farm Bureau Takes Positions on State Ballot Proposals MSU Agribusiness Student Wins National Dairy Award Poll Shows Rural Vote Going Democratic U.S. Beef Booth at Japanese Festival Proves Popular Wild Pigs May Have Caused E. coli Outbreak Johanns Reaffirms Farm Bill Specifics Soon EPA Head Stresses Cooperation with Agriculture Global Subsidies Initiative Criticizes U.S. Biofuels Subsidies Waste-to-Energy Program Unveiled in West Michigan Farm Progress Announces Location for 2007 Hay Expo Mycogen Fares Well at World's Forage Analysis Superbowl Cattle Groups Present Management Sessions in N.C. International Pork Buyers Tour U.S. Facilities Some USDA Hurricane Aid Misused Three New Members Join Progressive Ag Board Ag Secretary Endorses Alternate Ethanol Sources Crystal Flash Energy Announces Drawing for Free Bioheat for a Year Germany Helps Developing Countries Meet Sanitary Standards Japan Changes Pricing for Wheat Imports Energy Secretary Promotes Ethanol - Except from Corn Alliance Tries to Turn Waste into Energy Fruit and Vegetable Surveys to Be Conducted New Soybean Lines Resist Drought Ag Scholarships Will Be Given to 100 Youth Nationally USDA Limits Fish Movement Due to VHS Plan to Expand Panama Canal Will Aid Ag Exports USDA Provides $776 Million for Electric Loans Corn Growers Offer Farm Bill Plan Michigan Producers Appointed To Councils USDA Reports Pumpkin Harvest on Rise Energy Secretary Promotes Ethanol - Except from Corn OPEC Plans to Keep Oil Under Alternative Fuel Prices Retail Pork Demand Could Be Improving Michigan Sample Tests Positive for Low Path Avian Flu R-CALF Members Express Property Concerns in Survey World Food Prize Award Honors Three Michigan Renewable Fuels Commission Created International Visitors Learn About Biotech in Iowa Ethanol Demand Can Raise Both Corn and Livestock Prices Ag Trade with Cuba Strong Despite Restrictions State Investing in Ag Innovation EU to Crack Down on U.S. Rice Imports Smithfield and ContiGroup Will Build Beef Plant in Oklahoma EPA Administrator Says Farm Dust is Fine Government Groups Address Pollinator Conservation Ethanol Industry Leaders Gather to Raise Awareness Autopilot RTK Gets Implement Steering Survey Indicates Americans Want More Government Support for Biofuel Asian Soybean Rust Shows Up in Southeastern Missouri Kioti Unveils First of Eight New Models Aflatoxin Elimination Workshop Underway Dow and DuPont to Make Corn Traits More Available World's Largest Exchange Emerges in Chicago U.S. and Argentine Soybean Farmers Aim to Build Market in India Final Test Results Confirm Illinois Avian Flu Is Low Path Labor Department Files Suit Against Agway Trustees CBOT and CME Merger Creates $25 Billion Exchange Indianapolis Gets Ready for FFA Convention Cloned Animal Products to Hit Shelves? EPA Administrator to Make Iowa Visit Wednesday Creekstone CEO Retires Road to Nobel Peace Prize Began in Iowa Ag and Environment Groups Back New Farm Bill Platform Initial Tests Show Low Path Avian Flu in Ohio Officials Say Soybean Rust in Illinois Not Major Concern This Year Agreement Makes Upgrading Water Quality Pay Off for Farmers International Dairy Federation to Present Marketing Awards Bush Renews Commitment to Alternative Energy E. coli in Cattle Feces is Same Strain as Outbreak Alternative Fuel Backers Deliver More Information Energy Department to Sink $250 Million in New Bioenergy Centers $3 Billion in Final DCP Payments Heading to Corn Producers Here Come 'Bioenergy Crops' Growing Global Economies Will Fuel New Era in Bioenergy New Rule Adds Over 480 Biobased Products for Preferred Purchase Commitment to Renewable Fuels Clear at Conference Grants Fuel New Research in Biomass, Cellulosic Energy Drought Decimates Australian Wheat Harvest World Food Symposium Will Be Held in Iowa Marketing Plans are Crucial for Growers with Market Choices Corn Doha Failure Would Hit Developing Countries Hardest Save Carbon, Earn Money Mexico Bans U.S. Lettuce Imports Calcium Nitrate Foils Methamphetamines Salinas Valley Company Recalls Lettuce Celebrate Michigan Farm Market and Agricultural Tourism Month Florida Youth Wins 2007 National Beef Ambassador Ag Task Force Promotes Market Responsiveness Researchers Discover Earthworms Helping Weeds USGC Sees Decline in China's Corn Crop Poultry Industry Worries over Ethanol-Inflated Corn Prices Low Path Avian Influenza Confirmed in Montana Michigan FFFA Dairy Judging Team Sweeps National Contest Thursday Ag Complex Hits New Daily Mark October is Pork Month Who Will Inherit U.S. Agriculture? New Technologies Detect and Kill Food Pathogens U.S and EU Work on Rice Testing Compromise Settlement Puts Limits on Some CRP Acres Report Suggests Farmers Support CSP, Have Concerns Foundation Accepting Beef Industry Vision Award Applications Mexico Allows U.S. Dairy Heifer Imports Officials Find E. Coli in Cattle Manure, Raid Offices Four Members Join Lamb Board European Commission Moving to Test American Rice FDA Approves Drug for Intravenous Use in Lactating Diary Cows Seven New Members Join National Dairy Board USDA Funds Watershed Conservation Research New Corn Rootworm Trait Gets EPA Approval Nominate a 'Steward of the Land' USDA Grants $25.8 Million for Rural Projects USDA Approves Cattle Price Reporting USDA Approves Cattle Price Reporting USDA Approves Cattle Price Reporting U.S. Pork Exports Grow through July Group Files Antitrust Suit Against Monsanto Dairy Farmers of America Sells Southern Belle Dairy Brazilian Company Makes Biodiesel with Microwave Technology California Biotech Rice Moves to the Plains Johanns Announces $1.8 Billion in Conservation Reserve Payments Smithfield Finishes Buy of ConAgra Brands Applications Sought for Young Leader Program Coalition Backs Interstate Meat Sales Agriculture Disaster Aid Bill Stalled Holstein Association Announces Fall Sale Date Bill to Direct Study of Possible Ethanol Pipeline Initial Tests Confirm No High Path Avian Flu in Illinois U.S. Hog Inventory Increases U.S. Hog Inventory Increases DCP Sign-up Starts October 1 WTO Rules Against EU Biotech Bans Coalition Wants DoJ to Examine Smithfield Acquisition Coalition Wants DoJ to Examine Smithfield Acquisition Congress Delays WRDA Until November Bush Voices Support for Ethanol World Wheat Production Estimate Slides MSU Names New Animal Ag Environmental Stewardship Director Johanns Emphasizes Protection of Food Supply Japan to Test More U.S. Rice for GMO New Bill Seeks More Support for Specialty Crops USDA to Give $234 Million in Loans to Electric Co-ops IndyCars Make Successful Test Runs Powered by Ethanol Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Targeting Milk Crate Theft Creekstone Farms Issues Response to USDA Harkin Asks Johanns to Fix EQIP Funding Doha Stalemate Continues FDA Committee Advises Against Human Antibiotic Use in Cattle Creekstone Farms Issues Response to USDA Creekstone Farms Issues Response to USDA Beef Audit Encourages Higher Quality New Japan Farm Minister to Retain U.S. Beef Restrictions Roadmap for 2007 Farm Bill Outlines New Approach to U.S. Farm Programs How Dairy Producers Can Make More Money Specialty Crop Producers Speak to Subcommittee American Farm Programs May Get New Challenges from Canada Group Challenges Ag Disaster Payment Programs Official: Ag Terrorism Threat Still Exists Coalition Gets Recognition to Support Pollinators USDA to Provide Avian Flu Aid to Some Farms Market Expert: World Oil Demand to Exceed Output Spinach Set to Return to Store Shelves USDA Requests Help to Strengthen Iraq Ag Infrastructure New Conservation Easement Reports Offer Valuable Suggestions Additional Speakers Will Join USDA-DOE Renewable Energy Conference Montana Senators Back Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling Hog Inventory Showing Small Increases Fifty-one Watersheds Selected for 2007 Conservation Security Program New Vaccine to Provide Longer Durations of Immunity Dairy Policy Needs 2007 Farm Bill Update Turner Suggests Solution to Doha Subsidy Deadlock Economic Group Releases Acreage Estimate Illinois Company to Contract More Low Lin Soybeans Germany Finds GMO Rice FDA Clears Spinach Not Raised in California Tests Complete on Pennsylvania Ducks with Avian Flu USDA Releases Rural Development Funds to Land Grant Schools Idea of Michigan Farmers' Market Association Explored Hog Expansion Pace Could Be Accelerating Poll Shows Even Split in Rural Vote Cattlemen Ask Congress to Defend American Agriculture Cattlemen Ask Congress to Defend American Agriculture Cattlemen Ask Congress to Defend American Agriculture Japanese Market Will Be Slow Build for U.S. Beef Nation Cattlemen Back Mandatory Price Reporting Reauthorization Talk at Cairns Group Event in Australia Focuses on Market Access Europe Finds Biotech Content in Rice First Tagged 'GM Free' Search for E. Coli Source Narrows National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Celebrates Ranching Culture DuPont to Put New Corn Herbicides on Market Senate Approves Mandatory Price Reporting Reauthorization Coalition Launches Farm Safety Initiative House Hearing on Farm Bill Draws Different Ideas Ag Secretary, Trade Representative Talk Deeper Subsidy Cuts Chair of Senate Ag Committee Calls for Ending Export Help to Some Countries Magazine Survey Shows Potential Jump in Corn Acres Lock and Dam Bill Moves Closer to Conference Move to Restart WTO Talks Hits EU Snag Bayer Mum on GMO Rice Found in Commercial Samples Smithfield Merger has Senators Worried over Antitrust USDA Offers Nutrition Training Grants Officials Continue to Look for Source of Disease in Spinach Bayer CropScience Looks Toward Seed Profit Growth House Names WRDA Conferees Australia Pushes Subsidy Cuts Renewables Get Cost Competitive USDA Offers Grants to Repair Rural Low-Income Housing Smithfield to Merge with Premium Standard Farms Smithfield, Premium Standard Farms to Merge Group Puts Cost on Potential Avian Flu Outbreak World Health Organization to Turn to DDT Cairns Group Meeting is Chance to Spark Doha Round Pork Checkoff Names 2006 Pork Industry Environmental Stewards Students Encouraged to Apply for Beef Industry Scholarships Emergency CRP Grazing Extended Nutrition Has Greater Impact than Biotech Rural Development Centers to Get $4.3 Million Disaster Aid Push Continues Reform Farm Policy and Save $120 Billion Cotton, Corn, Nuts and Red Meat Exports Boost Overall Figures Tillison Exits Western Milk Producers Farm Income Safety Net Ranks High in Producer Farm Bill Survey Needs DuPont and Bayer CropScience Team Together for Corn Offerings Farm Bill Legislation Proposal Kicks Off Final Farm Bill Analysis Paper Released New Bill Builds on 2002 Farm Bill's Energy Provisions Pentagon Gets First-Hand Look at Biobased Products Soy Biodiesel Proves Itself in Yellowstone Farmer-Owned Ethanol Plants Contribute More to Local Economies Report: Biofuels Production Impacts Nation's Ag and Food Industries Michigan Agricultural Statistics Annual Report Released Feeding Hogs With Soybeans, Corn In New Way Japanese Consumers Pick U.S. Beef Above The Rest Reproductive Efficiency Affects Dairy Farm Profitability Low-Path AI Confirmed in Wild Ducks Bayer Biotech Rice Found in EU Shipments Know Your Nitrogen Carryover Denver Selected For New USDA Information Technology Site Grain Group Wants More Transparency in Weekly Traders Reports Korea Trade Talks Moving Slowly Discover Possibilities For Economical Home Heating With Corn Stoves More Hogs Coming Half of Today's Dairy Beef is Sold as Whole Muscle Cuts IRS Announces Tax Relief for Cattlemen Facing Drought USDA Seeks Public Comment on Bayer Biotech Rice Line Michigan Vegetable Crop Progressing Nicely Court Affirms PA Milk Board's Price-setting Authority Task Force Evaluates Beef Checkoff Task Force Evaluates Beef Checkoff Task Force Evaluates Beef Checkoff Commodity Groups Oppose ARS Fee Proposal Corn Exports Exceed 2.1 Billion Bushels for Marketing Year Industry Pleased with S. Korea's Decision to Resume Imports of U.S. Beef South Korea Resumes Beef Trade Korea Reopens Doors to U.S. Beef RFS Implementation Gets Boost Wheat Industry Faces Uphill Battle New Disaster Aid Relief Amendment Provides Help from Fire Season NPPC Disappointed with Horse Slaughter Ban Bill Passage House Approves Horse Slaughter Ban Mycogen Performance Data Now Available Online Senate Introduces Ag Disaster Aid Farmers' Market Brings Local Food to the Capitol Lawn Agricultural Policy Should Better Address World Population Growth Corn Crop Condition Ahead of Last Year's Pace Fuel Costs Continue to Soar Administration Opposes Horse Ban Slaughter Bill Tuesday Hog Slaughter Sets New Daily Record Industry Speaks Out on National Animal Identification Report: Export Markets Still Not Ready for Biotech Wheat Sequencing Project Targets Soybean Wilt Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture Dependent on Transportation Wheat Growers Don't Benefit from Drought Package USDA Decision to Expedite Cost Adjustments in Milk Pricing Formulas Expect Higher Soybean Production Estimates Obesity Expert Weighs in on World Trade Programs Aquaculture Nearly Matches Wild Catch for Supply Wild Birds Test Positive for Low-Path Avian Flu USDA Issues Revised Avian Influenza Fact Sheet Ag Secretary Continues Push for Farm Policy Reform Renewable Energy Projects Get Investment Dairy Specialist Gives WDG Feeding Guidelines USDA Issues Biotechnology Report Rural Life Magazine Unveiled To Show Goers Ag Secretary Makes Farm Progress Show Visit North American Farmers Get Exclusive Rights to Vistive Beans - For Now Arkansas Farmers Suing Bayer, Riceland Foods Over Biotech Rice Ag Groups Oppose Elimination of COT Reports Cattlemen: USDA Drought Program A Positive Step Forward USDA Proposes Drought Aid Package Including $780 Million in Assistance Biotech Alliance Changes Product Name MSU Ovsynch Research Aided By National Milk Producers Michigan Mute Swans Confirmed with Low Path AI Ethanol Production, Demand Reach All-Time Highs Large Market Uncertainties, High Building Costs Keep Producers from Expanding Japan Screening Dairy Imports For Residues Plum Pox Virus Confirmed in One Michigan Orchard 25x25 Initiative Enjoys Wide Midwest Support Tyson to Consolidate Beef Plants to Boost Efficiency Identity Crisis EU Will Require GMO-Free Rice Certification USDA Asks Court for Extension in Creekstone Case Posilac, or Not: A Producer's Decision, Not Processor's Posilac, or Not: A Producer's Decision, Not Processor's USDA Forecasts Another Record Breaking Export Year in 2007 Epic Gains in Crop Production Need to Meet Global Demand We Drive (and Like) the Ranger XP Canada Confirms New BSE Case Canada Confirms New BSE Case Canada Confirms New BSE Case Arlen Lancaster Named New NRCS Chief Nursery Owners Can Learn How to Become Environmentally Certified WRDA Still Held Up in Congress Consider Failed Corn for Feed Pork Profit Prospects Improve World Wheat Supplies Tighten Soil Important Component of Weed Management Waterhemp Survives Exposure to PPO Herbicides USDA Donates Wheat to Lebanon Argentina Confirms Glyphosate-resistant Johnsongrass Biotech Rice Found in Commercial Grain Bins Brazil Takes Formal Action on Cotton Case Ocean Freight Rates Hit New Highs U.S. Ag Exports, Imports Fell from May to June Graduate Education Scholarships Available from National Pork Board Over $6.5 Mil Granted for Rural Economic Development Projects USDA Designates 20 Biobased Items for Federal Procurement Rebuilding Beef Exports to Japan Will Take Time Rebuilding Beef Exports to Japan Will Take Time Rebuilding Beef Exports to Japan Will Take Time DuPont to Expand Two of Its Research Facilities Monsanto's D&PL Acquisition Gets Mixed Reaction New Report Highlights Challenges in Biotech Oversight Deere Rolls Out New 7030 Series Tractors Exporters Want Source and Age Verification Monsanto Acquires D&PL Wide Differences Exist Between Wheat Cash and Futures Prices Stockpiling Forage Extends the Grazing Season CRP Increases Pheasant Populations France Wants WTO Talks without Agriculture Judge Rules Against USDA in Biopharm Lawsuit Ruling Moves Grazing Rules Forward Ruling Moves Grazing Rules Forward Register Now For Upcoming Bio-Economy Summit STB Releases Rail Fuel Surcharges Decision USDA Running AI Confirmatory Tests on Mute Swans Weather Wallops Milk Production U.S. Pork Exports Keep Setting Records Beef Innovations Group: New Name, New Product Powerhouse Dairy Groups Triumph in Animal Activist Lawsuit Downpours Haven't Helped Parched Countryside Farmers Fear Loss Of Insecticide Vital To Michigan Fruit Bio-Economy Summit Set For Sept. 20-21 Don't Be Blah Brand Campaign Provides Return to Producers WETEC Dissolves Biobased Fuels Research Gets $5.7 Million Boost Ethanol Still Needs Government Help Marketing Loan Programs Next Brazil WTO Challenge Target Rotational Grazing A Pick-Me-Up For Tired Pastures Combest Supports Farm Bill Extension Chemical, Genetic Solutions Needed to Meet Future Crop Production Demands USDA Releases June 2006 Dairy Product Highlights Global Animal Management Named First Interim Animal Tracking Database Provider for NAIS New U.S. Pork Cuts Designed to Heat Up Sales Worldwide Renewable Energy Analysis Paper Latest from USDA Vegetable Oil Demand Rising to Historic Levels J.B. Penn Resigns from USDA Post Farm Real Estate Rates Higher in 2006 South Korean President Asked to Personally Resolve Beef Trade Issues New Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance Tools Available Veal. Explore the Possibilities Copper, Cows & Crops Protect 2007 Wheat from Diseases Estate Tax Again Fails to Gain Needed Votes in the Senate Senators Urge Tax Relief for Drought Drought Assistance Needs Offsets Step 2 Cotton Program Officially Ends Settling the Nitrogen Rate Debate Sell Michigan Products at the State Fair DOE to Invest $250 Million in New Bioenergy Centers Sold Cattle Early? Here Are Tax Options Natural Gas Bill Passes in Senate Support Broadens for TPA Extension Ethanol Imports Decline from April to May Senate Again Takes Look at Estate Tax Screen Incoming Livestock FluNixTD Now Approved for Use in Lactating Dairy Cows Fifty-Gallon Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Expected Online by 2007 Domestic Freight Traffic Congestion to Increase EPA Extends YieldGard Registration U.S. Extends Ag Help to Iraq Organic Grain Farmers More Profitable World Population to Double, Possibly Triple, in 50 Years USDA Reevaluates Older Cattle Beef Rule Wayne Peugh Elected National Pork Board President USDA Withdraws Older Cattle Beef Rule USDA Releases Amended FRPP Rule for Land Protection USDA Patents Natural Microbes to Fight Blight Wheat Crop Stressed From Drought Conditions U.S. Makes Sweet Deal with Mexico Hog Profits Threatened by Higher Corn Prices Japan Announces Beef Trade Resumption Japan Announces Beef Trade Resumption Japan Announces Beef Trade Resumption USTR Schwab to Visit Brazil to Sustain Doha Efforts Research Confirms Switchgrass Benefits in Ethanol Production Michigan Planted Potato Acreage Unchanged Rust Found in Louisiana Farm Bureau Advocating Farm Bill, TPA Extension Japan Decision on Beef Should be Soon Bt Cotton Pesticide Savings Now Eroded in China Brownfields May Turn Green with Help from MSU Research Cattle Industry Vulnerable Cattle Handling Workshop Slated For Aug. 5 No Deal Better than Poor Deal Legislation Would Increase Fuel Economy Standards for First Time in 20 Years New Pork Industry Handbook Available Soon Gaps In USDA Avian Flu Preparedness Leave United States Vulnerable USDA Awards $10 Million Under Emerging Markets Program June Milk Production Rises In Michigan WTO Round Dead for Now Evaluating On-Farm Pasteurization of Waste Milk Focus of NYFVI–Funded Project Season of Birth Affects Calf Growth on Great Plains Reports Say Japan to Lift Ban Next Week EU Ready to Make Market Access Offer House Narrowly Approves Oman FTA GM Celebrates Opening of Meijer's First Michigan E85 Ethanol Pump NCGA Delegates Support Revenue-Based Insurance Farm Bill Approach Know Your Return on Investment Dairy Industry Gives US Dairy Policies a Bad Report Card: Three 'Ds' and an 'F' Crop Shift Applications Pour In For Ag Processing and Innovation Grants Senate Passes WRDA Legislation USDA To Cut Back BSE Testing Senators Call for GAO Study of Cheese Trading on CME New Guide for Beef Aging Released Insect Bites Can Mean Lower Income for Pork Producers Senator Wants Investigation Into PSA Enforcement New Pamphlet Highlights Advantages of Feeding Distillers Grains Senate Bill Amends Superfund Law Grazing Dairies Profit $142 Over Confinements Seven U.S. Cattle Operations Win Top Environmental Award for 2006 WRDA Headed to Senate for Vote G8 Leaders Commit to Doha Success AgSource Seeds and NuTech Seed Join Forces Drought Taking Its Toll on HRW Crop Brazil Asks for Meeting on Cotton Ruling Alfalfa Can Beef Up Short Pastures Pork Information Gateway Answers Your Questions Early Prevention Key for Pinkeye USDA Gives $1.3 Million in Matching Grants Ag Exports Growing for 2006 Fiscal USDA Expands Emergency CRP Haying and Grazing New World Disease Management Center's Current Focus is Avian Flu Managing Heat Stress In Dairy Cows Protect Your Farm Corn Ethanol Produces 25% More Energy Than Is Used Canada Confirms Youngest BSE Case Marketing Getting Easier for Farmers Ag Groups Get Summary of WTO Status Weed Woes Pork Gets Leaner Canada Looking Into Another BSE Case AngusSource Endorsed Cattle Producers Should Consider Early Weaning Dryer Weather Forecasted in Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley DOE Publishes Roadmap for Developing Cleaner Fuels Sugar Isn't the Answer to Ethanol's Supply Problem ADM Plans Double Investment in Biofuels Canada Looking Into Another BSE Case Stable Flies Major Cause of Feedlot Weight Losses Vietnam Purchases U.S. Corn for First Time Quittin' Time Risks and Rewards of Biofuels AFBF Market Survey Finds Lower Retail Food Prices Rural Development Highlighted in Latest USDA Theme Papers Know What Steps Are Necessary to Keep Cattle Cool Hone Field Decision-Making Skills Ag Groups Pleased with EPA CAFO Ruling Reverse WRP Auction Available Reasonably Good Growing Conditions Now Expected in Corn Belt Canada Confirms BSE in Manitoba Cow Groups Agree On Need for Effective Trace Back Court Schedule Set for R-CALF BSE Rule Appeal Process USDA Releases May 2006 Dairy Product Highlights R-CALF Gets Hearing Date for Border Injunction Rule BSE Found in Over 15-Year Old Canadian Cow Ag Exports Reach New Record in 2005 Big Three Commit to Increased FFV Production Railroad Antitrust Act Introduced in Senate Continuing the Fight Against Cattle Ticks Silage-Specific BMR Hybrids Increase Milk Production Guatemala Enters CAFTA-DR Agreement D&PL Acquires Pioneer's Optimum GAT Technology WTO Talks 'Now in Crisis' Partnership Heats Up Beef Checkoff's Summer Grilling Program Canada Loosens Restrictions on Imports of U.S. Cattle Loopholes' Worry Ag Secretary Car Maker, Ethanol Marketer and Corn Group Team to Create E85 Corridor Limited Beef Trade Restored with China Soy Biodiesel Campaign Targets Marine Uses Canada Announces Another Suspect BSE Cow Farmers Plant More Acres to Biotech Crops U.S. Hog Inventory Up Slightly Stressed Cows Can Be Sick Cows U.S. Grains Council Opens Dairy Training Center in China Early Detection Crucial in Staphylococcus Mastitis Fight Group Calls on Members to Make Plea to Lawmakers Hone Field Decision-Making Skills Peru Government Passes FTA World Trade Organization Talks Include New Ideas for U.S. New Distance Learning Programs Available Calm Calves Have Improved Immunological Response Monsanto Adds Five Companies to American Seeds Inc. Johanns Talks Japanese Beef Trade, Canadian Feed Rules Milk Production Continues to Surpass Consumption A Cowboy Who Values A Book Intervet Launches Swine Parasite Evaluation Program Trade Negotiators to Meet This Week USDA Boosts Cash to 2004 CSP Contracts Several Factors Will Influence Cattle Prices in 2006 Environmental Agency Finishes Review of Triazines Canada Announces Tougher Feed Rules Pork Found as Lean as Chicken Hog Expansion Remains Anemic Flight Risk Red Meat Production at Record High for May June 30 Deadline Approaching for CRP Re-enrollment Ministers Prepare for Next Week's WTO Talks House Introduces Estate Tax Compromise Biofuels Hold Global Potential for Rural Economies Legislation Calls for Japanese Trade Action by August 31, 2006 Pork Production Safety System Available to Spanish-Speakers FDA Proposes Early Biotech Evaluation to Protect Food Supply States Continue to Actively Address Biotechnology Herbicides Bring Significant Environment, Soil Benefits Bush Continues to Push for Doha Success Innovative Cherry Program In The Works IDFA, NMPF Oppose Dairy Reductions to WIC Program Japan to Lift U.S. Beef Ban Williamston's ArtFest on the River Japan to Lift U.S. Beef Ban Japan to Lift U.S. Beef Ban FFA Tractor Driving Contest Set For July 18 Senate Subcommittee Passes Ag Appropriations Bill U.S. Struggles with Avian Flu Preparedness Japan Faced with Legislative Ultimatum if Trade Doesn't Resume Worldwide Pork is Meat of Choice New Hotline Provides EQIP Application Assistance Conservation Innovation Grants Fund 66 Projects NDSU Report: Biotechnology Trends Likely to Continue Find Uses for Low-Value Timber Supreme Court Limits Definition of Wetlands Pioneer Teams with BP in Next Generation of Biofuels Soybean Field Monitoring Efforts Continue Rust Found on First Soybeans in 2006 Soft White Wheat Crop Looks Excellent Tool Addresses Air Quality Practices May Milk Production Up 2.8% Beef Blog Offers News, Management Tips and Industry Trends Nominate Someone for FSA County Committee Flaws Still Exist in Crop Insurance Programs Research Projects Focus of New USDA Publication NCBA Now Supports Japan Sanctions Coalition Aimed at Boosting Federal Govt. Purchases of Biobased Products 2006 World Food Prize Winners Named Armyworms Begin To Invade Michigan Bull That Isn't Breeding Racks up the Costs U.S. BSE Cases Potentially ‘Atypical’ Track Dairy Records with Pocket CowCard U.S. BSE Cases Potentially ‘Atypical’ U.S. BSE Cases Potentially ‘Atypical’ Optimism for Doha Dwindling Pork Export Loses Some Momentum Greg Norman Beefs Up His Game National Pork Board Identifies 2007 Critical Issues Iowa Cable Companies Sue USDA Over Broadband Loans Ag Exports Fell from March to April Lamy Meets with U.S. Commodity Groups The Future of Estate Tax PQA Plus Launched at World Pork Expo Argentina Gives More Accurate Model for U.S. Soybean Rust Movement WRDA Not Dead in the Senate Wheat Groups Release Paper Outlining Concerns, Opportunities for Wheat Irrigation Calculator Tool Launched Indiana Dairies to Capture Carbon Credits Schwab Confirmed for Top USTR Post Winter Wheat Production Forecast Down USDA Releases Entity Files on Subsidy Recipients Pork Producers Launch Four New Cuts Operating Committee Recommends Fiscal 2007 Beef Board Budget Permanent Estate Tax Vote Scheduled for Today USDA Releases Conservation Theme Paper Gulf Farmers Only Ones to Receive Ag Disaster Funding R-CALF Appeals Canada Border Decision USDA Funds 4,404 New CSP Contracts Support Strengthened for 25x'25 Goal One Million CRP Acres Added to 13 Million Previously Enrolled Acres Korea May Delay Beef Trade Resumption Pork Industry Says Environmental Program Hasn't Helped South Korea FTA Negotiations Underway Tool Helps Document Soybean Rust Treatments Harkin Expresses Concerns About Japan Trade Talks New Association Announces First Board of Directors OIE Amends BSE Guidelines Ethanol-Induced High Corn Prices Could Boost Hog Breakevens $6 To $7 OIE Amends BSE Guidelines OIE Amends BSE Guidelines Producer Feedback Encouraged For 2006 Ag Commodity Survey Ag Groups Push for Fair Market Access Survey Finds Americans Want More Ethanol USDA Releases April 2006 Dairy Highlights USMEF Helps South Korean Retail Stores Sell U.S. Chilled Pork Creekstone Wins First Round of USDA Suit Rural America Facing Shortage of Large Animal Vets EQIP Deadline Extended Until September 1 Commitment Continues for Current WTO Round Researchers Look at Value of Foliar Fungicides in Soybeans House Subcommittee Hosts Forum on Upper Midwest Dairy Industry Broad Coalition Studies Potential Enhancements to Beef Checkoff Vietnam Bilateral Market Access Agreement Signed Rust Scouting Intensifies in South Senate Schedules Its First Farm Bill Hearings Korea Sets June 7 as Beef Trade Start Date MSU Agricultural Researchers' Work Cited Often National Pork Board Begins Strategic Planning Process Canada Proposes Lifting Bluetongue Restrictions Senators Urge Japan, Korea to Drop Beef Bans New Test Helps Find Scab-resistance Genes MSU Great Lakes Leadership Academy Seeks Participants Cargill Plans New Soybean Processing Facility in Kansas City Creekstone Wins First Round of USDA Suit Creekstone Wins First Round of USDA Suit Novel Antimicrobials Protect Against Mastitis-Causing Bacteria U.S. Delegation Discusses New Japanese Standards Ag Appropriations Bill Clears House with Cattlemen's Strong Support Horse Owners Reminded to Take Precautions Against Rabies Top Three Crops Host 2007 Commodity Classic Crop Loan Deadline Looms Bush Hog Launches New Loaders Ethanol Supplies Continue to Grow What is Happening to Cattle Country? USDA Increases Trade Export Estimates Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill Memorial Day Pork Promotions Pack a Double Punch Garst Launches New FFA Communications Curriculum Report Crops to FSA After 2006 Planting Mexican Farmers Dealing with Rust Cut Cleaning Time with Bush Hog House Ag Appropriations Bill Passes USDA Sponsors Risk Management Conference Energy Prices Weigh on Corn Demand Indonesia Family Dies of Avian Flu, Sparks Concerns First Frozen Cloned Pig Embryos Available Worldwide Report Finds 43% Decline in Cropland Erosion Harkin Calls for Independent Australian Wheat Board Investigation Recognize Someone's No-Till Farming Efforts Futures Prospects Dim for Dairy Producers USAIO Reports Solid Progress on Animal Movement Database Brillion Steps Up Strip-Till Keeping Cattle Relaxed Greenpeace Activists Target Cargill Soybean Facility Week Designated To Draw Awareness to EAB U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 9% NPPC Applauds U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral WTO Accession Agreement National Pork Board Appointments Announced April Milk Production Up 3.7% Red Meat Production Down from Previous Month 2006 DCP Signup Deadline Nears US Wheat Production Projected 11% Lower WTO Panel Upholds Mexican HFCS Ruling Auto Makers Commit to Renewable Fuels State to Offer Workshops for Agricultural Grant Program Japan May Resume Beef Trade by June EU to Repeal Sanctions on U.S. Dairy Exports Pork Exports Again at Record Numbers Broaden the Spectrum on Weeds Deciding Whether or Not to Make the Planting Switch Online Petition Launched for Disaster Funding Support Senate Democrats Introduce Renewable Energy Legislation Technology Revolutionizes Finding Sick Cattle Spray a Finer Swath Ag Exports Up for First Half of 2006 Shade Boosts ADG and Pregnancy Rates US Delegation Concludes Beef Talks with China U.S., Vietnam Reach WTO Accession Agreement World Congress: It's All About Traceability US Delegation Concludes Beef Talks with China US Delegation Concludes Beef Talks with China Corn Exports Keep Climbing Consuming Water Crucial for Cow Health Wine Festivals Abound in Michigan Endangered in Michigan Endangered Species Day Created Congressional Democrats Introduce Rural Energy Bill Developing Countries Upset Over Special Product Tariff Reduction Lines Research Study Shows Ways to Help Reduce Lameness in Dairy Cows Japanese Regulations Could Impact Producers NFU Urges Support for Budget Amendment Protecting MILC Read Cattle to Protect Yourself From Injury Turbo TeeJet Line Expands Extensions Needed for Continued Biodiesel Growth Groups Warn Against Removing Import Tariff Cherry Central Cooperative Earns Recognition Attend PORK Academy June 7 Sygnenta Wins Ruling in Glyphosate-Tolerant Trait Patent Case House Web-Based Farm Bill Feedback Form Launched EU Report Says EU Biotech Labeling, Tracing Rules Beneficial Biotechnology Makes Ethanol More Efficient Peru Will Open to All Beef Products USDA Reports Corn Planting Nearly Three-Fourths Done Budget Process Attempting to Block Crop Insurance Premium Discounts Poland Bans 16 GMO Varieties Barley Reduces Manure Phosphorus Levels Shield Ag Offers New Ripper IDFA Applauds USDA on Alternative Farm Policy Approaches Cattle and Calf Death Losses Total 4.05 Million Head Misuse of Oxytocin in Sows Can Lead to More Stillbirths CRP Re-Enrollment/Extension Deadline Looms EPA Sees Agriculture as 'Producer of Solutions' for the Environment AFT: Status Quo No Longer an Option Managing Risk in the Next Farm Bill President Vocally Supports Lowering Ethanol Import Barriers Group Offers In-Depth Avian Flu Information NCBA Leads Up Efforts for 'Kill the Death Tax' Day White Towel Test Checks for Teat Dip Coverage Canada Cuts Sow Farrowings Farm with a Deere in the Sky Alabama Cow Brings Dead End Investigation Alabama Cow Brings Dead End Investigation Limited Evidence Supports Advisory Services Outperform Farmer Benchmarks Trade Leaders Express Desire for Successful Doha Round Alabama Cow Brings Dead End Investigation Japan Adopts New Maximum Limits For Residues In Pork Consider Anthrax Vaccinations Supporters Push for Passage of Water Resources Development Act Ethanol Industry Seeks $8 Million for Fuel Stations GAO Report Addresses CSP Funding Issues Growers Adhering to Bt IRM Requirements CME Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Lean Hog Contract Use Risk Management to Protect Cattle Profits Gross Income, Total Cash Receipts Up for Livestock Gross Income, Total Cash Receipts Up for Livestock Gross Income, Total Cash Receipts Up for Livestock Beef Checkoff Accelerates Efforts to Move Supply this Summer NDM Prices Up 1.2 Cents California, Wisconsin Lead in Yearly Dairy Production Beef Blockade Risks U.S.-Japan Trade War New Research Helps Control Salmonella in Waste Lagoons WTO Ag Chairman Sets Six-Week Intensive Schedule Bt Cotton Improves Yields, Lowers Pesticide Use Ethanol Continues to Break Monthly Production Records USDA Says BSE Prevalence Low in the United States USDA Says BSE Prevalence Low in the United States USDA Says BSE Prevalence Low in the United States Trade Leaders Head to Geneva Next Week to Salvage Doha Round Milk Production Up in 2005 Tillage Adds About $9.50 in Costs Per Acre Sufficient Corn for Continued Growth of Ethanol Industry President Threatens Veto on Spending Bill with Farm Disaster Aid U.S. - Canadian Hog Inventory Up Slightly Expect Three-Year Lifespan for Site-specific Tools Grassley Supports Farm Bill Extension Coupled with TPA Extension CBOT Announces Ag Futures Trading During Daytime Hours Effects Promising For Field Peas in Swine Diets Bush Makes Short-Term Fixes to Fuel Supply Crop Producers the Squeezed the Most with High Energy Costs Push from the Planter for WRDA Vote Large Meat Supplies Expected for Rest of the Year MILC Signup Continues Through Mid-May USDA Reports Highest April Inventory Since 1996 USDA Reports Highest April Inventory Since 1996 USDA Reports Highest April Inventory Since 1996 Ag Groups Mount Support for Peru TPA Crop Pests Hitching Rides On Spring Storm Systems Leaders Wave Goodbye to April 30 WTO Deadline Increase in Wheat Expected in Indonesia Little Progress Seen in Geneva WTO Talks Red Meat Production at Record High for March Red Meat Production at Record High for March Red Meat Production at Record High for March Manage Dry Periods for Optimal Milk Yield Dairy Products Prices Range Within Penny of Previous Week PBS Launches The Cow Channel Trimble Makes Technology Easier to Acquire Scientists Offer Cow-Calf Producers Seasonal Tips New Form of Rust Threatens World Wheat New Technology Makes Biodiesel on the Farm WTO Proposal Limits Food Aid Wheat Outlook Report Says Exports Up, Plantings Down Japan's Young Steer Negative for BSE R-CALF Calls for Stronger BSE Rules with Canada Online Database Simplifies Pesticide Decisions Ethanol Wrongly Accused of High Gasoline Prices Canada Producers Not Affected by US Corn Imports Japan's Young Steer Negative for BSE Japan's Young Steer Negative for BSE Value of Pork Exports Estimated at $270.6 Million March Milk Production Up 5.5% FDA Approves Aureomycin-Bovatec Combination for Cattle Dust Size Matters Key Factors in Cocci Control How to Reduce High Winter Hay Bills South Korea Sets Trade Resumption Timeline Japan Runs Confirmatory BSE Tests on 20-Month-Old Cow New Report Looks at Sugar Reform Japan Runs Confirmatory BSE Tests on 20-Month-Old Cow Japan Runs Confirmatory BSE Tests on 20-Month-Old Cow Grain - Forage Crop Rotations Boost Soil Quality Portman Named New OMB Director USDA Audit Finds Farmers Receive $9 Million in Loans New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidance for Farms and Forests Canada Confirms Fifth BSE Case Canada Confirms Fifth BSE Case Pork Prices Slide Lower Minor Changes Seen in Dairy Products Prices Highlights FWS Says Gunnison Sage Grouse Doesn't Need ESA Listing Laser Radar May Zap Hog Odor Canada Confirms Fifth BSE Case Hog Profits Disappointing So Far Group Sues USDA for Information About Organic Standards Potential Case of BSE Identified In British Columbia Doha Round Does Little for Trade Deficit Reduction Applications Being Accepted for 2006-07 Leadership Class Jury Fines Meat Packers Millions Jury Fines Meat Packers Millions Johanns Extends CRP Sign-Up Deadline Jury Fines Meat Packers Millions Potential Case of BSE Identified In British Columbia Pork Producers Press Premises Plan USDA Continues to Lower Its Corn Stock Estimates China Reopens Market to US Beef Exports EIA Changes Energy Story, Says There Is Enough Ethanol For MTBE Switch ASA Renews Trade Agreement with China $70 Million Available Through FRPP Research Looks at Ways to Cut Transport Losses in Pigs Old Wyoming Blister Needs Healing Sickness Can Cost $201 Per Calf President Signs Milk Regulatory Equity Act Consult Local Specialists When Changing Farming Practices Project GREEEN Awards Grants for Research Projects Congressmen Weigh-In on WTO Progress New EWG Analysis Says Nitrogen Pollution a Fixable Problem Syngenta and DuPont Form Biotech Marketing Alliance Japan Approves Mycogen's Herculex Hybrids for Grain Import Judge Denies R-CALF Court Request Judge Denies R-CALF Court Request Wheat Acreage Projected Lower Protect Heifers Headed to Pasture Protect Heifers Headed to Pasture China Delegation Makes Commitment to US Soybeans Judge Denies R-CALF Court Request BVDV Fight Needs New Approaches Arizona Law Legalizes E85 Sales USDA Outlines Plan for National Animal ID Implementation USDA Outlines Plan for National Animal ID Implementation Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Disaster Assistance for Producers USDA Outlines Plan for National Animal ID Implementation Hog Farms Not a Factor to Nearby Residences' Air Quality Protect Heifers Headed to Pasture EC Wants Reassurances Syngenta's BT10 Detection Method Accuracy Ethanol Race Team Names New Driver Wheat Researchers Dive into Gene Pool Chambliss Proposes Non-Amnesty Immigration Amendment Feds on High Alert for Bird Flu February 2006 Dairy Product Price Highlights Released Arizona Ballot Initiative Would Outlaw Gestation Stalls for Pork, Veal Producers Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus Formed Cargill-Beef Packers, Inc. Combination Complete Costs of Producing Organic Beef Retail Food Prices Up Slightly in First Quarter Democrat Senators Want U.S. AWB Investigation Gehl to Discontinue Agricultural Implement Lines Producers Increased Soybean Profits Thanks to Rust Detection Efforts All Hog and Breeding Herd Inventories Up 1% New Web Site Provides Nutrient Management Planning Information Nitrogen and Sulfur Study Could Lead to New Recommendations Honduras, Nicaragua Enter Final CAFTA Implementation USDA Extends MILC Sign-Up All Hog and Breeding Herd Inventories Up 1% Sayre Cattle Operation Named "Conservationist of the Year" Chambliss Proposes Immigration Bill with Ag Worker Provision Death tax,' Stockyard's Act are Conference Topics Death tax,' Stockyard's Act are Conference Topics USDA Projects Huge Drop in 2006 Corn Acres National ID Sign-ups S-l-u-g-g-i-s-h National ID Sign-ups S-l-u-g-g-i-s-h House Proposes Ag Budget Cuts Less Can Be Better National ID Sign-ups S-l-u-g-g-i-s-h Death tax,' Stockyard's Act are Conference Topics China Provides Market Increase Opportunities in WTO Negotiations Ethanol Production Continues at Record Levels Beef Trade Relations Continue with Asian Markets Beef Trade Relations Continue with Asian Markets Beef Trade Relations Continue with Asian Markets Corn Industry Has Opportunity to Increase South Korean Market Share USDA Plans to Analyze Risk Management Options for Next Farm Bill Number of BSE Cases Declining Worldwide Number of BSE Cases Declining Worldwide Asparagus Growers Reach Deal With Processors Senate Panel Examines Elimination of MTBE U.S. Pork Exports Continue to Grow Genetic Tests Beef Up Cattle Breeding Number of BSE Cases Declining Worldwide Pork Production Sets Record High for February Study Finds Grass-Fed Beef Has Health Benefits Iraq Purchases 500,000 Tons from Non-AWB Wheat Consortium MSU Helps Spur Ag Economic Development U.S. Spring Outlook Looks Bleak for Hard Red Winter Wheat Farmers CAFTA Implementation Expected in Nicaragua, Honduras Soon Japan Freight Rates at Lowest Levels in Months Time is Ticking for April 30 WTO Deadline February Milk Production Up Nearly 6% U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 8% Cloned Pigs Make Healthy Fats Midwest Senators Introduce American Fuels Act Wineries Celebrate Outstanding 2005 Vintage USDA's Livestock-Market Projects Fail Butter Prices Drop 1.9 Cents For Week Ending March 18 Team Ethanol Race Driver Killed in Sunday Crash Creekstone Farms Files Lawsuit Against USDA USDA to Dispatch Technical Team to Japan Mexico Denies Presence of Avian Flu Legend Forage is Frost-Seeding Option Pork Management Conference Slated for Beginning of April NCBA Membership Showing Strong Growth in 2006 Protecting Alfalfa from Wheel Traffic Prepare for CRP General Sign-up, March 27-April 14 Syngenta Closing in on Biotech Wheat Soybean Growers Support USDA Rust Measures Government Officials: If Avian Flu Arrives, There's No Need to Panic Controlling PCV-2 in Swine Herds Dairy Product Prices Down Slightly From Week Before FDA Approves Monsanto Plant for Production of Posilac Japan Gets U.S. Response to BSE Report Questions Industry Celebrates National Ag Day Pork Board Purchases the Other White Meat Brand Beef Demand Dips Slightly In 2005 Canada Animal Industry 'Shocked' About Corn Ruling Legislation Extends Biodiesel Tax Incentive Subcommittee Reviews Federal Crop Insurance NMPF Takes Stand on Immigration Legislation NPPC Seeks To Join Court Fight Over EPA Air Consent Agreements USMEF Promotes U.S. Pork Retail Campaign at Tokyo Trade Show New Anti-Mastitis Weapon on Tap for Dairy Cows IHC BSE Test Also Comes Back Positive USDA Provides $20.1 Million in ECP Funds to 26 States Custom Farming Rates Continue to Rise, UNL Analysis Shows U.S. Corn Coalition Disappointed in Canadian Ruling IHC BSE Test Also Comes Back Positive IHC BSE Test Also Comes Back Positive Discovery of BSE Cow Delays Korean Trade Resumption Timetable Discovery of BSE Cow Delays Korean Trade Resumption Timetable Discovery of BSE Cow Delays Korean Trade Resumption Timetable Rabobank Opposes FCA Proposed Amendments to Exit Provisions Canada Determines U.S. Corn Dumped, Subsidized New BSE Case Likely to Have Little Impact on Cattle Prices, Exports Investors Challenge Dean Foods' Approach to Organics Budget Resolution Amendment Calls for More Energy Funding Latest BSE Demands Compulsory ID System Latest BSE Demands Compulsory ID System Start or Improve Farmers Markets with New USDA Resource Guide New EIA Report Questions Ethanol's Ability to Replace MTBE Amendment for Emergency Farm Assistance Fails National Ag Week Kicks Off this Week Cow Slaughter Down From a Year Earlier Animal ID Tag Numbers Released Latest BSE Demands Compulsory ID System PMWS Identified As Pork Checkoff Funding Priority New BSE Find Confirmed New BSE Find Confirmed New BSE Find Confirmed Trade Surplus Continues to Shrink Soybean Rust Fungicide Unaffected By Row Widths Report Provides Overview of Beef Checkoff Research Cheese, Butter Prices Continue Price Tumble On the Track to Affordable Auto Steering Farm Progress to Launch RURAL LIFE Magazine Soybean Rust Scouting Ongoing in Georgia, Alabama European Union Backs Away from EU-Wide Biotech Rules CWT Doubles Its Assessment Rate Swine ID Plan Presented to Producers USDA Receives Questions from Japan on Ineligible Veal Shipment U.S. Cattle Producers Testify at EPA Hearings NPPC Adopts Public Policy Resolutions NFU Convention Urges Support for Dairy Producers House Passes National Uniformity for Food Act USDA Receives Questions from Japan on Ineligible Veal Shipment USDA Receives Questions from Japan on Ineligible Veal Shipment Rule Designates Biobased Items for Federal Agency Purchase Analysis Shows U.S. Farm Exports Benefit from Peru FTA G6 Trade Leaders Head to London for More WTO Talks Support Growing for Renewable Energy New Standards for Hard White Wheat Begin in May Ethanol Faces Critical Point with MTBE Phase-out Manage Capital in 2006 United States Intends to Negotiate FTA with Malaysia Projections Expect Wheat Farms to Face Financial, Drought Issues Pork Act Delegates Vote on Pork Checkoff Resolutions at Annual Meeting New Swine Producers Take Over Top NPPC Positions Strip-till Tool Shaves One-pass Tillage Costs Malaysia Opens Market to U.S. Beef Products Wylie Adds Two New Sprayers January 2006 Dairy Product Highlights R-CALF Voices Support for Oman FTA Farmers Face Increasing Cost-Price Squeeze in 2006 Producers Impacted by Hurricane Eligible for $63 Million in ECP Funds New Gauge Wheel Tires from John Deere Michigan Offer Winter Wine Country Packages WTO Panel Issues Final Mexican HCFS Ruling High China Corn Prices Motivate Decision to Stop Corn Exports Goodlatte: Farm Bill Will Be Written in Congress, Not Geneva Beef Checkoff Settlement Calls for Survey of 8,000 Producers Beef Checkoff Settlement Calls for Survey of 8,000 Producers House Committee Hosts Hearings in California, Nebraska ASA Leaders Meet with Secretary Johanns on Soy Initiatives Beef Checkoff Settlement Calls for Survey of 8,000 Producers U.S.-Colombia FTA Will Benefit U.S. Pork and Beef Exports Pork Production Sets Record High in 2005 Dairy Products Prices Down Beef Production Slightly Higher in 05 Compared to Previous Year February Dairy Market Same as January 2006 ESAP Nominations Due March 16 New Purdue Center Provides Crop Defense EPA Looks to Increase Ethanol Plants' Emissions Threshold Ag Groups Urge Budget Committees to Abandon Reconciliation Commodity Groups Outline Policy Priorities John Deere Cuts a GPS Swath European Commission Decision Paves Way for Herculex I Import into EU NAWG to Join 2007 Commodity Classic Johanns Clarifies Position on Lock and Dam Improvements Analysis: Spot Market Hog Purchases Provide Accurate Price Discovery Mechanism Pioneer Launches New Glyphosate Trait: Optimum GAT $5.3 Million Announced for Air Quality Grants Budget Calls for Commodity Aid Cuts Spot Market Hog Purchases Provide Accurate Price Discovery Mechanism Weekly Purcell Report: Cattle Farmer Groups Outline Critical WTO Issues American Seeds Inc. Acquires Two More Seed Companies Learn Gardening Techniques at ANR Week at MSU Converting Manure to Oil Groundwork Laid Computer Program Puts Byte on Farmers' Weed Problems Converting Manure to Oil Groundwork Laid Price Reporting Information Line Established Dairy Specialist: Consider Calving Younger Pork Production at Record High for January USMEF Builds Beef Demand Worldwide U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 7% Ethanol Revolution Changes Nature of Corn Industry Iraq Set to Increase U.S. Rice Buys State to Offer Workshops for Agricultural Grant Program More Global Warming Weather Woes Ahead for Great Lakes Agriculture U.S. Ethanol Industry Sets Record in 2005 United States, Colombia Conclude FTA Talks Chinese Corn Stocks Tightening February Is National Cherry Month Patent Settled over Bovine Somatotropin for Dairy Cows Patent Settled over Bovine Somatotropin for Dairy Cows Hog Prices Rally Back to Profit Levels Cheese, Butter, NDM Prices Down Again Getting the Right Grazing Strategy More Cattle on Feed Negatively Impact Cattle Market Dairy Industry Approves $158.1 Million for 2006 Budget U.S. Pork Was Japanese Import Market Leader in 2005 Legislation Strengthens Packers and Stockyards Act Boehringer Ingelheim Sells Insecticide Products, Manufacturing to KMG Chemicals USDA Launches Nitrogen Calculator Asian Rust Confirmed in Texas Legislation Strengthens Packers and Stockyards Act Legislation Strengthens Packers and Stockyards Act Syngenta and DuPont Grant Rights for Fungicides, Insecticides USTR Recommends CAFTA Implementation in El Salvador U.S. Energy Secretary Outlines Plans for New Kind of Ethanol EU, US Top Trade Ministers Meet New Web Site Helps with Production Decisions Grants, Loans Available for Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency Projects Good Health' Program Encourages Kids to Make Healthy Decisions Tips for Calving Management President's Proposed Budget Would Impact Dairy Programs Beef Industry Vision Award Announced PLC and BLM Launch Horse & Burro Campaign Packers, Cattle Feeders Losing Money DMI Forging Strategic Partnerships to Meet Unmet Demand Pork Is Forecast At Record $2.3 Billion 2006 Outlook for Ag Exports Remains at Record $64.5 Billion New Iron Detects Worn Parts, Dangerous Slopes Supreme Court Hears Divisive Wetlands Case Lawsuit Filed Against Roundup Ready Alfalfa Lawsuit Filed Against Roundup Ready Alfalfa Administration Shows Little Support for WRDA January Milk Production Up 5.4% Hog Weights Continue to Run at Record High Levels NCBA Pleased with USDA Veal Investigation Completion Lawsuit Filed Against Roundup Ready Alfalfa Meat Outlook More Challenging in 2006 USDA Sends Investigation Report to Japan on Beef Shipment Mistake U.S. Beef High Priority in 2006 U.S. Trade Policy Agenda Cheese, Butter, NDM Prices Drop Over 3 Cents WTO Director to Draft WTO Modalities if No Compromise Found More Red Meat and Poultry Coming in 2006 $5 Million Awarded for Applied Wheat Genome Research Older Farmers Less Likely to Adopt Bt Corn Grape IPM Scout Training Program Offered Johanns: Don't Wait for Doha Conclusion to Write Farm Bill Build a Fence in the Bayou EPA Ends Ethanol, MTBE Oxygenate Requirements USDA Sends Investigation Report to Japan on Beef Shipment Mistake USDA Sends Investigation Report to Japan on Beef Shipment Mistake Whey Protein Reaching International Markets NCBA Members Elect New Slate of Officers January Cattle Inventory Up 1% U.S. - Canadian Hog Inventory Up Slightly Tax Increase for Dairy Farmers in Budget Proposal Chef Training Puts U.S. Meat on Restaurant Menus in Southeast Asia Costa Rica Ends U.S. Beef Ban Tyson Closing Two Nebraska Plants Biotechnology Continues to Play Increasing Role in Global Crop Economy MSU Beef Entries Do Well In Louisville Some Wheat Breaks Dormancy Due to Mild Winter Weather Learn To Organize Rural Cooperative Commerce Dept. Report Says Sugar Policy Pushing Jobs Overseas ARS Chief Foresees Belt Tightening Self-Evaluate Weed Practices Online Industry Join Forces to Sequence the Swine Genome California Sets New State Cheese Record Tips for Monitoring Rangeland and Pasture Taiwan Gets First U.S. Beef Since June 2005 Meat Exports Expected to Grow in Next Ten Years Sales Hit Record High for Select Sires U.S. Breaks Pork Export Record for 15th Consecutive Year U.S. Beef Exports Begin Recovery In 2005 Ag Trade Ends 2005 with $3.5 Billion Surplus Hauling Manure Farther Can Pay Off Progress Needed By End of Week to Make April Deadline WTO Trade Outcome Wild Card in Land Values Barn Conference Highlights Uses, Conversions and Restoration Increased Global Demand Key to U.S Cotton's Economic Health Survey Suggests Cottons Growers Looking to Increase Planted Acres Corn After Corn a Continuous Challenge For Growers Cheese, Butter Prices Down for Week Ending Feb. 4 U.S. Animal Identification Organization Elects Fourth Member Cattle Industry Representatives Welcome Delegation from Japan Projected Returns to Red Meat Projection Generally Lower Five Coops Ask USDA for Emergency Hearing to Increase Class I and II Differentials Better Than 'Armstrong' Power Steering Japan Says it Won't Back Down on 20-Month Age Standard NCBA Policy Summary Report from 2006 Cattle Industry Convention U.S. Pork Exports Shatter More Records NCC: Federal Research Cuts Would Close Ginning Labs Net Farm Income Projected at $54 Billion Annually for Next Decade Midwest Grain Processors Ethanol Expansion Comes Online EPA Administrator Says Agriculture Can Meet Renewable Fuels Demand One-on-one with NSP President Greg Shelor Japanese Ministers Vows to Keep 20-Month Age Standard U.S. Wheat Condemns Australian Wheat Board Master Farmers Honored at Showcase Minnesota City Annexes Land for Dairy Farm Within the City Limits Animal ID Will Challenge, Redefine Cattle Industry Nebraska Cattleman Elected President of Cattle-Fax Dairy Producers Strengthen Relationship With Veal Producers ND Wants to 100% Test All Cattle for Export Markets Beef Board Seats New Members, Elects Leadership Hauling Manure Farther Can Pay Off Beef Board Seats New Members, Elects Leadership Beef Board Seats New Members, Elects Leadership Lely Rolls Out A3 ‘Robomilker’ ASA Says U.S. Should Challenge Other EU Biotech Laws STX Steiger Tractors Get New Muscle Case IH Offers New MX Foursome NCBA: S. Korea FTA Needs to Address Full Beef Market Access USDA Releases December 2005 Dairy Product Highlights Cattle Learning Center Enhances Online Features WTO Rules Against Europe in Biotech Case FSA Offices to Stay Open - For Now Crisis' Grips Wheat Industry Wheat Groups Back Biotech Renessen Clears Final Regulatory Clearance for Lysine Corn Congress, Farm Groups React Negatively to Ag Budget 2007 Farm Bill Talks Take Center Stage Fight Over The Farm Bill Wheat Groups Want AWB Suspension Reinstated Michigan Food Policy Council Hosts Public Listening Session President's Ag Budget Request Tightens Spending Across the Board Total Livestock Operation Numbers Down in 2005 Progress Made on BSE Firewalls, More Needed Johanns Aims to Resolve Japan Situation 'Directly' and 'Expeditiously' Cheese, Butter, NDM Prices Drop South Korea FTA Encourages Continued U.S. Dairy Export Growth Cattle-Fax: Strong Profits Lead to Herd Expansion U.S.-South Korea Trade Pact Would Expand Pork Market Mexico Opens Market to U.S., Canadian Bone-In Beef Number of U.S. Farms Estimated at 2.1 Million Korea, U.S. Enter Official FTA Talks Progress Made on BSE Firewalls, More Needed Progress Made on BSE Firewalls, More Needed USDA Announces Further Increases in Sugar Supplies Johanns Aims to Resolve Japan Situation 'Directly' and 'Expeditiously' Johanns Aims to Resolve Japan Situation 'Directly' and 'Expeditiously' Mycogen Seeds Debuts New Quad-Stack Corn Hybrid Congress Approves Legislation Repealing Cotton Subsidy Program Cattle-Fax: Strong Profits Lead to Herd Expansion Cattle-Fax: Strong Profits Lead to Herd Expansion Mexico Opens Market to U.S. Bone-In Beef Goodlatte Calls on Japan to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef Goodlatte Calls on Japan to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef Dow Receives Regulatory Approval for First Plant-Made Vaccine Goodlatte Calls on Japan to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef DMI, Fonterra Announce Plans to Research Whey Reduce Livestock Odors with Biofiltration Milk Production Continues to Soar Processors Argue for Fully Opening Canadian Border USDA Lawyers Looking into Legality of Mandatory Private Animal ID System USDA Lawyers Looking into Legality of Mandatory Private Animal ID System USDA Lawyers Looking into Legality of Mandatory Private Animal ID System Upcoming Women in Ag Conference Spreads Out Dow Receives Regulatory Approval for First Plant-Made Vaccine Dow Receives Regulatory Approval for First Plant-Made Vaccine President Calls for Accelerated Energy Research Timeline New Equipment Loan Program for Wind Generators Two New Broadleef Weed Herbicides Receive EPA Registration CSP Sign-Up Dates Scheduled for Feb. 13 to March 31 CRP Re-Enrollments and Extensions Made for Eligible Producers in 2007 CWT Accepts Export Assistance Bid For Cheese to Israel Smithfield to Acquire ConAgra's Ham Business Japan Ag Minister Failed to Check U.S. Meat Plants Expect Another Year of High Cattle Prices R-CALF Wants Say in Checkoff Dollars EPA Approves Air Consent Agreements Slight Fluctuations Seen in Dairy Products Prices 2006 Cattle Inventory Up Are You A Big Exporter? Senate Ag Committee Leaders Push for Early CSP Sign-Up Corn Exports Strong in January Nations Decide to Collectively Proceed on WTO Trade Proposals Japan Ag Minister Failed to Check U.S. Meat Plants Japan Ag Minister Failed to Check U.S. Meat Plants New Study Finds Ethanol Yields Positive Energy Balance Leading Weed Scientists Push for Diversification Missouri Producers Touting Beef in Japan, Taiwan Hurricane Victims Receive $2.8 Billion in Aid from USDA Producers Attend Pork Leadership Academy NFU Opposes Proposed USDA Dairy Price Adjustment Formula Not Headed to Denver? Check Out New Beef Board Blog NDB Directors Approve Funding for Air Emissions Research Korea Delays Talks with Canada Japanese Prime Minister Says Japan Wasn't 'Bullied' Into Resuming Beef Trade Biotech Ruling from WTO Could Come Next Week Senator Requests Delay on CAFTA Implementation Taiwan Reopens Market to U.S. Beef EU Organic Allows Trace Biotech Materials Japan Made Specific Request for Veal Japan Made Specific Request for Veal NDB Directors Approve Funding for Air Emissions Research CWT Awards Export Assistance for Cheese to Morocco Tyson Expands Bacon Production, Closes Older Plants Japan Made Specific Request for Veal NFU, R-CALF Call for Canada Beef Trade Halt Louisiana Cattlemen Welcome NCBA and R-CALF President-elect NMPF Complains About Byrd Amendment to Portman Sentinel Plot Funding Approved to Continue Fight Against Rust Japan Finds 22nd BSE Case Japan Finds 22nd BSE Case Ethanol Industry Sets New Production, Demand Record Indoors and Outstanding! Using Conservation Planning Tools On The Farm Crop1 Insurance Official Comes Under Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Umbrella Japan Finds 22nd BSE Case Iowa Reaches Hog Production Agreement with Cargill USDA Value-Added Grant Program On The Agenda Canada Confirms Fourth BSE Case Cuba to Import 700,000 Tons of U.S. Corn WTO Talks Reconvene this Week Red Meat Production at Record High for December BioSoft Toolbox for Swine Predicts Intramuscular Fat Levels Dairy Products Prices Highlights U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 4% Japan Halts U.S. Beef Shipments, Resumption Date Unknown Japan Closes Market, Investigates Beef from U.S. Workshop Shows Landowners Non-Governmental Ways to Protect Their Land Stopping Spread of Bird Flu Virus Decreases Potential Spread to Humans New Pilot Plant Tests High-Value Ethanol Production System Cargill to Help Pay Health Costs Singapore Reopens Market to U.S. Beef Singapore Says 'Yes' to U.S. Boneless Beef Report Finds USDA Inaction on Enforcing Packers and Stockyards Act Tyson Adds Two 'Natural' Beef Product Lines Singapore to Accept U.S. Beef Imports by End of February NFU Opposes Changes in Definition of Cheese Creating Crude Oil from Hog Waste December Milk Production Up 4.2% USDA Offers Energy Cost Offset For Completion Of EQIP Practices Report Finds USDA Inaction on Enforcing Packers and Stockyards Act Report Finds USDA Inaction on Enforcing Packers and Stockyards Act Australian Wheat Board Director Concedes of Knowing about Kickbacks Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto Establish Cross Product Licenses Forage Kochia Keeps Cattle, and Balance Sheets, In Good Health Delegates to Review Pork Checkoff at Annual Meeting Cheese Seen as Star Dairy Product Producer-owned Beef Plant Looking to Reopen Dairy Exports Climb Over Past Two Years Beef Industry Vision Award Finalists Announced New Calculator Figures Livestock Gross Margin Insurance Don't Turn Cold Shoulder to Winter Manure Rules Giving the Food Security System a Test Run Biotech Acceptance Continues to Rise Soybean DNA to be Decoded Fewer Farmers Are Input 'Convenience' Buyers Trade Surplus Remains But Smaller than 2004 North American Grain Conference Explores Provactive Research Topics Greece Can't Prohibit Biotech Corn Planting South Korea-U.S. Agreement to End Beef Ban Seen As Important First Step Dairy Product Prices Fluctuate USDA Awards $10 Million to Sequence the Swine Genome Short Course Long on Ideas for Cattle Management Cold Stress and Calves Beef Industry Outlines New Long-Range Plan Korea Announces 'Hollow Victory' in Resuming Boneless Beef Trade Gene Shuffling' Technology Provides New Trait Optimization Tool EU Approves YieldGard Rootworm Corn for Food Approval Judge Decides Against Large Producer-Handlers Challenge to USDA Decision Imports of U.S. Chilled Pork a Rising Trend New Animal ID Consortium Formed South Korea's Bone with U.S. Beef 2005 Cotton Crop A Record Breaker, USDA Reports Farm Bureau Approves Full Estate Tax Repeal Compromise Things Looking Down for Pork Producers in 2006 A Look Back at 2005 Youth Acceptance Boosts Milk Consumption AFBF Delegates Spent Tuesday Determining Policy Recommendations New Animal ID Consortium Formed New Animal ID Consortium Formed State Seeks Grant Proposals for Agricultural Products Farm Bureau Reelects Stallman as President USDA Leaning Towards 'Metadata Layer' Animal ID Approach USDA Leaning Towards 'Metadata Layer' Animal ID Approach Steve Larsen New Pork Board Director of Pork Safety Steve Larsen New Pork Board Director of Pork Safety USDA Leaning Towards 'Metadata Layer' Animal ID Approach Report Criticizes Canadian Beef Inspection Procedures Johanns Says USDA Examining BSE Surveillance Program Record Pork Production Likely in 2006 Increased Milk Supplies Expected in 2006 R-CALF Request District Court Hearing on BSE Litigation Report Criticizes Canadian Beef Inspection Procedures Report Criticizes Canadian Beef Inspection Procedures Asian Markets Concerned with Aflatoxin Farm Family Communication is focus of Partner's Program Domestic Demand Key to 2006 Beef Prices Crowder: Not a Question of If But How True Farm Bill Discussions Long Way Off Domestic Demand Still Driving Force in Livestock Markets Lower Net Revenue Per Acre Expected in 2006 Johanns Appoints National Pork Producers Delegate Body Nonfat Dry Milk Prices Increase 3.9 Cents AGCO ST Series Gets Four New Models Beef Verification Solution Provides New Animal ID System AFBF President Stallman Gives Marching Orders Active Ingredient in Dow's Dithane Achieves Re-registration Status Retail Food Prices Dip Slightly in Fourth Quarter U.S. Wheat Planting Down 30% from the 1980s Vermont Rejects State Biotech Ban Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds Confirmed in Additional Three States Wheat Exports Keep on Pace with Last Year Cotton Industry Expects More WTO Pressure South Korea Beef Talks Set for Jan. 9 FDA Expands Guidelines for Feeding Rumensin National Pork Board to Meet in Mexico City The Today Show Showcases Veal Porterhouse Premium Standard Farms Board Approves Missouri Plant Expansion South Korea Beef Talks Set for Jan. 9 South Korea Beef Talks Set for Jan. 9 India Destined to be Biggest Lint Producer Biotech Makes Strides in 2005 Keeping Your Show Animals Healthy Cattlemen's College Kicks Off Cattle Industry Convention CWT Exports First Butter Shipment Dairy Products Prices Highlights February 1st CAFTA-DR Implementation Date Possible MSU Extension Offers Cow/Calf Winter Program Beefmobile Hits the Road Again Beef Talks Progress with South Korea Mexico Drops Anti-Dumping Case on U.S. Unprocessed Hams State Seeks Grant Proposals for Promoting Agricultural Products Monsanto Corn Event Clears Final U.S. Regulatory Hurdle Cargill to Appeal Ruling in Specialty Canola Patent Case Simple Fixes for Lowering Your Farm Fuel Consumption Top 10 Cattle News Stories for 2005 Co-ops May Build Milk Plant in Kansas Hong Kong Resumes U.S. Beef Trade Pork Production at Record High for November Japan Observes U.S. Beef Packing Plants U.S. Hog Inventory Up Slightly Tyson Introduces Thinly-Sliced Beef for Hispanic Markets Dairy Relief Donates Over $40,000 to Hurricane Katrina Victims USDA Hog Numbers Nearly Match Trade Expectations Hong Kong Resumes U.S. Beef Trade Hong Kong Resumes U.S. Beef Trade EPA Takes Important First Step in RFS Implementation WTO Proposals Would Affect Ag Commodities USDA Announces $380 Million in Funding for Schools and Roads U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 3% Dairy Products Prices Up From Last Week USMEF: Consumer Confidence Essential In Regaining Beef Market In Japan Snow Provides Adequate Water Supply Online Database Contains Swine Gene and Protein Information Bedding Choice Cuts Smell, Not Profits Pharmaceutical Biotech Crop Company Closes Its Doors Farm Organization Sees Record Growth Groups Take Holiday Time to Sue Over 'Non-Livestock' Slaughter Rules Senate Removes Conservation Funding from Defense Bill Ethanol Sets Another Production Record in October India Delays Wheat Import Decision Western Bean Cutworm Migrating East Latest Trade Picture Shows Small Ag Trade Surplus Additional Fat in Milk Replacer Improves Weight Gains Food Safety Gets Beef Producer Backing Through Serv-Safe Imports Good for Beef? 2006 Niche Pork Conference Set for Pork Producers Johanns Touts U.S. Beef While in Hong Kong Total of 43.4 Tons of U.S. Beef Clears Japanese Customs November Milk Production Up 4.6% EU Votes for Biotech Maize Increase, Still Not Enough for Approval Senate Sends Reconciliation Package Back to House Knowing Subsidy Payments Is Important When Setting Cash Rents USMEF Educates Consumers in El Salvador About U.S. Pork Record Prices Highlight 2005 Last-Minute Congressional Votes Likely to Extend MILC Program Two Years GAO: DHS and USDA Are Successfully Coordinating Current Work Canada Levies $1.65 per Bushel on Imports of U.S. Corn Congress, Commodity Groups Give Lukewarm Response to WTO Progress Waste Management: It's About Thyme Pork Industry Presents Antibiotic Use Program to Health Association Cheese Prices Up 2 Cents, Butter Down 3.3 Cents Nominees Sought for Michigan’s 2006 Barns of the Year Duties on U.S. Corn Could Hurt – Not Help – Canadian Industries WTO Ministers Agree to End Export Subsidies by 2013 Reconciliation Cuts $2.723 Billion in Ag Spending European Union Must Reduce Ag Tariffs, NPPC Says Southern Utah Student Wins Beef Industry Scholarship Korea Considering Resuming Beef Trade Milk Can by Used to Model How Diet Can Guide Health Expectations Low for WTO Breakthrough Canada Assesses Preliminary Duties on U.S. Corn Drive an F-150 with E85 Crop1 Insurance Firm Purchased Pork Exports are on the Rise FSIS Reaffirms Statistically Significant Decline in E. coli O157:H7 Rates U.S. Beef a Hit at Premier Food Show in Vietnam R-CALF: Countries Shouldn't Ban Beef with Arbitrary, Non-transparent Standards Patrick Webb Joins Pork Board as Director of Swine Health Programs NCGA Names National Corn Yield Contest Winners Wheels Stuck in Hong Kong Raasch Chosen as New USB Chairman Young Cooperator Advisory Council Named Targeting the Southern Plains 'Forage Gap' No Hog Shackle Space Shortage Looms This Year Australia's First Trial of Biotech Wheat Won't Solve Salinity Crisis U.S., Europe Still Deadlocked Over Farm Subsidies USDA Revises U.S. Corn Exports Biofuels Solutions Plans Nebraska 110 Million-Gallon Ethanol Plant USDA Resumes Importation of Japanese Boneless Beef Cuts GAO Finds Problems with Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Dairy Execs Urge Bush to Stay the Course on WTO Goals Japanese Beef Trade Projected at 100,000 Metric Tons in 2006 Four-State Beef Conference Slated for January NPPC Applauds Completion of Trade Deal with Peru Protect Calves from Cold Temperatures Butter Prices Drop Over 3 Cents GAO Finds Problems with Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting FB Study Identifies Agriculture's Future Challenges Japan Reopens to Beef Imports from United States, Canada USDA Resumes Importation of Japanese Boneless Beef Cuts USDA Resumes Importation of Japanese Boneless Beef Cuts Japanese Beef Trade Projected at 100,000 Metric Tons in 2006 Japanese Beef Trade Projected at 100,000 Metric Tons in 2006 FCA Approves New Termination Policy Johanns, Portman Head to Hong Kong Kellogg to Use Low Linolenic Soybean Oil Insect-Resistant Crops Produce Greatest Biotech Yield Increase Japan's Food Safety Commission Concludes U.S. Beef Safe to Consume Japan's FSC Says U.S. Beef Safe to Consume CWT Farm Audits Completed for Third Retirement Round Beware of Feral Pigs Policy Debate, Educational Sessions to Highlight Cattle Industry Convention USTR Pushes Japan on Beef Trade Resumption NPPC Seeks Reasonable Interpretation of Clean Water Act Equipment Owner to Consolidate Offices Peru, U.S. Conclude FTA Talks Number Crunch Fuel Costs in Seconds FAO Report: Ag Trade Reform Could Leave Poor Behind Put Conservation to Work for You Taking USDA's New Computer Tool for a Spin First Source and Age-Verified Cattle Sold in Missouri Dairy Success Lies in Providing Unmet Needs Wal-Mart Launches First U.S. Pork Promotion in China BSE's not the Only Trade Barrier Hurting U.S. Cattlemen Dairy Production Numbers Higher in October 2005 Nominations Open for Leadership Positions on National Pork Checkoff Board Mexico's Border Still Closed to Breeding Ruminant Animals South Dakota Cattlemen Approve Resolutions Project GREEEN Issues 2006 Request for Proposals Report Says U.S. Farm Programs Violate International Obligations EU Ministers Stall Approval of Biotech Corn Brazil, India Promise to Sweeten Non-Ag Trade Deal Ag Statistics Web Site Revamped FTC Reports Ethanol Industry 'Not Unduly Concentrated' Survey Asks Michigan Citizens What's Important Massey Ferguson Rolls Out New Specialty Tractors Baltimore Chef Wins Mid-Atlantic Taste of Elegance Butter Prices Increase 3.2 Cents Japanese Ambassador Says Mid-December for Trade Resumption ABS Global Parent Company, Genus Plc, Completes Sygen Acquisition MSU Hosts Crop and Pest Management Update Upper Midwest Soybean Producers Improve Oil Levels Low-Path Bird Flu Strain Found in U.S. New Manure Management Publication from USDA-ERS USDA Approves Viagen's Angusure Protecting Teat Skin During Winter Nominate Your Fellow Cattle Producers for Environmental Award EU Signals Little Movement on Farm Trade Milk Production Continues to Surge Hog Prices Expected to Improve in December South Korea Waits to Resume Beef Trade Seeking Wildlife Patch Design Failed WTO Round Brings Increased Commodity Litigation South Korea Beef Prices Drop in Anticipation of Resumed U.S. Beef Trade Say Goodbye to Manually Entering Tag ID Numbers Hog Prices Reach Yearly Lows During Thanksgiving Week CWT Awards Export Assistance for Cheese to Japan Beefmobile Gears Up for Third Season U.S. Ethanol Industry Surpasses First Year Goal of RFS FSA County Committee Elections Near Commercial Red Meat Production Up Slightly USMEF Provides Direct International Market Experience for Pork Leaders Cheese, Butter Prices Fall for Week Ending Nov. 19 Internet Video Provides Overview of Beef Checkoff Program Export Study Shows Significant Increase in Global Demand by 2010 Manure Tip for the Winter New Herbicide Aims to Extinguish Environmental Wildfire Draft WTO Document Shows Little Progress Made British Finance Minister Wants EU 'Signal' on Ag Reform USDA Expects Record Ag Exports in 2006 Jury Rules Monsanto First to Invent Bt Corn Swine Workers at Increased Risk of Swine Influenza Virus Infection Cattlemen Need Straight Talk on Animal ID IDF Tackles Animal Welfare In Milk Production NCBA Supports Expanding Cattle Imports from Canada Support Building for Milk Regulatory Equity Act Senator Requests GAO Investigation into Animal ID Plans Aussies Lose Appeal to Keep Imported Pork Out MSU Soybean Variety Performance Report Now Available New Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator Unveiled Michigan Food Policy Council Hosts Listening Session Senator Requests GAO Investigation into Animal ID Plans Senator Requests GAO Investigation into Animal ID Plans Butter Prices Plunge 8.3 Cents from Last Week U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1% National Pork Board Approves 2006 Strategic Plan & Budget Senate Attempts to Restore Mandatory COOL Adding Amino Acids to Swine Diets Decreases Ammonia Emissions New Nutrition Ads Help Correct Misperceptions About Beef October Milk Production Up 4.1% USDA Plans to Lift Older Canadian Cattle Ban Imported Biodiesel Raises a Ruckus House Passes Reconciliation Package with $4 Billion Ag Cuts Natural Gas Prices Send Production Expenses Skyrocketing APEC Nations Call for End of Export Subsidies by 2010 Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up Slightly This Year DeHaven: USDA Plans to Lift Older Canadian Cattle Ban Bush Nominates Richard Crowder as Chief Ag Negotiator Lower Feed Costs Keep Hog Producers in the Black NCBA Says Cow Manure Not 'Superfund Waste' Beef Network Opens New Markets for Ohio Family Farms Research May Change Cottage Cheese Manufacturing Canada Hog Numbers Showing Inconsistencies Cornucopia Institute Requests Full USDA Investigation of Suspect Dairy New Technology Helps Detect Foodborne Bacteria Yellowstone's Grizzly Population May Be Removed from ESA List Soybean Rust Confirmed in Eastern Texas Ramp Up For Soybean Rust in 2006 Canada Rules Sufficient Evidence in Corn Dumping Case U.S. Agricultural Trade Ends Fiscal 2005 in Surplus Consumer Knowledge of Biotech Foods Remains Low New Technology Helps Detect Foodborne Bacteria New Technology Helps Detect Foodborne Bacteria USDA Suspends AWB U.S. Affliate from USDA Export Credit Programs Beef Industry Leaders Push for Full Restoration of Beef Trade National Pork Board to Meet Cattle Tips for the Winter Dairy Summit Focuses on Future of Global Marketplace Purest Inbred Line of Pigs Yet America’s Heartland Highlights Cattle Industry’s Role in U.S. Agriculture New Prairie Grasses Boost Cattle Weight by 50 Pounds New Film Created from Milk is Edible, Water-Resistant Beware Of Payment Limit On LDP Missed Last Spring's Planting Window? Cargill Announces Plans to Add 110-million-gallon Ethanol Plant in Nebraska Australian Government Begins AWB Investigation Demand is Key for 2006 Cattle Outlook Kappelman Testifies that Recent EU Trade Offer Falls Short of U.S. Expectations Demand Uncertainty Clouds Pork Outlook FDA Action Needed to Strengthen Feed Testing Program Farewell Tour' Features McRib IVECO Aims at U.S. Market Nutrition, Taste Combine In Healthy Beef Cookbook NCBA President Speaks to South Dakota Area Producers Agriculture Appropriations Bill Passes House, Senate United Bio Energy Offers Online Cash Grain Pricing Platform Hong Kong Won't Bring Defeat or Victory EU Say U.S. Too Ambitious in WTO Market Access Requests Californian County Voters Defeat Anti-Biotech Measure Senate Ag Committee Hosts Hearing on Rising Energy Costs FDA Action Needed to Strengthen Feed Testing Program FDA Action Needed to Strengthen Feed Testing Program US-China Settle on Broad Textile Agreement New Nitrogen Rates Applies Economics to the Decision Maximize Productivity and Profitability USDA Reclassifies 'Carb Countdown' Dairy Beverage, Sending Less Money to Producers 2006 National Beef Ambassador Announced Poll: 47% of Americans Say Eating Contaminated Chicken Spreads Avian Flu Consumer Acceptance of Cloned Meat, Milk Gaining Ground Ag Employee Management Conference Offers Practical Success Strategies Revenue Potential Lies in Methane Gas Dairy Products Prices Highlights Tender Beef: It's What's for Dinner FTAA Put on Back Burner Consumer Acceptance of Cloned Meat, Milk Gaining Ground Consumer Acceptance of Cloned Meat, Milk Gaining Ground Ford to Crank Out More E-85 Vehicles EWG Has Your Numbers EU Authorizes Imports of Pioneer Biotech Corn September Dairy Production Above 2004 Pork Producers Score Big Wins on Ag Spending Bill Stomping Out Noxious Weeds Japan Begins Public Comment Period on Beef Rule Try the On-The-Go Moisture Meter WTO Trade Talks Important to Pork Producers NMPF: EU Markets Must Be Opened Wider Under WTO Agreement Congressmen Want Full Restoration of NA Beef Trade Market Access Remains Key for Beef Support of Trade Talks Pioneer and Bunge Offering Low Linolenic Soybean Premiums Senate OKs Final Ag Spending Bill Senate Votes Against Stricter Payment Limits 2005 Net Farm Income Forecasted at $71.5B United States Files WTO Case Against Turkey Over Rice Restrictions Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes Over Next 100 Years USDA Eases Grain Transportation Congestion USMEF Touts U.S. Pork in Chile Montana Judge Dismisses Charters' Challenge of Beef Checkoff Health Track Attains Quality Systems Assessment Program Status Ripley Dairy Proposal is Put on Hold This Rhino's Tough! Things to Consider When Grazing Cattle on Wheat Japanese Commission Finally Moves Forward on Beef Trade Resumption New Pork.org Provides Producer-Focused Resources U.S. Dairy Sector Critical of EU's Geographical Indicators Stand Grain Storage Books Available From Midwest Plan Service GAO Report Criticizes Crop Insurance System President's USDA Avian Flu Request Calls for $91 Million Japanese Commission Finally Moves Forward on Beef Trade Resumption Japanese Commission Finally Moves Forward on Beef Trade Resumption Storms Magnified Existing Shortage of Barges EU Extends Corn Import Restrictions No Surge in North American Hog Production in 2006 Congress Approves M-COOL Delay New Cattle Group Formed in North Dakota Cheese Prices Down 3.5 Cents NCBA Membership Makes Strong Showing in 2005 Milk Production on the Rise Cattle Leaders Participate in Texas Panel Discussion U.S. - Canadian Hog Inventory Up Slightly House Passes Budget Reconciliation Package with $3.7 Billion in Ag Cuts EU Proposes 60% Cut in Domestic Support Gramoxone Inteon Herbicide Registered for Use by EPA U.S. Raises Concerns with EU Proposal World Trade Growth Expected to Slow in 2005 Ag Spending Bill Finalized at $100 Billion USDA Enhances Rust Management Tools for 2006 Growing Season Dairy Producers See Profits Cattle Producers May Wait Another Four Months for Trade Resumption Nebraska Corn Board, USMEF Team Up to Promote U.S. Pork in Japan Ranchers Share Prairie Dog Concerns with Federal Officials Cattle Market Outperforms Expectations This Fall Senators Get Tough on Japanese Beef Trade Dilemma ABI Elects New Officers at Fall Meeting Hogs Are Following Typical Autumn Season Patterns Japanese Ambassador Says Trade Resumption Could Take Minimum of Four Months Web Site Keeps Biotech Corn from Unapproved Nations Senators Get Tough on Japanese Beef Trade Dilemma Senators Get Tough on Japanese Beef Trade Dilemma First Partial 2005-Crop Year Countercyclical Payments Announced Japan Beefs Up Stall Tactic Select Michigan Program Highlights Michigan Apples Determine Sow Longevity With Free Spreadsheets U.S. Cattle on Feed Down Slightly Beef Production 3% Above Previous Year Hurricane Victims Receive 25 Million Pounds of NDM Professional Managers Conferences Focus on Swine Productivity, Profitability Bulls Strong in U.S. Beef Market Dairy Products Prices Highlights Beef Could Reenter Japan by End of 2005, Beginning of 2006 Dairy Products Prices Highlights Wal-Mart Switches to Corn-Based Plastic Packaging All Sides Urged to Break Trade Deadlock To Trade Or Not To Trade Fertilizer Over-Application Cuts Into Your Bottom Line Beef Could Reenter Japan by End of 2005, Beginning of 2006 Beef Could Reenter Japan by End of 2005, Beginning of 2006 Thailand Lifts U.S. Beef Ban MILC Legislation Extended in Senate Consumption, Ag Policies, and Diseases Increase Market Complexity Toxic Forage, Livestock a Potentially Lethal Combo Better Manage Your Finances Dairy Beef Conference Offered Nov. 2-3 McAdams: We Do It Right and Do It Better Feeding Cattle May Not Add Up Biotech Cotton Beats Pink Bollworm for Eight Years Running U.S. Welcomes G20, Australia Movement on Market Access Ethanol's Impact on Ag a Mixed Blessing Senate Ag Committee Passes Budget Reconciliation Countries Still Differ on Market Access Levels Long-awaited Feed Rule is Mixed Bag Culinary R&D Conference Features New Veal Items Pork Exports Growth Exceeding U.S. Pork Production Agribusiness Companies Help Dairy Producers Support AFHK Farmtrac Throws a '7' Flu Shot Recommended for Swine Farm Workers Japan Continues to Move Slowly to Reopening U.S. Beef Trade September Milk Production Up 4.9% Fourth Beef Herd Tests Positive for TB in Minnesota Senate Begins Budget Battle Again FSA Office Closures Put on Hold Applications Available For Young Leader Program Midwest Drought Loss Totals Near $2 Billion Nicaragua Becomes Sixth Nation to Approve CAFTA Winery Visits and Events Complement 'Michigan Wine Month' Butter Prices Down 4.2 Cents Pork, Beef Marketing Scores a Winning Goal Processors Operating on Negative Margins Soybean Stubble Poor Source of Protein MILC Gets Spilled During Senate Ag Committee Budget Negotiations Patience Running Out for Japanese Beef Trade Resumption Boehringer Ingelheim Sells Denagard Brand to Novartis Industry Efforts Broaden On Private-Controlled Animal ID Database Court of Appeals Denies R-CALF Request for Rehearing Farm Progress Show 2006 Location Announced Ag Trade Surplus Back in Black Dow AgroSciences Teams with Sangamo Biosciences ITC Says Canada Doesn't Hurt U.S. Wheat Industry U.S. Corn Coalition Hires Counsel for Canadian Corn Investigation Govt. Payments May Soar Above $22.9 Billion Hispanic Farmers Represent a Growing Sector Of U.S. Agriculture Beef Production Forecasts Down for Second-Half 2005 Cattle Grazing Good for the Environment Pork Production Forecast Reduced from Last Month USDA Forecasts Milk Production Higher Pork Exports Reach Record Numbers In 2004 U.S. Pumps Up PR Campaign in Japan FMD Confirmed in Brazil Cattle Herd CWT Accepts Bids to Retire 66,000 Cows Ministers Leave Zurich with No Breakthrough Biotech Crops Reduce Pesticide Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions U.S. WTO Proposal Well-Accepted in International Arena USDA-NASS to Update Acreage in October Crop Production Report Kubota Launches New Mid-Size Tractors Pork Producers Welcome New U.S. WTO Proposal Average Person Consumes 67 Pounds of Beef Per Year NCBA Supports Aggressive Global Tariff Reduction Outlined by U.S. Negotiators IDFA Applauds U.S. Offer to Cut Domestic Subsidies New Growers Council Formed For Floriculture Industry Grant Focuses On Developing Rural Cooperatives Beef Small Intestine Gives $10 Boost to Bottom Line Wanted: Niche Hog Farmers Dairy Products Prices Fluctuate a Penny Illinois Native Wins Build A Better Burger Contest Portman Offers 60% Reduction in U.S. Subsidies Producers Unwilling to Rock Hog Market Boat by Expanding Farm Bureau Condemns Japan's Failure to Resume Beef Trade Feeding Corn to Beef Cows National Animal Identification Gets Extra Push From IDairy Bt-10 Corn Continues to Surface in Japan Shipments Bipartisan Effort Growing to Delay FSA Office Closings Ag Budget Reconciliation Work Slashes Conservation Funding Target Weeds This Fall for Effective Results Protect Yourself from High Financial Risk Johanns Ready to Work with Congress on New Farm Bill Wheat Merger Fails to Gain Approval Cottonseed Feed Prices Pressed by Hurricanes FSIS Expected to Begin Testing Healthy Animals for BSE Hog Expansion Proceeds at Snail’s Pace CowCulator Figures Replacement Heifer Costs Mandatory Price Reporting Captures Formula Cattle Trade U.S. Pork Industry Celebrates October as National Pork Month New Tests Rapidly Detect Johne's Disease-Causing Bacteria American National Cattlewomen Receive Shared Solutions Grant FDA Proposes Expanded Feed Ban State of 2005 Farm Economy Down from 2004, but Near Average Cottonseed Feed Prices Pressed by Hurricanes GATT Calls for Singled-Out Cotton WTO Negotiations New Resistance Web Sites Launched Know Where To Go' With Market Choices Corn This Fall Grain Facilities Begin to Come Back Online Butter Prices Up Over 2 Cents Innovative Controlled-Release Syringe Now Available in the US Congress Must Act On Expiring Price Reporting Law U.S. Hog Inventory Up Slightly Pioneer Forage Award Goes to Scientist Karen Beauchemin Partnership Offers New One-Stop Software/Hardware Solution for On-Farm Records Mixed Feelings Expressed on National Animal ID System China Corn Production Forecasted 4-5% Lower LDP Is Name Of The Game This Fall Relief Needed for Farms and Ranches in Path of Hurricane Rita Fuel Prices Pinch Farmers Discontent Growing for Japanese Movement on Beef Trade Resumption Lands Grazed by Livestock Support More Effective Species Conservation Pork Industry Says ID System Must Build On Existing Program Final Court Decision Confirms Constitutionality of Dairy Checkoff Program Hurricane Katrina Dairy Related Damages Estimated at $40 Million Flat Iron Steak Gains Traction with Kroger Customers Japan Continues to Stall on Trade Resumption Niche Pork Market Potential Reaches 25% Re-enroll or Extend Your CRP Contracts Discontent Growing for Japanese Movement on Beef Trade Resumption Discontent Growing for Japanese Movement on Beef Trade Resumption Final Court Decision Confirms Constitutionality of Dairy Checkoff Program Watch For USDA Program Payments In October Genome Map Of Disease-Fighting Bacteria Discovered Johanns: FSA Closures Needed to Modernize Agency 1,000 Bushel Corn? Monsanto: Roundup Ready Soybean Technology Patent Expires in 2007 New Web Portal Provides Access to USDA Market News Reports Operating Committee Approves Beef Checkoff Initiatives for 2006 Ranchers Praise House Resources Committee Action on ESA Reform Feedlot Placements Down But Total Inventory Is Still Up Beef Production up 8% from Previous Year Congress Has Days to Extend MILC Program U.S. Pork Export Demand Surges Higher Brazil Expects US to Comply with WTO Ruling FSA Announces Plans to Close 713 Offices Take Corn LDPs As You Harvest Weather-based Integrated Pest and Crop Management Conference Set Senate Approves Grain Standards Reauthorization Act Lock In Cottonseed – With Delivery Charge Case IH Offers MXM Transmission Options States File Brief in Favor of R-CALF Smithfield Foods Invests $213.5 Million at Four Midwest Facilities Innovative Dairy Directory Now Available Barge Rates at a Premium Glyphosate-resistant Palmer Pigweed Found in West Tennessee Before Katrina Ethanol Production On the Rise Katrina Causes Cutbacks in Milk Processing ASA Urges Senate Leadership to Bring Floor Vote on WRDA Senate Passes Major Agriculture Spending Bill Major Auto Makers Expand Commitment to Ethanol EU Ministers Fail to OK Biotech Corn USDA Takes Action to Ease Grain Transportation Senate's Patience on Japanese Beef Imports Waning Senate's Patience on Japanese Beef Imports Waning Pork Industry Leaders Make Impact on Top Policy Issues Cow Manure to Power Kansas Ethanol Plant Senate's Patience on Japanese Beef Imports Waning Two More Minnesota Beef Herds Found Positive for TB Milk Prices Not Likely to Move Much By Year's End Cargill Plans to Acquire Meat Businesses in Fresno Packer Ban Battle Ends in Iowa How Many Bushels Is Your Combine Losing? Katrina Farm Production Losses Estimated at $900 Million Canadian Corn Growers Petition for Dumping Duties on U.S. Corn Australia Drops Ban on U.S. Pork Imports Canadian, Australian Leaders Say Private ID Programs Work Best OSU Researchers Plug Into Cow Waste For Electricity Patience Ending over Japanese Beef Ban Nebraska Farm Forum Draws Big Husker Crowd USDA Expands Program for Beginning Farmers, Ranchers U.S. Ag Exports Trade Surplus Returns in July Ag Groups: Expand Natural Gas Production Senators Frustrated with Progress of Japan Trade Resumption Pull the Plug Out of Rising Energy Costs Secretary Rice Urged to Make Resuming Beef Trade Top Priority Congress Passes Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Extension Bush Plans Visit to Japan Energy Costs Up 50% Bush Plans Visit to Japan Bush Plans Visit to Japan NCGA Analysis: Uphill Battle Ahead for Producers Congress Passes Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Extension Johnson Named Deputy Under Secretary For Rural Development Patent Office Rules Dow First to Invent Bt Plants Fungicides Continue to Play Important Role in Yields Brazil Dominance Set to Continue Make Residue Work for You, Not Against You R-CALF Requests Border Rehearing R-CALF Requests Border Rehearing Hurricane Assessment Continues R-CALF Requests Border Rehearing Pork Checkoff Releases Pork Production Safety Systems Materials Dairy Sign-ups Increase for EPA Consent Agreement Harvest Provides Opportunity to Prepare for 2006 Congress Postpones Ag Cuts Portman on WTO Trade: 'We Can No Longer Procrastinate' China Will Import Corn Within Five Years USDA Crop Report to Incorporate Hurricane Data Dominican Republic Approves CAFTA-DR Pioneer, CHS Partnership Focuses on Animal Nutrition Deere Makes Big Changes to 60 Series Combines New Systems Aids Refuge Management Analysis: We Drive the Sportsman 800 EFI New Displays Offer Enhanced Information Deere Rolls Out 8030 Tractor Line Toyota Builds 'Commercial' Tundra USDA Offers Emergency Assistance for Hurricane Victims Barges Begin to Move Slowly Through New Orleans Port Another Week or Two Needed to Assess Hurricane Katrina Shipping Situation American Seeds Acquires Five Regional Seed Companies Katrina's Price Tag Estimated at $1 Billion in Farm Country Avoid Downy Mildew Louisiana Glyphosate Facility Sustains Minor Damage Farm Bill Forum Brings Many Ideas Louisiana Farm Losses Likely Heavy In Katrina’s Aftermath Corn Growers Impacted Dramatically by Closed Port Cargill, EPA Announce Clean Air Settlement Ag Companies Donate Millions to Hurricane Relief Prospects Improve for Wheat Group Merger Western Corn Rootworm Spreading in Midwest On the Edge of a Revolution in Nitrogen Rate Recommendations Nationwide Agribusiness Offers Customized Insurance Product Hurricane Katrina Impacts Transportation Costs and Trade for Producers Infected Feed Likely Source of Texas BSE Case USDA Wants Private Companies to Store NAIS Data Nothing Good Expected to Come From Katrina Report: Biotech Wheat Would Lower Wheat Income Undersecretary of Rural Development Tom Dorr Visits FPS Farm Profitability Tour Set For September Potato Research Findings Available to Growers Farm Participation Increases in EPA Clean Air Program Model Predicts Hurricane Katrina Will Carry Rust Spores In Infected Regions Ethanol Demand Soars as Petroleum Prices Increase New LDP Form Available From USDA MSU Offers Horse Management Course Plaintiffs Must Pay Tyson Court Costs NCC Plans on Rallying Troops to Stave Off Attacks Japan Questions U.S. BSE Firewalls USDA Selects 110 Watersheds for 2006 Conservation Security Program USDA Forecasts Smaller Trade Surplus Johanns Plans Farm Bill Forum at FPS Researchers Agree on Need to Replace Fossil Fuels Energy Bill Boosts Corn Prices by 12.5 Cents Grain Sorghum Producers Change Group Name Broader Range of Aphid-Resistant Varieties on the Horizon Report Notes U.S. Farmers Can Compete Globally Trade Negotiators Say WTO Round in Trouble Quint Nation Leaders Hammer Out Trade Details Duty on Canadian Wheat Continues Court Overturns Captive Supply Ruling Making Biodiesel Production Cheaper for Manufacturers Access New Soil Survey Info Online USDA Proposes Rule Change to Allow Imports of Boneless Japanese Beef June Trade Deficit Reaches $94 Million Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Select Michigan Day' is Sept. 15 Farmer-owned Wind Power Gets Boost Montana Meat Plant Shuts Down Briefly New Directory Connects Producers And Consumers CHS to Process VISTIVE Low-Linolenic Soybeans Researchers Pin Down Rice Genome AgForLife' Seeks to End the Agricultural 'Brain Drain' NASS: Biotech Plantings Continue to Rise WTO Rules Mexican HFCS Tax Illegal EU Clears Biotech Corn for Feed Use Disease Outbreaks, Trade Restrictions Impact Beef Most President Bush Makes Good on Energy Promise Program Turns Students to Engineers on a Quarter Scale Rust Confirmed in Mississippi Crop Conditions Remain the Same BSE Tests Reveal Negative Results Redouble Rust Scouting in Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky U.P. State Fair Has Full Agenda, Aug. 16-21 CAFTA's Gonna Hafta Do Learn How to Better Utilize Woodlots Farm-State Voters Oppose Commodity Cuts RFS Seen as a Floor, Not a Ceiling Treasury Dept. Clarifies Cuba Rule Japan Ends Mandatory Blanket BSE Testing 2005 Michigan State Fair Schedule Over Half Of U.S. Farms Have Internet Access Congress Sends Energy Bill to President Glyphosate-Resistant Marestail Confirmed In California USDA to Donate Agricultural Commodities For Iraq Uruguay to File WTO Case Against U.S. Rice Producers CAFTA Passes in House with Narrow Margin Farm Production Expenditures Up 5.1% In 2004 Beef Leaders Confident Market Will Hold, Despite New BSE Question CAFTA Showdown Set to Occur Late Wednesday Evening Energy Bill Conferees Finalize Tax Incentives Cow Sample Sent to Ames, Weybridge for BSE Testing Monsanto Investigating Possible Glyphosate-Resistant Palmar Pigweed Energy Bill Touts 7.5 Billion Gallon RFS Energy Bill Passage Looks Very Promising 2005 CSP Contracts Top 12,700 Court Says Johanns Had Firm Basis for Border Rule Measure Targets China Trade Practices Senate Ag Committee Approves CFTC Reauthorization Bill Energy Bill Deal Reached on MTBE Issue Senate Confirms Dorr to Top Rural Development Post CAFTA Vote Expected Late Next Week Montana Court Delays Permanent Injunction Case Mainstream Press Carries Negative Ethanol Message Two Canadian Cattle Shipments Enter U.S. House Appoints Energy Conferees Farmers Can Extend CRP Contracts One Year Canadian Live Cattle Cross Border Rust Found in Georgia , Mississippi Sentinel Plots Canada Border Could Open As Early As Next Week Court Overturns Preliminary Injunction on Canadian Cattle Imports House Leaders Predict CAFTA Passage House Passes Lock Bill Rust Found in Commercial Field in Alabama Spores Found in Kentucky and Tennessee Traps Court Hears Border Case Appeal Progress Made in Trade Tariff Re