Right-click the audio player below to download audio.President of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association J.D. Alexander says climatologists fear this year's drought extending into 2013, which could be bad news for a cattle herd struggling to regain numbers after...
According to the weekly Drought Monitor report released late last week, more than 62% of the continental United States is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought; that compares with just over 29% at this time last year. The National Weather Service expects the...
Ag groups are staking their hopes on the $23-$35 billion in savings offered by the 2012 farm bill.House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer says farm groups pushed to move the Senate-passed bill to the House floor, but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor won't even bring the...
Audio courtesy Gary Crawford with USDA.Right-click audio player below to download audio.In light of the Senate's passage of Russian PNTR yesterday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack offered his thoughts on the matter at the Farm Journal forum in Washington, D.C.Your browser...
U.S. normal trade relations with Russia moved ahead in the U.S. Senate after House action last month to allow producers to benefit from Russia?s recent accession to the WTO. The Senate moved to join the House to phase out Cold War-era trade sanctions against Russia...
Photo courtesy National Grain Sorghum Producers.Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.EPA announced Tuesday the approval of grain sorghum for feedstock under the Renewable Fuels Standard. National Sorghum Producers Director of External Affairs...
Right-click on the audio players below to download audio.Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says this is a low point for trade on the Mississippi river, but expects that if there are long-term effects, Iowa will feel them next...
Iowa's Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds says she thinks the presence of DuPont's cellulosic ethanol production/refining plant in Nevada, Iowa, is an incubator for a whole new...
DuPont held a groundbreaking ceremony on November 30 at the site of their first full-scale cellulosic ethanol processing/refining operation in Nevada, Iowa.The facility is expected to begin production in 2014 and will have the capacity to produce 27.5 million gallons...
Audio courtesy of Gary Crawford with USDA.Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey outlines the last few weeks of the drought and which areas of the country are currently affected...
