Cattle & Beef News Corn, soybean and wheat exports within estimates Thursday, May 15, 2008, 11:24 AM The United States Department of Agriculture reports that corn, soybean and wheat export sales, for the week ending May 8, 2008, were within analysts' projections. Graves says he told Bush, 'You're wrong,' about Farm Bill  Thursday, May 15, 2008, 9:34 AM Congressman Sam Graves, the only Missourian on the House Ag Committee – and a farm bill conferee, spoke with Brownfield Wednesday after the House passed the farm bill conference report, “Finally, it passed, and that was the frustrating part.” May proclaimed Missouri Beef Month Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 4:43 PM Missouri Beef Industry Council executive director John Kleibocher says it’s a great time to be thinking about our state’s largest agricultural industry – beef production. "We have a temperature problem", meteorologist says Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 4:16 PM Much of the nation’s Cornbelt has delayed corn planting because of the wet weather – but there’s a bigger concern, “We have a temperature problem that’s going to be a bigger problem than the rain over the next two weeks.” Analysts expect lower than a year ago cattle on feed Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 2:37 PM The United States Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release May cattle on feed estimates Friday, May 16 at 2 PM Central. USDA & Government News Grassley takes on those behind ethanol "smear campaign" Thursday, May 15, 2008, 5:52 PM Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa took to the Senate floor Thursday to take on the critics of corn ethanol and biofuels – who are engaged in what he calls a sophisticated political operative and public relations effort to blame alternative fuels for high food and feed prices. Senate passes farm bill 81 to 15, groups urge Bush support Thursday, May 15, 2008, 3:03 PM The Senate has passed the conference version of the farm bill by a veto-proof margin of 81 to 15. After Wednesday’s House passage, also by a veto-proof margin, the measure now goes to President Bush, who opposes it. Graves says he told Bush, 'You're wrong,' about Farm Bill Thursday, May 15, 2008, 9:34 AM Congressman Sam Graves, the only Missourian on the House Ag Committee – and a farm bill conferee, spoke with Brownfield Wednesday after the House passed the farm bill conference report, “Finally, it passed, and that was the frustrating part.” Wisconsin high court declines nuisance lawsuit Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 4:36 PM It all started in 2004 when a group of landowners charged a cranberry farmer was polluting a local body of water. Petition filed to strip Illinois EPA of CAFO oversight Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 4:05 PM A petition has been filed by the Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water (ICCAW) that would strip the Illinois EPA’s authority to regulate the state’s Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). |
