Brownfield Ag News FCA board adopts proposed rural development rule  Friday, May 9, 2008, 4:38 PM Economic growth in rural areas is seen as crucial to attracting young adults and their families into and back into farming. To that end, the Farm Credit Administration has proposed a new rule. Argentine grain movement down to a trickle Friday, May 9, 2008, 4:11 PM Grain transportation in Argentina is at a near standstill due to the strike by farmers and ag groups. Schafer disparages, senators defend new farm bill Friday, May 9, 2008, 3:28 PM U.S. Ag Secretary Ed Schafer held a teleconference to blast the House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Report. Not long after, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad and Senate Ag Committee Chairman Tom Harkin held a press conference of their own to defend the new farm bill. Nebraska Beef Council dietician honored Friday, May 9, 2008, 2:34 PM The Nebraska Dietetic Association late last month honored the Nebraska Beef Council's Kaiti Roeder as the 2008 Young Dietician of the Year. And Roeder tells Brownfield she loves her role in promoting Nebraska beef. "No one ever gets everything they want" Friday, May 9, 2008, 2:25 PM Wisconsin Democrat and House Ag Committee member Steve Kagen says the farm bill from the conference committee is good for the agricultural economy, good for people and good for our health. Old crop soybean stocks smaller than expected Friday, May 9, 2008, 12:29 PM According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, domestic 2007/08 soybean stocks have dwindled quicker than anticipated. U.S. winter wheat crop tops 1.77 billion bushels Friday, May 9, 2008, 11:13 AM The United States Department of Agriculture forecasts the 2008 U.S. winter wheat crop at 1.778 billion bushels, up sharply from the 2007 total of 1.515 billion bushels. Ethanol's defenders working "24-7" Thursday, May 8, 2008, 4:47 PM The Nebraska Corn Board hosted National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman in Lincoln Wednesday. Tolman and other corn growers defended the U.S. ethanol industry and said corn production would be sufficient to meet all needs again this year. Honey bee deaths still 'a serious issue' Thursday, May 8, 2008, 4:37 PM Although researchers are making headway in finding a cause for what’s killing the nation’s honey bees, they have not reversed the trend. There are fewer honey bees now than there were a year ago. Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board election results Thursday, May 8, 2008, 4:35 PM Seven of eight incumbents and two new members were elected to the WMMB in April.
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