Paying more for food may not be out of the question for consumers if regulations on the U.S. poultry and livestock sectors increase. In fact, consumers could pay up to $16.8 billion more annually for meat, milk and eggs if regulations are imposed on U.S. poultry and livestock farmers that raise input costs by 25 [...]
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Ag youth national anthem singing contest offers $25,000 in scholarships
FMC Corporation announces its “Stand Up and Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest,” an opportunity for students in agriculture to showcase their patriotic singing skills for a chance to win scholarship prizes. Any member of a national agricultural student organization is invited to submit an audition video singing the National Anthem. Participants will have from March [...]
Sorghum producers can ensure against bad weather
The Climate Corporation, leading provider of weather insurance, today announced the launch of the first full-season weather insurance program for U.S. grain sorghum growers. Available for the 2012 crop year, Total Weather Insurance Sorghum 2012 represents a new, technology-enhanced approach to insurance that protects sorghum farmers against weather-related crop loss, providing them with unprecedented profit [...]
Commodity Classic organizations outline 2012 farm bill priorities
The following statement on the 2012 farm bill was released today by National Corn Growers Association President Garry Niemeyer, a corn grower from Auburn, Ill.; National Association of Wheat Growers President Wayne Hurst, a wheat producer from Burley, Idaho; American Soybean Association President Steve Wellman, soybean farmer from Syracuse, Neb.; and National Sorghum Producers Chairman [...]
Study shows that atrazine benefits consumers
U.S. consumers and society benefit from atrazine and other triazine herbicides by up to $4.8 billion per year, due to increased yield as well as decreased producer costs and reduced soil erosion, according to new studies. In addition, the U.S. economy benefits from atrazine and other triazine herbicides by as much as $22 billion over [...]
John Deere announces Final Tier 4 engine technology path
John Deere announces continuation of its planned building block approach to meet United States Final Tier 4 and European Union Stage IV emissions regulations. Final Tier 4/Stage IV regulations for off-highway diesel engines begin as early as 2013 for engines 55 kW (74 hp) and below. Regulatory dates for engines 56 kW (75 hp) and [...]
Growers can manage markets via smartphones
Growers Edge has released a free app for iPhone and Android smartphones to access many of the free services of Growers-edge.com. The Growers Edge apps allow farmers to use their smartphones to locate their best net cash prices, view weather and track their profit management accounts within growers-edge.com. Farmers also have the flexibility of being in [...]
Food, Inc. director addresses media
The director the documentary Food, Inc., Robert Kenner said, as a society, we have monumental challenges ahead. “How do you feed everyone and how do you do it in a sustainable way?” Kenner said. He addressed a group of agricultural media professionals at the Ag Issues Forum, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. Food, Inc. has won dozens of [...]
Vilsack to speak at Commodity Classic
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas will deliver keynote addresses to an expected crowd of more than 4,500 farmers during General Session at the 16th Annual Commodity Classic, March 4 in Tampa, Fla. “We are honored to welcome two of the most respected and [...]
