Nebraska Farm Bureau delegates, at their recent annual meeting, supported a resolution to prevent plant-based and lab-produced protein makers from using the word “meat” or other meat-related terms to describe their products. Farm Bureau first vice president, Mark McHargue of Central City, who is a pork producer, says the labeling issue is an important one. …
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Dec 11
Grassley says he’ll vote against the farm bill–again
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will vote against the 2018 farm bill because it expands the loopholes on farm subsidy payments. Grassley, a long-time proponent of tighter payment limitations, voted against the 2014 farm bill for the same reason. But he says this bill widens those loopholes even more. “You could already drive a …
Dec 11
Options for improving cover crop establishment
University of Wisconsin Ag Agent Ken Schoeder talks about possible management changes to improve cover crops and he will explain how one farmer had good results when it was too wet to get traditional equipment into the fields. Continue reading Options for improving cover crop establishment at Brownfield Ag News.
Dec 10
2018 Farm Bill Conference Report signed, sent to House and Senate
The 2018 Farm Bill has been signed by Conference Committee leaders and has been sent to the full House and Senate for consideration. House and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairmen Mike Conaway and Pat Roberts and Ranking Members Collin Peterson and Debbie Stabenow released the text of the bipartisan, bicameral 2018 Farm Bill conference report Monday …
Dec 10
Workshops generate employer feedback
A series of Farm Labor Management Workshops has generated feedback indicating that traditional farmers want employees with skills already in place. Joe Horner, workshop organizer, says large farms recruit workers with no experience. To learn more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers and their checkoff. Continue reading Workshops generate employer feedback at …
Dec 10
Upper Midwest soybean growers address Japanese non-tariff barriers
Northern U.S. growers argued the Japanese method for measuring soybean quality has created a non-tariff barrier during a USTR hearing on trade with Japan. Minnesota Soybean CEO Tom Slunecka testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission Monday, saying Japanese buyers largely procure soybeans from America’s Gulf of Mexico ports due to outdated and misleading technical …
Dec 10
Cattle feeding operation expansion denied
The Missouri Clean Water Commission upheld the recommendation of the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission to deny an expansion permit for a western Missouri cattle operation. Valley Oaks Steak applied to expand from a 999-head to a 6,999-head concentrated animal feeding operation. The application ran into opposition from neighbors like Karen Lux, who tells Brownfield the …
Dec 10
Roderick on trade, infrastructure, legal defense policy resolutions
Delegates at the recent Illinois Farm Bureau convention adopted a resolution in support of improved trade. Blake Roderick, executive director of the Pike-Scott Farm Bureau, explains, “We want Farm Bureau to continue to join with other businesses and organizations to pursue actions that allow our farmers, our members and businesses to compete in the marketplace. …
Dec 10
Farmers need certainty through trade agreements, farm bill
Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron says although he’s encouraged by the trade truce between the U.S. and China, there are still a lot of issues to resolve. “My concern would be that we send false market signals to other countries and they start expanding acres because their prices are better than ours because China …
Dec 10
Iowa Soybean Association works to grow markets, besides China
With Chinese soybean purchases on hold, many U.S. soybean groups are working to grow other markets around the world. “I think we found out, through all the trade wars, that you’re probably better off to have a few eggs in a lot of baskets than to put all of your eggs in one basket,” says …