03/19/2010 02:54PM
Chicago Board of Trade corn ended lower Friday on a stronger dollar, but still posted gains for the week.
03/19/2010 02:38PM
The U.S. and China have reached an agreement to reopen China to U.S.
pork. The Chinese government disrupted shipments last year over H1N1
concerns. The Chinese market has big potential. In 2008, the U.S.
shipped over 360 million pounds of pork to China.
03/19/2010 11:08AM
It’s getting ridiculous when cable television networks decide to air a
television series with Kirstie Alley as the star so that she can tell
the audience how she couldn’t lose weight and keep it off eating Jennie
Craig food because it was unhealthy in one way or another.
03/19/2010 09:13AM
Cornbelt Update is a weekly summary of news from Extension, government,
and other attributable sources, focused on marketing, farm management,
and other issues that are of interest to Midwestern farm owners and
operators.
03/19/2010 09:10AM
Representatives from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), Kansas
Corn Commission (KCC) and Amsterdam-based beef importer Nice to Meat
finalized an agreement last week with Hilton Hotels to introduce a
premium U.S. beef burger.