FUELS Act will provide relief from overreaching EPA regs
When I talk to farmers and ranchers who run small operations in my congressional district in Arkansas, they consistently tell me how regulations from Washington hurt their bottom line.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with EWG and the invasion of superbugs
If you’ve ever driven across Kansas or ventured very far to the East of Oakland, Calif., you’ve seen those giant wind farms; acres and acres of huge wind turbines cranking out gigawatts of electricity when the wind blows. The hills near the Inland Empire and the flatlands of central Kansas rarely lack for a freshening breeze.
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Commentary: CSPI’s perverted pyramid
CSPI, the nutrition activists who never met a meat product they couldn’t denounce, goes off the reservation (again) with a new report asking not if, but when will eating meat end up killing you?
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TSCRA: Milam County man charged with second degree cattle theft
A Burlington man has been charged with one count of felony livestock theft and one count of misapplication of fiduciary property after he turned himself in to Milam County authorities.
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Report ranks 12 categories of meat from most to least risky
A report by the Center for Science in Public Interest reviewed 33,000 cases of foodborne illnesses to find which meat and poultry categories are most likely to make consumers take a trip to the local hospital.
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Animal welfare focus at JBS
During the Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference in Norman, Oklahoma, Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, discusses animal-welfare programs at meat packer JBS.
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Will weak cattle prices continue?
I thought finished cattle prices were going to have a very bullish year with prices well into the $130s by now. Live cattle futures started the year with the same enthusiasm, but have deflated since. What went wrong?
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Thief caught in attempt to modify brand on stolen cattle
Newspaper ads offering a reward for leads on stolen cattle and an amateur attempt at re-branding cattle helped Oklahoma officers find an alleged cattle rustler.
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KLA: Reward offered in Anderson County livestock shooting
KLA is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed a bull in southwest Anderson County.
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Spotlight on Economics: Stress testing your farm
I wish I had a crystal ball to forecast the exact day when those conditions will change, but I do not. When market conditions do change, farmers are going to be exposed to "stress tests" of their farm.
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What a food consumer wants
The advertising and marketing agency, Sullivan Higdon & Sink (SHS) conducted its FoodThink research study monitoring how consumers think about what we eat and America’s relationship with food.
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- Representative Lucas discusses new Farm Bill
- U.S. May consumer sentiment highest in nearly 6 years
- Cattle producers turn to MSU for reproduction class
- NCBA Op-Ed: EPA’s data sharing incident a debacle
- Cow-calf corner: Review calving season and make improvements
- Feeder cattle review: Feed report neutral to slightly bearish
- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
- Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
