Peregrine Financial's ex-CEO sentenced to 50 years in jail
A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced the founder of Peregrine Financial Group to 50 years in prison for looting hundreds of millions of dollars from the brokerage, saying his customers would probably never recover the money they lost.
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Beginning farmers and ranchers at a glance
USDA programs have targeted assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers since the 1992 Agricultural Credit Improvement Act. Farms or ranches are considered “beginning” if the operators have managed them for 10 years or less.
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Texas cattle thief found in Montana
A Midland man on the run since May 2012 turned himself in to authorities Monday after he was located, arrested and released on personal recognizance bond in Big Horn, Montana, on a warrant stemming from cattle theft charges in Midland and Martin counties.
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Russia eyes N. America meat ban over feed additive
Russia warned on Monday it might soon bar imports of U.S. and Canadian beef and pork if producers do not certify them free of the feed additive ractopamine.
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Bipartisan Senate group proposes immigration plan
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has agreed on a framework for immigration reform that would provide a "path to citizenship" for those in the United States illegally but only after measures are put in place to secure borders and track undocumented immigrants.
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Jolley: How long will we be able to produce what we eat?
Not long, I’m afraid. Two factoids have been floating around the ag community for a few years: (1) We will have to produce about twice as much food by 2050 to feed the fast-growing world population, and (2) We waste at least a third and maybe as much as half of the food we produce.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with Michele Payn-Knoper and the food fight
The public has been reciting a ridiculous litany of late. The words have been written by “Food, Inc. Foodopoly. Fast Food Nation. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Meatrix. Super Size Me.” The message is consistent; food is generally bad for you and agriculture is the enabler. Farm animals are almost always abused and the food we grow is merely processed to make us fat.
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Keynote economist lists Washington problems
James Wiesemeyer, senior vice president, Informa Economics, went through a laundry list of what to look out for in the coming four years and longer during his keynote presentation to members of the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants at their annual meeting on Jan. 24 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Take steps to help prevent livestock theft
High cattle prices have made cattle rustling more common to start 2013, especially in southwest Missouri where nearly 40 cows have been stolen in the past three weeks.
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Commentary: Water, water everynowhere
We’re all familiar with ‘peak oil’ as shorthand for the controversies surrounding fossil fuel extraction and consumption. Now, get ready for another crisis years in the making: Peak water.
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As U.S. drought persists, many scramble to save water
The U.S. drought that crippled many communities across the nation last year shows little sign of retreating, and the threat of persistent water scarcity is spurring efforts to preserve every drop.
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