Editorial
GM crops aid farmers, citizens and the environment, study says
The use of crop biotechnology has increased farmers' income while producing an additional 110 million tons of soybeans and 195 million tons of corn from 1996 to 2011, according to research from U.K.-based PG Economics.
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Commentary: The new range wars
A century ago, it was cattlemen versus sheep herders, barbed wire versus open range. Today, public rangelands are caught in a battle over whether any livestock belong there at all.
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Commentary: Misinformation Central
A lengthy MSNBC segment on GMOs aired Sunday, but the experts assembled to debate the impact of biotech constantly got their facts wrong. What hope is there for the public?
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Feeding, packing margins continue improvement
Cattle feeding margins improved for the second consecutive week as cash cattle prices rallied $2 per hundredweight. Pork producers also found improving margins on higher cash bids.
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Commentary: A living legend’s legacy
Singer-songwriter-activist Willie Nelson turns 80 this week, and while his musical credits are remarkable, his devotion to the folks who produce the food we take for granted is much more impressive.
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Stocker-feeder prices rally, feds join the party
Despite underperforming most of the spring, stocker and feeder cattle prices rallied hard last week. Not to be outdone, the fed cattle market staged a rally of its own and boxed beef prices posted significant gains.
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Commentary: Dietary delusions
Meat is the root of all evil, diehard vegans want people to believe. However, their nutritional template is even more absurd. But try telling that to conventional dieticians in love with the diet.
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GMO “Right-To-Know Act” introduced in Senate, House
Federal legislation was proposed that would require food manufacturers to clearly label any product containing genetically modified organisms - or risk having that product classified "misbranded" by the FDA.
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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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CSPI “risky meat” report called a gimmick
Self-described “consumer advocacy” group Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report ranking the riskiest meat categories, but industry groups say poultry and beef show sharp declines in reported outbreaks.
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Age of the mobile device is here
Farmers and ag professionals can use apps on smartphones or tablet computers for everything from staying up to date on agriculture news to calculating sprayer tank mix ratios, noted Kent Shannon, University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist, who is trying to educate the agricultural industry to the potential value of apps and mobile connectivity to websites.
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