Sunday, May 26, 2013
Twenty years ago consumers found few choices of apples in supermarket produce sections -- often there were just Red and Golden Delicious, Granny Smith or Gala and McIntosh. Now a dozen or more varieties of apples line the produce section of most grocery stores. Adding more varieties has been a m ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and incl ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:14 AM
A vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to reduce the federal crop insurance premium subsidy for large producers is concerning to grower groups and crop insurers. In its farm bill debate, the Senate voted 59-33 to reduce the government's share of crop insurance premiums to growers with an average ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 3:45 PM
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Thursday that it is considering retaliatory measures against the United States in a dispute over meat-labeling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory. The Canadian government said that new U.S. country of origin labeling regulation ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:04 AM
Overseas buyers may look for lower-cost alternatives first before buying U.S. wheat in the coming months, industry members say. Washington Grain Commission industry representative Ty Jessup expects the U.S. to be a residual supplier in the world marketplace. "A residual supplier means we are ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 4:05 PM
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- The Wyoming Business Council says those little farmers markets in the state have a big impact on the economy. Data compiled by the council's Agribusiness Division says the markets contributed more than $2.2 million to the state's economy in 2012. There were direc ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:14 AM
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) -- Seven people have been released from an Emporia hospital after an ammonia leak at the city's Tyson Foods plant. KVOE-AM reports (http://bit.ly/BANTO ) reports that emergency workers were sent to the plant Thursday morning. Officials said the level of ammonia that was le ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:14 AM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday. The rules require labels on steaks, ribs and other cuts of meat to say where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. Ea ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:14 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized its revised mandatory meat-labeling rule May 23, reigniting an international debate that could complicate American trade relations with Canada and Mexico. The final rule modifies the labeling provisions for muscle cuts of beef, pork and other meats t ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:03 PM
WOODBURN, Ore. -- U.S. Labor Department representatives here refused to tell farm employers how the department determines growers or contractors are employing "ghost workers" and how they can refute the allegations. "How do you protect yourself?" asked one audience member at a May 22 meeting here ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:53 AM
Staff and wire report WASHINGTON -- The Senate Wednesday defeated a farm bill amendment that would have ended the federal sugar program. The Senate farm bill being debated this week keeps the federal sugar program intact. But a proposed amendment by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Pat Too ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:32 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has overwhelmingly rejected an amendment allowing states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The amendment by Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders tried to clarify that states can require the labels. Both the Vermont House and Connecticut Senate v ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 8:43 AM
United Farm Workers of America issued a statement praising Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and the Senate Judiciary Committee for passage of an immigration reform bill on May 21, but the union may be straining its relations with the agricultural industry. UFW worked for amendments concerning wor ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:50 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:01 AM
BOISE -- A new Idaho law that takes effect July 1 aims to prevent people from using drones to spy on farmers and ranchers. A bill that has been signed into law by Gov. Butch Otter restricts people from using drones to spy on anyone but was crafted specifically with agriculture in mind, said its s ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:10 PM
Federal standards for the welfare of egg-laying hens suffered a defeat when they failed to make it into the farm bill legislation voted out of the agriculture committees in the U.S. House and Senate. The full Senate was debating its version of the farm bill this week. Attempts at floor amendments l ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:50 AM
United Farm Workers of America may be straining its coalition with the agricultural industry in support of immigration reform by working for amendments concerning worker rights that the industry opposes. UFW, the International Labor Recruitment Working Group, other immigrant rights groups and u ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:30 PM
The USDA hasn't taken proper enforcement measures against slaughterhouses that violate food safety and animal welfare laws, according to an internal agency audit. Enforcement actions taken by inspectors from the agency's Food Safety and Inspection Service have failed to deter some hog slaughter ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:50 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost revenue. The program has risen in popularity in recent years, especially i ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:40 AM
Barring a major legal reversal, it appears that genetically engineered alfalfa is here to stay. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the USDA's decision to commercialize the "Roundup Ready" crop, which can withstand glyphosate herbicides. Unless a broader panel of 9th ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:40 PM
The federal government has decided to keep high tariffs on Ukrainian exports of ammonium nitrate even though the fertilizer is now cheaper to produce in the U.S. The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that dropping the tariffs would likely cause "material injury within a reasonably f ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:10 AM
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A federal appeals court denied a request to block the use of a helicopter to haze wild bison as officials in southwestern Montana wrapped up the annual drive of the animals back into Yellowstone National Park. A three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:50 AM
BEIJING (AP) -- Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal. The mills in Hunan province's Youxian county were ordered to suspend business and rec ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:39 AM
An Oregon senator has introduced an amendment to the U.S. Senate farm bill to repeal a biotech rider previously attached to a spending bill. In a statement released May 20, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., characterized the rider as the "Monsanto Protection Act," as "an outrageous example of a special-i ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 10:18 AM
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The beef-processing company that makes the product that critics call "pink slime" continues to struggle more than a year after the initial stories on the lean bits of beef that Beef Products Inc. makes. The Sioux City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/15YXsIh ) ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:28 AM
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted their import due to a certification dispute. China is New Zealand's largest export market and its largest consumer of sheep meat. China ...
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