GRAIN HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day

No-Till Farming Conference Held in Rockingham County

A hands-on conference delving into the topic of no-till farming was held in Rockingham County on Tuesday.

Stewards Of Irreplaceable Land helps connect farmers with apprentice farmers

April cattle saw a strong recovery from early lows to close higher during yesterday's session. A slide in the US dollar and the recovery in the US stock market were factors which help to support a recovery from early lows.

Foster Farms' New Lower-Sodium, 100 Percent Whole Grain Chicken Corn Dog Looks for a Good (W)rap

LIVINGSTON, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Much to the dismay of American schoolchildren, the corn dog is threatened to become an endangered lunch option in public schools.To meet the needs of kids, ...

Better weather info for PHL agriculture urged

The weather office should start fine-tuning its weather report for agriculture to aid farmers who are grappling with extreme weather events, a crop scientist at the University of the Philippines Los Banos said.

Cattle Distribution

TARLAC CITY, Tarlac, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently distributed at least 441 cattle to the farmer beneficiaries in the province. This program is part of the livelihood project of the Provincial Government and DA.

Farming Talk: Food shortage vision mustn’t become reality

When in the last 50 years did we, as a nation, consider that food was not readily available? Probably never. When in the next 20 years are we likely to consider the potential that a full stomach will not be the norm?

OSHA hits Zaloudek Grain with fines following accident

Zaloudek Grain Co., where two teens lost legs when they were caught in a grain auger last August, has been hit with additional fines for violations of federal safety laws.

Valley, foothill cattle ranchers need more rain

Drought may or may not have returned for most Californians, who can get by on reservoir storage before the real impacts hit. For cattle ranchers without irrigation, drought has hit fast and it is starting to hurt. A prolonged dry spell could sharply reduce beef production in Stanislaus and nearby counties.

Grain futures, livestock prices mixed

Grains futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for March delivery rose 7.75 cents to $6.6850 a bushel; March corn fell 0.25 cent to $6.4425 a bushel; March oats rose 12.75 cents ...

Rural Health: Grain bin rescue equipment added across area

Producers simply shouldn't go into their storage bins to free up grain or to work on their augers.

Grain ship due Tuesday at EGT terminal

The first grain ship headed to the EGT export terminal is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Longview between 11 a.m. and noon Tuesday after dockworkers on Monday announced they've resolved "fundamental" differences with the company.

Grain News

Kremlin, OK—The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Zaloudek Grain Co. with four serious safety violations following an incident involving two 17-year-olds.

Gillard Govt turns its back on dairy farming families: QDO

THE Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) has slammed the Federal Government’s responses to the Senate Economics References Committee’s 2011 final report of the Inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry and Milking it for all it’s worth – competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry as being pathetic.

Country training course on rain-fed agriculture held

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is working hand in hand with other agencies to strengthen rain-fed agriculture research, development and extension in Cordillera.

Bourne attracts three solar farming interests on both sides of canal

Town Planner Coreen Moore said Friday she has fielded three serious inquiries about building solar farms in Bourne, one north of the canal and two south of the waterway.

Look who's farming!

The agriculture expo and sale organised by students proved that farming is as viable a career option as any other.

Growing Outside the Box: The Modern Concept of Vertical Farming for a Greener Society

DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Problem: By 2050, 80% of the population will reside in urban centers and human population will increase by about 3 billion. Estimated amount of NEW land needed for ...

Student wants to spread message of agriculture's role

Agriculture is a lifelong passion for Alison Bos. Growing up on a dairy farm instilled her with a deep respect for farmers and the importance of agriculture.

China Green Agriculture, Inc. to Report the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Results on February 9, 2012

XI'AN, China, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Green Agriculture, Inc.(NYSE: CGA; "China Green Agriculture" or the "Company"), a producer and distributor of humic acid ...

Storing Grain Can Aid Farmers In Commodity Pricing

Across the corn belt, more farmers are putting up their own grain bins. In the past year alone, farmers nationwide have added some 300 million bushels of on-farm storage. By storing their own grain, farmers can choose when and at what price they want to sell, and that can translate into thousands of dollars in profit. And this has grain buyers — like grain elevators and ethanol plants --working ...

Crowd turns out for downtown cattle drive

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- About 38,000 people gathered in the historic district of San Antonio for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo's fifth annual cattle drive, organizers said.

Mechanized Farming For Filipinos Urged

MANILA, Philippines — For working very hard, farmers in the Philippines are not supposed to be poor. But they are despite the huge amount of effort they exert in tilling the lands. Thus observed by Kim Bo-Suk, director of Wecan Global Co., Ltd., a leader in Korean agricultural machinery industry, as he pushed for mechanized farming in the country. According to Kim, mechanized farming can improve ...

Alltopics.com Offers New Section on Agriculture

Today Alltopics.com has added Agriculture to the topics of the website. Agriculture articles, all gathered from every source on the Web, are now easily accessible. Agriculture.alltopics.com is the number one news and information website that grabs Agriculture articles from all over the Internet, rates them by popularity and displays the topics proudly on the internet’s most amazing database ...

Young people urged to get involved in agriculture

AGRICULTURE and Fisheries Minister, Roger Clarke, is calling for greater involvement of young people in agriculture. This comes against the background of what he says are “worsening” global food insecurity challenges being experienced by many countries, which is compounded by the economic crisis.

Integrated farming will revive agriculture: Bhat

‘Farmers should take advantage of government schemes'

Agriculture is big business in Miss.

Business and industry leaders, as well as Jones County Junior College students, gathered at Ronald E. Whitehead Advanced Technology Center Thursday for the college’s 7th Annual Economic and Technology Symposium.

Norfolk farmers seek £1.5m for grain initiative

A £1.5m project to boost the value of locally-grown grain was launched yesterday by the directors at Yaregrain’s Cantley store.

Agriculture roadmap to script new story of Bihar's growth, says CM Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar asserted that the new agriculture roadmap to be implemented from April would script a new story for Bihar's all-round growth between 2012 and 2022.

Research and Markets: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Latin

For Ranches couple, State of Union is open-house affair

Watch party among dozens in Florida SOUTHWEST RANCHES Rose and John Williams hosted an open-to-the-public State of the Union address watch party at their $1.1 million home Tuesday night, setting up folding chairs in the backyard and leaving the back door open so viewers could get inside to use the restroom.

Colombia Drug Lords’ Cattle Theft Rob Rally Benefit: Commodities

Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group’s penchant for cattle rustling is robbing Colombian ranchers of the benefits of the highest U.S.-traded futures prices since the 1960s.

Colombia Drug Lords Rustling Cattle Rob Rancher Price Rally: Commodities

Latin America’s oldest guerrilla group’s penchant for cattle rustling is robbing Colombian ranchers of the benefits of the highest U.S.-traded futures prices since the 1960s.

Exclusive: Iran's ships stopped from shipping Ukrainian grain

KIEV (Reuters) - Traders are no longer booking cargoes on Iranian ships to transport grain exports from Ukraine because of difficulties with payments following European Union sanctions on Iran, traders said on Wednesday. "The issue has nothing to do with the government of Ukraine," one Ukrainian trader said. "Traders cannot book Iranian vessels because banks refuse to transfer money to Iranian ...

The Future of Food: 11 Unique Urban Farming Projects

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Cattle exporters, lot feeders copping brunt of uncertainty

LIVE cattle exporters and lot feeders are faced with a bleak outlook in 2012, when compared with other sectors of the industry.

Agriculture Literacy the Topic of Nebraska Bill

The Nebraska Legislature's Agriculture Committee is set to debate the creation of a panel to study whether schools are effectively teaching children about agriculture and where their food comes from.

Drought forces Texas cattle north

The drought ravaging Texas has done what the Dust Bowl could not: forced ranchers to ship cattle more than 600 miles north to Nebraska.

Cattle Drop Boosting Cost for McDonald's, Tyson

The cattle herd in the U.S. may be the smallest since 1958, signaling tighter beef supplies and higher costs for companies

Insight: The great northern migration -- of U.S. cattle

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than a century, through a dozen dry spells when lakes disappeared and the land died, thousands of cows from the Swenson Land & Cattle Co have roamed the fields of Texas. Yet the drought currently ravaging the southern Plains has done what the Dust Bowl could not: chased them off this land and driven them more than 600 miles north to Nebraska. ...

Dude ranch amenities rope in city slickers

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis? When it comes to dude ranches, hosts are adopting John Wayne's "A man's got to do what a man's got to do," and are offering options unheard of just a few years ago in order to attract guests. Dude ranches still have horses and ...

Santa Clarita-area ranches: Not just for westerns anymore

The ranches, with their wide open spaces and diverse terrains, in recent years have been used in productions involving Muppets, pirates and, soon, Afghanistan. Oh, westerns are still filmed there. On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loudspeaker blasts Jim Croce's hit song "I Got a Name."

Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers

The Santa Clarita Valley, which dubs itself Hollywood North, had a record year for film production last year with a 15% increase in shooting production days.

On Location: Santa Clarita movie ranches corral Tarantino and other filmmakers

On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loud speaker blasts Jim Croce’s hit song “I got a Name.” The scene was being played out...

To keep 'em coming, dude ranches add mainstream amenities to Old West-style fun

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis?

Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches at odds over philosophies

No one really remembers precisely what triggered the long-running feud between Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches — two Broward communities that sprouted at the edge of the Everglades with radically different philosophies on urban growth. But, lately, relations between the leaders of each municipality are about the worst they've been in years.

Fay Ranches Sees Rising Action With Wyoming Properties

BUFFALO, Wyo. , Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- People are taking a serious look at quality Wyoming Ranches these days. Mike Fraley , broker associate with Fay Ranches closed just over $17M in sales on seven ...

Pembroke Pines, Southwest Ranches: Next-door neighbors, but worlds apart

Pembroke Pines and Southwest Ranches have feuded over street lights, road closures, land uses and now a planned federal detention center. It’s really about a difference in civic identity.

Southwest Ranches to close roads; Pines outraged

Negotiations between the city and the town of Southwest Ranches over road closures that began in 2005 broke down at Tuesday night's commission meeting.