APHIS issued its final rule on animal ID that has been in place since 2013, switching from solely visual tags to tags that are both electronically and visually readable for certain classes of cattle moving interstate.
Look for more ethanol plant bankruptcies soon. Mark Lakers, president of Ag and Food Associates, an Omaha, Neb., middle market merger and acquisitions investment bank, expects as many as 40 Chapter 11 filings by the end of January.
Agriculture in the Czech Republic has not had an easy road. Throughout history heavy governmental involvement made the country’s agriculture industry shrink, expand and finally somewhat flourish.
Expect an accident. But give your children an edge to help with the fender benders. It’s a great responsibility and a very exciting moment, driving for the first time. There is a lot to learn about Anti-Lock Brakes, air bags, defensive driving and distractions.
A farm economy that's swung from unparalleled optimism to uncertainty in just a matter of months might appear to be a repeat of two decades ago, but there's more to the story than meets the eye, said two Purdue University agricultural economists.
Persistent drought is draining resources from farmers and ranchers in several counties across the Lone Star State with the inadequate field moisture deteriorating crop quality and forcing ranchers to dip into their supplemental feed stocks prematurely.
Fieldwork came to a halt across North Dakota in recent days as a barrage of ice and snow brought more complications to an already slow harvest pace, according to AgWeb Crop Comments.
Corn cobs could soon contribute to the nation’s fuel supply. Poet is currently expanding its corn ethanol facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa, into one of the world’s first cellulosic ethanol plants. Once complete in 2011, Project Liberty, will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, with 25 million gallons coming from corn cobs.
Excessive rains across the Plains could be jeopardizing the health of the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop, analysts at weather research firm Planalytics say.
