You can blame changes in the industry such as ethanol production for the increased demand for grains. And for that same reason, farmers are now handling the hauling of that product more often than in the past. Biofuel consumption of grains, according to a study by Iowa State’s Center for Agriculture and Rural Development, has [...]
Dairy Industry Relief
September 18th, 2009The dairy industry is tough enough, what with regulated prices, inconsistent with inflation, and tight regulations that threaten to get even tighter. Now that recession has caused prices to tank (yet not costs) and demand to weaken, many dairy farmers are reconsidering their business model. Getting out of the dairy industry is just as tough [...]
Has Climate Change Regulation Met Its Match with Senator Blanche Lincoln?
September 10th, 2009The announcement of the appointment of Senator Blanche Lincoln to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee has garnered praise and deep exhales from agriculture groups, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, who called her a “long-time friend of Farm Bureau.” Indeed the senator has a long history of championing the cause of the farming [...]
Invasive plant meet invasive pest
September 4th, 2009The news out of the Agricultural Research Institute is good peppered with a rather large question mark. For foresters, the plague that is the garlic mustard plant has been an invasive, soil sucking mite that threatens to overrun everything in its path. But scientists say they have a new hero in the battle against garlic [...]
Beware of cow…really?
September 2nd, 2009Maybe it’s because UK residents are walkers and that laws permit walkers and their dogs to traverse nearly any open field. But reports out of the country warn against walking near cows for fear of being trampled. That’s right – cows. Not bulls, as one might suspect, but cows have killed four people in the [...]
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