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Rain and Harvest
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:18 PM CDT
Recent heavy rains mean both good and bad news for North Dakota farmers, depending on what crops they still have standing in their fields, KXMB-TV Channel 12 Bismarck reported on Tuesday. North Dakota State University Extension agent for Morton County Jackie Buckley said for farmers who still have crops such as durum wheat in the fields, the rains were not wanted.
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USDA to Buy $30 Million Worth of Chicken Dark Meat
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:17 PM CDT
The U.S. Agriculture Department announced Tuesday it will buy as much as $30 million worth of chicken dark meat, according to Reuters. After Russia, a leading buyer of dark-meat leg quarters, banned imports of U.S.
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Mystery Eye Problem at Dairy Show Caused by Cow Urine
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:17 PM CDT
At least 50 people visiting a dairy pavilion at an Australian agricultural show suffered a mysterious eye ailment that was traced to cow urine, Reuters reported. After an increasing number of visitors reported sore eyes while visiting the judging marquee, the South Australia Health Department was called to investigate.
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Rex American Resources Profit Rises on Ethanol Acquisitions
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:16 PM CDT
Rex American Resources Corp. saw an increase in its second-quarter earnings as a result of a recent ethanol-production acquisition, the Wall Street Journal reported. The company reported a 47 percent increase in earnings as a result of a full quarter of production at One Earth Energy LLC, in which it has a controlling interest.
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Fulcrum BioEnergy Begins Work on Ethanol Plant
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:15 PM CDT
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. is set to start construction on a plant in Nevada that will convert household waste into ethanol, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The Sierra Biofuels plant in Reno, Nev., is slated to begin ethanol production in 2012.
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Early Frost Damages Crops
Wed Sep 8, 2010 02:15 PM CDT
Farmers in eastern Idaho could see their crops damaged from freezing temperatures that came overnight Sunday and Monday, KIDK-TV Channel 3 Idaho Falls reported on Tuesday. In Fremont County most farmers planted their crops behind schedule in the spring and the early frost is forcing many potato farmers to kill vines and wait for their crop to finish plumping up, according to Lance Ellis, Idaho Extension agent for Fremont County.
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Unfulfilled Promises to Black Farmers and Native Americans
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:07 PM CDT
Black farmers and Native American, two groups among the most persecuted and exploited groups in the nation's history, continue to face challenges receiving settlements from the government, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
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Tensions Grow in Brazil Meat and Livestock Sector
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:06 PM CDT
Cattle exports and the increasing dominance of Brazil's top two beef giants are fueling tensions within Brazil's meat and livestock industry, according to Agrimoney. Brazilian meat packers and shippers are criticizing cattle merchants for raising exports during a time when Brazil has fewer cattle available for slaughter.
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Dean Foods: Continued Challenges for Milk: Cost-Cutting on Track
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:06 PM CDT
Dean Foods Co. said Tuesday it predicts continued challenges for its milk business, as retailers have demanded price concessions to use lower milk prices to entice customers during the recession, Dow Jones reported.
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Garden City Considering $1 Million Loan for Ethanol Plant
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:05 PM CDT
Garden City, Kan., officials are considering loaning $1.1 million to Bonanza BioEnergy's ethanol plant, which would allow the company to look for state assistance in building rail lines, the Hutchinson (Kan.) News reported.
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Green Energy Plant to Spring up in Arizona City
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:04 PM CDT
The Maricopa, Ariz., City Council approved a resolution to supporting the construction of a 30-megawatt electrical generation plant that would use wood waste as a fuel, according to Azocleantech.com. The plant would power about 35,000 homes, and would sit adjacent to the Pinal Energy ethanol plant.
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Blazing Heat, Rain Might Hurt Yields
Tue Sep 7, 2010 03:03 PM CDT
Farmers in eastern Iowa and western Illinois will not see great corn yields this fall because of a hot and wet summer but the question still remains what kind of yields will be found once combines begin to roll through fields, the Quad City Times reported on Monday.
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Loudon County, Tenn., Farmer Investing in Sunflower Crop to Make a Profit
Fri Sep 3, 2010 02:35 PM CDT
Recent dry weather and a weak economy have been hard on East Tennessee farmers but one farmer is trying an alternative crop to survive in agriculture, WATE-TV Channel 6 Knoxville reported on Thursday. Don Bailey of Loudon County planted 50 acres of sunflowers in an attempt to generate more income.
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Attorney Sentenced to 26 Months in Biodiesel Scam
Fri Sep 3, 2010 02:34 PM CDT
Disbarred Tennessee attorney H. Max Speight was sentenced to 26 months in jail for defrauding a federal biofuels subsidy program, according to the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American. Speight and William T. "Tommy" Tacker II of Okolona, Miss., were partners in Biodiesel of Mississippi Inc., which built a plant that went bankrupt in 2006.
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Peace Country Canola Harvest Ahead of Southern Alberta
Fri Sep 3, 2010 02:33 PM CDT
Canola farmers of the Peace Country area of Alberta, Canada have been able to begin harvesting earlier than other regions of the province as the region has seen less rain recently, the Daily Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune reported on Thursday.
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Disease Found in Wild Pigs in N.M. Can Infect Cattle
Fri Sep 3, 2010 02:33 PM CDT
A feral hog from Eddy County in southern New Mexico has tested positive for pseudorabies, according to the Associated Press. Pseudorabies is a viral disease that can infect cattle and wildlife. About 22 feral hogs from the area were tested over a three-month period, and one test was positive for the disease.
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Crops Ahead of Schedule
Fri Sep 3, 2010 02:30 PM CDT
Farmers in the Austin, Minn., area are looking forward to a harvest completely different from last year, the Austin Daily Herald reported Thursday. At this point last year, corn and soybean crops are at least 10 days behind average after the cool weather slowed crop development.
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Company Wants Wet Mill Waste for Feed Product
Thu Sep 2, 2010 03:08 PM CDT
Novera Protein Inc. has developed a patented process to convert wet distillers grains and/or syrup into new type of animal feed, Ethanol Producer reported. The process uses wet brewers grains, WDGs, syrup or a combination of two of the three ingredients, then adds protein to alter the amino acid structure of the final protein.
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Cannon Keeps Birds From Dairy, But Neighbors Unhappy
Thu Sep 2, 2010 03:07 PM CDT
Residents living near the University of Illinois' dairy farm are unhappy with the school's efforts to keep birds out of the dairy barn, the Associated Press reported. The farms manager and his employees have been using a propane cannon to scare birds away and keep them out of cattle feed.
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Pennsylvania Landfill Project Switches Gears
Thu Sep 2, 2010 03:07 PM CDT
Pennsylvania-based Resource Recovery has changed its original plans to build a municipal landfill in Rush Township, Pa., in favor of building an ethanol plant and smaller-scale landfill on the site, according to Biofuels International.
