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Cracking Open the Egg Recall
Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:50 PM CDT
Iowa Farm Bureau's Laurie Johns wrote this op-ed piece about the egg recall. After the article posted Thursday on the recall, I wanted to make sure to post the op-ed from Johns.
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Time for NCBA and R-CALF to Cease and Desist
Thu Sep 2, 2010 07:27 AM CDT
I'm issuing my own cease-and-desist order this morning against NCBA and R-CALF over the silly season that has begun between the two groups since last Friday's livestock competition meeting.
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Egg Recall Threatens Consumer Confidence
Tue Aug 31, 2010 04:54 PM CDT
The report from the FDA on Iowa egg producer Jack DeCoster's operation "speaks for itself," Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday to reporters in a weekly call.
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Grassley: E-15 Expected by January
Tue Aug 31, 2010 09:26 AM CDT
Sen. Charles Grassley said Tuesday he doesn't expect either congressional hearings or lawsuits to delay an expected rule from the EPA that would allow E-15 to go into effect.
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To Hear or Herd a Cattleman
Mon Aug 30, 2010 09:14 AM CDT
As I left Fort Collins on Friday I wondered, what would Walt Whitman write.
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Some Press Releases From Fort Collins
Fri Aug 27, 2010 04:17 PM CDT
Because it's impossible to get everything into a single story about the USDA-Department of Justice meeting, here is a sampling of the news releases from some of the groups involved.
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Fear and Loathing in Fort Collins
Thu Aug 26, 2010 01:52 PM CDT
You can't really make the comparison between a drugged-out Hunter S. Thompson covering an off-road race in Las Vegas with a mild-mannered agriculture reporter covering a livestock-marketing meeting in Colorado. But what the heck. I'm not known for being conventional.
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GOP Senators Question USDA Bias on GIPSA Rule
Wed Aug 25, 2010 06:20 PM CDT
Leading up to Friday's meeting on livestock competition in Fort Collins, Colo., five Republican senators sent a letter to Ag Secretary Vilsack wanting some answers about what they see as questionable behavior and bias at USDA over the competition rule.
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DeLauro Wants Answers About DeCoster
Mon Aug 23, 2010 03:15 PM CDT
Jack DeCoster and the egg recall from his farms has caught the attention fo Rep. Rosa DeLauro, one of the tougher food-safety advocates in Congress.
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When a River Runs Through It
Sun Aug 22, 2010 09:30 AM CDT
I got a little more than I bargained for when I took my family on a float trip this weekend.
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Agenda Set For Fort Collins Competition Meeting
Fri Aug 20, 2010 04:02 PM CDT
USDA released the schedule for the joint workshop with the Department of Justice in Fort Collins, Colo., on Aug. 27.
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Killer Bees After 2012 Farm Bill
Thu Aug 19, 2010 09:39 AM CDT
National Cotton Council President and CEO Mark Lange discussed at a meeting in Memphis what he called the "Killer Bs" lining up against the cotton program for the 2012 farm bill "budget, baseline and Brazil."
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Vilsack: USDA Looking at Ad-Hoc Disaster Package
Tue Aug 17, 2010 08:41 PM CDT
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Tuesday USDA hasn't figured out how the department could implement Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln's $1.5 billion ad-hoc disaster plan.
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Breaking Down the Senate Fall Campaigns
Mon Aug 16, 2010 09:54 PM CDT
Having looked at the House last week, I thought we might update the Senate races. Barring an outright collapse, Democrats will maintain control of the Senate. The question is by how much and whether Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be back and stay majority leader.
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Chicken Group Pushes Letter Campaign on GIPSA Rule
Sun Aug 15, 2010 07:44 PM CDT
The newsletter AgriPulse reported last week that the National Chicken Council is pushing its member companies to find 500 growers willing to write USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration to pan the proposed livestock competition rules.
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Senators Champion GIPSA Rule
Fri Aug 13, 2010 04:03 PM CDT
Twenty one senators sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack backing the GIPSA rule and encouraging USDA to implement the rule as quickly as possible once the comment period ends.
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A Look at House Races That Could Affect Agriculture
Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:52 AM CDT
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said last week he felt his party would retain control of the House. I've been looking at some scorecards since then trying to see which of the tougher races that could affect agriculture policies.
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The Wal-Mart Factor in Ag Competition
Wed Aug 11, 2010 04:05 PM CDT
Some food for thought from the union that represents a good percentage of the workers at U.S. meatpacking plants.
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Producers Need to Pay Attention to CFTC
Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:06 PM CDT
Speakers at the Organization for Competitive Markets meeting Tuesday in Omaha highlighted some of the difficulties of pulling too much money out of the commodity markets while also ensuring that the markets still work for legitimate hedgers.
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Bill Would Eliminate Pesticide Permit Questions
Mon Aug 9, 2010 11:02 AM CDT
Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Saxby Chambliss jointly announced they have introduced legislation that aims to clarify that additional permits are not required for pesticide application in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
