Today's Ag News
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Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules
Washington Post
FRESNO, Calif. -- The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen.
Farmers urged to go organic
Topeka Capital Journal
WHITING - The Kansas Rural Center says it wants to help farmers in the state transition to organic production.
O'Neal misses NBAF sessions
Topeka Capitol Journal
House Speaker Mike O'Neal traveled to Washington, D.C., on a bipartisan lobbying trip with state and federal officials but missed substantive meetings tied to the $650 million bioscience research facility planned at Kansas State University and designation of a new cancer institute at The University of Kansas Medical Center.
Many Kansas farmers eligible for emergency loans
Wichita Eagle
The Farm Service Agency is offering 3.75 percent loans to farmers who suffered losses caused by storms this winter.
Big Oil Behind Yet Another Biofuels Research Paper
Domestic Fuel
When discussing indirect land use it brings a popular saying to mind: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
Fed’s NAIS – dead, but not forgotten?
Bandera County Courier
Several years ago, officials with the United States Department of Agriculture came up with a scheme to tag, number and monitor electronically every farm animal, including cows, goats, sheep, horses and chickens, among others, in America.
Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws U.S. Scrutiny
New York Times
During the depths of the economic crisis last year, the prices for many goods held steady or even dropped. But on American farms, the picture was far different, as farmers watched the price they paid for seeds skyrocket.
Ag producers hear status, forecast of farming
Peabody Gazette-Bulletin
Kansas Agriculture Secretary Josh Svaty didn’t have any easy answers for farmers March 3 when they gathered to hear the latest news in the agriculture world.
Dairies Sour on Trade Talks
Wall Street Journal
U.S. dairy farmers are pleading for protection from their counterparts in New Zealand as President Barack Obama's trade negotiators begin talks on a regional agreement in Australia next week.