http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for farmingnewsdaily.co.uk. While producers might find it challenging to get hay dry in early June due to changing weather conditions, there are steps they can take to get the crop up quickly and reduce the potential for rain damage, a forage expert with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences says. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200613/drying_hay_.aspx drovers.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT While the reaction from trading partners was immediate with a significant impact on markets and Monsanto opponents did not miss an opportunity to crow, USDA says genetically modified wheat plants found in Oregon was an isolated event. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200613/gm_crops_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cows that are staggering or down are close to being dead cows. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200613/keeping_bthe_right_cows_.aspx drovers.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Approval of a massive farm bill — and the cost of a gallon of milk — could hinge on a proposed new dairy program the House is expected to vote on this week. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/200613/milk_money_and_the_farm_bill_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cheddar blocks fell again on Thursday, closing at $1.7225 per pound – to match Cheddar barrels which were unchanged at the close. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/190613/dairy_exports_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Feedlogic Corporation, a supplier of intelligent solutions for livestock production, has introduced the BlendTronic intelligent micro-ingredient application system which allows unprecedented control and monitoring of micros commonly used in livestock feed. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/feedlogic_corporation_and_feeding_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The International Production & Processing Expo has a new website, designed to enhance the online experience of show attendees. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/190613/new_poultry_website.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT THE fallout in the US from the find of genetically modified (GM) wheat in Oregon continues, with a Kansas farmer suing Monsanto, which conducted GM wheat trials in Oregon, for ‘gross negligence’ in the Civil Court. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/180613/gm_wheat_problems_.aspx farmonline.com.au Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Grade AA standard Butter dropped half a cent following a quiet day of trading on Tuesday. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/dairy_products_and_prices_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The EPA’s failed management of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) waiver process has distorted feed costs for turkey, livestock and all poultry producers, the National Turkey Federation president Joel Brandenberger has told the House Oversight Subcommittee on Energy Policy. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/the_cost_of_feeding_poultry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT America’s hog farmers and the National Pork Producers Council hailed the Connecticut Legislature for not approving ill-advised legislation banning the use of gestation stalls for sows. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/the_disgrace_of_the_pig_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Executive Board of the American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA) last week approved revisions to several policies, including that on pig castration as well as a new policy that includes poultry in its transport policy. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170613/transporting_poultry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A radical animal rights group has put Utah Valley on notice. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/animal_rights_take_on_fur_farms_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Attention Grain Belt land owners: Don't get used to those 20% year-after-year farm real estate gains you've banked since 2007. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/farm_values_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Salmonella is and remains an important issue in the poultry industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/140613/poultry_eggs_ansd_salmonella_.aspx worldpoultry Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has been a pain in the back for agriculture producers across the nation. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/criminals_running_the_hsus_and_your_donations_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Campaign groups in the US have sent a petition signed by 795 health professionals to President Barack Obama, urging him to pressure the Food and Drug Administration to act to reduce the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/farm_antibiotics_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Iowa and national economists and ag market experts agree; many key indicators point towards a bursting of the ag sector profit bubble in the next two years so Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), the state's largest grassroots farm organization, is bringing the nation's leading experts in finance, marketing, policy and economics to Ames July 22-23, to help farmers plan how to weather the evolving economic times. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/farm_finance_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The decade-long surge in the price of corn and wheat has finally trickled down to U.S. farmland prices, lifting the value of agricultural land that grows the two grains to dangerously high levels, analysts say. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/farm_values_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT If Lyme disease isn't reason enough to avoid ticks, here's another: the inability to enjoy a burger. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/fearmongering_from_the_murdoch_stable_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Global agricultural production is expected to grow by 1.5 per cent a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1 per cent between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/global_farm_production.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Figures on the incidence and ranking of Salmonella in the USA in 2012 were published recently by FoodNet . http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/more_nonsensence_on_salmonella_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. Senate passed a $955 billion rewrite of agriculture law by an even larger margin than last year, sending it to the House of Representatives, where disagreements over food stamps and farm subsidies may complicate passage. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/the_farm_bill_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT "You guys are the best caretakers (of swine) and producers of abundant, affordable safe food," Brian Klippenstein told pork producers at a luncheon at the World Pork Expo June 5. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130613/white_collar_crime_at_the_hsus_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT During the World Pork Expo (WPX) in Des Moines, Iowa, three experts discussed a number of different sow housing systems and the challenges presented by each, placing particular focus on how to retrofit an existing house with an alternative system, writes Chris Wright for ThePigSite. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/120613/housing_sows_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT In a 2010 settlement agreement to a lawsuit brought by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and partners, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed, among other things, to promulgate a new national Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) rule to address pollution discharges from livestock and poultry farms. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/120613/problems_with_poultry_waste_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A cow in northwest Minnesota has died from anthrax, the first case in Minnesota in five years. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/anthrax_confirmed_in_cow_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT One of the best ways to keep cattle healthy and gaining pounds in hot weather is to control flies, a Purdue Extension beef specialist says. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/cattle_and_flies_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT USDA Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Judith A. Canales has announced that 192 counties are authorized for emergency grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for fiscal year (FY) 2013 effective June 2, 2013. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/emergency_grazing_.aspx drovers.com Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A Travis County judge ruled Thursday that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality overstepped its authority when it withheld water from farmers along the Brazos River last year. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/farmers_and_water_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT About this time last year, farmers were looking to the heavens, pleading for rain. Now, they are praying for the rain to stop. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/getting_over_the_drought_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT OAK BROOK, Ill., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McDonald's Corporation today announced that global comparable sales increased 2.6% in May. Performance by segment was as follows: http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110613/press_release_from_mcdonalds__.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Groupe Grimaud's swine breeding companies — Newsham Choice Genetics and Pen Ar Lan — are combining under the Choice Genetics name, according to an announcement at the World Pork Expo (WPX) June 5. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/pig_breeding_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Industry groups this week expressed relief as the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) was reauthorized without major changes or amendments. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/100613/victory_for_drug_lobby_.aspx drovers.com Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT John Bowne High School is the only New York City public school with row crops and a farm lab. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/american_society_of_animal_science___asas_brings_agriculture_to_city_kids.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The 2012 drought in the US and the recent aflatoxin scandal in Europe has raised awareness once again of the mycotoxin problem facing the animal feed industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/animal_feed_problems_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Napproved genetically engineered wheat has been found growing on a farm in Oregon, federal officials said Wednesday, a development that could disrupt American exports of the grain. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/030613/unapproved_genetically_engineered_wheat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT You are not finished planting corn. Your fields are saturated. Rain is coming in torrents. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/arable_farming_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT New post on Cattle Call http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/cattle_call.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT In the first 4 months of 2013 US shell egg exports were 50.7 million dozen, a hike of 72% compared to the first quarter of 2012 (29.5 million), according to figures released by the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) International Egg and Poultry Review. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/egg_exports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Millions take to the streets world-wide to protest against Monsanto and GM. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/protest_against_monsanto_and_gm_crops_.aspx MercoPress.com Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Corn for delivery after the Midwest harvest fell for the second straight day on speculation that Chinese demand for U.S. grain will shift to cheaper suppliers. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070613/the_corn_market_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Aviagen Celebrates 50th Production Management School, Welcoming Another Group of Poultry Industry Professionals http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/050613/aviagen_celebrates_th_production_management_school.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT New post on Cattle Call http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/cattle_call_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Farmers had planted 91 percent on the U.S. corn crop in the 18 major producing states by June 2, compared to 86 percent a week ago and compared to the five-year average of 95 percent planted by this time, according to USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/corn_planting_is_finished_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT From the technology and tourism industries to the fruit growers of California, there is something for almost everyone in the sprawling immigration legislation that the U.S. Senate will start debating this month. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/dairy_farmers_and_immigrant_workers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Recent rainfall, although small, has made a big difference to one local farmer who said it should help him weather the withering drought that is crippling Rio Grande Valley crop production. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/farmers_still_winging_about_the_drought_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cheese cash trading witnessed another slump as 40 pound blocks dropped value again by almost 2 cents to $1.7275 per pound in an otherwise steady day that saw other spot prices hold. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/060613/the_dairy_market_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Improvements in crop water productivity — the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed — have the potential to improve both food security and water sustainability in many parts of the world, according to a study published online in Environmental Research Letters May 29 by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) and the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES) at the University of Bonn, Germany. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/050613/crops_and_water_.aspx drovers.com Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Inspectors in the US Department of Agriculture are trying to determine how a strain of GM wheat ended up in a non-GM crop in Oregon almost a decade after Monsanto abandoned plans to sell the herbicide-resistant wheat variety. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/050613/hanky_panky_and_gm_crops_.aspx bloomberg Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT