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Aussie Travel Tour Continues This Has Nothing to Do with Farming Applying Tech Everywhere Unintended Consequences are Consequences Just the Same YouTube Therapy Rumor Mill Fires Up The March to Cleaner Engines Continues Show Me a Master Farmer Crazy Animal Rights Tactics Lining Up with New Products Individual Grit and Determination Still Work, Despite Being Out of Style It's All in the Details What Frog Shortage? New Way to Get Equipment Information Company Offers Interesting Move for 2010 Not Like Your Father's Farm Equipment Dealership $400 a Ton Anhydrous? Living Among My Ancestors Catching a Sniff of Show Season Day Two ASABE Quarter Scale Tractor Competition (With Video) There's More Than One Way to Use a Briggs & Stratton Engine! 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Getting attention in Congress Moving Ahead with Buying Plans Like Deer, Questions Come in All Sizes Making the U.S. Industrial Case High Profile Pigs Year of the Utility Tractor? No Lipstick on These Pigs Bigger, Faster, Oh My Going Electric? Chrysler Makes a Statement Equipment Availability and Brand Loyalty Collide Lucky Time at a Farm Show Saying Not Goodbye, But See Ya Later Agriculture Heats Up Local Politics A Precision Change? Good News Keeps on Coming New at Boone! Facts in Plain Sight Packing for the Big Show Ramping up for 'Fieldwork' Downed Corn Along the Road helmet speakers helmet speakers helmet speakers helmet speakers Farm Real Estate Trend RE: Speakers Speakers USDA Meteorologist Looks at Corn, Soybean and Cotton Conditions Organic Price Election Programs Announced Vilsack Responds to ERS Reports Vilsack Responds to ERS Reports Loans Benefit Electric Consumers Rural Development Funds Released Application Deadline for Swine Jobs School Is Today Afternoon Recap by Arlan Suderman Morning Call by Bryce Knorr Livestock Call By John Otte Fall Corn Scouting Necessary VP Touts Recovery Act Investments Study of Biobased Lubricants to Begin MSU Extension to Hold Grazing School for Livestock and Dairy Producers Case IH Unveils New Steigers and Magnums Fourth of Five USDA-DOJ Workshops Held Fourth of Five USDA-DOJ Workshops Held Scientists Crack Wheat Genome Feed Source of Egg Contamination NPPC-NCBA GIPSA Rule Media Briefing Held NPPC-NCBA GIPSA Rule Media Briefing Held MDA Accepting Applications for State Pesticide Notification and Organic Farm Registries Cutting Edge Ag Technology Field Day Set for Sept. 2 MFB Strongly Opposes Govenor's Proposed 3% Cut to Department of Ag New Colorado Lab Opened Expect the Insects to be Out There Pushing the Combine Envelope Weatherproofer III Gets New Muscle Livestock Competition Workshop Is Highly Anticipated Livestock Competition Workshop Is Highly Anticipated General Sign-up for CRP Draws to a Close Senators Question Purpose of Competition Workshop Senators Question Purpose of Competition Workshop Groups Request Hearings on E-15 Safety Disaster Relief Dollars Still Being Sought Dr. John Tilden Named to National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Taking the No-SCR Approach EPA Official Denies Ag is Being Targeted EPA Official Denies Ag is Being Targeted Pilot People's Garden School Program Announced Speaker Ready to Address Issues at Workshop Speaker Ready to Address Issues at Workshop Grants Available for Rural America Food Initiatives Imaging Test Helps Identify Campylobacter Salford Unveils New Finance Program Conservation Reserve Program General Signup Deadline Approaching Clues to Cause of Salmonella Sought by FDA at Two Iowa Egg Farms Clues to Cause of Salmonella Sought by FDA at Two Iowa Egg Farms Sherrod Turns Down Vilsack's Job Offer SDS Growing Problem in Soybeans USDA-FFA Helping Statistical Education Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Push Continues for Workshop Attendance Massey Ferguson Phasing In Sisu Engines Deli Meat Recall May be Too Late Deadline to Apply for 2008 Crop Loss Payments Approaching Soybean Crop is Ahead of Last Year Expect More Egg Recalls Vilsack Encouraging HealthierUS Participation Ammonia Application Made Simple Suction Aeration Advantages Cited Frahm, Raterink Named Overall Award Winners at Annual Dairy Expo Pfizer Animal Health Introduces INFORCE 3 Respiratory Vaccine Keynote Speaker Announced for AFBF Annual Meeting Farmers Need To Take Advantage of Recess Competition Workshop Agenda Announced Competition Workshop Agenda Announced EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water EPA Releases Draft Strategy for Clean Water New Egg Farm Issues Egg Recall Where Did All The Nitrogen Go? Clean Energy Investments Strong MSU Students Interested in Dairy Can Benefit From Scholarship Leadership Academy Seeks Applicants for Programs Beginning Jan. 2011 Michigan Migrant Labor Housing Construction Grants Available Kuhn Offers new Bale Processor President Appoints USDA Officer Other Items Besides Pork Are Being Targeted by Mexico Rate Reduction of Atrazine Could Have Same Effect As Ban 2010 State 4-H Horse Show Is Aug. 20-22 Pilot SNAP Program Started Make Sure EEE Vaccinations Current Broadband Access Is Important to Rural America Lucas Talks About White House Effort to Find Ag Disaster Aid Federal Reserve Bank Reports on Farm Values, Incomes Millions of Eggs Recalled Report Says Forests and Grasslands Benefit Rural Areas USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-up Flint Hills Resources Agrees to Buy Iowa Ethanol Plants For Some Farmers Rain Is A Pain Barrier May Benefit Producers in Flood Prone Areas NAILE Hosts Angus Programs NAILE Hosts Angus Programs NAILE Hosts Angus Programs Rural Energy Dollars Released KZValve Offers Hand-held Remote Applicants Being Sought for ASA/DuPont Young Leader Program Cattle Industry Needs to Work Together Cattle Industry Needs to Work Together CRP Sign-up Deadline Nears Senate Agenda Uncertain Following Recess Events Teach Animal Rights Activists to 'Play Dirty' Events Teach Animal Rights Activists to 'Play Dirty' Corn and Soybeans Still Holding Their Own Against Heat and Wetness Food Price Inflation Almost Negative So Far This Year Beef and Pork Export Reports MSU Weed Team Claims Victory at National Conference Economic Rebound Will Show R&D Investments Wise Syngenta Receives Approval from Mexico, the Philippines for Two Agrisure Viptera Trait Stacks Court Halts Planting of GMO Sugar Beets Forest Landscape Project Funds Released Senators Support Proposed USDA Rules Clarifying GIPSA Senators Support Proposed USDA Rules Clarifying GIPSA FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Substitute Offered Farmers Invited to Hear Where Political Candidates Stand USDA Accepts TAA Petition J-Wheelz Add ATV Traction In Loose Terrain Don't Make Assumptions Until You Walk Your Fields Health Care Reform Includes Paperwork Requirement Ag Groups Back Lincoln-Chambliss Effort More than $18 Million Awarded in Conservation Innovation Grants ARS Engineer Finds Way to Meet Energy Demands with Wind, Solar Combos Pest Management Intensity Affects Wild Bee Populations USDA Asking States to Apply for Nutrition Program Testing Next USDA, DOJ Livestock Workshop at Colorado State House Ag Ranking Member Says Senate on Right Track with Latest Legislation House Ag Ranking Member Says Senate on Right Track with Latest Legislation Agreement Made Over Public Lands Grazing Concerns Agreement Made Over Public Lands Grazing Concerns Biodiesel Cleans Up the Oil It's Trying to Replace Michigan Ranks in Top 10 in Nation for Farmers Markets Three Traceability Meetings Set Three Traceability Meetings Set Tools Identify or Predict Scab Infestations We Ride Yamaha's New Grizzly 450 EPS 'Super' Combine Rolls for 2011 Revamped Animal ID Program Regulations Will Be Proposed Next Spring Revamped Animal ID Program Regulations Will Be Proposed Next Spring Senator Pleads Rural Dust's Case to EPA Senator Pleads Rural Dust's Case to EPA Cattle Groups Discuss GIPSA Rule's Potential Impact on Cattle Producers Cattle Groups Discuss GIPSA Rule's Potential Impact on Cattle Producers Farm Production Expenditures Down 6.4% in 2009 AMI Puts Meatless Monday Into Focus AMI Puts Meatless Monday Into Focus National Forest Service Fees Waived Bobcat Introduces Two New Bigger Loaders August Crop Report Likely to Have Better Idea of Yield Expectation Employees at USDA Are Ageing Making Wind Energy Work for You, Presentations Slated Throughout The State Scientists Progressing on Scab Project There is Still Threat from Soybean Rust Economists Survey Results Reported Public Lands Grazing Threatened Valspar Implement Paint Stands Up to Nature SNAP How-To Handbook for Farmers Markets Released by USDA Farm Real Estate Values and Cash Rents Reported Bill Would Not Require Water Act Permit NFU Urges Congress for RES in Energy Legislation Montcalm Research Farm Field Day Features Latest Potato Research No Money for Black or Native Farmers Yet United Fresh Produce Sets Meeting Kuhn Upgrades Power Harrow Series Disaster Assistance 'By The End Of The Month' Hybrids Separate Themselves By This Time of Year 4000th Operation Main Street Speech Child Nutrition Reauthorization Passes Unanimously Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval Number of Farmers Markets Continues Increase Across U.S. Senator Urges Overhaul on Universal Telephone Fund for Broadband MSU Field Stations and Campus Farms Host Field Days Mandatory Price Reporting Bills Ready for Floor Consideration Mandatory Price Reporting Bills Ready for Floor Consideration Farmer Candidates Plow Political Ground In Primary Election Mahindra USA Launches a Baker's Dozen New York Senator Wants 2012 Farm Bill Changes Government Asked to Take Action on Beef Checkoff Government Asked to Take Action on Beef Checkoff Health Care Legislation Examined by Report AMI Says Meat is Still Safe Despite Recent Study AMI Says Meat is Still Safe Despite Recent Study Report Reviews Crop Protection Product Use Vilsack Announces Broadband Projects We Test the ThermaCell Outdoor Lantern Major Decrease in Expenses for Farmers and Ranchers Major Decrease in Expenses for Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Antibiotic Ban Ahead? Livestock Antibiotic Ban Ahead? Retail Meat Prices Are Reaching For A Record High Retail Meat Prices Are Reaching For A Record High Michigan's Corn Growers Urge Support for VEETC Extension New York City to Burn Bioheat Fold-up Wing Float Pulverizer Free Educational Program to Feature Expert Speakers Amendments of Interest to Ag Possible in Senate SURE Sign-up Deadline Approaches NFU President Participates in Policy Discussion at Sweetener Symposium Study Says Technology has Slowed Flow of GHGs Largest Flex Fuel Vehicle Fleet Has New Pump Seminar to Help Growers Enter Cranberry Production USDA Michigan Field Office Provides Crop Update New Tire Aims for Big Sprayers EPA to Hold Community Meeting on Oil Spill Health Care Legislation Provisions Analyzed in Center for Rural Affairs Report Swine Jobs School Helps Prepare Workers Public Lands Grazing Threatened Public Lands Grazing Threatened Industry Wants Wind Energy Legislation Sunflower Launches New Disc Harrow EPA Takes Action After Soybean Damage Reported Pioneer Agronomists Say Look Out for Foliar Diseases EPA Approved For Up To $13 Million To Fund Federal Oil Spill Response Beef Checkoff Consistently Receives Approval FSA County Committee Nominations Due Amendment on Estate Tax Not Yet Part of Small Business Bill Child Nutrition Bill Needs Passage Before Programs Expire New Beef Resource Organization Formed With Purpose to Spread Facts New Beef Resource Organization Formed With Purpose to Spread Facts Mandatory Price Reporting Bill Passes House Ag Committee Mandatory Price Reporting Bill Passes House Ag Committee Senate Can Help Michigan Farmers By Reforming Federal Estate Tax Lincoln's Ag Disaster Money Dropped from Senate Bill Beef Exports Need More Action on FTAs Big Changes Since 1995 Farm Bill Crop Acreage Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law Research to Look at Climate and Freshwater Systems ARS Signs Partnership Agreement Dairy Scholarship Opens Doors for MSU Animal Science Senior Monsanto Corn Technologies Receive European Union Regulatory Approval Problems Found During NCBA Audit Problems Found During NCBA Audit USB Reassured by Conclusion of Audit Growth Energy and Research Paper Author at Odds Lincoln Pleads for Child Nutrition Extension Passage USDA Invites Comments on Asparagus Revenue Loss Program Fold That Subsoiler! CRP General Sign-up Begins Next Week USDA Extends Comment Period on GISPA USDA Extends Comment Period on GISPA EPA Asked to Approve E-12 Interim Rule We Drive Polaris Redesigns for 2011 Democrats Face Uphill Climb Second Annual Michigan Livestock Expo Raises Whopping $155,300 GIPSA Comment Period Extended by USDA Support Remains to Do Something on Energy Committee Could Cut Ethanol Subsidy Senators Say EPA's Dust Regulation Proposals Defy Common Sense USMEF Gets High Rating from FAS USMEF Gets High Rating from FAS June Milk Production Is Up From Year Earlier State Officials Honor Romence Gardens for Environmental Verification Corn Doesn't Like Tropical Weather Either Sunco Launches NutriMate 3 Crop Insurance Hearing Held By House Ag Subcommittee Senators Try to Address 'EPA Overreach' on Agriculture Senators Try to Address 'EPA Overreach' on Agriculture Forest Service Steps Up Climate Change Work Senate Will Take Lead on Tax Cut Extensions EQIP Program Very Popular and Under Funded EPA Awards Regional Environmental Education Grants NCBA to Present Lifetime Achievement Award at Upcoming Conference NCBA to Present Lifetime Achievement Award at Upcoming Conference Kinze Offers $5,000 Rebate USDA Employee's Resignation At the Center of a Firestorm Obama Signs Financial Reform Law Implementation of 2008 Farm Bill Reviewed by Senate Ag Committee Ag Subcommittee Reviews Specialty Crop and Organic Ag Programs Summer Beef Conference Focuses on Rebuilding Herds Summer Beef Conference Focuses on Rebuilding Herds Michigan Vegetable Crops Get a Jump Start, Pest Concerns Surface Debate of Cattle and Beef Issues Dead Idea Rural Development Programs Reviewed By House Ag Subcommittee NFU President Points Out Permitting Problems Durum Wheat Quality Program Applications Now Being Accepted by USDA Michigan Mink Production Increases Grain Industry Debates Terms in Dietary Guidelines HPPD Resistant Waterhemp Confirmed Several Cuts of Income Tax Remain Up in the Air Legislation to Protect Local Immigration Laws Introduced Energy Bill Debate May Start Next Week Yetter Adds to Residue Manager Choices Snowblower Designed for Bobcat Tractors Rhino, Wells Fargo Partners on 0% Retail Financing Program MSU Opens New Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Facility New Heavy Tiller From Kuhn NCBA Prepares for 2010 Summer Conference NCBA Prepares for 2010 Summer Conference USDA Announces Funding for Wetlands Restoration Projects in Midwest Biomass Technologies Providing More Opportunities Moratorium on Regulations Backed by House Minority Leader E85 Fueling Locator Apps Available NFU Brings Light to Accurate Information on Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Support for Aviation Biofuels Sought Free Tour Focuses on Improving Natural Ecosystems Will It Be Year of Gray Leaf Spot? Great Plains Owner Talks About British Acquisition Planting Accuracy for Smaller Operators RFA, Other Ethanol Backers Differ With Growth Energy Financial Reform Legislation Passed by Senate NFU Says Growth Energy's Proposal Good for All Americans Child Nutrition Bill Passes House Committee Wheat and Oats Progressed Well Ahead of Previous Years Traps Indicate Early Corn Earworm Moth Flights Ethanol Policy Change Proposed by Growth Energy Estate Tax Proposal Put Forward in Senate Estate Tax Proposal Put Forward in Senate CBO Missed Big Picture According to Renewable Fuels Association Corn Leaders Lobbying in Washington Iowa Senator Sees Good Things in Proposed Livestock Rule Iowa Senator Sees Good Things in Proposed Livestock Rule Administration Officials to Host Clean Energy Economy Forum Growth Energy Says Action Needed Now Michigan Potato Acreage Dips Slightly From 2009 Totals Nutri-Pro Fertilizer Bar Provides Flexibility Iowa Senator Says Energy Legislative Issues Important for Agriculture President Appoints Agricultural Advisor Companies Sign Standard Reinsurance Agreements EPA May Tighten Dust Regulations 2011 Renewable Fuels Percentage Standards Released by EPA WASDA Members Hear Climate and Energy Issues R-CALF Says Extension Request for Proposed GIPSA Rule Unnecessary R-CALF Says Extension Request for Proposed GIPSA Rule Unnecessary Purdue Top Farmer Crop Workshop is Set July 1 Michigan Peach Forecast Down From Last Year It's Time To Control Those Pesky Flies! It's Time To Control Those Pesky Flies! Monsanto Completes Key Regulatory Submission Agco Cash Back for the Summer Passage of Food Safety Legislation Being Pushed RFA Supports GAO Recommendations for Improving Loan Guarantee Programs Time Short for Action on Estate Taxes Time Short for Action on Estate Taxes Recovery Act Funding Announced for Stimulating Food Systems Survey Finds Retail Food Prices Edge Higher in Second Quarter USDA Grant to Benefit Rural Electric Customers Food Agencies Praised by Secretaries Producer Participation Encouraged by R-CALF Producer Participation Encouraged by R-CALF RK Series Rotary Rake New from MF Good Time to Review Corn Ear Terms Is Wind Turbine Farming in Your Future? Monsanto Announcement Receives Cautious Response USDA Announces Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program USDA Announces Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program President Supports Food Safety Bill EPA Fines Monsanto for Distributing Misbranded Genetically Engineered Pesticide NCBA Takes Time Out from Restructuring Organization NCBA Takes Time Out from Restructuring Organization Farm Bureau AgriPac Endorses Candidates for 2010 Primary Election NCBA Seeks Extension for Comments on GIPSA Rules NCBA Seeks Extension for Comments on GIPSA Rules Report Shows Ban of Atrazine Would Be Devastating to Ag Sector Take Time to Check Soybean Root Nodules NRCS and FSA Working to Streamline Services Senators Urge Modification to Crop Insurance Proposal Farm Bill Possibilities Discussed in North Dakota Farm Bill Possibilities Discussed in North Dakota Groups Support Separation of State Beef Councils Groups Support Separation of State Beef Councils Grain Engulfment Simulator and Safety Seminar Offered at Ag Expo BASF Plant Science and Monsanto to Expand Their Collaboration in Maximizing Crop Yield ASA Top Legislative Priorities Set for 2010 NPPC Asks for Extended Comment Period USDA Funding Water Quality Projects USDA Funding Water Quality Projects Extra Testing for E-15 Explained by White House Corn and Soybean Growers Encouraged to Scout for Japanese Beetles USDA Announces Availability of Grants to Spur Job Creation John Deere Creates SeedStar XP Monitor for Planters Michigan Acreage Summary Report Released Miller Launches 5th Annual Welding Project Contest Monsanto to Alert Farmers About Corn Earworm Migration HumaneWatch's View of Ohio Compromise Has Changed HumaneWatch's View of Ohio Compromise Has Changed Game Has Changed as Result of 2010 USDA Planted Acreage Report Electric Concerns and Biofuels Cited by Former CIA Director New Round of Recovery Act Broadband Projects Announced Iowa Remanufacturing Company Thrives in Down Economy Isabella County Farm Hosting Breakfast on the Farm July 24 Michigan Farmers Union to Gather at Historic Charlton Park, July 25 NPPC Puzzled by Recent Pork Board Appointments Chinese Ports Having Problems Unloading Bean Shipments AAA Says Only HSUS Benefits from Ohio Compromise AAA Says Only HSUS Benefits from Ohio Compromise Weather Changes Means More Trips to Corn Field House Moving on Ag Appropriations Compromise with HSUS Has Ohio Farmers Concerned Compromise with HSUS Has Ohio Farmers Concerned Immigration Reform Depends on Bipartisanship House Education and Labor Committee Hears From Ag Secretary on Nutrition 2010 Innovative Beef Symposium to Unveil New Beef Cuts 2010 Innovative Beef Symposium to Unveil New Beef Cuts Animal Cruelty Will Not be On the Ohio Ballot in November Animal Cruelty Will Not be On the Ohio Ballot in November Ahead Of Energy Debate, NCGA Stresses Now Is the Time for Ethanol Senate Begins 2012 Farm Bill Process Johnson Stresses Importance of Energy Legislation Land Use Change Theory Affected by New USDA Report USDA Accepting Applications for Energy Audits Beef Checkoff Launches New Veal Foodservice Web Site Beef Checkoff Launches New Veal Foodservice Web Site Redesigned Pork.org Web Site Offers New Features Monsanto Seeks U.S. EPA Registration for Refuge-In-The-Bag Option for Senate Ag Committee to Hold First Hearing on 2012 Farm Bill Sukup Offers Medium Duty Hopper Bin Helpful Safety Tips for July 4th Grilling Festivities Provided by USDA Calls for Ag to Start Alliance Building Calls for Ag to Start Alliance Building It's Not Too Early to Start on Next Farm Bill Crop Conditions Take a Slight Hit Votes Being Lined Up for Financial Reform Antimicrobial Guidelines Proposed by FDA Panel of Dairy Producers Says Something Has to be Done Ethanol Producers Encouraged by Recent Reports House Ag Hears Testimony in Preparation for 2012 Farm Bill Ag Expo Educates on All-Things Livestock New Holland Introduces More Powerful WORKMASTER Tractor NCBA Happy with Korea Move NCBA Happy with Korea Move Financial Overhaul Finalized by Key Leaders in Both Chambers USDA/DOJ Hold Third Competition Workshop Farm Groups Testify Before House Ag Subcommittee ASA Encouraging More Efficient, Effective and Defensible Programs GreenStone FCS Announces Election Results National 25x25 Summit Speakers Provide Range of Perspectives The Bull Provides Mobile PTO Power Disease May Show Up in Corn Fields NCBA Suspends Proposed Structure Changes NCBA Suspends Proposed Structure Changes Immigration Legislation is Needed Outside Groups Still Concerned with NCBA Governance Proposal Outside Groups Still Concerned with NCBA Governance Proposal National Biodiesel Board Looking at Alternatives Russia Lifts Ban on U.S. Poultry SDSU First Research Partner in Winter Wheat Expansion Initiative Blueberry Conference Set for July 25-28 in Kalamazoo Obama Moratorium Blocked by Judge New Roadmap for Reaching Biofuel Goals Released Co-op Story Will Be Told at USDA/DOJ Workshop in Wisconsin. Higher Premiums from Insurance Companies Deemed Not Okay by Obama More Funds for Water Quality Improvements Released Supreme Court's Decision on Alfalfa Doesn't Affect USDA Study New Regulatory Costs Threaten Small Meat Processors New Regulatory Costs Threaten Small Meat Processors Ag Expo Offering Financial Management Educational Sessions Surviving 'Cow Days of Summer' Surviving 'Cow Days of Summer' Case IH Will Use SCR for 100 hp and Larger Engines Roadmap for Achieving Renewable Energy Goals is Focus of USDA Report ASA Vouches for Importance of Chinese Market for Soybean Exports Grassley Says Best Solution Is Going Back to February Proposal Heavier Cover Crops Provide Dividends Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. Is "Michigan Agricultural Exporter of the Year" 2010 Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug Program Scholarship Recipients Announced Case IH Adds to Air Cart Lineup A 'Virtual' Tour of Tomorrow's Engineering Today Energy Efficiency Improvements Shown in USDA's Corn-Ethanol Industry Report Food Safety and Nutrition Bills Casualties of 'Short Calendar' At This Point U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Roundup Ready Alfalfa NASS Seeks Information from Stakeholders About Renewable Energy Gulf Oil Spill Not Likely To Induce a Fuel Price Influx Michigan Cherry Production Forecast Plummets From 2009 Crop Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Monsanto May Milk Production Up From Last Year Proposed New Livestock Marketing Rules Receive Mixed Reaction Proposed New Livestock Marketing Rules Receive Mixed Reaction Bioenergy Partnership Authorization Requested CARB's Motion to Dismiss Denied by District Court Growth Energy Says EPA Delays are Unacceptable Biodiesel Tax Extension Remains Stalled Federal Firefighters Ready for Fire Season Kubota Selling L Series Tractor/Loader Package Landoll All-Purpose Drill Starts New Series How Much Defoliation Can Corn Stand? State Accepting Nominations for 2010 Christmas Tree Several Issues in Next Farm Bill Concern Congress Estate Tax Issue Addressed on Senate Floor by Grassley Administration's Recovery Summer Underway Smithfield Wants Full Ownership of Butterball Senator Lincoln Urges Congress to Pass Energy, Jobs Bill Wheat Yield Predictions Increase Farm King Offers Self-Contained Grain Vac No Official Word from EPA, DOE on Blend Wall Delay World Food Prize Honorees Named Group Commends USDA on Conservation Report Corn Growers Elect Next First Vice President New Holland Expands Payload on Grain Carts New Brochure Available: Cost of Johne's Disease to a Dairy Herd Company Clears Another Regulatory Hurdle Panel Wants You to Cut Back on Sodium Intake Keynote Address Focuses on Potential of Ethanol USDA Bans U.S. Organic Inspector in China Free Ice Cream; Learn About Wind Energy, Succession Planning and More Beef Checkoff Creates New Foodservice Brochure Beef Checkoff Creates New Foodservice Brochure Yetter Maverick Gets Flexibility Option Expect a New Fungicide Offering From DuPont By 2012 Act Could Affect Child Labor on Farms Meeting Scheduled for FSA Technology Update Researchers Work to Improve Perch Growth Monsanto Expanding in St. Louis Area Meat Mobil Slaughter Program Set Meat Mobil Slaughter Program Set Johne's Disease Demonstration Field Day at West End Dairy Discovering Beef's 'Diamonds in the Rough' Discovering Beef's 'Diamonds in the Rough' Projects for Carbon Capture and Storage Move Forward Cuban Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Restriction Legislation CRP Receives Boost USDA Ready to Battle Grasshoppers Regulators To Tour Michigan Farms Pigs May Provide Breast Cancer Answers National Pork Board Elects Leaders How to Rate Plots By A Numerical Method New Bear On the Block Monsanto Company Adds Tripleflex Herbicide to Its Corn Portfolio Cargill, Meyer Natural Foods Enter Into Joint 'Go-to-Market' Agreement Cargill, Meyer Natural Foods Enter Into Joint 'Go-to-Market' Agreement We Drive Deere's New Gator EPA Disapproving Resolution Fails Senate Vote Final Draft Version of Reinsurance Agreement Announced Policy Changes Adopted by Milk Producers County Committee Elections to Be Held Government Releases Broadband Report Child Nutrition Reauthorization Begins in House Michigan Farm Operators Count Pork Industry Is Looking For A New Slogan Schmeiser Unveils PFS Series Scraper Monsanto, Armtech Unveil Biotech Yield Assurance Program For Farmers New Gator Raises the Level of the Swamp Practical Energy and Climate Plan Offered NACD Supports Disapproving Resolution EPA To End Use of Chemical NPB's New Strategic Plan Being Implemented Deanna Rose Dairy Day Set for June 12 Congresswoman Miller Calls for EPA to Focus On Oil Spills, Not Spilt Milk Kuhn Offers New Gyrorake Food Safety Shortcomings Pointed to by Report USDA Helping Feed U.S. Hungry Survey Being Taken of Pests and Diseases Harmful to Honeybees Jobs Spending Questioned by Senator Sukup Adds Hammer Head Door Latch Survey Looks at Consumer, Farmer Attitudes Shell, Cargill, Others Pony Up $46 Million for Sugar Gasoline USDA Clears High-Oleic Soybeans Grains Exports Could Be Harmed by Gulf Oil Spill Reid Wants Energy Bill GAO Reports on FSA Oversight Study Taiwan to Inspect U.S. Beef Plants Taiwan to Inspect U.S. Beef Plants Following Recommendations Could Provide Positive Results BASF Files for Registration of Three Active Ingredients Database Helps Consumers Find Food From Environmentally Assured Farms Announced Workshop Will Focus on Dairy Industry Despite Bipartisan Support, Estate Tax Measure Held Up by Politics New Rust Resistant Bean Varieties Under Development USDA To Purchase Surplus Tomatoes MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year Hosting Breakfast on the Farm MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year Hosting Breakfast on the Farm Corn Will Soon Be on It's Own CSP Final Rule Published by USDA EPA Advisory Committee Announced Several USDA Programs and Grants Unveiled USDA's Farmers Market Begins 15th Season Mark Your Calendar for the 31st Ag Expo, July 20-22 President Promotes Climate Change in Wake of Oil Spill National Rural Summit Strives to Show Importance of Rural America to Rest of the Country Coastal Farmers and Ranchers Feeling the Impact of Oil Spill RFA Pushes California's ARB to Maintain Pledge to Use Best Available Science New Sorghum Technology Highlight of Field Days Quarantine to Protect State's Black Walnut Trees Workhorse Utility Vehicle Line Launched Pork Board to Meet During WPX Above Average Temps Put Most Farm Activities Ahead Of Schedule Pesticide Rule Draft Proposal Issued by EPA Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by Senate Ag Committee Record Pace for Ethanol Supply Tenth Herd Retirement by CWT Begins USDA Helping Restore Disaster-Stricken Farmland Through Funding ARS Scientists Discover Reason Pathogen Threatens Wheat Supply Early Entry Deadline Is June 25 for Michigan Dairy Expo Early Entry Deadline Is June 25 for Michigan Dairy Expo Companies Reach Tech Agreement EPA Approves VipCot Cotton for Natural Refuge House Passage of Biodiesel Tax Credit Praised by NBB, ASA New Child Nutrition Effort Sought NPPC Displeased by EPA Deal New Study Provides Tools to Maximize Nitrogen Use Efficiency Michigan Plant Sale Slated for June 19 Garden Day 2010 Slated for Aug. 6 Continued Biosecurity Is Vital In Today's Pork Industry Five New Tubing Sizes From Lundell Senate Passes Full Market Access Resolution Quarantine to Protect Michigan Chestnut Trees Stall Design May Impact Well-being Of Gestating Sows Biodiesel Tax Extension and More for Ag Part of Bill Passed by House Environmental Petition Being Challenged Crop Insurance Agents Suggest Alternatives to USDA Cuts Study Says Ag Grads Have More Opportunities Ethanol Plants are Ramping Up Efficiency Michigan Dairy Expo Coming to MSU New York Hosts Veal/Dairy Tour Farmers Get Soybeans off to Early Start CWT Announces Herd Retirement Seed Treatment Expanded to More Crops Taking the 'Family Farm' Message to Washington Report: Protect Rainforest, Add to U.S. Farm Income Mutant Wheat Rust Has Scientists Worried Mark Your Calendar for the 31st Ag Expo Visiting Korean Team Experiences California Beef Tour Heterosis Needs a Homozygous Recharge Fetal Programming Research Roundup Beef Group Governance Changes Ongoing Beef Group Governance Changes Ongoing Renewable Fuels Association Challenges Enviro Lawsuit Conferees Named to Hammer Out Financial Bill Group: Get 'Navigable' Back Into Clean Water Act Changes Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition Introduces PeakReportOnline.com MBA Sets Single Month Graduation Record! Student Group Achieves National Recognition Haybuster Adds New Vertical Mixer Myths, Misconceptions and Misinformation about EPA are Abundant Foreign Marketing...Giving Cattle Producers Something to Think About Ranking System Stinks Financial Reform Legislation Supported By AFBF New Compliance Guide Available for Mobile Slaughter Units Senator Harkin Says the Time for Food Safety Reform is Now NCBA Governance Structure Questioned NCBA Governance Structure Questioned New Mixer for Beef, Dairy Producers 2010 Cattle Industry Summer Round -Up Is June 18-19 2010 Cattle Industry Summer Round -Up Is June 18-19 Is Bigger Better? Comprehensive Financial Reform Bill Faces Conference Next Slow Response to Foot-and-Mouth in Japan Creates Controversy Jobs Bill, Biodiesel Tax Measure Delayed Horticulture Adviser Earns Recognition HP Labs Designs Data Center Fueled by Manure Taking a Gamble? Leica Geosystems Throws Late Spring Special Next Frontier: Controlling Crop Stresses You Can't Control Checking Your Financial Health Bull or Bear, There's a Market Strategy The New Sharecropper Polaris Opening Mexican Assembly Plant Call to Action on Biodiesel Tax Group Tackles Obstacles Limit Export Growth Reminder: ACRE, DCP Deadline Approaches Study Shows Gaps in Livestock System Marketing Advice for 2010 Dieselcraft Spins Fuel for Purity Pasture and Grazing Management Workshop June 2 Forage Focus at 2010 Hay Expo Forage Focus at 2010 Hay Expo World Pork Expo Debuts People's Choice BBQ Contest How to Pay for Biodiesel Tax Credit Has Bill Stalled Kofi Annan To Deliver 2010 World Food Prize Keynote Address Coalition of Ag Groups Urges Senate to Adopt Murkowski Resolution Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Do-It-Yourself Shed/Barn Design Monsanto Donates Seed to Haitian Farmers Lambing Clinic Set in East Lansing, May 29 John Deere Builds Its 500,000th Self-Propelled Combine Farm Bill Hearing Held in South Dakota Financial Regulation Bill is Moving Forward Obesity Affecting Military Recruits Research on Aphid Control Shows Promise Training Program for Livestock Auction Markets New Leader Launches Nutrient Applicator MSU Seeks Input from Michiganians with Online Tool BASF Announces EPA Registration of Charter F2 Fungicide Seed Treatment Antitrust Workshop Program in Alabama Announced Lubbock Hosts House Ag Committee Farm Bill Hearing Indirect Land Use Change Theory Ignores Facts and Data Time to Scout Corn and Soybean Fields AMS Sets New Food Safety Standards On-Farm Energy Production Survey Hobart Expands Metalworking Glove Lineup Beef Agreement Between U.S. and South Korea Remains Unchanged Beef Agreement Between U.S. and South Korea Remains Unchanged Service Awards Presented to MMPA Dairy Communicators Service Awards Presented to MMPA Dairy Communicators Improved Soybean Oil Achieves Milestone That Will Advance Development Of Foods AMI Against Regulatory Change Regional Approach to Farm Bill? House Ag Committee Hears from Ag Policy Experts Senators Introduce Bill to Stop West Coast Drilling Celebrate 'June Is Dairy Month' With Breakfast on the Farm China Reopens to U.S. Pork Gowan Launches New Magus Miticide Genetics Has Come a Long Way! USDA Announces Incentives Program to Transition Land to Beginning Farmers Where do European Ag Subsidies Go? Report Shows Atrazine Value Good News for Beef, Pork Exports Application Deadline for Youth Livestock Awards Is June 18 Kinze Offers Air Seed Delivery New Yetter Row Cleaner Pork Producers say Ethanol Industry Should Share More Risk Scientists: Bring Back Weed Research Funding New Draft Energy Bill Released Biotech Tree Field Test Cleared Dur-Adjust Upgrades DARF Hay Rakes Michigan's Meat Animal Cash Receipts Down From Year Earlier Michigan's Meat Animal Cash Receipts Down From Year Earlier Field Peas Are Cheaper Alternative To Corn & Soybeans In Swine Diets USDA Announces Signup for CSP USDA Looking for Forest Lands Partners USDA Forming Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers National Soils Report Released Video Report: Defining Operation Success Kuhn Designs Transport Tedder USDA to Study Energy Production on U.S. Farms GreenStone FCS and Michigan FFA Foundation Are in the Winner's Spotlight Handling alfalfa residue from last year's fields Miller Diversion 180 Pushes TIG to New Welders New Performance Standards Released USDA Eases Rules For Cattle Movement In Michigan Climate Change Bill to Be Introduced Wednesday Reconsideration of Chemical Drift Ban USDA, DOE Announce Research Grant Funding Chambliss Amendments Bring Support Homeland Security Offers Veterinarian Courses PorkBridge Educational Series Returns For Fifth Year Rick Foster to Lead New Michigan State University Extension Institute Sign Up for Wheat, Barley Scab Alerts MABA's Byrum Appointed to U.S. Panel Focused on Boosting Agriculture Trade Funding is Stalling the Biodiesel Tax Credit U.S. Pork Wins Blind Taste Test Early House Hearings Establish a Trend Energy Installation Grants Available Vilsack Tours Pennsylvania Biofuels Plant Is There a Fungus in Your Future? On-line Tee Times 4 Turf Auction Slated for May 10-26 It's That Buggy Time of Year! Market Drop May Have Been Caused by Tech Glitch Company Offers a Challenge Is Europe Opening to More Biotech? Corn is King at this Conference Janice Swanson Named Acting Chair of Animal Science at MSU Renewable Fuels Should Be Part of Oil Spill Response Main Street Friendly Amendment Offered APHIS Taking Stand on Welfare Enforcement Polish Up Your Horse Show Parenting Video Report: Maximize Your Crop Insurance Investment Canadian Hog Numbers Down DuPont Names New China Leader Video Report: Protecting Your Farm From Volatility USDA Hosting National Summit on Rural America EU and US Animal Welfare Groups Unite Urgency Felt to Complete Financial Reform Director of Food Safety at FDA Leaving Farm Broadcasters Meet with Ag Secretary Grain Chain Disputes Advisory Group's Findings Michigan Soybean Farmers' Perceptions Rank High Nationally Video Report: Where is Crop Insurance Heading for 2010 and Beyond? Agreement Focuses on GHG from Livestock Operations Senators Charge KYF2 Program Misguided DuPont Receives Historic EPA Registration National FFA Advisor Case Retiring USDA Purchasing a Variety of Foods Shane to Coordinate New MSU Extension District Groups Want FMD Stopped From Spreading DuPont Receives U.S. EPA Approval for First 'Refuge-in-the-Bag' Seed Product Video Report: Working Capital - What Should it Be? Farmers Oppose Budget Cut Proposals for 2012 Farm Bill Mahindra Adds to 35 Series Call Made to Pay Farmers in Pigford II Case Details Released for Workshop on Competetion and Regulation Details Released for Workshop on Competetion and Regulation Super Duty Fords Now Have Access Debate Continues in Senate on Financial Reform Kuhn Offers New Rotary Rakes Try On-The-Saw Sharpening State Ethanol Incentives Influence Plant Locations, But Can Be Costly Animal Welfare Panel: No Compromise What Do Michigan Young Farmers Think? The Dreaded Word: Replant! Video Report: Expert Panel Explores Profit for 2010 Financial Debate Finally Reaches Senate Floor Friday Begins Field Hearings on Farm Bill Arbor Day Observed Today Survey Focuses on School Food Wal-Mart Stores Set New Beef Requirements April Potato Stocks Reported PQA Plus & TQA Certification Available At World Pork Expo In June Syngenta, Embrapa Establish Multi-Crop Partnership FAO Warns of Increased Threat of FMD Infection Senate Working on Finance and Immigration Reform Obama Visits Missouri Biorefining Plant AFBF Backs Tax Incentive Legislation Atrazine Receives Support During Hearing USDA Releases Latest Cash Rent Figures Cattle Price Bounce Will Soften New MSU Building to Plant Seeds for Collaborative Research Ag Leader Adds Dual Product Application Control to EDGE Display Both Sides Optimistic After U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Resistancefighter.com Pinpoints Glyphosate-resistant Weeds on Local Level Another 5.4 Million Pounds of Cheese Sold Wind Plant in Iowa President's First Stop on Main Street Tour High Priority for Immigration May Not Fly RFA Members Vist Capitol Hill Upgrade Made to FSA Computer Applilcations Current Rural Policy Supported by White House Report Michigan Barns Recognized for Preservation Obama Is Urged To Personally Bridge Congressional Deadlock Over Biodiesel Tax Credit Russia Has Slight Imbalance in Pork Supply Agreement Reached on Wall Street Regulations Immigration Dialog Opened by Arizona Law Legislation for Climate Change-Energy Stuck NACD Celebrates Stewardship Week Michigan Corn Growers Association Announces 2010 Scholarship Recipients Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by House Agriculture Committee Farmers Need to Turn in Acreage Reports to FSA Office ASA Pushes CAB Campaign Duty-free Quota Boosts Opportunities for U.S. Beef in Europe Authors Working to Introduce Climate Change Legislation Crop Calculator Helps Farmers EQIP Supports On-Farm Energy Audits The Fruit Belt Is Mowing in the Fast Lane New Fertilizer Factory Planned in Michigan Earth Day Sees USDA Funds Released Much Work to Be Done On Regulation Package AFBF Voices Concern With EPA Blog Posting Strategy Will Fight Wildfires Monsanto Announces Farmers Mom Finalists Have You Contacted Your Local FSA Office? Checkoff Advertising Campaign Launches In May Wall Street Bill Passes Senate Ag Committee Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto RR Alfalfa Case Vilsack Testifies on Farm Bill NFU Supports Loan Eligibility Extension Act Users Board Recommends Navigational Improvements R-CALF USA Wants HACCP Changes Made County Loan Rates Announced Retail Food Prices Rise Slightly in First Quarter Researchers Turning Hog Output into Oil USDA Deregulates Breakthrough Syngenta Seeds Corn Trait Lincoln's Wall Street Bill to be Marked Up by Senate Ag Commitee Grassley, Conrad Introduce Biofuels Legislation Farmers Should Be Part of Earth Day Celebration Farmers Markets Numbers Being Collected Researchers Turning Hog Output into Oil Michigan 4-H Volunteer Honored With Regional Award Address Pasture Problems Early for Season-Long Benefits Farm Bill Hearings Begin This Week in House Ag Committee Senators to Unveil Climate Bill Proposal Next Monday Food Borne Illness Report Issued by CDC Top Government Food Safety Expert to Speak Presidential Memorandum Addresses Outdoor Spaces California Firm Recalls Products Farmers Advised to Know Anhydrous Fertilizer Regulations, Safeguards CWT Accepts Bids for 4.5 Million Lbs. of Cheese Exports RFA Continues to Push E-15 Waiver Wall Street Bill Introduced by Lincoln Senate to Discuss Financial Overhaul Reasons for High Turnover in Rural Vets 2010 MSU On-Farm Research and Demonstration Books Available Planting Speed Still an Important Factor Dow AgroSciences Grower Agreements Can Be Signed Online Some Expect Food Safety Bill Discussions Next Week Financial Reform Centers on Derivatives New Chemical Legislation Ready for Action ELAP Program Changes ARRA Funds Will Help Rural Infrastructure WREP Funding Available MSU Animal Agriculture Initiative Awards Research Dollars for 2010-2011 White House Meeting Focuses on Financial Regulations Red Wing Software Releases CenterPoint Accounting House Committee Holds Hearing on Energy Tax Credits ASA Presents Research Priorities at NIFA Workshop ARRA Funds Released for Water Improvements Program Encourages SNAP Participation FLP Working to Save Forest Lands 4-H Taps Text Giving for New Fundraising Effort Dairy Advisory Committee Meeting This Week Coalition Supports Permanent Estate Tax Law Running on the Power of Protein in Boston Poncho/VOTiVO Seed Treatment Receives Corn Registration Farm Bill Work Begins at Producer Level ARS Working to Develop Biofuel from Camelina Michigan Vegetable Intentions Announced for 2010 Kuhn Offers New Variable Round Balers Turbo Boost for Massey's 2600 Series AutoFarm ParaDyme System Expands BBI Raises the Bar in Advanced Rate Control NFU Calls for Crop Insurance Baseline Protection National Rewable Energy Scheduled for June Company Helps Farmers Turn 'Waste' to Energy MMPA Leaders Elected MMPA Leaders Elected Class-Action Suit Filed Against Perdue Farms, Inc. American Wind Capital Buys OCES Deere Creates New Insurance Entity National TV Campaign Will Promote Ethanol Changes Requested in Senate Food Safety Bill USDA Working to Become the People's Department Wind Energy Growing Across Nation Wind Turbine Systems Contest Winners Announced CME Cheese Prices Rise BASF Sues Over Patent Rights MMPA Recognizes 35-year Members MSU Hosts Earth Day Presentation by WWF Vice President Are You Ready to Pour a Glass of Champagne? Michigan Corn Holdings Surpass Last Year, Soybean Stocks Down MSU Students to Compete in the National Dairy Challenge MSU Students to Compete in the National Dairy Challenge Iowa Poultry Association Responds To HSUS Video Deals Made for Renewable Energy Systems in Hawaii Ethanol Production Continues to Increase Sustainability Focus at United Fresh Meeting Agri-Women Meeting Underway MSU Students To Compete In The National Dairy Challenge Make Plans Now To Attend World Pork Expo June 9-11 March Agricultural Prices Show All Farm Products Up 4.4% Global Food Security Symposium Keynoted by Vilsack FDA Weaknesses Exposed by Report Several Livestock Diseases Could be Declared Eradicated in Brazil State Turkey Research Produces Bigger Birds to Satisfy Consumer Demand Highlights Released From Michigan Prospective Planting Report Renewable Energy Partnership Launched by USDA, Navy Cattlemen Hopeful for Vilsack Visit to Japan Maintaining Stored Grain Is Topic of April 9 Webinar Temporary Suspension of Brazilian Ethanol Import Tariff Beef Board Seats New Members Michigan Corn Growers Association Elects New Board Members and Officers State Officials to Survey for Emerald Ash Borer in the Brimley Area Agriculture Water Quality Funds Released BCAP Moving Biomass Industry Funds Released to Aid Community Facilities AFBF Reports Quarterly Food Costs Researchers Tap Diverse Wheat in Gene Battle Bale Cutters can Add Value to Hay 4-H Turns High Tech for Fundraising Why Corn Plants Do Better When They Get More Light Circuit Court Vacates Injunction on California Law Government Has Not Made Its Agreed to Price Eleven Michigan Animal Shelters Receive Funds from Tax Donations March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Is Up From Year Ago March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Is Up From Year Ago NCBA Encouraged by Vilsack Trade Mission to Japan Resistant Bacteria a Fact of Life Beef Will Take Centerstage During Japanese Trip Strickland Signs Livestock Care Standards Bill Increase in Offshore Drilling Announced Wildlife Federation Calls for Repeal of Biofuels Incentives DOE to Open Biofuels Development Facility Presque Isle-Cheboygan USDA Service Center Closed Due to Fire 4th Annual Meat-In Day Encourages Students to Support Ag Hydroswing Pitches Directly to Farmers Up-Top Pivot Rotator from Nelson End Spray from Senninger is "Solid State" Homeland Security Renews Animal Disease Efforts NCGA Issues Reminder on SURE Program USDA Broadband Program Enters Phase Two Bayer CropScience Launches Internet-Based Crop Compendium Court Ruling Underlines Assessment Protocols Study Finds E20 Lowers Emissions House Resolution Seeks More Access for Beef Products USDA Contracts to Update FSA System Tighter Farm Regulations Called for by New Report Timing of First Clean Air Act Permits Set by EPA Latest Health Care Poll Released Standard Reinsurance Agreement Cuts Considered Ignore the Impulse to Fix Compaction this Spring No More Cap and Trade International Beef Symposium Taking Place in Manhattan, Kansas International Beef Symposium Taking Place in Manhattan, Kansas New Law Increases Renewable Energy Standard in Colorado Meat Safety and Accountability Act Introduced Pork Producers Attend NPPC's Spring Legislative Action Conference How Deep Do You Plant Corn? Video: Expert Panel Explores Profitability Issues Health Care Package Finalized by Senate and House Comments Sought on Rule to Enhance Food Security Farm Bureau Versus Army Corps of Engineers Beef Checkoff Celebrates Earth Day Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Gets Unanimous Support in Committee A Sure-Fire Grain Price-Raiser With Health Care 'Finished' Leaders Turn to Financial Overhaul NFU Goes to Vilsack on Behalf of Dairy Producers USDA Events Scheduled to Highlight Efforts to Improve School Meals Workshop to Provide In-depth, Personalized Information for Dairy Farmers Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Michigan Dairy Herd Numbers Increase in February Michigan Dairy Herd Numbers Increase in February Michigan 12th Grader Is Ag Day Essay Contest Winner Two-In-One Test Developed for Detecting E. coli Corn Acres May Be Limited by Tight Margins President Signs Health Care Reform Bill RMA Partnership Agreement Grants Available More Funding for Broadband Projects House Ag Subcommittee Looks at RUS Routine Surveillance Finds Emmet County Beef Herd Positive for Bovine TB Virent and Shell Announce Viable Biogasoline Process Challenges Remain for Heatlh Care Reform Grassley Will Introduce Amendment to Health Care Package Several Agencies Create Climate Research Program Ethanol to be Produced from Garbage Health Care Package Passes House Governors Take Stand on Wind Energy SUN Act Introduced Air Quality Issues Focus of Grants JBS SA Makes Another Buy MSU Dairy Facility Garners Silver LEED Certification Gypsum Study Proves Problems of One-Year Conclusions UPES Dairy Herd to Be Sold This Summer China Reopens Market to U.S. Pork China Reopens Market to U.S. Pork Bill Would Require More Recall Notifications Cold Storage Loans Available MSU Animal Scientists Receive Nearly $1.5 Million More Veterinarian Student Loan Paydowns Coming More Veterinarian Student Loan Paydowns Coming NCGA Releases Video First Jobs Bill on President's Desk Official Spring Forecast is Wet One Health Initiative Discussed One Health Initiative Discussed Corn Is Most Profitable Cellulosic Biofuel Crop in Michigan Biotech Sugarbeets Get Green Light Japanese Beef Ban Draws Fire from Senators Japanese Beef Ban Draws Fire from Senators Policy Goals Set at NFU Convention Senators Want Restraint on Ag Budget Cuts Pelosi Says Congress Could Pass Legislation Without Vote Animal Standards Fight Restarts in Ohio Animal Standards Fight Restarts in Ohio Idaho, Missouri Take Preemptive Action Against HSUS Idaho, Missouri Take Preemptive Action Against HSUS AAA Looking at Activism's Impact on Food Security AAA Looking at Activism's Impact on Food Security Farm Bureau Reports on Views of Young Farmers and Ranchers Health Care Reconciliation Begins Process Improve Your Soybean Production Practices on Checkoff Web Site Health Care Changes Could Be Voted on by House This Week EPA GHG Regulation Continues to be Fought Against Action on Cuban Trade Legilslation is Being Urged in Both Chambers Older Bioenergy Plants Eligible for Improvement Funding Take Time to Secure Those Seed Bags 2008 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey Released Several Groups Testify on Cuban Trade Several Groups Testify on Cuban Trade USDA-DOJ Announced Updated Panel List for Competition Workshop USDA Tightening Guidance on Pork Contracts Subcommittee Reviews USDA's IT Systems Michigan Trout Production Falls Mac's Upgrades Trail D-Vise New Wind Power System Aimed at Farm and Ranch New Rotating Sprinkler from Netafim Bigger Swath Grader Blade NPPC Delegates Set Organizational Direction NPPC Delegates Set Organizational Direction Competitive Workshop Schedule Announced Soybean Group Endorses River Infrastructure Plan Conservation Districts Push Value of Technology MSU Student Named 2010 Michigan Dairy Ambassador Senate Moves Biodiesel Tax Bill Forward Co-ops Will Promote Competion at DOJ-USDA Workshops Advisory Committee Makes Recomendations to DOI Cellulosic Biorefinery Loan Announced Doppler Technology Could Lead to Better Management Protocols Farm Bureau Seeks Teens for Young People's Citizenship Seminar Leading Agricultural Organizations to Host Gubernatorial Forum Nominate Your Farm Mom? No Word On Roundup Ready Sugarbeets FAPRI Report Delivered to Congress Animal Rights Legislation Introduced Forest Restoration Advisory Committee Being Formed Sorghum Checkoff Ends First Year Funds Available for Wind Energy Project in Hawaii ASA Policy Set at Commodity Classic National DHIA Names Scholarship Winners National DHIA Names Scholarship Winners Manage Potassium for Hay and Pasture Production Management Sessions Offer Financial Perspective for 2010 EPA Control of GHG Has a New Opponent FDA Initiates Investigation That Could Lead to Huge Recall Trade Main Topic of Vilsack at Commodity Classic Russian Agreement to Accept U.S. Pork Confirmed by USDA Russian Agreement to Accept U.S. Pork Confirmed by USDA Some Counter-Cyclical Payments Going Out UPES Dairy Herd to Be Sold This Summer Attention to Detail Will Make the Difference Ag Secretary Highlights Need to Revitalize Rural America Monsanto Boosts Roundup Production, Announces New Herbicide Vilsack Will Keynote Commodity Classic AFBF Supports Relief Act Johanns Draws Parallel Between Safety of Beef and Toyotas Johanns Draws Parallel Between Safety of Beef and Toyotas Support Mounting for Resolution to Stop EPA USDA Wants to Improve Mississippi River Water Changes in Energy Stimulus Program Requested by Senators Climate Science Center Located in Alaska Forage Technology Conference Set for March 11 at MSU Getting the Biodiesel Tax Credit Back Online Is ASA's Top Priority Corn Growers See Need to Tell Their Story Most Americans Don't Know the Truth About HSUS Final Version of Presidential Health Care Plan Outlined Jobs Bill Advancing in Senate CFTC Focus of Hearing Dean Foods Lawyers File Paperwork House Ag Committee Approves Bills Michigan Department of Agriculture Announces Specialty Crop Grants Ignite Herbicide Price Reduction Adds to the Value of LibertyLink Crops Company Working to Tackle Consumer-Farm Debate Focus on Debt, Rising China SmartStax Corn Hybrid Planted for Commercial Production Finance Ranking Member Has Questions for USTR Fact Sheets Available that List False Information in Movie Food Inc. Disaster Package Added to Jobs Bill Update Made to Poultry Welfare Guidelines Update Made to Poultry Welfare Guidelines Mike Score, President of Hantz Farms, Receives Prestigious MSU Honor Legislation on Climate Change Will be Brought to Congress Next Month Pork Organization Meeting This Week Pork Organization Meeting This Week Health Care Reform Bill Limping Along Canadian Cattle Focus of DDGS Trial Canadian Cattle Focus of DDGS Trial December Domestic Ethanol Production Up McGovern-Dole Program Receives USDA Funds Horning Family Named 2010 MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year USDA Final Decision on Large Producer Milk Bottlers USDA Announces CRP Signup Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Honored Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions May Be Reportable Plan Pinkeye Prevention Program For Beef Cattle Now Plan Pinkeye Prevention Program For Beef Cattle Now Health Care Debated During Presidential Summit Pesticide Applicator Training During ANR Week Health Care Summit Held at the White House New Swine Contracting Requirements Being Enforced New Swine Contracting Requirements Being Enforced Obesity Collaborative Strengthened National FFA Week Winding Down Existing Government Policies Spur Wind Power Development Turning Point Offers Tough Cylinders Try Tractor Stalk Stompers Sukup Introduces Continuous Eave Venting Roto-Mix Presents Cyclone HDS Series Forum Seeks to Address Animal Ag Issues in Michigan Forum Seeks to Address Animal Ag Issues in Michigan Senate Passes Job Bill House Passes HR 4626 SRA Revisions Make Progress Poultry Labels Questioned Poultry Labels Questioned Alternative Way to Treat Bunt Disease Possible Insect Control Products Powered By DuPont Rynaxypyr Receive Federal Registration for Product Label Expansions Michigan Beekeepers Association to Hear From Delaware Author Food Consumption Being Tracked By USDA Leafy Green Rules Considered Jobs Bill to be Voted on by Senate This Week President's Health Care Proposal Not Well Received Drug Use in Food Animals Defended by Livestock Groups Drug Use in Food Animals Defended by Livestock Groups MSU Dairy Farm Named Top in the Nation for Milk Quality MSU Dairy Farm Named Top in the Nation for Milk Quality President Offers Health Care Proposal Supreme Court Decision Tightens Pesticide Regulation Water Sustainability Program Announced Warning Label Sought for Hot Dogs Pork Prospects Appear Promising Pork Prospects Appear Promising Commission in Place to Tackle Federal Budget Farm Bureau Making Moves on EPA Endangerment Finding NFU Thanks Ag Secretary for Call to Bring Biodiesel Tax Credit Back Extra Residue this Spring May Require Adjustments Beef Cattle Expansion Not Expected in Short Term Beef Cattle Expansion Not Expected in Short Term National Ground Water Awareness Week Planned Pressure Mounts to Make Dryer, Bin Buying Decisions Soon NCGA Continues Support of Nematode Research USDA Settles Lawsuit by Black Farmers Claiming Discrimination State Biopreferred Bill Expected to Become Law Texas Officials Challenging EPA USDA Proposes Changes in Crop Insurance Program ASA Wants Biodiesel Tax Extension in Jobs Bill Beginning Farmer Rancher Program Grants ARRA Review Continues Vilsack is Commodity Classic Keynote Speaker USSEC Selected as International Marketing Contractor Webinar Replay: Tech Trends for 2010 Explored Former Ag Ambassador Shares Concerns U.S. Being Left Behind on Trade Web Site Launched to Watchdog HSUS Activities USDA Releases ERS Forecasts Political Control Could Change in Washington Bright Future Seen for Ethanol Industry by RFA Executive Administration Making Recovery Act Sales Calls GM and Growth Energy Push for More Blender Pumps Foster Named W.K. Kellogg Professor at Michigan State University Flaws Surface in U.N. Climate Report H1N1 Virus in Retreat R-CALF USA Backs Court Decision R-CALF USA Backs Court Decision California Companies Recall Meat Products New MSU Extension Bulletin Offers Production Tips for Brewery Staple Syngenta to Sell Soybeans by Seed Count Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program Underway Organic Rules for Livestock Announced Organic Rules for Livestock Announced R-CALF Resolution Addresses Extremist Groups R-CALF Resolution Addresses Extremist Groups Guest Worker Program Rules Posted Dairy H-2A Bill Proposal Coming Dairy H-2A Bill Proposal Coming Biodiesel Leaders Call on Senator Harkin To Put 'Green Jobs' Back Into The 'Jobs' Bill Experts Not Sure Where Extra Acres Will Go Syngenta Seeds Receives Mexican Import Approval for Corn Register Now for Michigan Barn Preservation Network Annual Conference Sweetener Is Safe For Your Sweetheart This Valentine's Day Senate Jobs Bill Would Benefit Agriculture Administration Looking at Older Meat Animals R-CALF Resolutions to Go To Membership R-CALF Resolutions to Go To Membership Earthquake Awareness Promoted Clearing Up Misconceptions About Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Clearing Up Misconceptions About Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture Wireless Sensors Used To Monitor Chicken Well-Being Consider Variety Choices for Top Yields Valent Introduces Biorational Business Unit Baseline Projections for Agriculture Released by USDA Sequencing May Aid in Producing Biofuel Crops Cooperatives to Tell Their Story Topcon Introduces System 250 Federal Government Shut Down by Storms Report Focuses on Health Care Reform Bean and Beet Symposium Enlightens Producers Hot Start CTM Takes Chill Off Bolt-on ATV Traction Gators Get a Makeover NBB CEO Believes RFS2 a Great Catalyst for Biodiesel Industry Presidential Task Force on Child Obesity Formed House Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Cap and Trade Cyst Nematode Resistant Soybean Line Developed Massey Ferguson Offers new HD Series Utility Tractor USDA Gives New Plan for Livestock ID MSE Names Youth Institute Director Dynasty Seed Treatment Fungicide Now Registered for Use on Sorghum President Calls for Health Care Summit R-CALF USA Proclaims Major Victory Pork Industry Objective Unaffected Pork Industry Objective Unaffected GM Supports B20 Biodiesel Will Have Momentum as Year Continues Advanta US, Inc. Acquires Crosbyton Seed Company Estate Tax Rider in Bill Financial Reform in Jeopardy USDA Agricultural Projections to Be Released Nation's Sorghum Producers in Washington USDA Reviewing Government Food Programs Monsanto Company Receives Approval for New Acetochlor Herbicide Formulation Make Wise Choices About Seed Corn Republicans Call for Estate Tax Legislation Support Children's Health Insurance Program Grows Pork Forum Held Next Month Pork Forum Held Next Month Incorrect Calculations of Indirect Land Use Provides Ammunition for Corn-Based Ethanol House Ag Chair Already Looking Ahead to Next Farm Bill BASF Launches Headline Fungicide Training Module Michigan Corn Growers Association Scholarship Opportunities Matching Nutrition to Cow Type NCGA Focuses on Tax Proposals Veal Industry Adopts Guidelines Veal Industry Adopts Guidelines Organic Survey Results Reported Study of Biodiesel Issued EPA Issues RFS Rules President Talks Biofuels With Governors Yamaha Shipping 2011 Rhinos For Summer Delivery NCFC Concerned by Justice Attempt to End Antitrust Exemption Michigan Sheep and Goat Inventory Increases Valley Will Offer Variable Rate Irrigation Reaction to Proposed Budget Continues Funds Go to Animal Agriculture Research Funds Go to Animal Agriculture Research Researchers Find New Barley Breeding Techniques Evening News Focuses on Antimicrobials Evening News Focuses on Antimicrobials USDA'S NASS Taking ARMS Survey Grassley Anticipates Senate Work on Biodiesel Tax Credit Will Start Soon Farm Women's Symposium Is March 10-12 Animal Activists Counterattack in Ohio Animal Activists Counterattack in Ohio Propane Group Offers Incentives to Buy/Test New Propane Equipment Proposed Budget for FY 2011 Sent to Congress Rural America Impacted by EPA Budget Transparent Health Care Bill Pushed by Republicans New Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Speaks Out New Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Speaks Out U.S Wheat Producers Benefit From Promotions Arnot to Keynote at 8th Annual Dairy Conference Webinar Replay: Changing Role of Retailers and Dealers Explored Top Producers Honored As 2010 Michigan Master Farmers President Dedicating Cap-and-Trade Dollars Chorus of Praise for Trade and Export Remarks in State of Union Fewer Disorders in Poultry Confirmed Fewer Disorders in Poultry Confirmed Need for Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Meat Plan Ahead for 2010 Michigan Livestock Expo in July USDA Purchasing Products for Nutrition Programs Corn Specialist Seeks Clues for Surprising Corn Harvest Government Purchasing Dry Edible Beans for Haiti Reaction to State of the Union Address Small Steps on Health Care Planned in House USDA Issues First NE3 Designation Lincoln Recognized by Wheat Industry ATVs Make Work Fun for Horse Owners Capello Corn Heads Now Available in U.S. Horsch Introduces Cougar Planting System Yamaha Offers "Starting Power" Backup Generator New Holland Offers High Clearance Tractor for Specialty Crops Administration Rephrasing Cap-and-Trade R-CALF USA Questions Beef Checkoff Direction R-CALF USA Questions Beef Checkoff Direction Small Farms Conference Features Outside-The-Box Thinking Montana Beef Processing Plants to Open Montana Beef Processing Plants to Open Senate Rejects Budget Commission Obama Wants Spending Freeze Carcass Irradiation Not Moving Within USDA Carcass Irradiation Not Moving Within USDA House Leader Speaks on Smaller Health Care Bill Dean Foods Purchase Being Challenged Monsanto Receives Mexican Import Approval New Bioproducts Web Site Introduced Italian Sausage Products Recalled Vote on Deficit-Reduction Panel Expected Tuesday Organizations Concerned with Reinsurance Agreement Ned Birkey Receives Excellence in Extension Award Study Shows Pork Safe After Pigs Exposed to H1N1 Virus Study Shows Pork Safe After Pigs Exposed to H1N1 Virus Tyson Shifting Some Production South Tyson Shifting Some Production South Wind Could Power Portion of Eastern Grid EPA Rejects Confidential Business Information Excuse Small Farms Conference Features Outside-the-Box Thinking ARRA Funds to Support Rural Businesses Ask Seedsmen Lots of Questions This Year Non Ag Groups Interested in Cap-and-Trade Regulations FSA Offering Web-Based Payment Calculator Renewable Fuels Adopted by Navy and Marine Corps 2010 Looks to Be Slow for Equipment Sales. Michigan Winter Wheat Seedings Decrease Sioux City Hog Processing Facility Closing Sioux City Hog Processing Facility Closing RMA Urged Not to Cut Crop Insurance Brown Becomes 41st Republican Senator Alaska Senator Wants to Stop EPA from Regulating GHG Portable Slaughter Facilities Have Economic Potential Portable Slaughter Facilities Have Economic Potential NCGA Opposes House Cap-and-Trade Workshop Focuses on Nutrient Management for Small, Mid-Sized Farms Webinar Replay: Changing Role of Retailers and Dealers Explored NFU Pleas for Haitian Support Broader Swine Disease Surveillance Program Sought Broader Swine Disease Surveillance Program Sought Senate Health Care Bill is Better Than Nothing Pest Detection Dollars Now Available Company Recalls Ground Beef Company Recalls Ground Beef HSUS Targets Restaurant Chains Growth Energy CEO Speaks Out on Renewable Fuels Tyson Settlement Approved Tyson Settlement Approved MSU Dairy Meetings Focus on Managing Cows During Early Lactation MSU Dairy Meetings Focus on Managing Cows During Early Lactation Commodity Classic Early Registration Discount Ends January 20 Monsanto Scores a Pair of Favorable Court Decision Crunch Time for Health Care Reform Bison Meat and Producers in High Demand Bison Meat and Producers in High Demand Position Limits Supported by NFU 25X25 Wants Biodiesel Incentive Package Passed Consideration Continues on Financial System Reform NACD Gains New Leader ARRA Broadband Funds Announced Sara Girbach Receives MSU Dairy Memorial Scholarship Farm Bureau Reports Marketbasket Survey Results U.S. Food Being Sent to Haiti Health Care Bill Being Readied Obama Administration Meeting With Russia This Week Obama Administration Meeting With Russia This Week Expanding Opportunities for Corn Growers Key Focus of Ethanol Committee State Seeks Applications for the Top Agricultural Exporter USDA Joins Fuel Up to Play 60 Campaign Environment vs. Genetics in 2009 USB Chairman Looks at 2010 with Great Optimism Justice Wants Monsanto Trait Information NCGA Policy Being Formed This Week Animal ID Principles Sent to Congress Animal ID Principles Sent to Congress Research Focuses on Potential Problems Feeding DDGS Research Focuses on Potential Problems Feeding DDGS John Deere Risk Protection Ties Crop Insurance to Equipment Used We Burn Some Wire with Lincoln's New PowerMIG 216 Agriculture Road Warrior to Speak at 2010 GLRDC in Frankenmuth Product Ideas for Keeping your Horse Drinking Water in Winter Crustbuster Unveils Trio of New Drills Like Chaff In The Wind Sta-bil Now Available for Diesel Fuel Fold It Up For Easy Transport Study Claims Ethanol is Crowding Out Wildlife Pomeroy Strives to Halt EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases AFBF Delegates take Action and Hold Reelection California Board Approves Low Carbon Fuels Standard Tyson Suit Settled Tyson Suit Settled Learn About Organic Farm Research at ANR Week Session New AD 2 Technology From Firestone Farm Bureau Delegates Send Strong Climate Message Farmers Telling Ag's Story Online Farmers Telling Ag's Story Online USDA Looking for Changes in Crop Numbers Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Report Confirms Production Demand Can Be Met Beef Cattle Prices May Rise This Year as Herd Shrinks Beef Cattle Prices May Rise This Year as Herd Shrinks December Agricultural Prices Reported Illinois Farmer Inventor Wins Top Farm Bureau Award HSUS is Using Religion to its Advantage HSUS is Using Religion to its Advantage Collegiate Ag Leadership Program Available Michigan/Ontario Research Reporting Session Is Jan. 19 Stenholm: Political System Absolutely Broken Highlights from Day One at American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Horner Challenges Climate Change Data Afghan Farmers Receiving Help from Several Government Agencies Farm Bureau President Tells Critics: Circumstances Have Changed Funds to Benefit Clean Energy Manufacturing CFTC Chairman Calls for Regulations Legislation Would Stop EPA Regulation Implementation Organization Questions HSUS Status as Nonprofit December Michigan Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up December Michigan Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up High Powered Lineup for AFBF Annual Meeting in Seattle Annual USDA Outlook Forum Set Two Key Programs Supporting Livestock Producers Slaughter Calls Russian Ban a Wake-up Call Auto Maker Keynoting National Ethanol Conference Pork Board to Meet in Ohio Pork Board to Meet in Ohio Twelve Michigan Corn Growers Top the State in the National Corn Yield Contest Pulsar Herbicide Registered for Use in Wheat, Barley Syngenta Announces Licensing Agreements Two Senate Democrats Stepping Down NFU Has Goals for Health Care Reform Health Care Reform Awaits Compromise Companion School Food Safety Bill Introduced Veal and Lamb Merger Announced Veal and Lamb Merger Announced Dairy Advisory Committee Announced Dairy Advisory Committee Announced Stellas Gourmet Pierogi Potato Cheddar Bacon Product Recalled Monsanto Annual Research and Development Pipeline Updat Westchester Group Scholarship Offered Senators Speak Out Against Taiwan Move Senators Speak Out Against Taiwan Move Cargill Testing E. Coli Vaccine Cargill Testing E. Coli Vaccine MABA Awards Scholarships to 20 Students USDA, USTR Disappointed in Taiwan Legislative Decision USDA, USTR Disappointed in Taiwan Legislative Decision Louisiana Ag Commissioner Warns of Far-Reaching Carbon Laws Vilsack Wants Another Look at Climate Models Constitutionality of Health Care Reform Being Questioned Next Track of Health Care Uncertain CCC Rate Announced for January MI Cattlemen's Conference Focuses on Change, Jan. 23 SURE Program Sign-Up Begins Monday Agreement Reached on Producer Information USDA Redefines the Term 'Actively Engaged' Pilgrim's Pride Settles With Government Growth Energy Responds to Proposed Regulation Hog Economist Retires from Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia Hog Economist Retires from Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia Michigan's November Milk Production Increases Free Webcast Addresses Horse Health Farmers Need to Check for Skin Cancer USDA Program Offers Support for Solutions Reaction to Potential Taiwan Beef Restrictions Reaction to Potential Taiwan Beef Restrictions SURE Sign Up Begins Next Week Ban of Chlorine Treated Poultry Implemented by Russia Ban of Chlorine Treated Poultry Implemented by Russia HSUS Petition Drive Begins in Missouri HSUS Petition Drive Begins in Missouri Syngenta Buys Potatoes to Feed Hungry Corn Board Nominations Sought AMI Defends Mechanical Tenderization AMI Defends Mechanical Tenderization Taiwan to Restart Beef Ban California Fuel Rules Called Illegal Water, Environmental Project Grants Announced Soybean Rust Program Retooled for 2010 SURE Program Up and Running Agrium Clears FTC Hurdle Congresswoman Calls for Labels After Latest Recall Time Running Out for Biodiesel Credit Renewable Fuel Rules Could be Published Soon Agency Says Public Should Know Chemical Inert Ingredients Leadership Named for Senate Ag Subcommittees Questions After a Tough Year Christmas Eve Action Aims to Stop EPA Moves Christmas Eve Action Aims to Stop EPA Moves Christmas Eve Vote by Senate Moves Healthcare Changes Forward National Energy Lab Working With Sorghum High Tunnels to Be Researched Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Pfizer H1N1 Vaccine Approved Census of Horticulture Underway Record Yield Recorded For Michigan's Potato Crop Health Care Vote Thursday Morning Hawkeye Renewables Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy RFS Information Inadequate NCBA Supports Interstate Shipments Survey Results of Soybean Farmers Reported Canada's Sow Reduction Numbers Reported Vaccines Developed for E-Coli in Calves Vaccines Developed for E-Coli in Calves NCBA Facing Structural Change USDA to Pay Dairy Producers 32 Cents/cwt USDA to Pay Dairy Producers 32 Cents/cwt New Pork and Poultry Quotas Set by Russia New Pork and Poultry Quotas Set by Russia Launch of South Korean Burger a Success Launch of South Korean Burger a Success Potash Prices to Rise NCGA Begins Podcast Series Closed-Loop Beef Operation Planned for New York State Closed-Loop Beef Operation Planned for New York State FSIS Seeks Meat Labeling Changes RFA Wants California's New Fuels Standard Stopped Corn Storage Tips Offered Essay Contest Open to Students Livestock Operators to Be Surveyed in January Weakened Climate Change Agreement Reached Senate Reaches Agreement on Health Care Reform Climate Legislation Can Benefit Farmers and Ranchers USDA Purchasing Cheese USDA Purchasing Cheese Court of Appeals Sides With Packer Court of Appeals Sides With Packer National Corn Yield Contest Winners Announced Immigration Reform Legislation Introduced Michigan Dry Bean Production and Yield Down Get Organized With Cable Caddy Yetter Works on Compatibility Follow the Narrow Way Narrow-Pulling Air Drill Another New Name in the Seed Business RR Alfalfa Up For Comment -- Again USDA Announces New Restrictions on Emergency Dairy Aid President Speaks in Copenhagen Clark Warns Against Continuing Oil Imports Pressure Mounting on Health Care Reform Broadband Developmental Funds Released Forest Service Developing New Plan More Members of Congress Step Forward on EPA Resolution of Disapproval Learn About Bioeconomy Topics in New MSU Extension Fact Sheets Average Value of Iowa Farmland Declines By 2% In 2009 Dairy Financial Aid Being Offered Dairy Financial Aid Being Offered Health Care Reform Struggling Estate Tax Extension Blocked Greenhouse Gas Alliance Formed Judge says Poultry Litter Not Solid Waste Learning How to Do More With Less in an Ever-Changing Dairy World Lieberman Leaning Toward Health Care Bill Estate Tax Exemption in Question Dairy Producers Pledge to Reduce Emissions Disapproval Resolution Announced Against EPA Biodiesel Action Alert Issued MSU to Host 2011 Youth Horse Leaders Symposium Dow AgroSciences Submits New Soybean Herbicide Tolerance Trait for USDA Review Monsanto Offers Six New Cotton Varieties U.S. Releases Climate Overview Alternative Cap-and-Trade Program Presented Trade With Cuba Will Be Easier Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Passes House NCGA to Release Yield Contest Results Michigan Products Recognized at Conference for Excellence Medicare Eligibility Expansion Receives Key Support NASS Changing Hogs and Pigs Reporting Ranges USMEF Review Shows Positive Meat Trends USMEF Review Shows Positive Meat Trends USDA to Lobby Lawmakers with School Food Access to India Markets a Problem Basic Rules Still Apply When Buying Seed Michigan Live Horse Racing 2010 Schedule Unveiled Great Lakes Hybrids to Offer New and Expanded Seed Technologies Financial Reform Bill Vote on Friday Food Safety Group Recomendation Implemented House Passes Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Health Bill Vote Possible Before Christmas Framework for Energy Legislation Released Do-It-Yourself Repairs on Propane Systems Often Dangerous Russia Threatens to Close Border to U.S. Pork 2009 A Green Year for Farm Progress Show BASF Unveils Seed Treatment Web Site NCGA Scholarship Deadline Near Biofuels Reducing World Wide GHG Emissions Advocacy and Outreach Office Opens Coalition Backs Pump Tax Rollback Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Now Includes Additional Counties in U.P. Basf Plant Science, Monsanto Enter Into Agreement For Nutridense Tips For Livestock Farmers To Prepare For Winter Storms Tips For Livestock Farmers To Prepare For Winter Storms Climate Change Conference Ready to Get Serious More Groups React Negatively to EPA Declaration More Groups React Negatively to EPA Declaration Expert Offers Tax Planning Tips Ag Groups File Brief in Alfalfa Case Check-Off Funded Research to Be Shared With Farmers Statewide Vilsack Announces Funding to Fight Bark Beetles Ag Leader Introduces New Precision Agriculture Tools New Biological Seed Treatment Provides Nematode Protection Dairy Producers: Learn About On-Farm Processing, Marketing Reaction to EPA Greenhouse Announcement Mixed Senators Speak Out on Cap and Trade Second USDA Food Commodity Contracting Conference Announced President Lobbies for Health Care Small Plant Help-Desk Opened Smartstax Corn Receives Import Approvals for Korea, Taiwan Two Days of Hearings Conclude with Concerns ARRA Funds Help Local Food Banks Cutting Edge Biorefinery Projects Receive Funds Poultry Calendar Available Poultry Calendar Available Look for Positives in a Nightmarish Fall Southwire Introduces SureSeal Cable Prop-A-Gate Offers Helping Hand Lincoln Launches Light Viking Helmet Bigger and Faster Claas Rake ASA Announces New Officers Increased International Attendance at 2009 Farm Progress Show NCBA Concerned With Banking Regulations Senate Ag Committee Moving on Financial Regulation Bill House Passes Permanent Estate Tax Relief Bill Clark Testifies at White House Jobs Summit RFA Leader Wants More Answers NASS Reports on Irrigation Use International Marketing Assistance Available for Michigan Producers Something Nice For Gear-Head Farmers Further Strengthening Of Cotton Research Congress Trying Again to Lift Trade Restrictions with Cuba H1N1 Identified in Turkey Flock H1N1 Identified in Turkey Flock GIPSA Issues New Full Disclosure Rule GIPSA Issues New Full Disclosure Rule Subcommittee Focuses on Climate Change Bill Grassley Wants Last Minute Inclusion in Summit Topic Legislation Would Change Meat and Poultry Inspection Rules Governor Restores Authority to Michigan Commission of Agriculture EPA Delays E15 Determination Estate Tax Bill Up for Vote in House R-CALF Supports Interstate Shipments of State Inspected Meat CBO Report Receives Mixed Reviews Webinar Recap: Maximizing Your Purchasing Power for 2010 Webinar Recap: Maximizing Your Purchasing Power for 2010 Second Wave of H1N1 Has Peaked EPA Announces Delay in E15 Decision EPA E15 Ruling Expected Tuesday CBO Reports Costs on Health Care Bill Justice Department Looking at Big Ag Businesses Chicken Council Questions Consumer Reports Survey Sorghum Producers Get Better Crop Insurance Elections President to Attend Copenhagen Climate Talks Farmland Values Continue Slump Stats Show Safety Level of School Bound Beef Poll Shows Weakening Views of Climate Change Harvest Will End…Someday! Try These Welding Projects 2010 Energy Drilling Lease Sales Announced Bio-Oil and Biochar May be Future of Corn Stover Energy Department Supports Smart Grid Technologies Letter Asks NAIS be Shut Down Letter Asks NAIS be Shut Down Happy Thanksgiving!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Grass Hedges Do Protect Water Government Reforms Top Policy Agenda for MFB 90th Annual Meeting 2010 Scholars Program Details Released AMI Supports Interstate Commerce Rules Blender Pump Tax Fix Sought EPA Renews Agriculture Charter Search Is on for the State's Best Apple Pie Lull in Climate Change Action Provides Time to Look Again Senate Ag Committee Focuses on Rural Economy Funds Will Help Mississippi River Basin Water Quality Funding Applications Open for Planning Activities Buy Local and Make It a Michigan Thanksgiving Senate Votes to Move to the Health Care Debate WTO Panels to Decide on COOL, EU Poultry Ban Disaster Assistance Bill Introduced Growth Energy Wants California's Public Comment Period Reopened Still Tilling Soybean Stubble….Why? Farm/City Week Tackles Livestock Myths vs. Facts Ag Chair Schedules Two Field Meetings Meetings Set to Explore Competition and Regulatory Issues Corn Genome Sequencing Complete New Senate Health Care Bill Faces Rocky Future Committee Passes Food Safety Bill NFU Speaks Out on Child Nutrition Bill One-Year Extension of Current Estate Tax Looks Likely Senate Ag Committee Considers Financial Oversight No Climate Change Bill This Year Please Place Swine Workers on H1N1 Priority List with Santa Estate Tax Bill Could be Delayed Beef Checkoff Wants a Food Fight Beef Checkoff Wants a Food Fight Nutrition Program Hearing Held Food Safety Bill Mark Up Scheduled Poultry Industry Cleaning Up Act Poultry Industry Cleaning Up Act Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Introduced in House Ag, Interior Departments Purchase Land McDonald's and Suppliers Taking on Activist Claims Concerning Slaughter McDonald's and Suppliers Taking on Activist Claims Concerning Slaughter Livestock From Everywhere at NAILE Show Livestock From Everywhere at NAILE Show Propane Supply a Concern Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale Announced JBS in Financial Struggle JBS in Financial Struggle Survey Reveals Highest Rate of Food Insecurity on Record Pork Production Must Be Cut Pork Production Must Be Cut Ag Committee to Hold Two Hearings This Week NutriSphere- N and AVAIL Can Help Fertilizer Efficiency Michigan Corn Growers Appointed to National Posts Banking Bill has Critics Household Food Security Report to be Issued More Doubt Over Climate Change Legislation USDA Sends $1.2 Million to Michigan for Specialty Crop Projects Don't Let High Corn Yield Numbers Shock You New Holland Launches Largest Capacity Combine Group Puts Animal Well-Being Tools Online EPA May Not Make E15 Decision by Dec. 1 Deadline Ag and Energy Departments Fund Biofuels Research Letter Focuses on Climate Bill's Emission Allowances USAID Appointee Faces Challenges Senator Wants Slaughter of Downer Cattle Stopped Senator Wants Slaughter of Downer Cattle Stopped Learn How to Keep Your Cows Walking New Fungicide Registered Dairy Group Leaders Outline Actions Seed Tech Agreement Announced Guidance Provided by RMA for Extension on Crop Insurance ASA Presents its Doha Priorities Chemical Decline in Waterways Good, Thanks to Producers Mexican Pork Demand Responding to Industry Messages Mexican Pork Demand Responding to Industry Messages Revised Label for PowerFlex Herbicide MDA Names Its Outstanding Employees for 2009 H1N1 Vaccine for Hogs Available Soon H1N1 Vaccine for Hogs Available Soon U.S. Farmers Producing Ethanol Needs for Coming Year Banking Regulation Bill Introduced Senate Health Care Debate Could Start Next Week Extension Support Given to Military Families The First Domesticated Pig Genome Is Sequenced Is There a Fungus in Your Future? Albion College and Equestrian Center Making History Agritechnica Preview Shows New Products Agritechnica Preview Shows New Products Senate Climate Debate Picking Up Some Steam Secretary Seeking Support for Child Nutrition Reauthorization Influenza Information Help Available to Pork Producers Influenza Information Help Available to Pork Producers Cuba Trade Bill Needs Support USDA Announces National Pork Board Appointments Health Care Bill Narrowly Passes House Oversight of H1N1 in Pigs is Working Oversight of H1N1 in Pigs is Working Ohio Issue 2 Vote Just the Beginning Ohio Issue 2 Vote Just the Beginning Alliance Voices Views of Latest Clean Air Legislation Workmaster Is New Moniker for New Holland Tractors Toro Introduces Layflat Hose Swisher Offers Clean Driveways Reinke Ups Warranty on Irrigation Rigs New Draper Platform from Deere Easy Does It During Corn Drying This Fall Beginning Farmer Resource Being Developed Pro Football Player Promoting Green Fuels Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in The Breeding Barn Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in The Breeding Barn Cap-and-Trade Legislation Passes Out of Committee President to Meet with House Democrats County Committee Elections Begin Food Commodity Contracting Opportunities Announced Webinar Will Offer Solutions to Problems in the Breeding Barn Deere Offers 5D-5M Series Utility Tractors Climate Legislation Receives Chamber of Commerce Support EPA Proposes New Pesticide Labeling Farm Groups Push Biodiesel Tax Incentive House to Vote on Health Care Reform Saturday Senate Health Care Bill Still Has Challenges Ohio Voters Buoy Animal Agriculture Ohio Voters Buoy Animal Agriculture Ag Commission Chair Steps Down Amid E.O. Struggle Monsanto Breaks Ground for Research Site in Texas Corn Cob Harvesting Demos Attract Farmers Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 Ohio Voters Approve Issue 2 EPA Holds Panel on Atrazine AFBF Leader Against Health Care Act Health Care Reform Still A Ways Off Markup of Clean Energy Bill Begins in Senate USDA Funds Farmer and Rancher Education Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Expanded Market Access for U.S. Beef to Taiwan Ohio's Issue 2 Vote is Tuesday Ohio's Issue 2 Vote is Tuesday Senate Climate Change Bill Faces Republican Boycott USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine USDA Finds Pandemic H1N1 in Indiana Commercial Swine Michigan 4-H Dairy Judging Team is Europe-Bound Farming Technology Advances with Ag Leader, AutoFarm Alliance Millions in Organic Research, Education and Extension Grants Awarded Carbofuran Residues Revoked by EPA Climate Markup Could Happen Tuesday Swine Genome Project Clears Hurdle Swine Genome Project Clears Hurdle Beef Industry Group Questions EPA Dust Rule Analysis Beef Industry Group Questions EPA Dust Rule Analysis 2010 State Pesticide Notification and Organic Farm Registries Being Accepted HSUS Video Gets USDA Reaction Biotech Tools Receive Approval House Subcommittee Hears about Challenges to Next-Gen Fuels Assessing Forage Quality New Opportunity for U.S. Sorghum in Morocco ASA Ready to Celebrate 90 Years House Health Care Package Introduced Testimony Continues on Climate Change Legislation Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 Debate Heating Up on Ohio's Proposition 2 New Ram HD Trucks Made for Towing New Center Expands Corn Research Capacity in Michigan Earlier Observations About Disease Come Home to Roost Syngenta Donates to Farm Rescue, Feeding America Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Here's an Overview of NRCS Water System Standards Can Public Option Garner Senate Votes? Interior Spending Bill Tackles EPA GHG Reporting Rule Implementation of Farm Bill's Horticulture and Organic Ag Provisions Examined Rural Health Care Focus of New Report E. Coli Eradication Act in Works Bill Introduced to Increase FDA Oversight of Food USDA Supports Water Quality Protection and Conservation Healthcare Debate May Begin on House Floor Next Week Farm-State Senators Raise Climate Concerns Senate Climate Change Details Unveiled Could See Health Care Bills from House and Senate This Week? RFA Looking for More User-Friendly Loan Guarantee Program Smart Choices Responds to FDA Concerns Climate Change Hearing Set Is Public Option In or Out of Health Care Reform? Report Quantifies Cap-and-Trade Effect on Fuel Costs Critics Argue Against Biofuels Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Campaign Asks USDA to stop New Facilities Loans Have MIG Will Travel Ranger 225 Enclosed Case Welder Sparks to Life Miller Creates a 40-foot Extension to the Work Area Easier Pulls on Swisher's Log Splitters Shuttle Shift Available on Kioti DS Terex Track Delivers the Goods LS Hits the U.S. Market with New Line of Compact Utility Tractors Trait Talk, Price, Dominate Seed Sales Market Priorities of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Will be Improved Access, Quality and Performance Crop Quality Being Questioned by U.S. Customers House Democrats Add Federal Antitrust Exemption in Health Care Bill USDA's Second-in-Command Learns About Biofuels USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order USDA Recommends Changes to Milk Marketing Order Crop Research Grants Released Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Pork Industry on Road to Recovery Blue Jackets Descend Upon Indianapolis Could House Be Near Passing Health Care Reform? Likely to be Changes in USDA Budget Derivatives Regulations Passed by House Ag Committee Kioti Enters the UTV Market USDA Releases DCP and ACRE Numbers FSIS Wants Input on Proposed Regulations Results of NCGA Survey Released National FFA Convention This Week Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Two Additional Locations in the U.P. Dairy Industry Reducing Its Environmental Impact Dairy Industry Reducing Its Environmental Impact Small Tractor Market In Upheaval Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Pork Industry Gains Ally in Fighting Inaccurate Label for H1N1 Summit Held in Kansas City on Wheat Industry Health Care Reform Negotiations Could Be Finished in Senate This Week NCGA Releases Educational Film MSU Program Trains Veterans in Agriculture CCC Accepts Butter Bid CCC Accepts Butter Bid Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided Fort Dodge Animal Health Future Undecided H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Confirmed in Hogs from Minnesota State Fair Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet Minnesota State Fair H1N1 Cases Have No Animal Connection Yet EPA Plans Clean Water Act Enforcement R-CALF USA Expresses Deep Disappointment NCGA CEO to Serve with Waterways Council Michigan Green Chemistry Governor's Award Given for Insecticide Program Honors Ph.D. Candidates Ohio Agriculture Rallies Support for Issue 2 USA Today Editorial Draws Fire from NCGA USDA Study Will Produce New Information Specialty Crops Grants Awarded Survey Finds Staple Foods Drop 10% in Price From Year-to-year Workshop Tells How to Run for Office - and Win Bill Gates Calls For A 'New Green Revolution' To Support World's Poorest Farmers World Food Prize Receives Contribution From Soybean Farmers No Final Counter-Cyclical Payments for Peanuts, Corn, Grain Sorghum and Soybeans New Research Supports Biodiesel Production Senate Debating 2010 Energy-Water Appropriations Bill Disparity in Rural Health Care Addressed by Vilsack Health Reform Makes it Through Finance Committee Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Compared to 2008 Beef and Pork Exports Still Lagging Coccidiosis Must Be Closely Managed Coccidiosis Must Be Closely Managed Proposed Consumer Legislation Needs Strong State Role Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk Think Hard Before Selling Raw Milk USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound USDA Expects Dairy Demand to Rebound Senate Finance Committee Votes Tuesday on Health Bill H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing H1N1 Incidents Are Increasing Grant Will Help Improve Safety for Young Equine Enthusiasts OTC Derivatives Discussion Draft Introduced Medical Malpractice is Key Section of Health Care Reform Growth Energy Asks California to 'Do Low-Carbon Right' Electric Rates Are Dropping Wright Named Chair of MSU's CARRS Department MSU and L&L Food Centers Reward Michigan Food Entrepreneurs CCC Supports Dairy Industry Through Sale of Butter CCC Supports Dairy Industry Through Sale of Butter Heavy Duty Trucks Now Get Rain-X Wiper Blades Portable Solar Power Comes From SunPod Upgrade Milo Harvest With Improved Flexo-Guards Featherlite Offers New 8117 Model Livestock Trailer DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing DFA and Dean Sued for Price-Fixing Report Issued on Rural Health Care Coverage CAP Awards Announced R-CALF Wants Deal Denied R-CALF Wants Deal Denied R-CALF Wants Deal Denied FSA Loans Now Available Atrazine to Undergo Comprehensive Review Ag Secretary Launches NIFA Company Sequences Canola Genome Callisto Xtra Herbicide Combines Two Modes of Action Conference Committee Includes NBAF Funding CBO Reports on Finance Committee Health Care Bill Support Program Sign-up Begins CSP Program Experiences Strong Sign-up Sorghum Checkoff Establishes Web Presence Increase in Foreign Owned U.S. Ag Land Study Released that Non-Cage Eggs Would Raise Prices Finace Vote on Health Care Pushed Back Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Study Considers Holstein Production and Reproduction Water and Environmental Project Funds Released Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces Seed Treatment Offerings for Corn, Soybean Growers Kinze Offers the Industry's First Factory Optional Planter Scale Package Sustainable Agriculture Video Released by NCGA Changes to Climate Change Legislation Requested by BIO Soybean Rust Found in Illinois Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Controversial Dairy Funds Center of Attention Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council Traceability Ear Tags Distributed by Candaian Pork Council 25X'25 Helping Wind Energy Spread FDA and USDA Working on New Food Safety Regulations Weigh Risks of Late-Fall Alfalfa Cutting GAO Releases Report Covering ILUC Farm Bureau Doesn't Like Boxer-Kerry Bill H1N1 Vaccine to be Available This Week Corn Grower-leaders Support Atrazine Use Monsanto, Dow Agrosciences Smartstax Corn Hybrids Eligible for Crop Insurance Pilot Premium Rate Reduction Program In 2010 Weigh Those Big Yields as They Come In MI Animal Producers, Humane Society Reach Compromise on Practices MI Animal Producers, Humane Society Reach Compromise on Practices Feds React to California Water Crisis NASS to Resurvey Some Small Grains Producers Taiwan to Purchase U.S. Soybeans NASDA Proposes Unique Support Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program CWT Conducting Another Herd Retirement Program Administration Moving to Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions New Milk Labels May Decrease Overall Demand for Milk New Milk Labels May Decrease Overall Demand for Milk Total September Hogs and Pigs Unchanged From Year Earlier Total September Hogs and Pigs Unchanged From Year Earlier Tillage Radishes Offers More for Online Visitors Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Bill Would Lift Poultry Ban and Help Dairy Industry Senate is Moving Forward on Heatlh Care Reform Reaction is Mixed to Boxer-Kerry Bill Pack Silage Right for Best Results Check Alfalfa Above, Below Ground Aphanomyces Root Rot is Alfalfa Yield Killer MSU Students Recognized at International Dairy Science Meetings Boxer-Kerry Global Warming Legislation to be Introduced in Senate Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Web Site Helps Fight Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows Turning Cobs into Fuel Receives Boost Bred Ewe Sale Celebrates 75 Years Soyfoods Win at the Michigan State Fair Farm Progress and Iron Solutions Expand Used Machinery Section Distribution Trade Tensions Continue to Grow Between U.S. and China More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef More Japanese Looking Forward to Eating U.S. Beef Livestock Forage Payments Being Released NASCAR Meets Agriculture in Hi-Speed Action USGC Releases Results of Chinese Corn Tour Top Leaders Hail Appropriations Agreement Group Purchases VeraSun Facility Ohio Animal Care Campaign Begins Wireless Control For Tree Shearing Bulldog 140 is New From Lincoln Westendorf Unveils Freedom Mount Loaders Valley 5000 Series Aimed at Small Field Operators Lessons Abound in Corn Field Before Harvest AMI Requests Meeting on Electron Beam Technology Soy Checkoff's Biotech Initiative Works to Ensure Market Access in European Union EPA Backs Off Land Use Change USDA Issues Several Grants Compact Impact Sprinkler RFA Discusses Comments for EPA on RFS NRCS Takes Lead on New Initiative for the Mississippi River Basin USDA Announces Move to Improve Health of Mississippi River Basin Climate Discussed at Summit Health Care Reform Moving Support Sought for Key Energy Amendments Michelin Offers Harvest-Time Bounty on High-Performance Ag Radial Tires CWT Completes Eighth Herd Retirement Round CWT Completes Eighth Herd Retirement Round Shell Announces Ladder of Protection Health Care Bill Now Moving Through Senate Finance Committee Review Underway of Outer Continental Shelf Comments Growth Energy Backs Harkin Amendment Study Shows Cost of Regulation Compliance Lucas Says Spending Must Stop Pioneer Expands Corn Drought Research Efforts NCGA Promotes Grower Comments to EPA President Proclaims National Farm Safety and Health Week Research Looking at East Coast Food Production Farmers Market Promotion Grants Announced Decision Favoring Producers Under Review Cap-and-Trade part of 25X'25 Working Group's Focus AFBF Backs Health Insurance Tax Credit For Hillside Farming Shell Offers Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluid Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS Report Issued on Feeding Cattle WDGS New Leader of Organic Program Announced Senate Bill Would Ensure New Fuel Compatibility Worksaver Adds New Tine Grapple Corn Diseases Take Advantage of Weather Patterns Alliance to Promote College Student Participation Freeways-to-Fuel Project Moving Forward Multi-State SCN Research Supports Field Scouting Health Care Reaction Strong in All Directions Sustainable Hop Production Workshop Offered Western Coalition to Promote Healthy Landscapes Monsanto Company Announces Approach to Chemistry to help U.S. Farmers Manage Risk Bobcat Offers New M Series Bayer Sees Strength in Ag, Had Strong 2008 Summary of Health Bill Released Cap-and-Trade Cost Debate Continues Administration Proposes New Fuel Mileage Standards Rural Economic Development Grants Announced Honey Bees Selected by ARS Toss Out Varroa Mites Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces New Inoculant Platform Interstate Shipment Rules Published ASA Requests RFS Letter Writing Campaign Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Program Begins NFU Supporting Dairy Industry NFU Supporting Dairy Industry NFU Supporting Dairy Industry FDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Dorr Named President and CEO of U.S. Grains Council BASF Gets Label for Kixor U.S. Tire Tariff May Affect U.S. Poultry Exports U.S. Tire Tariff May Affect U.S. Poultry Exports Presidents Wants New Financial Regulations Senate Committee Advances on Health Care Bill Producers Assistance Programs Available Biodiesel Has Positive Affect on Soybean Prices USDA Seeks Nominations for Committee for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Dow AgroSciences and Mycogen Seeds Announce Rebates Low Lin Soybean Agreement Expanded Nutrition Programs Face Reauthorization Deadline Ag Department Releases SNAP Funds Funds Released for Forest Protection FSA Needs Advisory Committee Members Financial, Energy or Climate Legislation Could Be Next Economic Recovery Funds Slated for Forest Health Protection Rhino Hay Rake Deep Tillage and Residue Control: One Tool New GFX Row Cleaner Sports Independent Suspension Summers Rolling Chopper Smooths Soil Watch Temperatures Before Making Nitrogen Applications Turn Round Bales Into Cash Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes Nobel Laureate, Father of 'Green Revolution' Passes AGCO Extends Motor Oil Rebate Secretary Takes Reporters to Task Secretary Takes Reporters to Task Secretary Takes Reporters to Task R-CALF Wants House Passed Food Safety Bill Stopped NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained NFU Wants Dairy Lifeline Maintained Lincoln Receives More Positive Reaction LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced LIP Changes Announced Grocery Store Tax Incentive May Create More Than 3,000 Jobs Check Your Soil Fertility Reserves Now Senate Finance to Mark up Health Care New Food Safety Web Site Unveiled Senator Lincoln is New Ag Committee Chairwoman Groups Request Denial of NBAF Funding Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Global Warming Zmitko-Somers Appointed to USDA Cherry Industry Administration Board Events Lead to Senate Committee Chair Changes USB Asks USDA for More Details on Proposed Mediation Ag Secretary Promotes Back-to-School Health Care Reform Discussed on Capitol Hill President to Take Health Care Stance First Domino Falls to Change Senate Ag Leadership Chambliss Wants More Global Warming Hearings Climate Change Report Published Soft Market Has Farmers Considering Storage Versus Sales New York Senator Calls for Dairy Relief New York Senator Calls for Dairy Relief Paper Says Ag Leaders Slow Regulation Moves With Biobased Additives, ARS Scientists "Just Say No!" to Petroleum Biodegradable Planting Pots Are Made From Chicken Feathers Recycling Food Scraps Into Gardens NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program NPPC a Little More Comfortable with Canadian Program Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Many Chinese Relate H1N1 to Pork Ag Committee to Hold Global Warming Hearing Produce Tattoos Developed Companies Believe Farmers Will Plant in Narrower Rows H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds H1N1 Detected in More Canadian Herds EPA Officials Make Their First Trip to Farm Country Ag Department Meets President's Goal Reminder Issued About Value-Added Program USDA Purchasing Pork USDA Purchasing Pork Renewable Energy Funds Released Drying Grain Efficiently With Propane Hearing Held on Expanding Biofuels Role U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef U.S. Has Opportunity to Sell Top End Beef Bovine TB Public Hearings Continue New Front-end Loader From Buhler Farm Groups Want Obama to Focus on Trade ISU Recommends Facing Climate Change Now Not Later NCGA Commissions Study of Cap and Trade Growth Energy Calls for Country of Origin Labeling of Fuel Place Your Bid, Support The State Fair's Youth Livestock Auction In the Senate Climate Change Second to Health Care Kinze Unveils New Planter Line at Farm Progress Show Potential Regional Shift of Senate Ag Leadership WTO Sets U.S. Sanctions in Cotton Case Biomass Crop Assistance Program Makes First Payments DOE Grant Will Train Officials in Fuels Technologies USDA Grants Go to Home Improvements Explore The Cutting Edge Of Tillage Equipment, Corn Varieties Green Corn Still Dominates Countryside New Web Site has Information on Ethanol Growth Energy Begins Information Campaign Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Study of Hog Infection Leads to More Tests Survey Reported on President's Energy Policy Two New Box Spreaders in New Holland Line Senate Ag Committee Sets Hearing on Biofuels SprayIT Calculator Makes Tip Selection Easy Stalks, Hay and Straw Make Fodder for the BR7090 Sukup Introduces QuadraTouch USDA Ear Counts Important Factor in Big Yield Updated Information and Database Launched Value Added Grants Are on the Way TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States TB Problem in Several States Health Care Co-ops Debated Grassley Cautiously Optimistic of a Health Care Deal in Wake of August Recess Possible Change at Top of Senate Ag Committee NRCS Issues Estimated CSP Payment Ranges Funds Released to Help Improve Forests Comments Sought on Trade Adjustment Program Atrazine Levels in Water Are Questioned H1N1 Human Infection Scenario Estimates Released Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Dairy Advisory Committee Being Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Animal Well-being Commission Formed Research Probes Day Length Sensing in Grapes Vilsack Discusses Cap and Trade Report Projects Reduced Domestic Fuel Production Warning to Equine Owners Issued Warning to Equine Owners Issued Shift Continues in Electrical Generation Sources More Learned About Colony Collapse Disorder Swine Jobs School to Train Students for Jobs TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry TIME Publishes Biased View of Beef Industry Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Some Surprises in Latest Cattle on Feed Report Internet Tool Focuses on Natural Resources Health-Care Discussed in Phone Conference Study of Fertilizers Costs-Benefits Released Cap-and-Trade Analysis from 25x'25 Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals Hog Production Numbers Giving Mixed Signals July Milk Production Up Public Meetings Scheduled to Discuss CRP Senators Encourage Insurance Process Improvements Some Movement on Health Care Legislation Possible CFTC Chairman Recommends Additions Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Pork Marketing Groups Want Government Help Michigan Wine Competition Results Announced Kinze Launches Planter Rebate Program Crop Insurance Deadline Comes With Strong Incentives Vilsack Brings Administration's Rural Tour to Iowa State Fair Farm Notes Sale Underway Wind Energy Has Many Potential Positives Veterinary Association Questions Pew Report New Tractor Builds on Winning Strategy 7000 Series Tractors Get New Model Powering Up for Forage Productivity Sprayer Aims for Bigger Market New Windrower Lineup Launched for 2010 Guidance Products Additions Offered Boosting Sprayer Productivity Anhydrous Hookup Offers 'No Hands' Convenience Snap Beans Being Engineered to Be Virus Resistant Deere Launches New Tractors and Equipment On Farm Storage Loans Now Available Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble Argentina Beef Industry in Trouble ARRA Dollars to Protect Natural Resources Rural Broadband Study Completed Health Care Option Being Debated Petition to Activate God Squad to Be Presented Farm Production Expenditures Up 8.3% in 2008 Soy Transportation Coalition Publishes Semi Weight Analysis NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help NPPC Asks for Industry Help Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Program Announced to Help Canadian Pork Industry Administration Changes Views of Some Health Care Issues Rural Tour Focuses on Education Michigan Farmers and Specialty Food Companies Wanted for Markets at State Parks States Most Likely to Receive ACRE Payments Ranked Four Democratic Senators Want to Push Climate Change to Next Year Ag Secretary Sends Forest Service in New Direction Comments Requested on USDA's Facility Guarantee Program Virus Enzymes Could Promote Human, Animal Health Michigan August Crop Production Report Is Positive August Fruit Report Is Favorable Leave a Clean Path Kuhn Knight Has New Spreader Case IH Offers Small Square Baler Topcon Releases AES-25 for Sub-inch Accuracy Quick Change Artist from Kuhn Meat Export Report Offers Mixed Numbers Clean Energy Bill Study Released Storage Loan Application Period Starts Monday Farm Real Estate Values Drop and Cash Rents Rise Pork Industry Optimistic About Korean Market Ethanol's Future May Rely on Rise in Blend Limit Australia Report Paints Optimistic Market Picture MSU Designs Cattlemen's Boot Camp to Benefit All Operations National Campaign Launched to Increase Ethanol Blender Pumps Illinois Ag Economists See 60% Shot of ACRE Payout Report Focuses on Rural Health Care Vilsack Calls on Veterinarians to Volunteer for 'United We Serve' Initiative Vendors Needed For Final Capitol Lawn Farmers Market Crop Progress Continues to Show Delays USDA Launches Retooled Loan Assistance Iowa State Report Favorable to Ethanol Production APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan APHIS Discussing Emergency H1N1 Plan President Speaks Out on Mexican Trucking Issue South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork South Korea Lifts Ban on Pork July Agricultural Prices Shift Downward ACRE Signup Due This Friday DOE Supports New Energy Economy Legislation Would Make Ethanol Available at More Pumping Stations Biodiesel Tax Extension Proposed EPA Report Clouds Lifecycle Analysis Issues FDA Proposal Would Speed Up Enforcement Actions Governor Requests Federal Disaster Assistance for Michigan Farmers Governors Support Help for Pork Producers Governors Support Help for Pork Producers Iowa Senators Look to Honor Borlaug USDA, DOJ to Hold Workshops on Competition in Ag Industry August Crop Forecast May be Harder to Make Recent Study Shows Benefits of Cellulosic E85 Hogs Hit Bottom Deputy Secretary Merrigan Announces First National Sign-Up For New Conservation Stewardship Program Ag Land Values Drop First-Hand Look at Climate Change Senate Ag Appropriations Bill Helps Many Ag Secretary Vilsack Discusses Global Food Security Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced Results of Latest CWT Herd Retirement Announced CCC Rates Announced for August Syngenta to Acquire Monsanto's Hybrid Sunflower Seeds Activities John Deere Sponsors 'National 811 Day' on 8/11 Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Inaugural Class elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Ag Spending Bill Approved by Senate Senate Finance Committee Discusses Climate Change Legislation Budget Chair Says Farm Safety Net Not in Jeopardy Iowa State Economist on Ethanol and Corn Report Projects Reduced Domestic Fuel Production New INSTINCT Nitrogen Stabilizer from Dow AgroSciences Receives Federal Label Registration Vets Issue Influenza Recommendations Proposed Biobased Product Label Rule Published No Nutrient Advantage to Organic Produce USDA Announces Money Available through Rural Economic Development Grants NASS Adds ZIP Code Level to Ag Census Health Care Reform Ready for Floor Vote Food Safety Bill Needs Work African Trade and Economic Forum Coming Up Peterson and Frank Complete Derivatives Legislation Outline USDA Raises Dairy Support Payments House and Senate Continue to Work on Health Care Legislation to Boost USDA Meat Recall Authority Introduced Sprouted Wheat May Be Utilized In Biomass Heating Systems AutoFarm Unveils Envizio Pro Redrafted Animal Care Bills Pass House Agriculture Committee Research Betters Ethanol Production Biomass Support Program Begins Billions Announced to Help Rural Businesses Speaker Defends Blue Dog Agreement Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports Administration Considering Hike in Milk Price Supports New Blueberry Plant Diseases Confirmed in Michigan Pumping it Forward New Holland boosts power for twin-rotor small-frame combine CCX770 Cob Harvester New from Vermeer The Joker Has Arrived SmartStax Corn Receives Japanese Import Approval Legislation Would Encourage Local Wind Investments USDA Funding Outreach Programs Food Safety Conference Scheduled Food Safety Bill Fails in House Health Care Reform Still Moving Public Comments Sought on Agricultural Management Practices Anti-Ethanol Groups Make Push Has Administration's Position on Ethanol Imports Changed? Third Hearing on Dairy Prices Held Third Hearing on Dairy Prices Held Canada Will No Longer Quarantine Swine for H1N1 Virus Granholm Visits Capitol Farmers' Market Senators Push for Higher Ethanol Blends Coalition Doesn't Want to See Antibiotics Ban Added to Pending Bills U.S. Sorghum Again Going to Mexico Entry Deadline for NCGA's National Corn Yield Contest Fast Approaching Minnesota Officials Pushing for Resuming NAIS Discussion MI Department of Agriculture Goes Social Fungicide Becomes Hot Topic as Diseases Appear in Corn Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule Changes Requested for Interim Final COOL Rule More Than $4 Million in Grants Awarded to Help Disabled Farmers and Ranchers Senate Ag Members Ask Glauber for Info Health Care Deal May or May Not Happen Papers on H1N1 Virus to be Released Papers on H1N1 Virus to be Released Seed Producer Launches Reduced Corn Refuge Program Five New Rogator Models Introduced Feedlot Inventories Expected Below Last Year Feedlot Inventories Expected Below Last Year No Quick Fix to Wheat Basis Woes President Eases Pressure on Health Care Passage DOE-USDA Joint Funding Announced Green Jobs Waiver Comment Period Closes 20th Annual Viticulture Day Is July 29 CNH Unveils Three-Prong Expansion Plan Tim Bierman Selected to Lead National Pork Board House Hears Testimony on Clean Water Restoration Act NASS Collecting Updated Data for Corn and Sorghum Congressional Oversight Panel Releases Report on Farm Loan Restructuring Options Fertilizer Cost Ails Stockers This Year Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Climate Change Forage Demonstration Day Is July 25 Case IH Announces CVT Option for Farmall Compacts Worksaver Adds New Tine Grapple A New Ranger and One That Runs on Electricity! Vilsack Announces Climate Change Study NFU President to Testify on Climate Change Dow and Monsanto Receive Trait Registration Dow and Monsanto Receive Trait Registration Ag Chairmen Want Crop Insurance Changes Farm Bill Dollars to Advance Biofuels Dairy Industry Support Requested AAMP Asks for More Info Compact Impact Sprinkler Dept. of Agriculture Seeks Vendors for Michigan Restaurant Show Report Explores Why Rural America Needs Public Health Insurance ACRE Signup Push Is On United We Serve Program Promoted USGC Meeting in Full Swing Exports of Grain Tied to Meat Demand USDA Responds to Drudge Report National DHIA Offering College Scholarships Crushing Knife Roll Aids in Clean Fields AMI Takes Position on Food Safety Wild Horse Bill Passes House TB Topic of Discussion in Denver TB Topic of Discussion in Denver TB Topic of Discussion in Denver Health Care Faces Higher Costs NPB to Work on Tight Budget NPB to Work on Tight Budget For Hillside Farming GreenStone Breaks Ground on New Corporate Office Project NCBA Members Vote on Policies to Address Cattle Industry Challenges Why Tassel Size and Shape Matters Eating Pork Fights Type 2 Diabetes Tyson Cutting Back Pork Production No Referendum for the Soybean Checkoff Trimble Acquires Farm Works Software Assets Growth Energy and NAEDA Support Higher Ethanol Blend USDA Announces Loans from Supplemental Appropriations Act Food Safety Hearing Held By House Ag Committee Dairy Rally Attended by Ag Secretary Dairy Rally Attended by Ag Secretary Runoff And Watering Demonstrations Highlight Special Ag Expo Event Learn Good Horsekeeping at Ag Expo Guidelines Released for Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreak 4,500 'Empty Plates' Delivered To State Legislators Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Named Deadline Nears for County Committee Nominations More Water Improvement Dollars Released Senators Want Breakdown of Cap-and-Trade Costs MSU Researchers Work to Eradicate BVD From UP Livestock Organizations Applaud No-Subsidy Ethanol Bill Beef Checkoff Posting Return of $5.55 Beef Checkoff Posting Return of $5.55 Sec. Vilsack Tells Michigan Farmers More Support Is Coming Scab Busts Eastern Cereal Crops Bond Warns Farmers Will Bear Brunt of Cap and Trade Animal/Human Disease Center Discusses Mission AFBF Opposes H.R. 2454 Hay Feeders Featured at Ag Expo Dow AgroSciences Announces Agreement to Acquire Pfister Hybrids Dow AgroSciences Announces Agreement to Acquire Pfister Hybrids House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban House Rules Committee Hearing on Antibiotic Ban Pioneer Launches New High-Oleic Soybean No Counter-cyclical Payments for Wheat, Oats and Barley Monsanto Invests In Developing New Technologies for Wheat Senate Ag Committee Appointments Announced Wheat Industry Applying Pressure for U.S.-Colombian Agreement Obama Administration Asks Americans to Prepare for H1N1 Obama Administration Asks Americans to Prepare for H1N1 Bush-Era Rule Limiting Farm Exports to Cuba Overturned Pork-Beef Exports Mixed Bag Pork-Beef Exports Mixed Bag Free Well Water Testing Offered at Ag Expo Food Safety Official Named at USDA Funding Provided for Community Water and Wastewater Projects Hearing Held on Over-The-Counter Derivatives Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Ohio Livestock Care Legislation Ready for Voters Second Dairy Buyout Set by CWT Second Dairy Buyout Set by CWT Soybean Growers Donate Value of an Acre to Nourish Children Not Every Tassel Is Created Equal Dig It with Land Pride Topcon Precision Ag Shows Off Olathe Headquarters Climate Change Legislation on Hold Several Immigration Controls Proposed Ag Secretary Names FSA Administrator House Passes Ag Appropriations Bill Beef Production Expert Joins MSU Animal Science Faculty Grocery Store Food Prices Continue Downward Trend A QuickSwitch Disc Harrow ASA Has Concerns About Bioenergy Program World Fertilizer Outlook Released Senator Wants Change in Cap-and-Trade Amendment on Information Sharing Denied Recommendations on Immigration Reform Announced Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Hold Rural Community Forum in Michigan Go Dustless and Remote Farmers' Markets - Food and Fun for Everyone Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces New North Carolina Research Center Doug Caruso Resigns as USDA FSA Administrator Secretaries Testify on Climate Change New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins New Livestock Indemnity Program Begins CFTC Hearing Announced National Corn Yield Contest Deadline Ahead Farmers, Commercial Ag Business Reminded to Avoid Pesticide Drift State Climatologists to Meet in Grand Rapids, July 7-10 Food Safety Working Group Release Findings Aid For Trade Will Help Developing Countries Exit Economic Crisis Dairy Export Incentives Announced Dairy Export Incentives Announced New Enforcement Approach for Immigration Focuses on Employers Michigan Carrot Growers Vote to Support Marketing Program Yetter Upgrades Titan All-New Front-End Loader from Buhler Turn Round Bales Into Cash Shell Offers Energy Efficient Hydraulic Fluid Deere & Company Set to Grow Russia Business MI Department of Agriculture Proposes Bovine TB Zonal Changes Aussie Tractor Trekkers Make Ohio Food Prices Keep Sliding Lower Countries to Change Focus on Food Aid Obama Administration Taps James Turner Christine White Chosen as State Executive Director for FSA Farmers Plant More Biotech Corn Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Meat, Poultry Production Slide Slows Time to Get Serious About Scouting for Disease Load in Under Four Feet Pork Producers Urged to Review Withdrawal Standards Pork Producers Urged to Review Withdrawal Standards Potential for Ethanol Looks Good if Things Play Out Right Higher Highway Weight Limits Ahead? Bayer CropScience and DuPont Expand Collaboration With Broad License Agreements CSP Signup Expected Soon Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Senate Plans to Move on Climate Change R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS Nestlé Cookie Dough Samples Confirmed With E. Coli EPA Further Extends Comment Period on RFS Broadband Initiative Launched Rural Tour Launched by Obama Administration Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea More Corn Fewer Soybeans No Surprise to Lanworth Graves Proposes Bill for Accelerating Energy Projects Climate Bill's Progress Delights Obama The Aussies Have Landed – with Tractors! Tail End Charlie: A Champion Traveler Fescue Research Progressing Fescue Research Progressing Program Brings Soybeans Closer to Consumers Michigan June Hogs and Pigs Estimate Up 2% MSU Scientists Want More Research Dollars For Domestic Animals USDA Launches New Recovery Act Web Site Group Praises Congress for Action on Indirect Land Use Agencies Investigate Salmonella Contamination Canada Ramps up DDGS Use New Flexwing Rotary Cutter Stress Will Show Up If It Turns Dry Insurance Firms Announce Alliance Will House Vote on Climate Change Friday? Several Different Positions on Climate Change Bill Companies Collaborate to Beat Soybean Nematodes Farm Progress Announces New Business Unit Rural America Solutions Group Speaks On Climate Change Legislation Farm Bureau Can't Support Climate Change Bill Hearing on Farm Bill Implementation Held by House Ag Subcommittee Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Senate Releases Report on Excessive Wheat Speculation Farm Futures See Corn Acres Down 3% Peterson, Waxman Reach an Agreement on Energy Bill Growth Energy Pleased with Energy Secretary's Support of Ethanol HUD Joins USDA Effort by Launching Recovery Act Web Mapping Tool EPA Officials to Visit Iowa Appropriation Bills Show Upward Spending Trend Soybean Checkoff Seeks Review of International Marketing Efforts New Climate Change Cost Analysis Released Doha Talks to Move Forward Nestlé Recall Causes Officials to Search Possibilities Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending Pump up Glyphosate Performance Biofuels Development Could Be Hurt By Clashing Policies NFU Calls on CFTC Chairman Gensler for Commodity Market Investigation House Ag Committee Approves FY2010 Appropriations Bill Saturated Fats Are Important Part of a Healthy Diet New High Capacity Offset Mower Rotator Replaces Impact Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Farmland Preservation Hit by Budget Squeeze President Wants New Financial Regulations Ag Groups Battle Food Safety 'Overkill' Two Threats to Agriculture Moving in Congress Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Wheat Production Forecasts Remain Unchanged Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Organic Agreement Reached with Canada USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Vilsack Taps Veteran to Head Forest Service GX1117 Offers Large Capacity and Flexibility Rural Water Projects Get $123 Million from USDA Researchers Team Up With Producers in Battle Against Johne's Disease Hay Acres Will Stay About the Same DuPont Files Answer to Monsanto Lawsuit Pioneer, Beck's to Team Up for XL New Player Moves into Seed Treatment Market Climate Change Study Updates Ag Info Land Values Appear to Hold Strong Where Will We Get New Scientists? Climate Change Bill Vote Expected Soon Bill to Improve Food Safety Introduced Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Support for Biodiesel Continues to Grow MSU Dairy Farm Recognized for Quality Milk Another Ethanol Group Joins Growth Energy Report 2009 Crop Acreage to USDA Farm Service Agency by June 30, 2009 Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Vilsack Discusses Projects for Wood-to-Energy and Biomass Utilization Shell Oil Selling CE10 Vilsack Appoints Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak More Grain Under the Big Top Weigh In on This Mackinac Bridge Inspection to Continue During State Furlough Days Farm Bureau Opposes Clean Water Restoration Act Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Ag Groups Still Focused on Climate and Energy Legislation More ARRA Funds Released County Committee Nominations Open Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong Michigan Carrot Producers to Vote on Program Continuation New Test Available for Angus Influenced Cattle Keep Your Scouting Manual Handy McCormick Upgrades Its CX Tractor Line Waxman-Markey Bill Discussed in Ag Committee Spread of H1N1 Virus Officially a Pandemic USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers Food Processors Fee Passes House Panel 4-H Flag Going on Space Mission EPA Extends Comment Period on E15 Waiver Ethiopian Scientist Wins 2009 World Food Prize Syngenta Acquires Bio-Control Technology Ag Subcommittee Holds Stimulus Hearing Hobbie Speaks at International Grains Conference Rural Development Grants Released Cap and Trade Study Released 2009 Cattle Industry Summer Round-Up Is June 19-20 Raven Offers SmartRow and AccuRow NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State Indirect Land Use Hearing Held EPA Issues Stay on Permitting USTR Issues Cairns Statement Grassley Looks to GIPSA Attorneys to Keep Anti-Competitive Behavior at Bay AFBF Letter Supports Broadband Access Free Tickets Available for "Breakfast on the Farm" June 20 Monsanto, BASF Scientists Disclose Discovery of Gene Conferring Drought Tolerance In Corn Plants RFA Talks About RFS Hearing and Life-cycle Workshops USDA Meets Obama's Biofuels Directive Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Immigration Legislation May Happen Leaders Balk at Obama Request for H1N1 Vaccine Funding Major Fall Trade Shows Scheduled Racing Commissioner Cuts Race Days Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Grassley Wants to 'Show and Tell' EPA Regulation Writers Potential Benefits of Pending FTAs Studied On Recent Trip Indirect Land Use Will Not Be In Final EPA Proposal More Support for Agriculture in Cap and Trade Bill FAS Reports on Colombian Biofuels Industry Get "Fantastically Fresh" at the Meridian Farmers Market, June 20 Electric Service Improvements Funded by USDA NFU President Meets with Ag Secretary Lucas Asks Ag Secretary for Specifics on Cap and Trade Another USDA Deputy Undersecretary Named Additional Electronic Trading Hours at CBOT MSU Animal Science Student Earns National Championship at Equestrian Competition Mathematical Models Help Predict Corn Production Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers Biofuels Financial Conference to Focus on Financial State of Ethanol Industry Peterson Wants Ag Issues Resolved in Clean Energy Bill Senate Ag Committee to Discuss Derivatives, Speculation House Starts Work on Food Safety Overhaul Census of Agriculture Data by Watershed Available Congress to Review Request for Additional Funding to Fight Flu Pandemic Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo NPB Moving Forward with Programs NPB Moving Forward with Programs Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Meetings Scheduled Secretary Vilsack Announces Two Conservation Programs USTR Ron Kirk Travels to Russia to Discuss Trade Issues H1N1 Now Confirmed in All 50 States Animal Genetics Company Fills Two Key Positions in Kalamazoo Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Study Shows Impact of E15 Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants USB and Soybean Checkoff Announce See for Yourself Participants Beef Recalls Announced Beef Recalls Announced Appropriations Take Center Stage in Washington New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits Minnesota Senate Seat in Court's Hands Soybean Products and Information Available at Ag Expo BASF and DuPont Sue Each Other for Patent Infringement Illini Tractor Pullers Take Overall Design Competition Award Eastern Corn Belt Far Behind Planting Pace Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program AMI Informs Canadian House of Commons of Food Safety Progress Non-Specialty Crop Vendors Wanted for Capitol Lawn Farmers' Market Senate Ag Committee Hearing on Derivatives Set Census Report Reflects Watershed Boundaries USDA Releases Livestock Income Figures Annual Milk Production Reported Annual Milk Production Reported Dairy Industry Holding Rally Dairy Industry Holding Rally Deadline for Specialty Crop Assistance Funds Senators Attempt to Bring Climate Change Legislation to Floor President Responds to Biofuels Coalition Judith Canales Named to Rural Development Post Ag Secretary Announces $143 Million to Improve Infrastructure Across Rural America Hot Weather to Benefit Plains Michigan Vendors Reserve Space Now for Capitol Lawn Farmers Market Online Tickets Available for 2009 Farm Progress Show Additional NAIS Listening Sites Named Rural Mental Health Study Released Growing Support for Biodiesel President Releases ARRA Funds for Energy Increased Costs for Food Production Facilities Under Proposed Legislation Benefits of No-Till Shown Through Field Study Soyfoods Provide Solutions for Some Food Allergies We Test Drive Miller's Portable Plasma Cutter Load in Under 4 Feet! Broadband Strategy for Rural America Released Farmland Equipment Sales Slump To Lowest Level in Four Years EPA Looks at Alternative Energy Production Biodiesel Safety a Priority Science Based Comments Being Prepared on RFS Increased Production Goals in Morocco Opens Doors for U.S. Grain Michigan Farm Operators Count Frito-Lay 'Local' Chip Campaign Features Michigan Potato Farmers Delivering The Mash Goodyear Goes Off-road Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Comment Time Extended for E15 Request Colombia Trade Gets Farmer Scrutiny Quick Change Artist from Kuhn House Committee Approves Climate Change Bill NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA Late Planting Doesn't Require As Many Seeds Per Acre AutoFarm Unveils Envizio Pro Midwest Farmland Values Plummet Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Renewable Power Passes Key Test RFS2 Under Review Grassley Introduces Companion to Peterson's Bill to Protect Biofuel Industry U.S. - Panama FTA Under Scrutiny New Food Safety Web Site Launched Michigan Farm Bureau Debuts YouTube Channel for Ag Storytelling Brinsea's New Incubator NFU Backs Increasing Ethanol Blend in Gasoline Repeat Rains Dampen Pace of State's Corn Planting, Worry Farmers Could Soybeans Be Headed for 'Uncharted' 7.6 Million Acres? Study Shows Biotech Crops Good for the Environment Company Expands Wheat Milling Capacity U.S. Dairy Industry Groups Urge Passage of Cuba Trade Bills Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Important VeraSun Deadline Approaching 13th Annual Michigan Dairy Expo Set for July 20-24 at MSU Gensler Nomination Ratified House Members Speak Out Against Energy Plan South Koreans Turn Out H1N1 Vaccine President Announces New Energy Guidelines Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections CWT Auditors Start Taking Cows off Farms Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget USDA Seeks Applications to Repair Rural Housing Farm Works Rolls Out New Web Site More Opposition to Current Climate Legislation EPA Extends Comment Period WHO Meeting Focusing on H1N1 Flu H1N1 Virus Mapped Funds Released to Protect Private Forests Polaris Offers New Palette of Limited Edition Models AFBF PAL Class Announced Gestation and Veal Crates Banned in Maine USDA Funding Rural Community Facility Projects NCGA Concerned with Contents of Climate Change Bill Will You Trade, or be Capped? WHO Counters Virus Source Statement Vilsack Names New Deputy Administrator and Others Guest Worker Legislation Introduced Thunderstorm Season Adds Another Risk to Corn Canadian Officials Confirm Another BSE Case China Investing in Agriculture Production NFU Wants Action on Climate Change Peterson Introduces Legislation to Protect Domestic Biofuel Industry Kuhn Offers Beefed-up Rotary Rakes May Is Beef Month in Michigan Bobcat Digs It With American-made Excavators Synchronized Biotech Introduction is Goal for Wheat Groups Tote That Bale With DewEze 165ss Scan-Kleen Filters Wash Easily Senate Blocks Confirmation of Interior Nominee Lucas Has Cap and Trade Concerns Democrats Relax House Emissions Bill Human Error May Have Caused H1N1 White House Food Safety Working Group Meeting Held U.S., EU Sign Beef Deal Michigan's Corn Growers Urged to Submit Comments to the EPA CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Ground Beef Recall Announced CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Secretary Appoints Another Deputy Undersecretary $50 Million From EQIP Targets Organic Farming; Sign-Up Is May 11-29 WASDE Confirms Strong Grain Markets Conditions Paradis to Serve as Administrator of Food and Nutrition Service EPA Says Indirect Emissions is Law EPA Administrator Testifies at Senate Hearing DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait Ag Secretary Holds Rural Community Forums RFA Speaks Out About Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules TV For Women Farmers and Ranchers Introduced Ag Education Planned for Urban Reporters Canadian H1N1 Herd Culled New AMS Administrator Announced Michigan Farm Bureau Joins Facebook, Twitter More to the Story of Mapping the Cow Genome Whole Genome Not the Whole Story Pork Board Working to Reinforce That Pork is Safe to Eat OMB Provides Insight into President's Ag Budget Proposal States Receive Grants to Strengthen National School Meals Programs Census Data Broken Down by Congressional District MDA Offers Specialty Crop Grant Workshops Outback Offers New Big Screen NMPF To Form Strategic Planning Task Force To Examine Solutions To Dairy Challenges Researchers Find Better TSE Test Hog Operating Losses Have Skyrocketed Since H1n1 Virus Does Starter Fertilizer Become Less Critical Later in Season? Feds Ready H1N1 Contingency Plan for Hogs and Poultry WASDE Report Changes Announced USDA Offers Rural Development Loans and Grants AFBF Not Happy with US-EU Beef Agreement Senate Committee Holds Cap and Trade Hearing Farm Bureau Asks for Section 32 Support for Pork Russia Continues to Manipulate Pork Imports Celebrate 'June Is Dairy Month' With Breakfast on the Farm CWT Bid Period Closes US-EU Beef Agreement Doesn't Do Enough Vilsack Meets With Dairy Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers EPA Scientific Advisory Panel Report on Optimum AcreMax 1 House Holds Hearing On Indirect Land Use Change USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources Named More Staff at USDA Announced New GIPSA Director Announced DFA Representatives Get Reassurances from Secretary USDA Sets Aside Funds for Lawsuit Settlement MIFFS and MIFMA Offer Group Liability Insurance Rates for Members EU and US Reach Provisional Agreement in Beef Dispute New Food Inspection Directive Released Time to Settle Pigford - Glickman Case Outback 185 Takes Power to the Job Site Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers First Step Toward Resolving Two Decade Beef Dispute H1N1 May Impact Beef Too Despite Sick Pigs H1N1 Seems to be Winding Down House Ag and Homeland Security Committees Review Nation Animal ID Weather Has Delayed Field Work in Corn Belt Forestland Dollars Released EPA Proposes Renewable Energy Goals Specialty Mushroom Workshop Set for June 18 Horse Slaughter Bill Now Montana Law ISU Says California Law Negative to Corn Pork Industry Asking USDA for Help Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Monsanto Files Lawsuit Against DuPont, Pioneer Funds Available to Support Organic Farming USDA, EPA and DOE Form Biofuels Interagency Working Group Petition to Request Checkoff Referendum Put Forward Rural America is Underinsured R-CALF Encourages Participation in Listening Sessions Curriculum Offered To Help Groups Raise Awareness About Local Food H1N1 Winding Down Despite Sick Pigs Beef Could Be Impacted by H1N1 Baucus to Introduce Cuban Trade Bill Results of How Farmers Are Viewed Released Flu Found in Canadian Pigs Michigan State University Lives Up to "Moo-U" Nickname in June Financial Strain Expected Due To H1N1 Influenza AAA Dismayed at Animal Rights Groups CRP Extension Available for Many Expiring Contracts National Animal ID Listening Sessions Set Pork's Return to Profitability Likely to Take Longer Why Dow AgroSciences Technology Is Big Step Forward Farm Bureau Supports Raising Blend Wall New Manure System Exceeds Environmental Standards Another Name for H1N1 Virus Hormone Free U.S. Beef to EU? Rural America Solutions Group Formed Michigan Farm Bureau Awards Scholarships to Three MSU Students EU May Accept U.S. Beef USDA Helps North Dakota Livestock Industry Subcommittee Investigates Civil Rights at USDA Ag Department Appointments Reviewed Thursday Michigan Corn Growers Association Membership Soars to New Heights Alert Level is One Notch Below Pandemic NFU, NCGA Favor Cap and Trade System 2010 Budget Resolution Passes Out of Congress USDA Issues 100 Day Report Grants Are Available to Help Rural Businesses Dow AgroSciences Confirms Precise Genome Modification in Maize Weather Causes More Spring Planting Delays Flu Continues to Spread Beyond North America Black Farmers Protest at USDA Soybean Hotline Offers Michigan Growers Crop, Pest Updates Michigan Floriculture Sales Ranked Third Nationally American Grown Goodness Program Begins Canada Begins WTO Action Against U.S COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada Broadband Grant Applications Being Accepted Rural Water Projects Announced Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Funds Available Good Start to Corn Planting Baseless Bans of U.S. Pork Have Already Happened Government Watching North American Influenza Situation Water Research and Development Act Passes House NSP Clarifies Failed Crop Clause 'North American Influenza' Spreads Several Countries Have Stopped U.S. Pork Imports Congressional Committees Looking into Influenza Situation Fear That Flu Could Develop into Pandemic is Driving Markets Lower Deere Offers Tier 3 Reman Engines Ag Secretary Addresses Flu Situation SA Flex Eases Loading California Ethanol Move Sparks Strong Reaction ACRE Sign-up Finally Begins FSIS Administrator Wants Risk Ranking Food Safety Legislation Could Be Next Congress Has Tentative Budget Deal CCC Announces Crop Loan Rates Know What You're Paying For in Stacked Hybrids National Pork Board Urges Increased Bio-Security Plans Swine Flu Confirmed in Southwest Checkoff Helps Drive Consumer Interest in Beef Middle Meats CARB Approves Low Carbon Fuel Standard USDA to Conduct First Wide-Scale Survey of Organic Agriculture FDA Sets Final Feed Rules Food Safety Requires Public-Private Partnership USDA to Check Changing Face of Agriculture Genome Sequence Sheds Light On Ruminant Evolution FDA to Implement Feed Ban Despite Public Objections Midwest Dairy Association Elects Officers Beef Checkoff-funded Veal Retail Campaign Going Strong Don't Panic Yet Just Because You Can't Plant Corn Ag Committee Reviews Crop Insurance Program Summer 2009 Farmers Market Tours Scheduled Obama Presents Alternative Energy and Jobs Plan Draft Energy Bill Reviewed on Capitol Hill EPA Releases Review of Climate Bill USDA Civil Rights Agenda Outlined by Ag Secretary Don't Have a Dairy Budget? Get $1,500 Vilsack Addresses Concerns About EPA Finding California's Decision on Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Impact Entire Country Winter Wheat Progress Not Fairing Well March Milk Production Exceeds 2008 Level HHS Nominee Passes Senate Committee Hearing Bill Banning Antibiotics in Animals Passes Committee Rural Development Funds Released Earth Day Celebration Covering Several Days Agriculture Feeling the Impact of Recession EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision Draws More Unfavorable Reactions Interior Department Distributes Restoration Funds NCGA Files Comments on Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standards Vilsack Returns from G8 Meeting Obama Administration to Cut Expenses at Cabinet Level Early-Planted Soybeans Come With Benefits and Risks USDA Economist Talks Ag Economy Michigan Corn Growers Association Awards 2009 Scholarship EPA Issues Finding That Greenhouse Gasses Pose Threat U.S. and Mexico to Collaborate on Climate and Clean Energy President Makes Two More USDA Nominations Report Recommends Changes to Food Safety System Canadians Ready with WTO Challenge Vilsack Calls for Investment in Ag Develpment to G8 Agricultural Ministerial EPA Wants Input on Raising Ethanol Blend Wall Delegation Provides U.S. View on Global Food Security at G8 Lawsuit Attempting to Limit Ethanol Blending Is Dismissed Vilsack Taps Environment and Climate Advisor Iowa Legislation Would Set Alternative Fuel Standard Five Historic Barns Honored by Michigan Barn Preservation Network Miller Wildcat Provides Welder/generator CBO Ethanol Report Discussed by Agricultural Organizations Stimulus Money for Natural Resources Conservation Announced Michigan Prospective Plantings Report 2009 Word Food Prize Symposium Theme Announced AFBF Addresses Broadband Funding & Services USDA Asking Questions About Animal Identification Farm Sector Economy Stronger than Other Sectors USDA Continues to Fill Staff Positions Nebraska Has First Ethanol Blender Pumps Prices Favorable for Chinese Purchase of U.S. Corn Lifting Cuban Travel Restrictions Good 'First Step' GMO Corn Banned in Germany AFBF Outlines Goals for Climate Change No General CRP Sign-up In 2009 Russia Shuffles Eligible U.S. Pork Plants FAS Adds Country Pages to Web Site Major Storms Sweeping Across U.S. Mobile Technology Unit to Visit MSU April 15-17 WaterScout Keeps Tabs on Field Moisture John Deere Announces New Global Operating Model for Sustainable Growth Scuse Named Deputy Under Secretary of FFAS Lean Pork Weighs In Just in Time for Swimsuit Season Haul With/Without Passengers With New Kubota Winter Wheat Heading May Indicate Southern Plains Condition Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Announces National Reproduction Awards EPA Responds to Request for Review of Pesticide Rule Michigan Vegetable Intentions Announced for 2009 President Loosens Some Cuban Related Controls India Balking on Carbon Sequestration Military Studies Alternative Energy Duckweed Could Replace Corn in Ethanol Vilsack Unveils Updated Research, Education and Economics Information System FFAS Deputy Under Secretary Choosen February Beef Exports Maintain Strong Momentum Supermarkets, Commissaries Support Pork Promotions Delay of Feed Ban Rule Proposed by FDA FDA Wants to Delay Feed Ban Rule Food Safety Progress Not Where CDC Would Like USDA Names Under Secretaries and Additional Staff Groups Step In Where EPA Won't Changes Coming in Marketing Assistance Loans Small Animals Day Provides Families Fun and Education Set Up Field Trials Carefully MMPA Recognizes 35-year Members NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Canada Wants WTO Help with South Korean Beef Dispute New Zealand Ambassador to Head Ag Negotiations CBO Report Shows Ethanol Has Little Impact on Food Prices Red River Valley Bracing for More High Water NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Broadband Access Plan Under Development ACRE Sign-up Start Date Finally Set USDA Officials Sworn into Office MMPA Leaders Elected Drought Impacting Winter Wheat Conditions Study Shows 29,000 Cooperatives Employ More Than 2 Million Meat and Poultry Inspection is Not Broken NPPC Calls for Corn-Ethanol Study McDonald's Japan Sells with Aus NLIS Support for PQA Plus Gains Momentum Aventine Renewable Energy is Latest to File Bankruptcy Obama Pressured to Let Mexican Truckers Through Ag Secretary Announces $17 Million in Grants for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers MAL and LDP Programs Have New Regulations Senators Want Stiff Payment Requirements Nut Problems with Salmonella Expand Poultry Organizations File Suit Against EPA Michigan March Hogs and Pigs Inventory Increases Wireless Monitoring With Vision Works Dairy Farmers of America Earns National Recognition From Dannon FDA Ignoring Environmental and Economic Impacts of Feed Ban Senate Ag Leadership Express Concern Over Pesticide Ruling Congress in Recess But Plenty of Work Awaits Funding Released to Rehabilitate Flood Control Structures Experts Focus on Real World Climate Change Costs Some Biotech Testing Ends in Japan Cotton Industry Wants No Program Changes Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC Announces the Recall Cheeses Massey Ferguson Offers Six New Compact Tractor Models Farm Progress to Expand Husker Harvest Days Show Water Resource Management Is Focus of Lake and Stream Leaders Institute G20 Communiqué Says Global Crisis Needs Global Solution Poultry Products Recalled Bill Promoting Pipelines Introduced Lucas Rejects Democratic Budget SNAP Benefits Increased to Combat Hunger Nitrogen Sensing Moves Closer to Commonplace Extension Fact Sheets Address Issues Facing Dairy Farms and How to Manage Them LibertyLink Soybeans Approved for Import into Korea BQ-9000 Program Unveiled FY 2010 Budget Passes House Climate Change Measure Won't Place Economy at Global Disadvantage Food Safety Focus Begins for House Ag Committee Base Acreage on Federal Land Reinstated Sugar Alliance Wants Sugar Quota to Remain Unchanged Harden Chosen to Head USDA Congressional Relations House Ag Committee Reviewing Food Safety HOBOnode Does It Wirelessly Inaccurate Facts and Omissions Contradict EC Duties on Biodiesel MILC Payments Being Calculated VP And Ag Secretary Announce Recovery Funds Possible Source of Pistachio Contamination Found Dow, Syngenta to Cross-License Crop Tech Vilsack Testifies on Ag Issues Within Administration's Budget Pork Producers Pleased by USDA Pork Purchases Michigan Turkey Producers Continue to Thrive, Boost Local Economy Senate Ag Committee to Hold Hearing on Four Nominations Farm Bureau Wants Cuba Restrictions Lifted