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As Texans look ahead to what the New Year may hold, food prices should be one less of a concern than they were a year ago. That’s according to the latest Texas Farm Bureau Grocery Price Watch, which found that shoppers not only shaved a few cents off their grocery bills from the third to [...]

“Taiwan to Block U.S. Beef Imports” Two months ago the United States and Taiwan signed a bilateral agreement that expanded the list of U.S. beef products Taiwan would accept as imports. But now, Taiwan’s political parties have agreed to ban ground beef, offal and possibly bone-in beef from any country found to have bovine spongiform [...]

Today is New Year’s Eve so we will have abbreviated trading with all markets closing at midday.  Markets will reopen on Monday morning with normal trading.  Tune in to hear a preview of the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conference from New Orleans, LA.  We’ll also begin to preview the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show in [...]

Today on All Ag, All Day tune in to hear a preview of the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conference from New Orleans, LA.  We’ll also begin to preview the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show in San Antonio next month and will hear from House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson about writing the 2012 Farm Bill [...]

Today on All Ag, All Day tune in to hear a preview of the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conference from New Orleans, LA.  We’ll also begin to preview the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show in San Antonio next month, hear from House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson about writing the 2012 Farm Bill – as [...]

“Senate Ag Committee Appointments Announced” When the new Congress begins in January the Senate ag committee will have leadership in new locations.  Senate Ag Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln has asked former committee chairman Tom Harkin to take seats she formerly held on the Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit; the Subcommittee on Hunger, [...]

Today on All Ag, All Day tune in to hear 2010 corn and soybean price projections and some potential opportunities to lock in good prices for the new crop.  Also, hear about what National Cattleman’s Beef Association (NCBA) is doing to keep the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from overstepping it’s bounds when it comes to [...]

“SURE Program Now Available” USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program, in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. In making the announcement, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged producers to visit their USDA Farm Service Agency county office beginning on January 4, 2010, to participate in the program if they suffered crop production [...]

“Senate Passes Health Care Reform” By a vote of 60 to 39 the United States Senate has passed the controversial health care reform bill.  Cost of the bill is estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to be 871-billion dollars.  The bill is expected to go to conference with the House version o the bill as [...]

“Federal Agencies Focus on California Water Problems” The Obama Administration has released a coordinated interim action plan to address the water crisis in California. Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, says – the actions that Federal agencies announce will have real, on-the-ground impacts in 2010 and will complement the State [...]