Interview with Fred Pfaeffle, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at USDA in Washington, DC…
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AGRICULTURE TODAY 02/22/2012
Biodiesel tax credit is now a long-shot for returning this year for blenders. Ranking Member of House Ag Committee Colin Peterson on corporate farms and direct payments. New Mexico Youth Management Camp a success. Determining what is important for the next farm bill. Taco Bell a success story for the Pork Checkoff. Working Ranch Cowboys [...]
AG NEWS 02/22/2012
“U.S. & South Korean FTA Activation Set” United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk says the free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea will be implemented on March 15, 2012. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President J.D. Alexander says – this may very well be the most monumental bilateral trade pact our industry has [...]
AGRIBUSINESS REPORT: Mary Jane Buerkle
Interview with Mary Jane Buerkle, Director of Communications and Public Affairs with Plains Cotton Growers (PCG) in Lubbock, TX…
AGRICULTURE TODAY 02/21/2012
Pork producers questioning move by McDonald’s and HSUS. 2012 U.S. Grains Council Annual Meeting: Christian Foster with USDA on partnerships with USGC and U.S. Wheat Associates. Todd Gleason reports on “Power and the Land”. Texas farmers are being proactive with irrigation water. Determining basis and hedging the volatility in grain markets. Examining the biggest challenges [...]
AG NEWS 02/21/2012
“China Trade Still Has Problems” Despite the goodwill expressed with diplomatic gestures, during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the farm belt last week, the world’s two largest economies still have thorny disagreements over agricultural trade to resolve. U.S. ranchers have been frustrated by Chinese officials’ continued rejection of American beef despite their acknowledgement [...]
AGRIBUSINESS REPORT: Jose Pacheco
Highlights from the recent 2012 U.S. Grains Council’s 52 Annual Membership Meeting and 9th International Marketing Conference in Panama City, Panama – brought to you by the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP) – featuring Jose Pacheco, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Industry with the Republic of Panama…
AGRICULTURE TODAY 02/20/2012
USDA Economist responds to Wall Street Journal report. Preventing trichomoniasis in beef cattle. Dr. Mark Welch discusses the feed grain market movement over the last few weeks. Biodiesel tax credit may be gone for good. Soybean prices continue to look promising. Beef consumption is down, but prices continue to climb: why?
AG NEWS 02/20/2012
“EPA Clears Way for E15” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the go-ahead for the sales of a mixture of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline. Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis says – now it is up to the retailers and individual fuel companies to register for approval to sell E15. Another hurdle [...]
AGRIBUSINESS REPORT: Dr. Mark Welch
Interview with Dr. Mark Welch, Texas, Assistant Professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Grain Marketing Economist at Texas A&M University in College Station…
