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NAWG applauds Gates’ call for more ag research
The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) applauds Bill Gates for drawing attention to the need for more ag research dollars. In his annual letter about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s priorities, the Microsoft founder says “it is shocking – not to mention short-sighted and potentially dangerous – how little money is spent on [...]
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Feeder cattle trade higher at Missouri auction
There was virtually no movement in cattle country on Wednesday. Bids and asking prices are widely separated by $5.00 to 6.00 on a live basis. Feedlot operators in the South are firm in their asking prices of 126.00 to 127.00; in the North producers are asking 203.00 to 205.00 dressed. At this time neither packers [...]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 8, 2012
Mar. corn closed at $6.42 and 1/2, up 1/4 cent Mar. soybeans closed at $12.31 and 1/2, down 1/2 cent Mar. soybean meal closed at $321.70, down $3.70 Mar. soybean oil closed at 52.58, up 41 points Mar. wheat closed at $6.60 and 3/4, down 1 and 1/2 cents Feb. live cattle closed at $125.77, [...]
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Case IH exhibits at NCBA Trade Show for first time
Case IH was one of new exhibitors in the NCBA Trade Show in Nashville this year. Public relations manager Scott Rasch says the company wants to better familiarize cattlemen with its full line of tractors and hay equipment, including the new generation of Farmall tractors. Case IH has also launched its new Field of Deals [...]
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Case IH exhibits at NCBA Trade Show for first time
Case IH was one of new exhibitors in the NCBA Trade Show in Nashville this year. Public relations manager Scott Rasch says the company wants to better familiarize cattlemen with its full line of tractors and hay equipment, including the new generation of Farmall tractors. Case IH has also launched its new Field of Deals [...]
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Wednesday midday cash livestock prices
A few token bids are being reported on the cattle at 121.00 in Texas on Wednesday, but it is very likely that we won’t see any significant business until Thursday or Friday. Higher futures prices on Tuesday and higher boxed beef values have firmed feedlot resolve and feedlot operators are asking for 126.00 plus live [...]
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Wednesday midday cash livestock prices
A few token bids are being reported on the cattle at 121.00 in Texas on Wednesday, but it is very likely that we won’t see any significant business until Thursday or Friday. Higher futures prices on Tuesday and higher boxed beef values have firmed feedlot resolve and feedlot operators are asking for 126.00 plus live [...]
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‘Equal Access to Justice Act’ is a top priority for NCBA
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has made revisions to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) one its top policy priorities for 2012. The EAJA was designed to level the playing field between small businesses and individual citizens and the federal government. It allows plaintiffs to recover legal costs from the federal government when they [...]
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‘Equal Access to Justice Act’ is a top priority for NCBA
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has made revisions to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) one its top policy priorities for 2012. The EAJA was designed to level the playing field between small businesses and individual citizens and the federal government. It allows plaintiffs to recover legal costs from the federal government when they [...]
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Hearings held on Nebraska checkoff bills
The Nebraska Unicameral’s Agriculture Committee held a public hearing Tuesday on bills that would raise Nebraska’s wheat and corn checkoffs. LB 1057 would increase the corn checkoff from its current one-quarter of one cent per bushel rate to one-half of one cent per bushel—and it would allow for incremental increases of one-tenth of one cent in the [...]
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Hearings held on Nebraska checkoff bills
The Nebraska Unicameral’s Agriculture Committee held a public hearing Tuesday on bills that would raise Nebraska’s wheat and corn checkoffs. LB 1057 would increase the corn checkoff from its current one-quarter of one cent per bushel rate to one-half of one cent per bushel—and it would allow for incremental increases of one-tenth of one cent in the [...]
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Perspective: His PGR Is Great, but Look at His PA
Informative statistics to guide decision making might help identify key factors in our increasingly complex business environment.
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ECB Concessions Support Greek Deal
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Wisconsin Cranberry Growers celebrate 125 years
Day 2 of the Brownfield Wisconsin Agribusiness Tour took us to Central Wisconsin; our first stop was in Wisconsin Rapids to visit with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Executive Director Tom Lochner. It was 125 years ago this week that a group of about 30 cranberry growers met to go over the bylaws [...]
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Wisconsin Cranberry Growers celebrate 125 years
Day 2 of the Brownfield Wisconsin Agribusiness Tour took us to Central Wisconsin; our first stop was in Wisconsin Rapids to visit with the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Executive Director Tom Lochner. It was 125 years ago this week that a group of about 30 cranberry growers met to go over the bylaws [...]
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Grassland Dairy bets big on the future of dairy
Our second stop was in central Clark County and Grassland Dairy Products. This is probably one of the best-kept secrets in Wisconsin, in the rural countryside, halfway between Loyal and Greenwood lies one of the largest butter plants in the world, about a third of the nation’s butter is made at Grassland. Trevor Wuethrich and [...]
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Grassland Dairy bets big on the future of dairy
Our second stop was in central Clark County and Grassland Dairy Products. This is probably one of the best-kept secrets in Wisconsin, in the rural countryside, halfway between Loyal and Greenwood lies one of the largest butter plants in the world, about a third of the nation’s butter is made at Grassland. Trevor Wuethrich and [...]
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V & H Trucks can put your forage or manure unit together
Our third stop of the day was at V & H Trucks in Marshfield. Fred Sadowska works with farmers in putting together forage trucks and manure trucks. V & H offers a full line of new trucks which means trade-ins and those are prime trucks to be used under forage boxes and manure spreaders. Sadowska [...]
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V & H Trucks can put your forage or manure unit together
Our third stop of the day was at V & H Trucks in Marshfield. Fred Sadowska works with farmers in putting together forage trucks and manure trucks. V & H offers a full line of new trucks which means trade-ins and those are prime trucks to be used under forage boxes and manure spreaders. Sadowska [...]
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WRWA working to keep groundwater safe
Our final stop of the day was a visit with the Wisconsin Rural Water Association in Plover. Formed in 1986, the organization has 18 employees who work with more than 600 municipalities and their water systems across the state. Jeff LaBelle is a Circuit Rider; he does technical assistance, training, line testing and other assistance [...]
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