Farmscape for July 8, 2008 (Episode 2899) Manitoba Pork Marketing says the province's swine producers have adjusted exceptionally well to the closure of its Winnipeg Assembly yard. At the end of June Manitoba Pork Marketing accepted the last load of
Midbrook offers washer re-building service to help companies save money and increase the performance quality of their part washing equipment. In tough economic times, it is more affordable for many companies to repair and rebuild their old washing equipment instead
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) --- Floodwaters receding into the Mississippi River and its tributaries will suck billions of dollars out of the Midwest's economy, though probably not as much as the 1993 flooding that devastated the region.
The recent surge in grain prices has led to a backlash not only from some consumer groups but also from some organizations representing livestock producers.
DES MOINES (AP) --- An international program that helps feed children throughout the world has landed two former U.S. senators and presidential candidates the 2008 World Food Prize.
COLLINS --- While consumers debate whether ethanol and high grain prices are forcing food prices higher, Dave Struthers is stuck debating a more-basic point --- whether high grain prices and high farm input prices are making farming profitable.
It's one thing to hear Northeast Iowa farmer Mark Mueller talk about the saturated conditions that are idling planters in much of the state when fields should be bustling.
