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Farmers dealing with late harvest, moldy corn
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Last Updated: 7:10 PM 11/06/09 - Farmers who are getting ready for their yearly harvest are finding fields full of moldy corn. A cool summer and relatively wet October are to blame. (Full Story) |
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Senator: No stimulus money for US-China wind farm
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Last Updated: 8:47 AM 11/06/09 - A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for economic stimulus money for a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project. (Full Story) |
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Man dead after falling off silo
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Last Updated: 12:55 PM 11/05/09 - The Buffalo County Sheriff says it happened just before 11 a.m. Wednesday on a farm in the Town of Glencoe, near Arcadia. (Full Story) |
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Wet weather delays harvest from Midwest to South
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Last Updated: 9:42 AM 11/05/09 - Late-season rains have delayed harvest from the Great Plains to the Deep South, frustrating farmers and raising questions about whether some in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf region would be able to stay in business. (Full Story) |
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Three-million acres taken out of conservation program
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Last Updated: 10:18 AM 11/04/09 - Millions of acres of farmland are being released from a federal conservation program and could soon be tilled. (Full Story) |
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Vt. slaughterhouse closed for inhumane treatment
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Last Updated: 9:03 AM 11/03/09 - U.S. Department of Agriculture records show Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle was closed for a day in May, again in June and again in July after an inspector cited it for inhumane treatment of animals. (Full Story) |
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Farmers growing electricity along with their crops
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Last Updated: 9:36 AM 11/02/09 - The Oregon Department of Agriculture says more farms are taking advantage of an array of grants and tax credits available to install renewable energy. (Full Story) |
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U.S. cotton almost clear of voracious boll weevil
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Last Updated: 12:32 PM 10/30/09 - Boll weevils ate through U.S. cotton crops for more than a century, costing growers $20 billion. (Full Story) |
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Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign partners to host second bus tour
Last Updated: 10:49 AM 10/30/09 - The Wisconsin Farmers Union and other Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign partners will host a bus tour on Nov. 13 to highlight the benefits of four homegrown renewable energy policies promoted by the campaign and the opportunities for clean energy jobs in Wisconsin. (Full Story) |
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Wisconsin farmer promotes 'good-food revolution'
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Last Updated: 10:24 AM 10/29/09 - After years of tilling away in obscurity, Milwaukee farmer Will Allen has found sudden fame as the face of the urban farming movement. (Full Story) |
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Farm states may copy Ohio vote on livestock rules
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Last Updated: 10:40 AM 10/28/09 - The move could give farmers in rural America a blueprint for battling groups intent on outlawing cramped cages for cows, chickens and hogs. (Full Story) |
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Low milk prices have dairy farmers killing cows
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Last Updated: 8:24 AM 10/27/09 - More than 225,000 cows have been killed this year through a program run by the National Milk Producers Federation. (Full Story) |
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Wis. man convicted of failing to register cattle
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Last Updated: 9:59 AM 10/26/09 - Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland was found guilty of violating the 2005 law and ordered to pay nearly $400 in fines and costs. (Full Story) |
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Washington wine production grows
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Last Updated: 9:56 AM 10/26/09 - The massive storage and fermentation tanks being erected in Washington's wine corridors show that things are changing. (Full Story) |
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Oregon gets approval to certify organic farms
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Last Updated: 8:42 AM 10/20/09 - The government says organic farming in that state grew by almost nine times between 2002 and 2007. (Full Story) |
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WFU: Feingold’s bill will give consumers better choices
Last Updated: 3:01 PM 10/19/09 - Feingold introduces dairy COOL legislation (Full Story) |
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Federal judge shutters Idaho grazing allotment
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Last Updated: 8:29 AM 10/19/09 - It's an effort to protect wild bighorns. (Full Story) |
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New Wisconsin program to preserve farmland begins
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Last Updated: 6:51 AM 10/16/09 - The state will take your request to have land designated as an agricultural enterprise area. (Full Story) |
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World Food Prize talks to focus on food security
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Last Updated: 7:42 AM 10/14/09 - Starting today, growers and distributors from around the world will discuss ways to make sure people have access to food. (Full Story) |
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Kentucky lawmaker pushes industrial hemp farming
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Last Updated: 7:59 AM 10/13/09 - The proposal would require those growers to be licensed by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. (Full Story) |
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| Product | Month | Price | Change |
| Corn | 09Jul | 417'2 | -11'0 |
| Soybeans | 09Jul | 1130'0 | -17'0 |
| Soybean Oil | 09Jul | 37.90 | -0.94 |
| 09Jul | 358.2 | -41 | |
| Class III Milk | 09May | 9.83 | 0.01 |
| Live Cattle | 09Jun | 82.375 | -15'6 |
| (future Maykets updated @ 6 pm weekdays) | |||
| Product | Month | Price | Change |
| Oats | 09Jul | 228'0 | 0'0 |
| Ethanol | 09Jun | 1.678 | -0.038 |
| Wheat | 09Jul | 577'4 | -15'6 |
| Feeder Cattle | 09May | 99.000 | -0.025 |
| Lean Hogs | 09Jun | 65.525 | -0.475 |
| Cash-settled Butter | 09May | 123.00 | 0.00 |








