Category: Agriculture
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Ethanol Concerns Grow
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/vetlife_content.asp?contentid=96920" >Ethanol Production Threatening Livestock Industry, Food Supply</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Think tanks and livestock producers alike are alarmed at the rate of growth of the ethanol industry and its effect on feed supplies for the meat industry.<br />n<br />nRon Plain, an agricultural economist at the University of Missouri, says that increases in corn costs have…
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News, Maybe
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/ETHANOL_FIGHT?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" >Ethanol boom divides farmers, ranchers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>From corn fields to Wall Street, enthusiasm for ethanol is at an all-time high. But not everyone is enthusiastic.<br />n<br />nDemand for the corn-based fuel is driving up the cost of feed corn, making it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs.<br />n<br />n"It's hard to…
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Food Borne Illness
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=94959" >Rates Of Foodborne Illness Are Decreasing</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that rates of foodborne illness and the incidence of pathogens in food declined significantly between the late 1990s and 2005. The incidence rates of infection for major pathogens declined by the following rates: Listeria, 32% Campylobacter, 30% E. coli…
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Wisdom of Cloning
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122800552.html" >FDA Says Clones Are Safe To Eat</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taking a long-awaited stand in an emotionally fraught food fight, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a 678-page analysis concluding that milk and meat from cloned animals pose no unique risks to consumers.<br />n<br />nThe decision, subject to change after a period of public…
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Bison And Brucellosis
<blockquote>"For Yellowstone bison to be involved in the big picture of bison conservation, they've got to be brucellosis-free," said Tom Roffe, a wildlife veterinarian and biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. And that's why the animals here are being corralled and handled, poked and prodded.<br />n<br />nRoffe has been pushing his agency for…
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Talking
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/20/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Feds may delist wolf in two states</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Wolves in Montana and Idaho could be taken off the endangered species list even if Wyoming wolves remain listed, federal officials said Tuesday.<br />n<br />nA proposal to delist wolves could come as early as next month.</blockquote><br />n<br />nJust a lot more talk, when will we…
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What You Talkin About?
<blockquote>Soaring corn prices are squeezing meat and milk producers, but consumers will not necessarily see higher prices at the grocery checkout, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in an interview Thursday.<br />n<br />nCostly corn has made it more expensive to feed cows, chickens and pigs. Demand for ethanol, a fuel made from corn, has pushed the…
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Eating Organic
<center><img width='550' height='352' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/organic_caveman.gif' alt='' /></center><br />n<br />nI found this over at <a href="http://www.consumerfreedom.com/cartoons.cfm">The Center for Consumer Freedom</a> and couldn't resist.<br />n<br />
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Taking A Stand
<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/121106-animal.htm" >Animal Health Committee Asks <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> to Maintain Brucellosis Surveillance Program</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Upon referral of a resolution from its Animal Health Committee – chaired by Missouri veterinarian Max Thornsberry – the R-CALF USA Board of Directors has adopted interim policy…
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Drought Aid Dead, For Now
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/06/news/state/55-drought.txt" >Drought aid derailed again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Congressional efforts to provide billions of dollars in agricultural disaster aid were thwarted again Tuesday, leaving the issue to languish until Democrats take over both chambers in January.<br />n<br />nNorth Dakota Sens. Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, both Democrats, attempted to attach $4.8 billion in aid for struggling…