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Deep divide in Congress over domestic food aid
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink food aid and alter the way people qualify for it. The two chambers are far apart on how much the $80 billion-a-year program ...
BC-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Thu, May 16, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Thursday, May 16, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
AP-USDA-Midwest Regional Eggs
NW—PY018 Des Moines, IA Thu. May 16, 2013 USDA Market News SHELL EGGS: Daily Midwest Regional Eggs Daily producer prices are 3 cents higher for Large and Medium, and 2 cents higher for Small. Midwest delivered prices are steady. The undertone is firm. Domestic demand is moderate. Export demand to ...
Rewards grow in North Dakota cattle killing cases
Donations from the North Dakota Stockmen's Association have boosted reward funds for information leading to convictions in two high-profile cattle-killing cases on opposite sides of the state. The reward in a Richland County case in May 2012 in which 13 cows and a calf were shot and killed in a ...
Ohio livestock prices
The Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Summary from Wednesday as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service: BASE MARKET On a carcass basis plant delivered (54-62 pct. lean): 1.24 higher. Base price range: 85.47-95.01, weighted average 90.85. 0.8-0.9 inches backfat: 87.00-96.27. 0.6-0.7 inches backfat: 90.00-99.50. Total prior day ...
Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat ...
Ind. prison holding open house at its horse farm
A central Indiana state prison is throwing open the gates to its 100-acre farm for retired racehorses for an open house showing off the thoroughbreds and their inmate handlers. Visitors can tour the Putnamville Correctional Facility's Second Chances Farm during the May 24 open house to see the farm's 30 ...
House panel OKs farm bill with food stamp cuts
The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel rebuffed Democratic efforts to keep the food stamp program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theological discourse on helping the poor. The House bill ...
Found fruit: Online map is gateway to edibles
Ethan Welty is thinking ahead to harvest time as he cycles through tidy Boulder streets pointing out apple, plum and mulberry trees on public and private land. "We're coming up on the best apple trees in Boulder," said Welty, a geographer and PhD student specializing in glaciers in the University ...
Public may feel left out of SD big-game management
The half dozen people who attended a meeting on big-game management suggested Wednesday that many South Dakota hunters and landowners feel their views are not taken into consideration in the management of deer, elk, antelope and mountain lions in the state. The meeting was held by a consulting firm hired ...
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