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House to vote on cuts to crop insurance
The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue. The amendment by Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., would limit government help for crop insurance paid to wealthy farmers and limit the subsidies the government gives crop insurance companies. A ...
House votes to delay food safety rules
The House has voted to delay sweeping food safety rules that would require farmers and food companies to be more vigilant about guarding against contamination. Lawmakers adopted an amendment by voice vote to a wide-ranging farm bill late Wednesday that would delay the rules signed into law in 2011 until ...
Compromise among senators eyed on border security
After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally. Lawmakers and aides alike said the goal was ...
House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion
The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have maintained current spending on food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...
Montana court says bison transfer legal
The relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison to tribal lands in Montana can resume, under a Wednesday ruling from the state's Supreme Court that revives a stalled conservation initiative for the animals. Bison, also known as buffalo, once numbered in the tens of millions across North America, before overhunting drove ...
Coiffed Cattle Get Their Close-up
A longtime beauty practice in the livestock industry gains Internet attention. So-called 'fluffy cows' are the rage out on the range. (June 19)
As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
June 18 U-T San Diego: "Obamacare and California — little hope" The Legislature last weekend endorsed a major part of the state's role in implementing President Obama's health care reform law, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million poor Californians. The only hope now — slimmer than slim — is ...
Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, June 18, 2013 Immigration reform possible Immigration reform is a buzzword that comes packaged with some emotional punch. On one side, many people don't want reform unless the U.S. borders are controlled to keep illegal immigrants out. On the other hand, a bipartisan group of South ...
BC-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Wed, Jun 19, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
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