Thursday, February 09, 2012
PAUL, Idaho -- At Horizon Organic's dairy, cows move at their own pace from the barns to the pastures and finally to the rotary milking parlor, where they calmly chew their cud as they ride the carousel. "This calmness and contentedness is the output of everything we do on the dairy, all the love ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
SPOKANE -- Economist John Mitchell says the farm sector is in good shape for the coming year, as the nation continues to climb out of the recession. Agriculture has a solid base at a time when debt is going down, Mitchell said. If farmers aren't taking on debt and getting highly leveraged, they w ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- The smallest cattle herd since the 1950s likely will mean higher beef prices at the supermarket for the next two years. Experts said beef prices could climb as much as 10 percent a year in 2012 and 2013, and the increase could be even greater if demand from other co ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:34 AM
BOISE -- The sponsor of a bill that would encourage local farm economies by removing state regulations has asked lawmakers for more time to work on it in the face of opposition from Idaho's largest farm groups. House Bill 431 would allow for an uninhibited relationship between farmers and consume ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
Representatives of the Pacific Northwest wheat industry aren't alarmed that Iraq excluded the U.S. in a recent wheat purchase, but they say the situation bears watching. Iraq's Ministry of Trade recently announced a tender offer to buy 50,000 tons of wheat from all origins excluding the U.S. and ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- Labor lawyers believe they have found a potential breakthrough for providing guestworkers to Washington's short-handed tree fruit industry. Last December, after the Obama administration announced a change in immigration policy to aid individuals applying for a green card (per ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
The Washington Grain Commission holds its annual wheat and barley research review next week. The review begins at 10 a.m. Feb. 15 at the Holiday Inn Express in Pullman, Wash. Mary Palmer Sullivan, program director for the commission, said the review provides an opportunity for Washington Sta ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:03 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Copper prices hit their highest level in five months Wednesday on expectations that demand may pick up after China announced a plan to stimulate private sector growth. Copper for March delivery rose 3.35 cents to finish at $3.9095 per pound, its highest closing price since mid- ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:43 PM
The corporate parent of the Pennington grass seed company has managed to increase sales for five consecutive quarters. Central Garden & Pet, which also owns numerous home and garden brands, grew revenues 7 percent to more than $300 million in its most recent fiscal quarter, according to a f ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:03 AM
Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Ore., during February by unit trains and barges, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat and barley ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:22 AM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures mostly rose in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 6 cents to $6.6825 a bushel; March corn rose 5.75 cents to $6.48 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $3.2775 a bushel; while March soybeans rose 6 cents to $12.3 ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:02 AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Gov. Jack Dalrymple has offered state assistance to try to ensure the future of a plant in northeastern North Dakota that currently produces ethanol. Archer Daniels Midland Co. is closing the Walhalla plant in April, ending 61 jobs. A spokesman for the agribusiness conglo ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:42 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Diamond Foods Inc. said Wednesday it is replacing its CEO and chief financial officer after an internal investigation found that the company improperly accounted for payments to walnut growers and it needs to restate two years of financial results. The news sent shares of th ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:03 PM
The grain export terminal at Longview, Wash., gives Northwest grain growers an edge in marketing their crop, a representative of the company that built the $200 million complex says. The EGT terminal's assets include the fastest unload times on the Columbia River, at 120,000 bushels per hour, c ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:22 PM
Gold prices broke a two-day slide Tuesday as traders became more optimistic that Greece would reach a deal with its creditors to restructure its debt. Gold for April delivery rose $23.50 to settle at $1,748.40 an ounce Tuesday. Silver also rose 44.4 cents to $34.19 an ounce. Other metals wer ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:31 PM
Organic and diversified farmers don't have many options when it comes to insuring their production, but they now have better access to one option that has been little used due to its complexity. The federally subsidized Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite can be especially beneficial to specialty, ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:01 PM
Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Ore., during February by unit trains and barges, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat and barley ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:49 AM
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is asking farmers about their cost of production. NASS representatives have begun contacting a representative sample of growers nationwide for its annual Agricultural Resource Management (ARMS) survey. Dave Knopf, director of NASS in Washington, s ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:20 AM
The USDA Farm Service Agency is offering help to beginning and minority farmers who want to buy farm land. The Land Contract Guarantee Program is designed to help them obtain land through a sales contract with the owner. Melissa Cummins, farm loan chief for the agency office in Spokane, said ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:00 AM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures mostly fell in early trading Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery fell 5 cents to $6.6350 a bushel; March corn fell 4.75 cents to $6.3950 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $3.27 a bushel; while March soybeans fell 3 cents to $12.30 ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand foods. The green and white sea ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:50 AM
MOSCOW, Idaho -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter toured University of Idaho laboratories where researchers are seeking solutions to potato virus Y and coldwater disease in fish farms. Under a plan Otter and U of I President Duane Nellis announced Feb. 6, those and other research projects could open th ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 5:49 PM
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday granted conditional class-action status to a lawsuit filed on behalf of an estimated 700 workers at the Creekstone Farms Premium Beef slaughterhouse in Arkansas City. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren ruled that the class would include all hourl ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 3:19 PM
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- Lactalis American Group has announced a $40 million expansion to its Idaho plant that will increase its mozzarella production, create jobs and increase the plant's purchase of local and regional milk. The new 61,300-square-foot plant will be built behind the existing Lactal ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 12:48 PM
Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Ore., during February by unit trains and barges, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat and barley ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 9:48 AM
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) -- Officials say workers were evacuated at two northwest Arkansas meat processing plants due to ammonia leaks. Springdale plants owned by Cargill Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. each evacuated workers Monday morning after apparently unrelated ammonia leaks. Cargill plant ma ...
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