http://brownfieldagnews.com Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:01:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Ankeny, Iowa Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held the first-ever joint public workshop on competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.  The workshop, led by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, featured panel discussions on a variety ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/feds-turn-spotlight-on-ag-competition-issues/ Soybeans were mostly lower on speculative and technical selling, along with the lower crude oil. Contracts started firm, but just couldn’t follow through due to the increasingly bearish supply and demand outlook; the now expired March was the only contract closing with gains. The trade continues to keep close watch ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/wheat-higher-on-short-covering-lower-dollar/ You’ve no doubt read on Brownfieldagnews.com or in other ag publications about the introduction of HR 4733, the pejoratively titled “Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act” by two Los Angeles area members of the House, Reps. Diane E. Watson (D, CA) and Elton Gallegly (R, CA). This bill, once you ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/they-ain%e2%80%99t-shy/ Cattle trading was active in the Southern Plains on Friday on good demand. Compared to last week, live sales in the Texas Panhandle were 2.00 to 3.00 higher at 94.00 to 95.00, and 2.00 higher in Kansas at 94.00. Dressed sales in Kansas are 4.00 higher than last week at ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/feedlot-cattle-trend-two-to-four-dollars-higher-than-last-week/ March corn closed at $3.54, down 1 and 1/2 cents March soybeans closed at $9.26, up 1/2 cent March soybean meal closed at $251.20, up $1.60 March soybean oil closed at 39.05, down 77 points March wheat closed at $4.72 and 1/4, up 3 and 3/4 cents April live cattle closed at $95.10, up $1.27 April ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/closing-grain-and-livestock-futures-march-12-2010/ After one of the coldest winters the Midwest has seen in thirty years, it appears as if it will be an eventful spring. Tony Lupo, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Missouri says that the next few months will produce some severe weather. “You get a jet stream ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/weather-outlook-for-spring/ The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is now confirming that a 6-year-old Angus beef cow in Alberta did have BSE. The cow was discovered by routine testing on February 25th. CFIA says no part of the animal’s carcass entered the human or animal food chain, the cow’s birth farm has been ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/canada-confirms-another-bse-case/ The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture’s Raw Milk Working Group will hold their first meeting on Monday, March 15th in Madison. Ag Secretary Rod Nilsestuen named the members of the group back in January and charged them with looking at legal and regulatory perspectives pertaining to the sale of unpasteurized milk ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/wisconsin-raw-milk-working-group-to-meet/ U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced twelve new appointments and two reappointments to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Newly appointed are: George E. Marsh, Oregon; Ray S. Prock, California; Arlene J. Vander Eyk, California; Brian W. Esplin, Idaho; Neil A. Hoff, Texas; Paul A. Fritsche, Minnesota; Patricia M. ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/national-dairy-board-appointments/ Iowa/Minnesota barrows and gilts are 2.10 lower at 69.47 on a carcass basis, the West is down 2.18 at 69.47, and the East is .56 higher at 70.26. The Missouri direct base carcass meat price is steady from 64.00 to 67.00 on the barrows and gilts. Hog buyers finally saved ... http://brownfieldagnews.com/2010/03/12/midday-cash-livestock-markets-66/