U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the 2012 Farm Bill will be “structured” by what the so-called “Super Committee” in congress decides. The panel was created as part of this… Read more »
The Farm Bureau Federation’s annual survey finds the cost of the 12 basic items for a Thanksgiving dinner is up 13% from last year. Farm Bureau research director Dave Miller… Read more »
Farmers along the Missouri River will deal with the aftermath of the summer flood for months to come. Traci Bruckner with the Center for Rural Affairs says financial help is… Read more »
New rules the USDA plans to impose on animal disease traceability will be discussed at meetings in Thayer and Gage counties tomorrow. The meetings are designed to inform livestock producers… Read more »
A nearly four million bushel grain elevator facility will soon be built in central Nebraska with the assistance of a special bond package never used in Nebraska before. The Andersons,… Read more »
Missouri River flooding cost Nebraska nearly $189 million, according to the Nebraska Farm Bureau. The Farm Bureau commissioned a study this summer of the impact of flooding in 14 Nebraska… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing new restrictions on child labor on farms, but U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the rules would not apply to farm kids doing… Read more »
Army Corps of Engineers officials insist they could not have foreseen the flooding along the Missouri River that did so much damage this summer. Corps spokeswoman Monique Farmer has heard… Read more »
TransCanada President Alex Pourbaix says the Governor’s call for a special session will not cause them to voluntarily move the route of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Pourbaix tells us… Read more »
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says some of the nation’s largest retailers are already asking for the kinds of new food-safety tests for raw beef that the U.S.D.A. will require… Read more »