Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:03:00 GMT
The Senate could pass its
$288 billion farm bill to boost food stamp benefits and for the first time guarantee crop revenue by the end of next week under an agreement on Thursday that broke a month-long impasse.
The agreement allows Republicans and Democrats to offer 20 amendments apiece out of the dozens that are pending. Action on the bill was deadlocked since November 6 by the disagreement over how many amendments would be considered and on which topics.
Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the agreement on Thursday evening. An aide to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said the goal was to complete work on the five-year bill next week. Debate on amendments was expected to begin on Friday.
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Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:51:00 GMT
Total cheese output (excluding cottage cheese) was 825 mil. lbs.
Butter prod. was 130 mil. lbs., 9.1% above Oct. 2006 and 16.3% above Sept. 2007.
Dry Milk Powders compared with October 2006:
Nonfat dry milk, human — 98.9 mil. lbs., up 41.4%.
Skim milk powders — 21.4 mil. lbs, down 26.0%.
Whey products compared with October 2006:
Total dry whey — 88.8 mil. lbs, up 1.6%.
Lactose, human and animal — 60.8 mil. lbs, down 2.4%.
Total whey protein concentrate — 32.5 mil. lbs, down 6.0%.
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Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:56:00 GMT
A
month-long impasse over amendments to a five-year U.S. farm subsidy bill is near resolution, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, as Congress began its final three weeks of the 2007 session.
“I think we’re at a point where we should be able to do a farm bill by unanimous consent,” said Reid, referring to an agreement on how to handle legislation.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:36:00 GMT
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced his
Next Generation Agriculture Plan. during an annual meeting of dairy businesses in Madison. The new initiatives are expected to help the dairy and agriculture industries move forward with innovations, new markets and more green opportunities, Doyle said.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:47:00 GMT
In USDA’s Sept. milk production report
Idaho came within 4 mil. lbs. of out-producing New York to take the No. 3 spot in U.S. milk production. In Sept.,
Idaho produced 979 mi. lbs. of milk while New York produced 983 mil. lbs. Ten years ago, Idaho was
the nations No. 9 milk producing state.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:34:00 GMT
The
November Milk-Feed price ratio decreased to 3.00 from October’s value of 3.09. This compares to the November 2006 value of 2.44 .
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