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.
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.
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.
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 .
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:30:00 GMT
The CME Barrel price decreased $0.11 today to close at $2.017 following yesterday’s crash of the CME Block market.
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:00 GMT
A new spreadsheet model has been added to the website’s collection of software that shows the impacts of California’s recent changes to the 4b pricing formulas. Simulated values over the 2005-2007 period are used to show these impacts.
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:43:00 GMT
The Nov. Class III is $19.22. This represents a $0.52 increase from Oct. and a $6.38 increase from Nov. 2006.
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:50:00 GMT
The CME Block price decreased $0.1925 today from $2.025 to $2.0100 .
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:27:00 GMT
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Friday it is unlikely the stalled $288 billion Farm Bill is passed before the end of the year, throwing into question an upgrade of a safety net program for dairy farmers and money to clean up Lake Champlain.
“Not good,” Leahy said when asked about the bill’s short-term prospects. “It’s more likely we’ll pass a continuing resolution extending the life of the current Farm Bill and then work to pass a new bill in January, if cooler heads prevail.”
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:01:00 GMT
The December Class I mover is $20.04 which represents a $1.41 decrease from the November value but a $7.61 increase from Dec. 2006 .
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