An amendment to the Hurricane Sandy relief bill that would have extended livestock and specialty crop disaster assistance into next year failed in the Senate yesterday. The amendment would have extended livestock disaster assistance and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for one year. That outcome leaves the farm bill still up in the air. Meanwhile, with the dairy Milk Income Loss Contract program expired, Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) said he would oppose any fiscal cliff bill or farm bill extension that doesn't include his dairy overhaul. At this point in the fiscal cliff negotiations, Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) is worried that he'd lose votes if a farm b...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
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