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NEW BEEF PLANT IN ARIZONA

There is a new beef plant slated to proceed in Willcox, AZ, after city officials there approved a zoning change which will allow the construction of the plant inside city limits. Tri-Western Meat Packing, the former owner of a plant in Tolleson, AZ, plans to renovate an old apple storage warehouse and convert it to a packing plant.

 

 
 
 
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FARM LEADER SEES REAL PROGRESS IN WATER LEGISLATION

As the state Legislature finished work after an all-night session today on a package of water legislation, California Farm Bureau Federation President Doug Mosebar said the bills represent real progress toward meeting long-term water challenges facing the state’s family farmers and ranchers.

 

 
 
 
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THIRD DAIRY BUYOUT SCHEDULED

Cooperatives Working Together announced today they would start accepting bids this month for a third dairy herd retirement. The program is working to remove cows from production in an effort to prop up sagging prices for dairy products due to a sharp decline in demand.

 

 
 
 
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FOREIGN PROMOTION SPENDING FLAT

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last Wednesday that the agency had spent more than $234 million to promote U.S. food and agricultural products overseas in fiscal 2009 which ended Sept. 30—about the same amount as the past two years.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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El Niņo will have significant impact on U.S. winter

Winter weather in the U.S. is expected to be heavily influenced this year by a weak to moderate El Niņo in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean this year, at least through February, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted last month. The NOAA Climate Prediction Center, which issues seasonal outlooks for the U.S., said

 

 
 
 
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Federal regs may hurt sheep producers

Many of those who attended the Idaho Wool Growers Association’s 117th annual convention Nov. 6-8 in Sun Valley were surprised to learn that new U.S. Homeland Security regulations could block reliable documented Peruvian and Mexican workers from returning this month to the U.S. in time for

 

 
 
 
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Two weeks ago, there was another undercover video turned over to Fox News in Chicago, IL, that showed workers on one of the nation’s largest hog operations abusing animals in their care. Country View Family Farms (CVFF), a subsidiary of Hatfield Quality Meats, sat down with the Fox News Channel to view the footage taped by

 

 
 
 
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Early signs of improvement boost market expectations

Fed cattle trade started early last week with some light trade on Tuesday in the Corn Belt and better volume followed on Wednesday when the bulk of the week’s business was completed at prices steady to $1 lower than the previous week. Cattle traded in the Corn Belt at $129-130 dressed while

 

 
 
 
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Senate delays action on climate bill

The Senate leadership announced last week that there won’t be any action to advance climate change legislation this year. The news came as President Barack Obama pushed for a bill before international talks on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December. The shift in focus also means

 

 
 
 
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TODAY´S MARKET UPDATE
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DAILY FED CATTLE MARKET REPORT

Fed cattle trade started early this week with some light trade on Tuesday in the Corn Belt and better volume followed on Wednesday when the bulk of the week’s business was completed at prices steady to $1 lower than the previous week.

 

 
 
 
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DAILY FEEDER CATTLE REPORT

In Joplin, MO, on Monday, feeder steers and heifer calves sold steady to $2 lower; yearlings traded steady to $1 lower. Demand and supply were called moderate.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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