An interesting new ant has been found near Smith Harvester’s at Champion. It is the western Thatch ant (WTA). Last week, phone calls came into the University of Nebraska- Lincoln Chase County Extension office about several mounds along a tree line and red ants.

The importance of the U.S.-Japanese economic relationship, particularly as it relates to U.S. agriculture and red meat exports, was highlighted by U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Philip Seng in an address before a packed media audience in Tokyo on April 19.

The grassroots organization CommonGround recently released the results of their “Gate-to-Plate” survey. The online survey looked at the buying motivations of over 1,000 moms of school-aged children at the grocery store.

The Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC) was put together to serve as a unified voice for agriculture to ensure that America’s farmers, ranchers and growers have access to a stable and secure workforce, something the group says is in jeopardy under the current immigration laws.

Cash cattle trade was a slow continuous drip of toolight-to-tell sales throughout the first half of the week. By Wednesday at the close of trade, almost 4,000 head had been confirmed sold with tiny volumes sold each day. Early sales were mostly regional and to the tune of $125 live and $200 dressed, $2 lower than the prior week.

Most mobile veterinarians have been working under the assumption that the CSA is not enforced the same in the vet world, and that a locked box is sufficient to transport substances.

Drought in 2011 and 2012 reduced U.S. hay production and increased hay demand, leaving the country with very limited forage supplies at this time. On Dec. 1, stocks of all hay were down nearly 28 percent from a 2001-2010 average prior to the drought..

Wednesday, April 17, Assembly Bill 343 was pulled by its author, effectively killing it. The bill would have required documenters of animal cruelty to turn over a copy to local law enforcement within 120 hours (five days) of capture. The Humane Society of the U.

Enough data is collected to allow fairly robust extrapolations to the industry at large. Estimates are also cross-checked with 25 distributors and five protein processors focused on the foodservice channel. The time range covered is 12 months through a September month-end.

If anyone can turn around EPA’s relationship with rural America, it may be Bittleman. She comes to EPA after serving as senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on energy and EPA issues. In that capacity, she was viewed as a strong advocate for renewable fuels, including ethanol.