Agriculture News from HPJ - Your Ag News Source
May 28, 2007
Wyoming AgrAbility- Prevention is key to reducing back pain, in
Wyobraska cattle sales report
Woodward livestock auction report
When the goin' gets tough...
West Plains regional sales
Weeks turn into months in wait for beef plant's arrival
We don't want it ruined'--opponents fear ethanol craze will brin
Weather, winds help wet fields dry
Weather gives ample time for fieldwork
Water issues and farming hot topic for schools
Warmer soil temps helpcornemerge
Wanted- 100-bushel soybean yield
UW science conference attracts 320 young women from Wyoming
UW now offers forest resources minor
USDA to look at land uses across Colorado
USDA Rural Development celebrates Earth Day by awarding nearly
USDA releases poultry for processing
USDA hosts specialty crop research workshop
USDA honors grassland coalition for conservation work
USDA gives final approval for genetically modified rice in Kans
USDA economist projects 58 percent growth in ethanol production
USDA clears swine for processing
USDA announces new state-specific conservation practice
Upcoming K-State horticultural events
UNL Block and Bridle Club, animal science department honor stud
University of Illinois to expand benefits from Wright Endowment
Tulsa livestock auction report
Tulia livestock market report
Tornado destroys Kansas dealerships, donations sought for victims
Topsoil moisture levels mostly adequate to surplus
Ticks
Three more tornado-hit counties added to federal disaster decla
The why and where of Nebraska's water
The American farmer still plows furrows
Texhoma cattle sales report
Temperatures cool off during the week
TDA secures exemption to use Onager to control mites in field c
Swanson testifies at farm bill hearing on behalf NSA
Sutton County program targets 'do-it-yourself' rancher
Study shows vaccine reduces prevalence of E. coli O157 in cattl
St. Onge livestock auction
St. Joseph feeder pigs
State-inspected meat should be able to move in interstate comm
Standard agricultural practices for dove hunters focus of May 8
Springfield livestock sales
Springfield dairy sales report
Soybean rust in Louisiana, no need for Arkansas farmers to pani
Soybean checkoff salutes biodiesel success, optimistic about fu
South Central direct sheep
Some areas still have muddy fields
Society for Range Management summer range tour to be held in Ju
Sioux Falls sheep sales
Simmental winners at National Western announced
SHPTV to host discussion, present program on water in Kansas
Senators Roberts, Brownback announce $40 million for May 4 stor
Senator Roberts- With OIE designation, beef trade with U.S. sho
Senator Roberts- New farm bill should preserve direct payments,
Senator Pat Roberts to lead Kansas delegation at BIO Convention
Salina cattle auction report
Salazar fights to protect key food safety labs
Rural ranchers help Trinity River, themselves
Rural car crash mortality rate higher
Row crop planting underway
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union summer camps not to be missed
Riders in the Sky- Concert for Greensburg benefit relief
Recent freeze damaged grape, pecan crops
Ready, set, go?
Ranchers complain that damage from prairie dogs getting worse
Rancher says conservation efforts make most of rainfall
Raising pigs
Quinn new head of OSU agricultural communications services
Protecting New Mexico's food supply topic of NMSU safe produce
Protect food during power outage
Pratt livestock market report
Pratt 3 p.m.cattle sales
Pork links
Outdoor environmental adventure for youth
Our vanishing landscape--a tour of historic barns
Order stops former sale barn owner from being in business
Oklahoma wheat forecast at 161 million bushels
OKC West livestock auction
NWSS Includes 38 Limousin, Lim-Flex pens, carloads
NRCS introduces mobile field office
No fear
New UW laboratory will further wildlife disease research
New tool measures forage growth
New Sorghum varieties from Texas A&M seen as player in bioenerg
New Sorghum hybrid, seed treatments offered
New lettuces shrug off verticillium wilt
New fact sheet on using DDGS in swine diets
Newell sheep sales report
New ACGF survey shows only 26 percent of elevators segregate GM
Nebraska Forest Service gains fire prevention, fire-wise traile
Most of the state remains dry for the week
Most bids see gains
Moran reacts to FSA office restructuring plan
Moran announces House passage of agriculture disaster assistanc
Montana FFA Foundation elects new board director
McAlester livestock auction report
Mason County rancher keeps busy at 96
Many states see slow sales, others active with new crop hay
Man charged with stealing sheep he killed illegally
Local produce lands on students' plates through state program
Kit Carson County still first in wheat
Kansas Sorghum producers welcome return of MiloPro 4L herbicide
K-State's master of agribusiness program celebrates a decade of
K-State Research and Extension offices offer disaster recovery
Joplin regional stockyard report
Johanns comments on U.S. classification by OIE
Initiative would help young farmers
Industry- U.S. wheat products safe, affordable
I'm tired of the freeze, let's move on
Illinois Senate approves ban on horse slaughter
IFB members pleased with outcome of 2007 legislative session
High snowfall, wet spring lead to heavy mustard pressure in cer
High Plains slaughter news
Herd tests positive for brucellosis
Hay trading slowly
Groups form coalition to support various conservation programs
Grazing tour planned at the Ferrell Ranch in the Flint Hills Ju
Grazing native ranges in Colorado
Grape and wine council to meet May 24
Grants available for sustainable ag projects
Grain market close
Goldthwaite sheep sales
Georgia cattle auction summary
Fun facts about pork!
Fundraiser cuts
Ft. Smith livestock report
FSA emergency loans available
Flood recovery facts online from K-State, other agencies
Flooded wells may pose health risk
Fink Beef Genetics holds "Open to the World" livestock judging
Fencing anyone?
Feinstein, growers push for farm jobs clause in immigration bil
Farm group angry over Richardson veto of water-rights bill
Farmers playing catch up
FAPC employees win Gamma Sigma Delta awards
Faith livestock sales report
Extension to host sheep and goat internal parasite program
Extension, others offering free ag chemical disposal opportunit
Expected winter wheat production up 24 percent
Ethanol fueling historic construction boom
Ericson livestock report
Entomologist- Kansas's bee population so far has avoided 'colon
Ellis County wheat plot tour
Drought toll--for some farmers, drought may be last straw
Drought cuts MO river traffic
Drip irrigated garden established at NMSU's Los Lunas Agricultu
Dodge City livestock sales
Disaster designation expanded to additional Kansas counties--eme
Denison feeder cattle report
Dates and locations set up for pesticide applicator testing
Dark of the night
Dalhart livestock report
Dairy farmer campaigns for rbST use
Crop Pest Scouting Workshop set for June 1 in Plainview
Crop insurance or no crop insurance, that is the question
Court upholds commission authority over water quality
County wheat plot tour
Corn, Sorghum growers applaud new Kansas renewable fuels standa
Community wildfire plan grants available
Common pest status updated by CSU Extension
Committees take different approaches to conservation
Colorado feeder cattle news
ColoradocornGrowers Association announces first E85 site for
Clovis cattle sales report
Chinese delegation signs contracts worth $2.7 billion in U.S. s
Character trait or personality disorder?
Chambliss hears from commodity groups on farm bill priorities
CAWG lobbies for disaster assistance, 2007 farm bill, research
Cattle on feed numbers released
Cattlemen urge passage of H.R. 926, STOPP Act of 2007
Cattlemen seek open beef trade with OIE backing
Cattle feeder keeps livestock from going hungry
Cattle conditions look good
Carcass ultrasound technician training, certification dates set
Carbon credit brokers offer extra income to forest landowners
Canada receives controlled risk rating from OIE
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Biotechnology conference to focus on 'genetic solutions for tod
Better a mess than a tragedy
Belew named Dallas marketing coordinator
Be a good neighbor when using phenoxy herbicides
Assistant ag dean to head diversity organization
ASA calls for improved farm safety net, incentives in 2007 farm
Arkansas livestock report
Apache cattle sales report
Annual Agroforestry Field Day set for May 31
Animal ID system- Survey shows indifference
Amish bakers face food safety scrutiny
American Lamb Board matching grant proposals approved
Amarillo livestock sales
Although very little rain last week, crops still in good condit
Agricultural researcher- Texas rivers, lakes safer than expect
AFBF presents "Golden Plow" to Sen. Saxby Chambliss
AFBF- Farm program's three-legged safety net must be preserved
Ada cattle auction report
ACGA calls for changing course on U.S. farm policy
Accents make Fresno welcoming
Aberdeen cattle sales report
8th annual Montana crop survey now online
4-H District Horse Show competitions showcase skills
2007 Texas A&M beef cattle short course set for Aug. 6 to 8
2007 KFAC Teacher of the Year recognized
2007 Kansas Agroforesty Field Day to address contentious issues
2007 Blackland Income Growth Ag Tour set
Web mapping software
Oster Clipper
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To our young pork producers out there, ages 8 to 18:
School's Out
Lentils are harvested by spiders
Just a scoop full
Managing alfalfa after the freeze
May 21, 2007
Wyobraska cattle sales
Woodward cattle sales report
Wolf killed following recent livestock attack
We told you so--USDA should do ag inspections at our borders
Wet fields delay field work
West Plains regional sales
Weight loss study focuses on dairy foods
Weather allows producers to make planting progress
Warm weather helps wet fields dry
Warm weather helps crops advance
Wagon Creek Creamery finding its niche
Variable progress seen for crops
UW research station co-hosts grape growing conference at Sherid
U.S. states vie to host deadly disease research lab
U.S., Mexican officials discuss trade issues in consultative co
USDA to look at land uses across the state
USDA Forest Service purchases Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota
USDA economist projects 58 percent growth in ethanol production
USDA approves electronic ear-tags for NAIS
Upcoming KSU horticultural events
Upcoming K-State Agricultural Events
UNL plant scientists uncover immune system clues
Tulsa livestock market report
Tulia livestock auction report
News Release
Tom Green County Quail Appreciation Day set for May 3
The view from fly-over country
The Congressional calendar
Texhoma cattle sales report
Texas wheat production up 295 percent from last year
Texas grape industry to discuss Pierce's disease outlook for s
Texas Angus breeders rise to the challenge
Texas A&M team to add a 'grain of common sense' to biofuel opti
Tax financing approved for beef plant
Swift replaces workers arrested in immigration raids
Sweet! Beekeeping essay contest winners announced
Students receive more than $190,000 in scholarships from Iowa F
St. Onge livestock auction report
St. Joseph feeder pigs
St. John pig facility takes hit from tail end of storm
Spring row crop planting sees progress
Spring rains show need for flood control dam repair
Spring planting weeks behind averages
Spring planting nearing completion
Springfield livestock sales
South Central direct sheep
Six more plead guilty in aftermath of immigration raid
Sioux Falls sheep sale
Sioux Falls feeder pigs
Shaw named associate at Texas A&M Renewable Natural Resources I
Senator Roberts offers extended assistance to Kansans seeking d
Senator Pat Roberts announces President Bush will visit Greensb
SDCA thanks Governor Rounds for declaring May beef month
Scientists seek useful traits in wild cottons
Salina cattle auction report
RMFU expands carbon credit program
Rising costs drive need for optimal milk genetics
ReTree Nebraska proposes a million tree challenge
Researcher focuses on pros, cons of antioxidants from fruits an
Report released on impact of CSP in the Midwest
Report failed acreage to FSA
Reminder from CDA- Hire licensed pesticide applicators to prote
Recently restored wetlands capture Missouri River water reducin
Recent heavy rains demonstrate value of conservation practices
Reader says article overstates reality
Ranges, pastures in good to excellent condition
Rains end by the weekend
Prosecutors charge Drummond man with misdemeanor
Producer survey finds majority of dairy producers approve of be
Prescribed burn workshop Aug. 2 to 4 in Sonora
Pratt livestock sales report
Pratt 3 p.m. cattle sales
Prairie chicken habitat making comeback
Plant pathologists fighting global threat to wheat supply
Planting wheat blends means higher yields
Photinia leaf spot
Pheasant appreciation day planned for May 15
Pasture poultry, breakfast burritos - the beginning of a great
Pasture conditions improve in some areas
Overseeding can improve lawn quality
OSU hosts national floral crop quality evaluation and design co
Order American Angus Association Black Books now
Oklahoma's wheat harvest could be far above the average
Oklahoma consortium bids to land $450 million research center
OKC West livestock auction
Ogallala cattle sales
Norris FFA working on turning field back into prairie
No more "foul" air from this chicken coop
New website helps manage dairy nitrogen
New 'Stochastic Analysis Tool' will benefit Iowa renewable ener
New NebraskacornBoard brochure highlights surprising uses of
New findings about dairy consumption and body composition
Needed rain welcomed
NebraskacornBoard supports Nebraska's beef industry
Nebraska CattleWomen State Beef Ambassador winners chosen
Nebraska Cattlemen submits country-of-origin labeling comments
Nebraska Cattlemen applauds proposed CAFO rule extension
NDA receives grant from Nebraska Environmental Trust
National junior Gelbvieh show coming to Sedalia
National Beef Ambassadors attend address by President Bush
Moving from conventional to organic- ISU economists ask what is
Missouri House approves cap on ethanol subsidy, loan program fo
McAlester livestock auction report
Managing alfalfa after the freeze
Locally led relief efforts for Greensburg area residents
Local company receives excellence award from MO Department of A
Lexington livestock sales
Lawrence-area men say 25 goats stolen since March 1
Lawmakers push for biodefense site ahead of selection team visi
Kansas Farm Bureau establishes farmer/rancher weather recovery
Kansas among states to lead advanced bioenergy, biofuels resear
K-State Spring Field Day slated for Hutchinson
Joplin regional cattle sales
Johanns highlights USDA's 2007 farm bill proposals for specialt
Johanns announces Joe Glauber's detailment to special Doha agri
Japan to inspect U.S. meatpackers exporting beef
Japan tells U.S. trade report 'inaccurate,' stick to restrictio
ISU agronomy students win national competition
ISU agronomy meteorologist named National Environmental Hero
Iowa agriculture cash rental rates jump
Industry- U.S. wheat products safe, affordable
If you have soybean questions, ISU Extension has answers
IFBF brings Chinese biotech delegates to the U.S.
Huron cattle market report
Housing offered by USDA Rural Development to tornado survivors
House passes farm disaster money again; outcome still unclear
Hogs, chickens that ate melamine-contaminated feed pose very lo
High Plains slaughter news
Hereford youth prepare for "A Hereford Celebration" in Denver
Heifer breaks ground on hunger education center
Hay trade slow, some supplies tight
Hay trade mixed
Hayes County Livestock Judging Contest to be held May 10
Half of wheat headed out
Groups have differing views on wild lands
Greensburg prepares for 43rd Annual Rodeo despite tornado
Grain market close
Goldthwaite sheep sales
Georgia cattle auction summary
Gardening tips for the month of May
Forage inoculants feature improved stability
Floodwaters drown southwest Iowa farmland
Flood waters covercorncrop along the Missouri River
Flexible summer fallow in the northern High Plains
Fire destroys hog confinement building near Iowa City
Feedlot sustains damage to feed mill, but no cattle were lost t
Farmers planting and waiting
Farmers, doctors battle over new drug for dairy cows
Farmers and ranchers concerned about vetoed water legislation
Faith livestock sales report
Extensive freeze damage found in some Kansas wheat agronomist s
Ethanol "leftover" has weed-fighting potential
EPA Approves product for insect control in stored commodities,
Economical Eddy good for those who want to downsize
East Texas Youth Beef Camp June 14 and 16 in Canton
Dunlap cattle auction report
Dodge City cattle sales report
Discount tickets to Iowa Speedway available to Farm Bureau memb
DFA to idle New Mexico cheese plant
Deadline for application, payment of certified wheat acres exte
Dalhart livestock sales report
Dairy Calf & Heifer Association hosts profit seminars
Dairy byproducts can supplement plastic
County wants female wolf removed from the wild
Cool temps could spell trouble for fiber-producing seedling
Consider herbicide carryover when re-cropping freeze-damaged wh
Colorado feeder cattle sale
Clean up continues for farm, ranch storm victims
City fined over prairie dog poisoning
Cheese of the Month Club featured at UNL Dairy Store
Cattle producers encouraged to think about age, source verifyin
Catron County- Request to remove wolf meant to prevent problems
CARD director testifies before House committee on crop insuranc
Brand contract ends; Stockgrowers respond to Brand Board propos
Borlaug Institute helps identify ways to increase Iraqi agricul
BIF meeting to be held at Colorado State, registration deadline
Beef returns to the Boston Marathon
Beef plant proposal draws absentee voters
Bed & Berth--an ingenious concept
A small town responds to tragedy with quiet dignity
Arkansas livestock summary news
Area veterinarians respond to disaster
APHIS oversight would rejuvenate ag inspections
Apache cattle sales report
Angus calf born with six legs, other physical oddities, but rom
American Quarter Horse Association testifies before Congress
Amarillo livestock sales
Alfalfa first-cutting reaches 75 percent
Agritourism growing across Oklahoma
A good addiction - tell your story
Ada livestock sale notes
ACGA president calls for full investigation into melamine disas
Aberdeen cattle sales
Abbyville Frontier Days Rodeo, barbecue set May 17 to 20
44th Iowa Farm Bureau cookout contest planned
33rd Annual Southeast Colorado Bull Test sale results
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Mower conditioner
Fire up grilling season
Signs of spring
Just a scoop full
May 14, 2007
Wyoming students selected as Daniels Scholarship rec