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Worrying About Carbon Cap And Trade Greening of Ag is Just Beginning Global Warming -- Get Out Of Here Living Among My Ancestors Think Outside the Gate Planter Power Pays Big Time This Year Farmers Needed at 'Farmed Animal' Activist Meeting Farm Progress Show's Seed Technology Plots Ready for Emergence Catching a Sniff of Show Season Day Two ASABE Quarter Scale Tractor Competition (With Video) Time and 'Tech' Sure Have Changed Us Are You Ready to Rumble? Auditorium Full of Blue Jackets Inspirational There's More Than One Way to Use a Briggs & Stratton Engine! Steering Update: More Work Done as Weather Clears Buckeyes Sit at Carbon Table Oil Coolers are Cheap Insurance Against Frustration and Expensive Repairs Doggone It Deals Abound, Market Wants your Business We’ve Got Nothing Over Mother Nature Don't Wait To Tune Up the Dryer USDA Doesn't Listen Steering Toward A Better Life Budget Blame Update - Indiana Lightbar User Gets More Experience Real Dairy Leaders Needed, Wanted Tractors Need Spring Cleaning Too Countdown to Harvest is Under Way A Week Without Rain? Reliving Old Memories Always Fun for Hoosiers Be Safe in the Rush to Plant Farm Equipment Sales Slide Caution: You May Own "Waters of the U.S." Fun With Faulstichs How We've Changed! Butterhead Envy When It Rains It Pours Swine Flu Episode Exposes Chinks in Communication Armor Recesson Smells of Ag Opportunity Obama Warms Me Up With Biofuel Talk It's that second you'd like to have to live over again Compromise Reached on Coal-Fired Plant for Sunflower Move on Auto Industry to Impact Ag? Don't Blame Ethanol Define Corporate Farm Lessons Learned From a Year Ago Pork Producers Respond to Flu Outbreak A Tax By Any Other Name Is Still a Tax Time for a BLT Just As Flood Waters Recede, More Rain Is Coming All Farming Busts Loose More Evidence That Kansas State Is Right Location for NBAF Cotton Hits Break-Even Price Shop local at a chain near you Swine Flu Fallout Is Making Me Sick Back Up Electronic Data Before It's Too Late Flooding Hits Much of Kansas After Six Inches of Rain Field Update - Putting New Tech to Work Rush Limbaugh Becomes Spokesman for HSUS It Was a Great Day for a Wildfire! Making Time for Sunday Worship Tractor Drive Can Be Therapeutic If You Don't Tell Your Story, No One Will Activists Looking at Fungicide? Why the First Lady Will Appreciate Farmers Changing of the Guard A Swiss View On Animal Rights Fieldwork and floods Big Green Makes Reorganization News Jimmy Cheney wasn't with us long enough Dump Poor Customer Service Providers! Blessings Don't Always Arrive at Convenient Times Handling Planting Season Phone Calls Fair Fat Fight The Proof is in the Rust on the Plow Council Encourages Producers to Become Animal Activists Snow Flurries in April No Surprise Criticism Cresting Is My America the Same as Uncle Sam's? Tomorrow's Farmers Have a Lot on Their Minds Online Parts Ordering in Your Future? A "Busted" 4-H Story and The Technology Explosion Adversity Could Bring Opportunity Backyard Food Supplies "Victory Garden" planned for State Capitol Pride After the Fall A Penny For Your Thoughts? Finding Some Predictability in Diesel Prices A Miserable 24 Hours Welfare of Animals Comes First as Blizzard Rages Adversity Brings Opportunity Not Nuts about Preconceived Notions Learning the Lightbar Radio Commercial Strikes a Scary Note 4-H is an investment in the future "It's Only a Little Leak," said the Captain of the Titanic Flood Fight On the Red Sen. Voinovich talks Agriculture A Reason To Smile Nurse Practitioners: A Modern Solution to a Nagging Problem Alliances Open Doors to Interesting Ideas Food Contamination Has Simple Answer Losing Our Ever-Loving Minds in the Name of Safety Dan's Inflation Market Basket Budget Squeeze Hits State Ag Agencies The Minimum Wage Myth Farmers' Thoughts Turn Toward Spring Weather Don't Miss an Opportunity Ag Producers Speak One Language Congress' Common Sense is MIA Conservation Easements Create Jobs? Take That, Animal Rights Activists Clean Water Funding--Where Will It Go? Making a Combine Statement Are You a Rich Farmer? Planning to Stay Ahead Follow South Dakota’s Lead On Ethanol Farm Support For Coal Plants Is No Mystery How Do We Get The Bidding Started? The Rush of Spring...is Coming Abandoned Horse Web Site Draws Attention to Lack of Slaughter Where's the phone? Focus, Mr. President, Focus on Goal #1 Don't Worry Be Happy Two Sides of the Animal 'Coin' in Indiana Some Good News to Season the Bad Not Better Than Tractors Record Deer Season Not Enough Farmer Panel Offers Insight Buy Cotton Options Now Food Safety Can Be Simple Fertilizer Report #1 Jet BioFuel About to Take Off Ready to Introduce New Master Farmers We need unbiased third-party research Sometimes the World is Still Smaller than You Think Do Fungicides Cause Physiological Responses? You CAN use less energy ND Again Eyes Cuban Market Shrinking Our Excesses Would Be Good Is Ohio the Next Target for Animal Rights Extremists? Midwest Power Shift Pioneer Seeks a Mighty Wind Utility Vehicle Makes a Stretch Stretching Out to Cover More Acres Horses: The last untapped source of protein on the North American continent Big Planter Captures Imagination Flexible, Maneuverable and BIG! Rural Residents Worthy of Broadband Return of an Icon? Is It Spring Yet? Peanut Recall Gets More Confusing Farm Economy Worries Rise Agriculture: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon Thank You Mr. Lincoln Speak up for Peanut Producers The changing of the seasons can be violent Some disturbing news Farm Bureau Talks Budget Where did the money go? Where is the National Peanut Board? Farm Show Ahead...Excitement to Follow Poor Peanuts Where Meat Comes From, It's Not Science Fiction Peanut Math Doesn't Add Up The Law of Gravity Has NOT Been Repealed More Funds and More Time to Apply for EQIP Is Welcome News AGCO launches new tractor lines Bury the axe Power Show Must Go On Passages Meeting the 2009 Masters If Snow Keeps Coming, Winter Could Get Really Ugly Why Uncle Sam's Getting Involved THIS is America! Line Between Life and Death Is Mighty Fine Telling Agriculture's Story Is An Important Job A Truly Inconvenient Truth No-Till on the Plains Draws Large Turnout Out of the Mouths of Babes Different Subject/Same Argument What a Difference Six Months Makes We Will Survive Keeping in Touch - Getting Easier Grandma’s Sugar Crème Pie After the Flood An RX for Tough Times Maybe Legislators Eat Too Much Pie Shivering through the inauguration Land Prices Are Softening? How Quickly Fortunes Change Get an Obama Invite? Compliance, Enforcement of New EPA Rules Problematic Finally, A Smart President Cold Is Relative After All Caring for a Key Asset More Than Just Another Award Tomorrow's Leaders Wake Up NCBA, It Wasn't Ethanol Population Rates: the Devil's in the Details It's Official: A Lot of People Did Not Plant Wheat Bumpy Ride Ahead? Never Out Grow Your Need to Learn Good News and Bad News A Dose of Reality Needs to Set In Checkoff Blues Buy Ahead! Now's the Time! You Can’t Take Indiana Out of a Hoosier Lists, Lists and More Lists USDA to Investigate Soybean Checkoff Allegations Welcome A New Forum for Your Thoughts Welcome The Birds Know Starting Out Fresh? Where Will The Market Go? Picking High Yields in San Antonio After Dinner Discussions The Last Time We Touched . . . Time to Take a Deep Breath What I Learned This Christmas Not Ready for their Close-up My New Year's Resolution Last Chance for Tax Savings Why do we need foreign workers? Find Used Equipment Fast Finding Inspiration During the Winter Months Kick-start the Economy -- Now Don't POP cotton We could use a Southerner at USDA Company Move Aimed at Matching Machines to Markets Farming and Inventing Go Hand in Hand Exercise Your Financial Health Christmas Tunes Future Electronics Get Push Our Economic Health Must Come First Bobbing for Nickels Stop Feeding the 'Monster' Is an FFV Mandate the Answer to Foreign Oil Dependence? APH or CRC? From Dust to Dust Maximizing that Capacity Fresh From Florida Heading into 'Crazy Season' All About Corn (Well, Almost) Machinery Sales Demand to Continue? Finding the Next Best Thing Reader Calls to Discuss Premise Registration The Scariest Part of November 4 Was . . . Emerson Nafziger Attempts to Replicate Kip Cullers' Soybean Yield Prop 2 Swings the Door Open Big-Rig Pickup? Democracy Prevailed Ahh, It's Almost Over! Really? Only Half Done With Corn? Seed Selection Boosts Yield Share Ag's Good Financial News Getting attention in Congress Putting Things In Perspective My Mind's Made Up! How Are You Capitalizing on Cheap Diesel? Moving Ahead with Buying Plans Good News You Can Use When a Hobby Becomes an Obsession Like Deer, Questions Come in All Sizes Making the U.S. Industrial Case Sun sets on Sunbelt Happy To Be Here High Profile Pigs Year of the Utility Tractor? Campaigning to Lose Montgomery County Farmers Continue to Fight Against Longwall Miners Exploring New Cotton Technology Here's What I've Heard Regarding Fertilizer Prices No Lipstick on These Pigs Bigger, Faster, Oh My Game Over Where is the Truth? As if Politicians Weren't Already Confused Going Electric? Chrysler Makes a Statement Toyota Pushes Full-Size Truck Line into the Farming Segment St. Louis: It's No Chicago Biofuel: What's now -- and not! Equipment Availability and Brand Loyalty Collide Will $1 Buy Cotton Acres? What happened in Week 14? Losses Overwhelming Ever Since 9-11 Lucky Time at a Farm Show Is It Just Me, Or Was August Ridiculously Cool? Capital Overtakes Elephants Saying Not Goodbye, But See Ya Later Another Crop Rally Coming? Agriculture Heats Up Local Politics Loss to Profit Chasm Widens Define Trade Distorting It's an Elephant Market A Precision Change? Agronomy Day: A Great Way to Catch Up on the Latest Research Good News Keeps on Coming Put cash on the table, then we'll talk New at Boone! Holding On Pays Dividends Weed Management and Refuge Planting: One in the Same? Facts in Plain Sight Packing for the Big Show Key Reversal Takes Toll Key Reversal Takes Toll Supply, Demand and Early Frost Marketing Scam or Cause for Concern Savor the South Hat's Off to the Thinking Farmer Ramping up for 'Fieldwork' Downed Corn Along the Road Past Grain's Peak; Now What? Cheaper Food to Come CRP: Hold or Fold? Hat's Off to the Thinking Farmer Fool Me Over and Over Again Diversity Drives the Land of Lincoln Stout Hearts; Deep Pockets AIR Takes Flight Class Without Cash Judge Limits CRP Grazing Market on Slippery Slope Greed Alters Profit Opportunities Markets Shake Up Standings Ideal Weather Clouds Markets Go Southern Farmers! Worn Out on Wheat Wherewithal Limits Gains Go Long for Profit Wheat Warrior Anticipates Cotton Move Wild Ride Dips Teams in Red Farm Moves don't Match Game Play Manage Price Decisions Markets Offer Wild Ride Only Two Teams are in the Black Ford Down, But Not Out Hedge Farm Profits in the Market AIR Team Takes an Early Lead First Impressions Teams Warm up for FACTsim! Suderman Weighs in on Corn Crop Take Stock in Inputs Let the Games Begin! Farm Progress Show on Facebook building bins and conveyors Kubota M9000 air conditioning problems CSP Signup Expected Soon Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards Michigan Legislators Pushing for Livestock Standards R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS R-CALF USA Calls for National Disease Strategy, Not NAIS Nestlé Cookie Dough Samples Confirmed With E. Coli Senate Plans to Move on Climate Change Seven Illinois County Farm Bureaus Win Mini Grants From AFBF EPA Further Extends Comment Period on RFS Broadband Initiative Launched Rural Tour Launched by Obama Administration Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea Corn-Fed Beef Trade Mission Wraps Up in Korea More Corn Fewer Soybeans No Surprise to Lanworth Graves Proposes Bill for Accelerating Energy Projects Climate Bill's Progress Delights Obama Precision Ag Conference July 14-16 in Springfield The Aussies Have Landed – with Tractors! Tail End Charlie: A Champion Traveler Fescue Research Progressing Fescue Research Progressing U of I Offers Double-Crop Soybean Tips Program Brings Soybeans Closer to Consumers USDA Launches New Recovery Act Web Site Group Praises Congress for Action on Indirect Land Use Agencies Investigate Salmonella Contamination Canada Ramps up DDGS Use Stress Will Shows Up If It Turns Dry New Flexwing Rotary Cutter Insurance Firms Announce Alliance Will House Vote on Climate Change Friday? Several Different Positions on Climate Change Bill Companies Collaborate to Beat Soybean Nematodes Farm Progress Announces New Business Unit Agricultural Education Funding Critical to Future of State's Economy Rural America Solutions Group Speaks On Climate Change Legislation Farm Bureau Can't Support Climate Change Bill Hearing on Farm Bill Implementation Held by House Ag Subcommittee Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Ohio Lawmakers Back Constitutional Amendment on Animal Care Illinois Soybean Association Hires New Senior Director Senate Releases Report on Excessive Wheat Speculation Farm Futures See Corn Acres Down 3% Peterson, Waxman Reach an Agreement on Energy Bill EPA Officials to Visit Iowa Growth Energy Pleased with Energy Secretary's Support of Ethanol HUD Joins USDA Effort by Launching Recovery Act Web Mapping Tool Appropriation Bills Show Upward Spending Trend Pioneer and Beck's Collaborate for Research Program Illinois Woman Wins First National Festival of Breads Soybean Checkoff Seeks Review of International Marketing Efforts New Climate Change Cost Analysis Released Doha Talks to Move Forward Nestlé Recall Causes Officials to Search Possibilities Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts Pork Producers Making Small Production Cuts The Scene Is Set for Volatile Corn/Soybean Markets Doug Wilson Will Run Against Philip Nelson for IFB Presidency South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending South Korea Free Trade Deal Still Pending Pump up Glyphosate Performance Biofuels Development Could Be Hurt By Clashing Policies NFU Calls on CFTC Chairman Gensler for Commodity Market Investigation House Ag Committee Approves FY2010 Appropriations Bill U of I's Fernandez Addresses Nitrogen Loss Scenarios Saturated Fats Are Important Part of a Healthy Diet New High Capacity Offset Mower Rotator Replaces Impact Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Purdue study: CAFO impacts a mixed bag in communities Farmland Preservation Hit by Budget Squeeze President Wants New Financial Regulations Ag Groups Battle Food Safety 'Overkill' Two Threats to Agriculture Moving in Congress Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Brazil Conducts Sting at JBS and Others Exhibit Showcases Lincoln's Vision for U.S. Agriculture Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Officials Saying Hog Surveillance Could Be Difficult Organic Agreement Reached with Canada USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue USDA Wants to Hear More on Animal ID Issue Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Groups Claim New Bill is 'Property Grab' Vilsack Taps Veteran to Head Forest Service GX1117 Offers Large Capacity and Flexibility Rural Water Projects Get $123 Million from USDA Commodity Board Candidates Announced Hay Acres Will Stay About the Same DuPont Files Answer to Monsanto Lawsuit Pioneer, Beck's to Team Up for XL New Player Moves into Seed Treatment Market Climate Change Study Updates Ag Info Land Values Appear to Hold Strong Where Will We Get New Scientists? Climate Change Bill Vote Expected Soon Bill to Improve Food Safety Introduced Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Canadian Pork Producer Culls Herd Because of H1N1 Support for Biodiesel Continues to Grow Corn Grower Groups Oppose EPA's Assessment of International Land Use Another Ethanol Group Joins Growth Energy Corn Height Is 15 inches Behind the Five-Year Average Report 2009 Crop Acreage to USDA Farm Service Agency by June 30, 2009 Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Preconditioning Could Help Calf Profitability Vilsack Discusses Projects for Wood-to-Energy and Biomass Utilization Shell Oil Selling CE10 Vilsack Appoints Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak Animals Not Responsible for H1N1 Outbreak More Grain Under the Big Top Weigh In on This Illini Pullers Win 1/4 Scale Tractor Competition Farm Bureau Opposes Clean Water Restoration Act Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Pressure to Make NAIS Mandatory Ag Groups Still Focused on Climate and Energy Legislation More ARRA Funds Released County Committee Nominations Open Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork Harkin Calls on Officials to Push for Lift of Bans on U.S. Pork WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong WPX Attendance Down but Participation Strong Keep Your Scouting Manual Handy U of I Economist Says Soybean Prices Hinge on Old Crop Supply New Test Available for Angus Influenced Cattle McCormick Upgrades Its CX Tractor Line Waxman-Markey Bill Discussed in Ag Committee Spread of H1N1 Virus Officially a Pandemic USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers USMEF Reports Pork-Beef Export Numbers Food Processors Fee Passes House Panel 4-H Flag Going on Space Mission Alliance Helps Make Illinois' Grain Elevators Safer Ethiopian Scientist Wins 2009 World Food Prize Syngenta Acquires Bio-Control Technology Ag Subcommittee Holds Stimulus Hearing Hobbie Speaks at International Grains Conference Rural Development Grants Released Cap and Trade Study Released Foreign Workers Account for 41% of the Dairy Workforce Raven Offers SmartRow and AccuRow NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State NAIS Listening Session Held in Show-Me State Indirect Land Use Hearing Held EPA Issues Stay on Permitting Grassley Looks to GIPSA Attorneys to Keep Anti-Competitive Behavior at Bay USTR Issues Cairns Statement AFBF Letter Supports Broadband Access Emerald Ash Borer Found on a Farm in DeKalb County Monsanto, BASF Scientists Disclose Discovery of Gene Conferring Drought Tolerance In Corn Plants RFA Talks About RFS Hearing and Life-cycle Workshops USDA Meets Obama's Biofuels Directive Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Dairy Farmers Receiving Early Payments Immigration Legislation May Happen Leaders Balk at Obama Request for H1N1 Vaccine Funding Major Fall Trade Shows Scheduled Illinois NRCS Acquired Floodplain Easements on 1,400 Acres Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Plenish High Oleic Soybean Oil Offers Trans Fat Solution Grassley Wants to 'Show and Tell' EPA Regulation Writers Potential Benefits of Pending FTAs Studied On Recent Trip Indirect Land Use Will Not Be In Final EPA Proposal More Support for Agriculture in Cap and Trade Bill FAS Reports on Colombian Biofuels Industry U of I Economist Lays Out Three Options for Late Planting Season Electric Service Improvements Funded by USDA NFU President Meets with Ag Secretary Lucas Asks Ag Secretary for Specifics on Cap and Trade Another USDA Deputy Undersecretary Named Additional Electronic Trading Hours at CBOT IFB's Commodities Conference Set for July 29 in Springfield Mathematical Models Help Predict Corn Production Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses Hog Producers Face At Least Another Year Of Losses This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers This Is Not A Happy Time For Pork Producers Biofuels Financial Conference to Focus on Financial State of Ethanol Industry Peterson Wants Ag Issues Resolved in Clean Energy Bill Senate Ag Committee to Discuss Derivatives, Speculation House Starts Work on Food Safety Overhaul Illinois Beef Assoc. Offers Masters of Beef Advocacy Program June 24 Illinois Beef Assoc. Offers Masters of Beef Advocacy Program June 24 Congress to Review Request for Additional Funding to Fight Flu Pandemic Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo Virus Requires Changes at World Pork Expo NPB Moving Forward with Programs NPB Moving Forward with Programs Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Emergency Action Plan Tool Announced at WPX Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Meetings Scheduled Secretary Vilsack Announces Two Conservation Programs USTR Ron Kirk Travels to Russia to Discuss Trade Issues H1N1 Now Confirmed in All 50 States Pioneer Offers Deferred Payment Loan Program for Silage Inoculants Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants Pork Checkoff Announces Leadership Program Participants USB and Soybean Checkoff Announce See for Yourself Participants Beef Recalls Announced Beef Recalls Announced Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Positive Bovine TB Test in Nebraska Study Shows Impact of E15 Appropriations Take Center Stage in Washington New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits New Resolution Raises Cattle Age Limits Minnesota Senate Seat in Court's Hands Deadline for State Fair's Blue Ribbon Culinary Contest Is June 16 BASF and DuPont Sue Each Other for Patent Infringement Illini Tractor Pullers Take Overall Design Competition Award Eastern Corn Belt Far Behind Planting Pace Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Chinese Pork Professionals Training in U.S. Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Pork Safety Committee Shows Support for Safe Feed/Safe Food Program AMI Informs Canadian House of Commons of Food Safety Progress Pork Losses Could Continue Through First Quarter 2010 Pork Losses Could Continue Through First Quarter 2010 Senate Ag Committee Hearing on Derivatives Set Census Report Reflects Watershed Boundaries USDA Releases Livestock Income Figures Annual Milk Production Reported Annual Milk Production Reported Dairy Industry Holding Rally Dairy Industry Holding Rally Deadline for Specialty Crop Assistance Funds Senators Attempt to Bring Climate Change Legislation to Floor President Responds to Biofuels Coalition Judith Canales Named to Rural Development Post Ag Secretary Announces $143 Million to Improve Infrastructure Across Rural America Hot Weather to Benefit Plains Illinois State Fair Will Feature Lynryd Skynyrd and Montgomery Gentry Online Tickets Available for 2009 Farm Progress Show Additional NAIS Listening Sites Named Rural Mental Health Study Released Growing Support for Biodiesel President Releases ARRA Funds for Energy Increased Costs for Food Production Facilities Under Proposed Legislation Benefits of No-Till Shown Through Field Study Illinois Farm Bureau Promotes Farming in Metropolitan Radio Markets We Test Drive Miller's Portable Plasma Cutter Load in Under 4 Feet! Broadband Strategy for Rural America Released IL Farmers Take a Big Chunk Out of Corn Planting Farmland Equipment Sales Slump To Lowest Level in Four Years Biodiesel Safety a Priority Science Based Comments Being Prepared on RFS Increased Production Goals in Morocco Opens Doors for U.S. Grain EPA Looks at Alternative Energy Production IPPA Urges IL Pork Producers to Join the "We Care" Initiative IPPA Urges IL Pork Producers to Join the "We Care" Initiative Delivering The Mash Goodyear Goes Off-road Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Europe Upset over USDA Export Allocation Move Comment Time Extended for E15 Request Colombia Trade Gets Farmer Scrutiny Illinois Dairies Brace for a Year of Losses Quick Change Artist from Kuhn House Committee Approves Climate Change Bill NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA NPPC Supports Passage of Panama FTA Locking in Fertilizer Along With 2010 Forward Contracts Could Pay Off Late Planting Doesn't Require As Many Seeds Per Acre AutoFarm Unveils Envizio Pro Midwest Farmland Values Plummet Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Livestock Marketing Fairness Act Introduced Renewable Power Passes Key Test RFS2 Under Review Grassley Introduces Companion to Peterson's Bill to Protect Biofuel Industry U.S. - Panama FTA Under Scrutiny New Food Safety Web Site Launched Four Day Conference Looks at Economics Associated With Mississippi River Brinsea's New Incubator NFU Backs Increasing Ethanol Blend in Gasoline Alltech Names Semifinalists for Young Scientist Award Could Soybeans Be Headed for 'Uncharted' 7.6 Million Acres? Study Shows Biotech Crops Good for the Environment Company Expands Wheat Milling Capacity U.S. Dairy Industry Groups Urge Passage of Cuba Trade Bills Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Milk Industry Unites Against Proposed Tax on Chocolate Milk Important VeraSun Deadline Approaching Gensler Nomination Ratified House Members Speak Out Against Energy Plan South Koreans Turn Out H1N1 Vaccine President Announces New Energy Guidelines Iowa-Illinois to Host National Value-Added Ag Conference Two Iowa and One Illinois Biodiesel Plants Join Forces as REG Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections Ag Manufacturers Make the Right Connections CWT Auditors Start Taking Cows off Farms Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget Beef Board Outlines Recommended Budget USDA Seeks Applications to Repair Rural Housing Farm Works Rolls Out New Web Site As of May 18, 20% of Illinois' Corn Was Planted SIU Horse Program Seeks $1.5 Million to Repair Storm Damage More Opposition to Current Climate Legislation EPA Extends Comment Period WHO Meeting Focusing on H1N1 Flu H1N1 Virus Mapped Funds Released to Protect Private Forests Polaris Offers New Palette of Limited Edition Models AFBF PAL Class Announced Gestation and Veal Crates Banned in Maine USDA Funding Rural Community Facility Projects NCGA Concerned with Contents of Climate Change Bill Will You Trade, or be Capped? WHO Counters Virus Source Statement Vilsack Names New Deputy Administrator and Others Guest Worker Legislation Introduced Planting Delays Could Shift More Acres to Soybeans Thunderstorm Season Adds Another Risk to Corn Canadian Officials Confirm Another BSE Case China Investing in Agriculture Production NFU Wants Action on Climate Change Peterson Introduces Legislation to Protect Domestic Biofuel Industry Kuhn Offers Beefed-up Rotary Rakes Bobcat Digs It With American-made Excavators Synchronized Biotech Introduction is Goal for Wheat Groups Tote That Bale With DewEze 165ss Scan-Kleen Filters Wash Easily Senate Blocks Confirmation of Interior Nominee Lucas Has Cap and Trade Concerns Democrats Relax House Emissions Bill Human Error May Have Caused H1N1 White House Food Safety Working Group Meeting Held U.S., EU Sign Beef Deal Kaitlin Magsamen Wins Growmark's 2009 Essay Contest CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Ground Beef Recall Announced CWT Announces Largest-Ever Herd Retirement Secretary Appoints Another Deputy Undersecretary Growmark Completes Construction on 30,000 Gallon Biodiesel Tank Wyffels Presents Terry Niblack With Faculty Excellence Award WASDE Confirms Strong Grain Markets Conditions Paradis to Serve as Administrator of Food and Nutrition Service EPA Says Indirect Emissions is Law EPA Administrator Testifies at Senate Hearing DuPont Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for High Oleic Soybean Trait Last Week Farmers Made Some Progress on Corn Planting Ag Secretary Holds Rural Community Forums RFA Speaks Out About Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules TV For Women Farmers and Ranchers Introduced Ag Education Planned for Urban Reporters Canadian H1N1 Herd Culled New AMS Administrator Announced State Fair Premium Books Are Now Available More to the Story of Mapping the Cow Genome Whole Genome Not the Whole Story Pork Board Working to Reinforce That Pork is Safe to Eat OMB Provides Insight into President's Ag Budget Proposal States Receive Grants to Strengthen National School Meals Programs Census Data Broken Down by Congressional District National Pork Producers Asks USDA to Boost Hog Prices Pioneer Experts Still Advise Against Switching to Earlier Hybrids Outback Offers New Big Screen NMPF To Form Strategic Planning Task Force To Examine Solutions To Dairy Challenges Researchers Find Better TSE Test Hog Operating Losses Have Skyrocketed Since H1n1 Virus Does Starter Fertilizer Become Less Critical Later in Season? Feds Ready H1N1 Contingency Plan for Hogs and Poultry U of I Sets Dates for Weed Science Field Days: June 24 and July 16 WASDE Report Changes Announced USDA Offers Rural Development Loans and Grants AFBF Not Happy with US-EU Beef Agreement Senate Committee Holds Cap and Trade Hearing Farm Bureau Asks for Section 32 Support for Pork Russia Continues to Manipulate Pork Imports CWT Bid Period Closes US-EU Beef Agreement Doesn't Do Enough Vilsack Meets With Dairy Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers EPA Scientific Advisory Panel Report on Optimum AcreMax 1 House Holds Hearing On Indirect Land Use Change USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources Named More Staff at USDA Announced New GIPSA Director Announced DFA Representatives Get Reassurances from Secretary USDA Sets Aside Funds for Lawsuit Settlement USDA Will Allow Change, Extension of CRP Outback 185 Takes Power to the Job Site EU and US Reach Provisional Agreement in Beef Dispute New Food Inspection Directive Released Time to Settle Pigford - Glickman Case Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers Bovine Genome Map Already Helps Producers First Step Toward Resolving Two Decade Beef Dispute H1N1 May Impact Beef Too Despite Sick Pigs H1N1 Seems to be Winding Down House Ag and Homeland Security Committees Review Nation Animal ID Weather Has Delayed Field Work in Corn Belt Forestland Dollars Released EPA Proposes Renewable Energy Goals Fifteen Young Farmers Selected for Cultivating Master Farmers Horse Slaughter Bill Now Montana Law ISU Says California Law Negative to Corn Pork Industry Asking USDA for Help Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Seven Sites Selected for National Animal ID Listening Sessions Monsanto Files Lawsuit Against DuPont, Pioneer Funds Available to Support Organic Farming USDA, EPA and DOE Form Biofuels Interagency Working Group Corn Planting Is Further Behind Than It Was a Year Ago H1N1 Winding Down Despite Sick Pigs Beef Could Be Impacted by H1N1 Petition to Request Checkoff Referendum Put Forward Rural America is Underinsured R-CALF Encourages Participation in Listening Sessions Young Growers Can Travel Abroad in Soy Ambassador Program Baucus to Introduce Cuban Trade Bill Results of How Farmers Are Viewed Released Flu Found in Canadian Pigs National Pork Organizations Combat Negative Connotations Financial Strain Expected Due To H1N1 Influenza AAA Dismayed at Animal Rights Groups CRP Extension Available for Many Expiring Contracts National Animal ID Listening Sessions Set Pork's Return to Profitability Likely to Take Longer Why Dow AgroSciences Technology Is Big Step Forward Farm Bureau Supports Raising Blend Wall New Manure System Exceeds Environmental Standards Another Name for H1N1 Virus Hormone Free U.S. Beef to EU? Rural America Solutions Group Formed U of I Honors Faculty, Staff, Alumni and Students U of I Partners With Community Colleges to Offer Intro Ag Classes EU May Accept U.S. Beef USDA Helps North Dakota Livestock Industry Subcommittee Investigates Civil Rights at USDA Ag Department Appointments Reviewed Thursday Schillinger Genetics to Open Research Station in Vandalia Alert Level is One Notch Below Pandemic NFU, NCGA Favor Cap and Trade System 2010 Budget Resolution Passes Out of Congress USDA Issues 100 Day Report Grants Are Available to Help Rural Businesses Dow AgroSciences Confirms Precise Genome Modification in Maize Weather Causes More Spring Planting Delays Flu Continues to Spread Beyond North America Black Farmers Protest at USDA American Grown Goodness Program Begins Canada Begins WTO Action Against U.S COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada COOL Being Challenged By Canada Broadband Grant Applications Being Accepted Rural Water Projects Announced Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Funds Available Good Start to Corn Planting Baseless Bans of U.S. Pork Have Already Happened Government Watching North American Influenza Situation U of I's Plant Clinic Reopens May 1 Water Research and Development Act Passes House NSP Clarifies Failed Crop Clause Wet Conditions Further Delay Corn Planting 'North American Influenza' Spreads Several Countries Have Stopped U.S. Pork Imports Congressional Committees Looking into Influenza Situation Fear That Flu Could Develop into Pandemic is Driving Markets Lower Deere Offers Tier 3 Reman Engines Ag Secretary Addresses Flu Situation SA Flex Eases Loading Purdue's Hurt Says Cattle Prices to Increase as Economy Heals California Ethanol Move Sparks Strong Reaction ACRE Sign-up Finally Begins FSIS Administrator Wants Risk Ranking Food Safety Legislation Could Be Next Congress Has Tentative Budget Deal CCC Announces Crop Loan Rates Know What You're Paying For in Stacked Hybrids National Pork Board Urges Increased Bio-Security Plans Swine Flu Confirmed in Southwest Checkoff Helps Drive Consumer Interest in Beef Middle Meats CARB Approves Low Carbon Fuel Standard U of I Plays Part in Sequencing Bovine Genome FDA Sets Final Feed Rules Food Safety Requires Public-Private Partnership USDA to Check Changing Face of Agriculture Genome Sequence Sheds Light On Ruminant Evolution FDA to Implement Feed Ban Despite Public Objections Midwest Dairy Association Elects Officers Beef Checkoff-funded Veal Retail Campaign Going Strong Don't Panic Yet Just Because You Can't Plant Corn Ag Committee Reviews Crop Insurance Program Horsemen's Council of Illinois Launches New Web Site Obama Presents Alternative Energy and Jobs Plan Draft Energy Bill Reviewed on Capitol Hill EPA Releases Review of Climate Bill USDA Civil Rights Agenda Outlined by Ag Secretary Don't Have a Dairy Budget? Get $1,500 Vilsack Addresses Concerns About EPA Finding California's Decision on Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Impact Entire Country Winter Wheat Progress Not Fairing Well U of I Professor Estimates Farmer Risk Has More Than Doubled HHS Nominee Passes Senate Committee Hearing Bill Banning Antibiotics in Animals Passes Committee Rural Development Funds Released Earth Day Celebration Covering Several Days Agriculture Feeling the Impact of Recession EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision Draws More Unfavorable Reactions Interior Department Distributes Restoration Funds NCGA Files Comments on Proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standards Vilsack Returns from G8 Meeting Obama Administration to Cut Expenses at Cabinet Level Good Growing Season Needed to Avoid Rationing of Corn and Soybeans Wind for Illinois Unveils Maps of Existing and Proposed Wind Farms USDA Economist Talks Ag Economy EPA Issues Finding That Greenhouse Gasses Pose Threat U.S. and Mexico to Collaborate on Climate and Clean Energy President Makes Two More USDA Nominations Report Recommends Changes to Food Safety System Canadians Ready with WTO Challenge Vilsack Calls for Investment in Ag Develpment to G8 Agricultural Ministerial EPA Wants Input on Raising Ethanol Blend Wall Delegation Provides U.S. View on Global Food Security at G8 Lawsuit Attempting to Limit Ethanol Blending Is Dismissed Vilsack Taps Environment and Climate Advisor Iowa Legislation Would Set Alternative Fuel Standard Miller Wildcat Provides Welder/generator Spring Is the Best Time for a Drinking Water Analysis CBO Ethanol Report Discussed by Agricultural Organizations Stimulus Money for Natural Resources Conservation Announced 2009 Word Food Prize Symposium Theme Announced AFBF Addresses Broadband Funding & Services USDA Asking Questions About Animal Identification New U of I Site Is a Sort of Manure Classifieds Farm Sector Economy Stronger than Other Sectors USDA Continues to Fill Staff Positions Nebraska Has First Ethanol Blender Pumps Prices Favorable for Chinese Purchase of U.S. Corn Lifting Cuban Travel Restrictions Good 'First Step' GMO Corn Banned in Germany Commodity Board Elections Set for July 7 WaterScout Keeps Tabs on Field Moisture AFBF Outlines Goals for Climate Change No General CRP Sign-up In 2009 Russia Shuffles Eligible U.S. Pork Plants FAS Adds Country Pages to Web Site Major Storms Sweeping Across U.S. John Deere Announces New Global Operating Model for Sustainable Growth Scuse Named Deputy Under Secretary of FFAS Lean Pork Weighs In Just in Time for Swimsuit Season Haul With/Without Passengers With New Kubota Winter Wheat Heading May Indicate Southern Plains Condition Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Announces National Reproduction Awards EPA Responds to Request for Review of Pesticide Rule President Loosens Some Cuban Related Controls India Balking on Carbon Sequestration Military Studies Alternative Energy Duckweed Could Replace Corn in Ethanol 1st Farm Credit Awards Scholarships to 24 Illinois Students Vilsack Unveils Updated Research, Education and Economics Information System FFAS Deputy Under Secretary Choosen February Beef Exports Maintain Strong Momentum Supermarkets, Commissaries Support Pork Promotions Delay of Feed Ban Rule Proposed by FDA FDA Wants to Delay Feed Ban Rule Food Safety Progress Not Where CDC Would Like USDA Names Under Secretaries and Additional Staff Groups Step In Where EPA Won't Changes Coming in Marketing Assistance Loans Hurt's Updated Hog Outlook Features Good and Bad News Set Up Field Trials Carefully Pork Power Is Back to Help Out in an Ailing Economy NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Canada Wants WTO Help with South Korean Beef Dispute New Zealand Ambassador to Head Ag Negotiations CBO Report Shows Ethanol Has Little Impact on Food Prices Red River Valley Bracing for More High Water NPPC Wants Russia's WTO Accession Slowed Broadband Access Plan Under Development ACRE Sign-up Start Date Finally Set USDA Officials Sworn into Office New Cross-License Corn Traits Announced Drought Impacting Winter Wheat Conditions Study Shows 29,000 Cooperatives Employ More Than 2 Million Meat and Poultry Inspection is Not Broken NPPC Calls for Corn-Ethanol Study McDonald's Japan Sells with Aus NLIS Support for PQA Plus Gains Momentum Aventine Renewable Energy is Latest to File Bankruptcy Obama Pressured to Let Mexican Truckers Through Ag Secretary Announces $17 Million in Grants for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers MAL and LDP Programs Have New Regulations Senators Want Stiff Payment Requirements Nut Problems with Salmonella Expand Poultry Organizations File Suit Against EPA Darrel Good Analyzes USDA's Recent Planting Intentions Report Wireless Monitoring With Vision Works Dairy Farmers of America Earns National Recognition From Dannon FDA Ignoring Environmental and Economic Impacts of Feed Ban Senate Ag Leadership Express Concern Over Pesticide Ruling Congress in Recess But Plenty of Work Awaits Funding Released to Rehabilitate Flood Control Structures Experts Focus on Real World Climate Change Costs Some Biotech Testing Ends in Japan Cotton Industry Wants No Program Changes Black Cutworms Have Been Spotted in Illinois Massey Ferguson Offers Six New Compact Tractor Models Farm Progress to Expand Husker Harvest Days Show Input Pricing Will Determine Profitability in 2009 Farm Credit Services Awarded 23 $1,000 Scholarships G20 Communiqué Says Global Crisis Needs Global Solution Poultry Products Recalled Bill Promoting Pipelines Introduced Lucas Rejects Democratic Budget SNAP Benefits Increased to Combat Hunger Nitrogen Sensing Moves Closer to Commonplace Extension Fact Sheets Address Issues Facing Dairy Farms and How to Manage Them LibertyLink Soybeans Approved for Import into Korea BQ-9000 Program Unveiled FY 2010 Budget Passes House Climate Change Measure Won't Place Economy at Global Disadvantage Food Safety Focus Begins for House Ag Committee Base Acreage on Federal Land Reinstated Sugar Alliance Wants Sugar Quota to Remain Unchanged Vegetable Gardening Is Back in Style Harden Chosen to Head USDA Congressional Relations 1st Farm Credit Never Paid Patronage Based on Crop Insurance Purchases House Ag Committee Reviewing Food Safety HOBOnode Does It Wirelessly Chuck Spencer Joins Growmark as Government Affairs Director Inaccurate Facts and Omissions Contradict EC Duties on Biodiesel MILC Payments Being Calculated VP And Ag Secretary Announce Recovery Funds Possible Source of Pistachio Contamination Found Dow, Syngenta to Cross-License Crop Tech Vilsack Testifies on Ag Issues Within Administration's Budget Pork Producers Pleased by USDA Pork Purchases Silage Management Tips as Temperatures Rise Don't Jump the Gun and Risk Soil Compaction Senate Ag Committee to Hold Hearing on Four Nominations Farm Bureau Wants Cuba Restrictions Lifted Senate Ag Committee Addresses Child Nutrition Setton Pistachio Announces Recall Feds Announce Yamaha Recall of Rhino 450 and 600s ACRE and DCP Sign-up Extended GPS Steering Makes the Job Easier NRCS Extended Floodplain Easement Sign-up to April 10 President Signs Public Lands Law Farm Bureau Opposed to Proposed H-2A Changes USDA Seeks Comments on Conservation Grants Dairy Farmers of America Marks 11 Years of Industry Service At Annual Meeting Pork Act Delegates Overwhelmingly Support Pork Quality Assurance Plus Hog Numbers Shrink Poly Diker From May Wes Budget Sent to Floor Recommendations to be Released at Energy Summit Dam Hearing Set Rust Resistance Possible Strike While the Steel's Cheap Cargill Advances Animal Welfare Leadership Final Stand Counts When It Comes to Cornfields Flooding Continues In Upper Midwest NCGA Forms Climate Change Task Force Bill Introduced to Change Cuban Payment Rule Bill to Establish Wildfire Fund Passes House EPA Nominee Steps Down U.S. Firefighters Honored for Work in Australia Monsanto Issues Grant for Scholarships USDA Moves to Help Dairy Sector and Nutrition Programs Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Conservation Payments Cellulosic Ethanol Executives Push for 15% Blend Farm Bureau, Others, Against California Carbon Score Proposal OMB Director Backs Subsidy Caps Derivatives Bill Gains Support Control Powdery Mildew Red Meat Industry Quick to Refute Study Second Quarter Hog Slaughter Projected Down 5% EPA Says Greenhouse Gasses Are Pollutants Grassley Wants FDA Memo Clarified Obama Talks Energy Alternatives U of I's Energy Farm Plants 320 Acres to Biofuels Crops USDA Staff Appointments Made USDA Announces Another Position USTR Already at Work Poultry Being Euthanized in Texas Poultry Being Euthanized in Texas Russians Ban Poultry from Three U.S. Processors Federal Truck Weight Law Introduced Renewable Energy Summit to Be Held FAS Administrator Named WTO Economists: World Trade Down Illinois Soybean Association Seeks New Class of Soy Ambassadors Maschhoffs Recognized as IL Pork Producer Environmental Stewards Trade Officials See WTO Agreement Still Has Potential Broadband Leader named for USDA Rice Growers Could See More Exports to Cuba Senators Line Up to Support Food for Peace Program Low-yielding Spots Hurt Overall Yield Group Urges Obama Administration to Take Action in Dairy Crisis USDA, IRS Join Forces Pork Checkoff Offers Management Conference Cellulosic Firms Back Higher Ethanol Blends U of I's Biofuels Law and Regulation Conference Set for April 24-25 AgStar Lending Sees Potential Buyers for Ethanol Assets VeraSun Deals Get Court's Stamp of Approval Conference on Food Aid Focuses on Global Crisis U of I Agronomy Day Will Be One Week Earlier This Year Hearings Set to Talk About High-Speed Web Access McCormick Turns Corner, Sees Solid Future EU Offers More Beef Imports to End Hormone Dispute New ACRE Tools Available from FSA Program Already Available for Humane Animal Treatment VeraSun Asset Sale Draws Plenty of Bidders Group Sow Housing Meeting Set for March 19 U of I Continues Research as Part of Energy Biosciences Institute Grain Industry Monitors New Mexican Tariff Plan Disaster Assistance Offered by USDA Today is National Biodiesel Day - Celebrate! Group Applauds Antibiotic Resistance Bill New Report Looks at Swine Gestation Systems New Survey Shows Corn Planting Intentions Slip 4% for 2009 Another Ethanol Producer on Financial Ropes Bipartison Group Calls on EPA to Go Slow on Ethanol Rules 1st Farm Credit's Annual Report Is Indicative of Ag's Financial Strength Scientists Develop New 'Triple Threat' Corn Agco to Use Topcon Tierra for Telematics AutoFarm Announces Upgrade Program Purdue Experts Question Antibiotic Resistance Claims Beef Group Pulls Out of Food vs. Fuel Coalition President Nominates Two More to USDA Rule on Non-Ambulatory Cattle Finalized Celebrate National Ag Week Plant Corn in the Mud Not the Answer Coalition Opposes Cuts in Safety Net House Ag Committee Wants Many Viewpoints Interior Secretary Orders Renewable Energy Projects Questions Pile Up from WTO Members Grants for Energy Audits Available House Agriculture Committee Adopts Budget Letter U of I Extension Seeks Feedback from the Public Dairy Markets Are a Concern Despite Drop in Exports, Hogs Should Be Modestly Profitable Cow Tax Legislation Now Has House Companion Good News for DDGS Exports Democratic Senators Unveil Rural Agenda Labor and Tax Issues Key to Panama Agreement Committee Hearing on Animal ID Pork Checkoff Honors Sam Hines with Distinguished Service Award 2008 Pork Industry Environmental Steward Award Winners Announced Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID Mandatory or Voluntary Remains the Big Issue for Animal ID CWT Achieves Membership Goal of Two-Thirds of U.S. Milk Supply Purdue Economists Present Update on Factors Driving Food Prices NFU Meeting Wraps Up Kirk Testifies Before Senate Committee Broadband Initiative Begins U of I and Purdue Will Host a Going Green Program for Farmers on St. Pat's Johnson Wins Farmer Union Election; ND to Get New Ag Commissioner New NPPC Officers Elected First E. Coli Vaccine for Cattle Licensed Air Delivery by Gandy Officials Throw Support Behind Higher Ethanol Blend House Agriculture Committee Reviewing National Animal Identification System National Farmers Union Electing New President Corn's 'Glossy 15' Gene Slows Shoot Maturation, Resulting in More Biomass FAPRI Reports to Congress Vilsack Announces Release of Recovery Funds Allotted to USDA Broadband Initiative Announcement Scheduled Report Shows Benefits to Raising Ethanol Blend Limit Chile DDG Test Results Favorable Darryl Brinkmann Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from ASA Starter Fertilizer Question Hinges on Planting Date National Pork Board Honors Producers During Annual Meeting U of I Has Ten Tips for Spending Less AFBF Leader Asks for Liberal Trade Policy Senators Introduce Legislation to Tackle Cow Tax USSEC Names Interim CEO Purdue Economist Advises Being Conservative and Defensive EPA Seeks Farmer Cooperation FDA Overhaul Bill Presented Illinois Products Expo Scheduled March 7-8 at State Fairgrounds On-the-spot pH Accuracy CCC Rates Announced for March Prairie Farmer Names 2009 Master Farmers Dow AgroSciences, Schillinger Seed Announces Licensing, R&D Animal Improvement Grants Issued Administration Releases Trade Policy Agenda Johnson Throws Hat in NFU Ring More Tax Troubles for Presidential Nominees Landowners Encouraged to Submit EQIP, WHIP Applications by March 27 Texas Places Controls on Incoming Bulls Philippine Pork Market to Remain Open Obama to Appoint Sebelius to HHS Post See for Yourself Tour Accepting Participants Producers Favor Biotech Traits in Wheat Philippine Pork Market to Remain Open U of I Specialist Looks at 2009 Crop Insurance Choices Beef Exports up in 2008 Report Quantifies Animal Agriculture Attacks Cheese Can Help to Reduce Risk Of Certain Cancers, Research Finds Addressing Consumer Demands For Socially Responsible Pork Production Pork Checkoff Offers Pork Management Conference - Your Pork Industry Investment New Beef Videos Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL Bobcat Company and Polaris Industries Inc. Announce Long-Term Strategic Alliance Rochester Farmer Adds 3,600 Swine Facility Supplemental Revenue Assistance Buy-In Is Reopened Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL Canadian Cattlemen Ready to Move Against COOL U.S. Sorghum Going to Canada Senators Want Delay in Chinese Cotton Registry Federal Drought Action Team Activated ASA Voting Delegates Set Policy Direction Seed.Pro Streamlines Seed Processing Late-planted Corn Lodged Easier Last Fall SmartStax Corn Trait Expected for 2010 Planting Gross Sales Will Be Used for Payment Limits EPA Approves AVICTA Seed Treatment Fungicide Dairy Prices Will Trigger MILC Payments NCGA President Dickey Reviews the 2008 Corn Year Researchers Credit Soybean Group for Genome Support Go On-Line to Measure Your Farm's Health Farm Earnings to Fall Ag Budget To Hold About Steady ASA Leaders Address USDA Inspector General Investigation Starting a Stimulus Garden Can Help Reduce the Grocery Bill Monsanto Launches Genuity Brand for Seed Products Monsanto Launches Genuity Brand for Seed Products Register Now for Sheep Shearing School NFU President Stepping Down Hearing Held on CFTC Nominee Fed Chair Cautious in Statement on Economy ASA Bars USSF Delegates Agrium Launches Bid to Buy CF Industries Time to Order Fertilizer Hearing on USTR Possible Next Week Court Decides to Regulate Farm Dust Governors Want Blend Wall Lifted Fertilizer Wholesale Prices Are on Decline Illinois Forage Institute Is March 5 in Fulton Argentine Farmers Strike Continues Senate Committee Members Want Review of Cuba Policy Census Data Shows Where Illinois Ranks vs. Other States Obama Pledges to Cut Deficit in Half Announcements from President Obama Expected Ag Outlook Forum This Week USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices USDA Encourages Voluntary COOL Practices Final COOL Rule to Go Into Effect as Planned Organizations React to End of Merger President Signed Energy Agreement with Canada Congress Holding Hearings on Several Issues All-electric Bad Boy How to Make The Same Hybrid Look Different National FFA Week Coming Up Fertilizer Shortage Could Hinder Corn Crop Court Approves VeraSun Auction JBS Deal With National Beef Falls Through U of I Invites Potential Students to ExplorACES March 13-14 USDA Cattle on Feed Report Coming Friday Groups Respond to JBS Announcement Sustainable Food Lab Announces Conference Obama Makes First Foreign Trip as President Not Enough Interest in Pork Checkoff Referendum Kinda Cuban Showcases Pork at Tropical Smoothie Cafe Montana Offers P-Series U.S. Meat Exports Set Records in 2008 Vet Shortage Continues Report Card Issued On Beef Checkoff Program Obama Administration Wants Stronger COOL Less Nitrogen Could Increase Profit, Sustainability Pioneer Rolls Out New Umbrella Brand Pork Checkoff Referendum Won't Be Held Livestock Losses Limited by Pharmaceutical Technology Obama Signs Stimulus Bill into Law Pharmaceuticals Pay Dividends Trilateral Meeting Uncovers Common Goals Weaker Land Prices Are Forecast for 2009 Hypertherm Unveils Portable Plasma Cutter U of I's CABER Hosts Seminar on Energy Solutions for Transportation CWT Finishes Latest Herd Retirement Round Web Site Promotes Careers in Pork Production ReinTech is Born to Reinke and Pivotrac Jaguar Harvester Gets New Options Dairy Producers May Have to Wait Until Summer for Higher Milk Prices Economic Recovery Package Going to President Moran Supports OCS Development PCA Files for Chapter 7 Protection Durbin Recommends Callahan, Giamanco and Others for Illinois Ag Positions John Deere Risk Protection Offers New Crop Delivery Contract Policy DFA Takes Action to Help Members Peanut Recall Will Expand Groups Meet to Discuss Cattle Industry JBS Abandons National Beef Acquisition Who Should Control Internet Dollars in Stimulus? Not Just the Internet – YouTube Livestock Coalition Meets With USDA How Thick To Plant Still a Hot Topic Farm Sector Poised for Long-Term Growth dotCoop Seeks Entries for Co-op Award Transparency in Markets Bill Passes Committee Stimulus Package Goes to the Floor Corn and Ethanol Industries Fire Back Following Ethanol Attacks Acquisition of National Beef by JBS Terminated Another Cabinet Member Withdraws Nomination Obama Administration Refocusing on Resources China Became Largest Pork Importer in History in 2008 No Single Factor Driving Beef Demand Chairman Peterson Introduces Speculation Bill More Farmers Choosing Biotech Crops Major Agreements Made to Stimulus Package Second PCA Plant Closed Currently, Beef Demand Is Dictating Cattle Prices, Not Supply Nominees Sought for Abraham Lincoln National Agricultural Awards Senate Passes Stimulus Bill Vilsack Supports Single Food Safety Agency MarketMaker Web Site Continues to Expand Livestock and Dairy Prices Down in USDA Report CAFTA-DR Improving Trade Numbers New Disc Chisel from Landoll China Became Largest Pork Importer in History in 2008 Senate Ends Stimulus Debate February USDA Reports Drawing A Lot of Interest Senators Ask Ag Secretary to Implement AGI and Payment Limit Reforms Vilsack Says Expect Change Global Grain Market Important to U.S. Farmers Jury Rules in Favor of Clay County Pork Operation VeraSun Seeks Authority to Sell Assets Pork Serves Up Affordable Mealtime Solutions Corn after Beans Yields More than Corn after Corn - True or False? EPA Reopens California Greenhouse Emissions Decision Agriculture Projections to be Released NFU Wants Economic Review Global Award for Cooperative Excellence Challenges Facing the Pork Industry Gardiner Angus Ranch Launches Educational Internet Video Series Beef Industry Announces Awards USDA Moves Against PCA Senate Holds Food Safety Hearing TTX Series Complete Specialization in Livestock Projection Continues Corn Export Lull Could Add to Ending Stocks Diversity a Major Point in Ag Census Data Iowa USDA Labs Are Being Investigated Winter Wheat Condition Runs the Gamut EU Critical of ACRE Program Ag Census Shows Number of Farms Increases, But So Does Concentration Agco Causes Explosion in the Georgia Dome! Stimulus Includes Funding for USDA Modernization and Biofuels Money in the PIPE Guiding Principles for Biodiesel Sustainability Unveiled Bill to Address Merger Problems Introduced House Holds Hearing on Market Transparency Bill In Corn-After-Corn Situations, Check Emergence Ratings United Soybean Board Has a Position Open for an Illinois Director New Cattle Trends You Must Know Payments Made to Producers Holding Bad Claims FSA Conducting Lamb Referendum CCC Rates Announced for February Vermeer Founder Passes Away at Age 90 Drop in milk prices Bill Introduced to Close Hedge Fund Loophole Grants Will Help Socially Disadvantaged Carolinians Named National Stewards Gregg on Short List for Commerce Secretary Negotiations with JBS Swift May Take a While Sort Through Mixed Signals on Planting Date Merial Surehealth Limited Warranty Updated Nufarm Expands Glyphosate Portfolio with Continued Innovation VeraSun Meets With Farmers Look Further Ahead, Be Happy Massive Peanut Butter Products Recall Announced Illinois Performance Tested Bull Catalog Now on the Web Who Owns DNA Test Data? EPA Approves Plant Health Label for Fungicide National Pork Board to Meet in North Carolina Kip Cullers Tours Illinois in Early February Spring Deworming the Best Legislation Introduced to Stop FMD at the Border Partial Support Payments Coming Soon Sale and Disposal Rules Delayed Partnership will Clean Up Illinois River Watershed No Change to Interest Rates Retroactive Rangeland Carbon Credits Deadline is Friday IL Pork Expo Is Feb. 3-4 in Peoria Funding Needed for Lock and Dam Upgrade Brazil Authorizes HERCULEX I Corn Morgan Metz Named 2009 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Speculation on New Head for FSIS WTO Official Speaks Out Grassley's Wind Energy Proposals Rejected DFA Assumes Responsibilities Of Cal-West Dairymen, Inc. Senate Finance Takes Up Stimulus Package Dairyland Seed Co. Announces Illinois Yieldmasters Vilsack Holds First Press Conference Federal Crop Insurance Clarification Sought U.S. Meat Exports Holding Up AccuBoom Remote Section Control 2009 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Phoenix More Protectionism Possible, Policy Expert Predicts NMPF Urges Congress, Obama Administration to Focus Immediately on Dairy Crisis Manure a Costly Option for Dairy's Uncertain Future Dairy Cow Numbers Trend Downward In 2009 QUINTEC Fungicide Now Labeled for Use in Peppers Dairy Industry Prepares to Visit Colorado for 2009 Similar Population Study Finds Different Results President Meets With Congressional Leaders Groups Ask for Free Trade with Cuba NFU Wants All Factors of Trade Addressed Biofuels Cleaner Than Earlier Studies Showed Irrigators Could Benefit From Satellite Information Harkin Has Some Reservations About CFTC Nominee U of I Expert Corn Acreage Needs to Be Maintained in 2009 Vilsack Selects Chief of Staff Bill Would Defer Estate Tax on Family Farms Beware of Contagious Equine Metritis Blame Wheat Prices, Not Corn NCBA Opposes Dairy Buyout in Stimulus Package Ag Committee Power Shifts to Plains Farm Bureau Wants Internet, Roads and Rivers Funded Apply By Feb. 15 for a $1,000 Scholarship from 1st Farm Credit Services Trimble Unleashes Major Product Array 2009 National Pork Industry Forum Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey Mailed U.S. Soybean Exports Still High R-CALF USA Worried by Peru FTA Obama Administration to Review Country-Of-Origin Regulations Confirmation Delayed for Environmental Appointments House Wants to Meet with Obama on Stimulus Package Pioneer and Athenix Work Together on Next-Gen Corn and Soybeans Vilsack Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture Ethanol Plants for Sale Stimulus to Give USDA $250 Million for Upgrade World Wheat Numbers Have Turned Around U of I Study Says Fertilizer Use Hasn't Affected Organic Carbon Levels NPPC Files Suit Against EPA FSA Announces Crop Disaster Sign Up USTR Talks Trade, Doha U of I/Purdue Livestock Conference Is Feb. 7 Interior Drafts Offshore Oil Drilling Plan Better Corn Stands Mean More Bushels President Implements Peru TPA Argentina Increasing Grain Beef Herd Loan Guarantee Approved for Commercial Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Signup for Conservation Innovation Grants Announced Virginia Location Is 1,900th E85 Station in the U.S. COOL Challenges Likely Canada Puts Hold on WTO Complaint Against U.S. EU Rejects U.S. Move on Trade Environmental Quality Incentives Program Amended DuPont and Athenix Collaborate to Advance Insect Control First Seed Treatment Nematicide Receives Registration for Use on Corn National Pork Board Names 2009 Celebrated Chefs Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Hurt Says Livestock Producers Will Continue To Hurt In 2009 Grain and Feed Conference Is Feb. 15-17 in Schaumburg National Ag Day Essay Contest Call For Entries Europe Must Eventually Accept Biotech Farm Bureau Delegates Set Policy Vilsack Faces Senate Ag Committee ASA Submits Policy Priorities Hay Expo Returns to Wisconsin NPPC Supports Changes To Animal ID System Decision to Place Biosecurity Lab At K-State Is Final Northern IL Beef Cattle Seminar Scheduled for Feb. 5 in Kewanee Coalition of Organizations Backs Increased Funding of Agriculture Clean Energy Renewable Fuels Association Provides Outlook for Ethanol in 2009 Today's Rural Americans Aren't as Fit as Urban Americans BASF Plant Science Signs Up Two Brands to Market Corn Hybrids With NutriDense Mixed Reactions to COOL Regulations Secretary of Agriculture Reflects on His Tenure Ag Making Progress in Reducing Environmental Impact Economist Sees Another Year of Struggle for Livestock Producers Final Rule for COOL Published Pioneer Launches 96 New Hybrids for 2009 USB Chairman Comments on Checkoff Investigation Economist Sees Lower Crop Prices in 2009 AutoFarm Introduces OnTrac2 GPS Assisted Steering System Hurt Says Resist the Urge to Increase Hog Breeding Herds American Farm Bureau Ready to Work With New Administration Grain Exports Face Challenges In 2009 USSF Responds to ASA Press Release All Things Considered, Ag Sector in Good Shape Biodiesel Capable of Meeting RFS Shortfall VeraSun Energy Shuts Three Plants IronPlanet Announces First European Online Auction New Soybean Organization Formed Ag Secretary Summarizes Administration Accomplishments Illinois Equine Industry Research and Promotion Board Has Vacancies Dairy Farmers' Dilemma High Interest in January USDA Report Obama Looking for New Commerce Candidate Schafer Signs Final Rule for COOL National Ag Day Essays Due Feb. 9 USDA Recommend Audit of Soybean Checkoff NAWG Surveying Producers on Biotech Traits Save the Family Farm and Ranch Act Introduced Obama Stimulus Package Being Promoted Monsanto Outlines Development Pipeline Weather Channel and Monsanto Launch Farmer-oriented Service Perennial Grasses Buildup Soil Carbon Levels Quickly Cattle Importers Waiting on Mexico NCGA Wants Doha Movement Crop Insurance Industry Prepares For More Scrutiny Jozef Kokini Accepted into Food Systems Leadership Institute World Economy Will Play Major Role in Agriculture Vilsack Confirmation Hearing Set More U.S. Farmers May Plant Soybeans NCBA Names New CEO Kip Cullers Harvested 117 Bushels Per Acre in Soybean Contest Plot NCBA Names New CEO NCBA Names New CEO Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef Connor Named to Head NCFC Mexico Wants to Change Shipments of U.S. Beef Group Criticizes EQIP Program SIU's Ag Industry Day Planned for April 17 Non-Organic Fertilizer Made it Into Foods Dry Weather Hits Southern Brazil Hog and Pig Inventory Down Former USB Chairmen Speak Out Illinois Farmer Re-elected Chair of Soy Transportation Coalition Pioneer Makes Acquisition to Enhance Information Solutions for Growers Bee Losses May Have Single Cause Upper Illinois Rivers Locks Still Closed China Sets Export Quota Limit Organic Production Conference Set for Late January in Indianapolis Nitrogen Rate Study Held True to Form Mexico Lifts Meat Import Restrictions for Some Plants How Much Grain do You Give Away? Premise Registration Requirement Cancelled U of I Helps With Turkey Leftover Recipes Top Soybean Yields Goes Beyond Plots USDA Scholars Program Open for 2009 Academic Year Could Two Major Grain Groups Merge? VeraSun Lender Seeks to Regain Lien Winter Weather Stressing Livestock Grassley Against Russian Admittance to WTO Ports Association Wants Part of Recovery Package Illinois Pork Producers Association Seeks Youth Ambassador What Demand Exists for Soybeans in 2009? Illinois Tillage Seminars Kick Off Jan. 28 Organic Cotton Acres on the Rise Dairy Days Start Jan. 8 European Union Seeks Consultations on Hormone-Treated Beef ASA Sees ACRE Program as Positive Acting Undersecretary of Rural Development Named Alfalfa Teleconference Focuses on Economics Higher Costs Unfold as Dairy Tech is Removed Beef Sector Sees Lower Returns and Margins Despite Smaller Inventories Last Month's Milk Production Forecast Lowered Bayer CropScience Continues Growing Strong Program Growers Get More Answers on VeraSun Milk Production Numbers Lowered EPA Partnership Issues Grant Applications Gates Foundation Supports School Meals Abroad Interim Final Rule Issued by USDA on 2009 Payment Limits IDOA Recognizes Top Employees Soybean Yield Contest Kicks Off With 2009 Season Lower Cattle Numbers are Not Producing Higher Prices ACRE Program Details Finally Announced Signups Begin for Farm Programs Korea Buying U.S. Corn U.S. Pork Exports Defy Expectations Strong Cheese Exports, Slow Domestic Sales Dairy Cattle: November Milk Production Up 1.4 % Plant Sales Could Allow JBS Transaction Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed Another WTO complaint Over COOL Gets Filed USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress Milk Income Loss Contract Program Signup Announced U.S. Oil Consumption to Flatten Mexico Files WTO Complaint Over COOL Court Proceedings on Hold USDA Announces New Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets Remember to Care for Animals This Winter Pork Infuses International Flavor into Holiday Celebrations Senator Calls for Next Step in Vietnamese Importation of U.S. Beef Obama Officially Names Vilsack as Nominee for Ag Secretary Wheat Crop Estimate Cut in Argentina Pork Power and Gridley Meats Team Up to Fight Hunger Baucus Presses Vietnam on U.S. Beef Imports Food for Progress Assistance Announced New NCBA Leader Announcement Soon Vilsack to Be Named Ag Secretary Missouri Lawmaker to Propose Decriminalizing Margarine USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress USMEF Says October Numbers Continue to Show Progress Two Illinois Growers Elected to Top Soybean Positions Revised Net Cash Income Numbers Still Record Meat Export Numbers Very Positive for Pork and Beef Producers Climate Change Could Cripple Agriculture New IRON Search Equipment Section Now in the Hands of Over 54,000 Wallaces Farmer Subscribers Ag Initiatives Fit Obama's Stimulus Plans New PCVAD Article Focuses on Disease Surveillance Dairy Group, Ex-Execs to Pay Illinoisan Elected Secretary of American Agri-Women Dorr Sees Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for Rural America Smooth Transition Occurring from Old Administration to New President-elect Makes Key Energy Nominations Uncertainty Remains on Possible Audit of Soybean Checkoff Groups Propose Farm-Based Energy as Key to Stimulus Package IL Farm Bureau Survey Shows Profitability Concerns EPA Gives Livestock Producers Exemption No WTO Meetings This Year Increased December Chinese Imports Argentine Wheat Yields Down Buhler Resurrects Versatile Name and Logo National FFA Announces Plans for Future Conventions Inspector General Completes Slaughter Investigation Education Efforts Create Export Opportunities in Middle East Obama's Energy Team Being Readied Major Increase in Farm Product Sales to Iraq National Change in Weather Pattern European Union Approves Roundup Ready 2 Yield for Importation DuPont Unveils New Strategy to Expand Its Seed Business Farmers Will Cut Corn Plantings in Favor of Soybeans in 2009 It's Official: Liberty Link Beans Coming in 2009 Know Your Dairy Cattle Farm Feed Costs TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow USB Responds to Allegations IOG Says Hallmark/Westland Was Isolated Incident Peril Continues For VeraSun Corn Suppliers Study Aims to Maximize No-Till Yield in Continuous Corn Fields New House Agriculture Ranking Member Opposes CFTC Merger Overall Winter Wheat Condition is Good Auction of Surplus Dry Milk Delayed Beef Checkoff Could Increase Beef Checkoff Could Increase Spring Crop Insurance Deadline Nears Soybean Association Calls for Checkoff Investigation Beef Checkoff Could Increase Markets Waiting for USDA Crop Reports TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow TB Confirmed in North Dakota Cow Hallmark Westland Investigation Completed Cagley, Kaye and Adams Win IFB's Eagle Award for Excellence Rollie Moore Honored with IFB's Distinguished Service Award GAO Issues Report on Agency Coordination Committee Working on Food Program Reauthorization New Papers on WTO Doha Talks Issued China and U.S. Agree on Need to Curb Trade Protectionism European Union Approves Import of Roundup Ready 2 Soybeans Monsanto Launches Initiative to Improve Water Quality in Mississippi River Basin FDA Kicks in Nearly $500,000 for BSE Inspections in Illinois Seed Pricing Stories Run Rampant Knight Visiting Argentina Farmers Can Get Credit, But Other Challenges Remain Promoting Increased Biofuel Production Globally Certified Livestock Manager Training Workshops Start Dec. 10 Biomass Feedstock Report Released VeraSun Receives Final Bankruptcy Court Approval Argentina Won't End Farm Export Limits Ethanol Co-Product Granted Entrance to Australia Report Outlines Agriculture Challenges for the Next 30 Years ECO-heater Warms Room for Less Homeland Security Selects Kansas for National Bio and Agro Defense Lab Kohl's '09 Outlook: Both Boom and Bust Are Possible USDA Slashes Export Forecast Several Factions Oppose December WTO Meeting Salting the Driveway Is Not a Replacement for Shoveling Senate Agriculture Ranking Member Wins Runoff Manhattan Wins Bid for Bio-Agro Defense Facility Former House Ag Committee Member Says USDA Restructuring Inevitable USDA Seeks Public Comments on Deregulation of GMO Corn U.S. and China Meeting to Discuss Economy Pioneer Says Narrow Rows May Boost Yields in Some Cases VeraSun Cancels U.S. BioEnergy Corn Contracts Lamy Stresses Need for Aid and Trade FDA Reports Progress in Protecting Food Supply Agriculture at the Forefront of 2009 Commodity Rebound Canada Moving Towards WTO Challenge Over COOL Pilgrim's Pride Files for Chapter 11 Protection Deere and Co. Sets Fifth Consecutive Year of Record Net Income Current Conditions Could Help the Pork Industry Recover Gate Closes on 'Cow and Sow Tax' Comments Public Meetings on Bovine Tuberculosis Scheduled Federal Agencies Set Energy Corridors Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Light Up the Night Economy is Wild Card in Beef Cattle Price Forecasts Extension Web Sites Can Help You Pick a Tree and Maintain a Poinsettia Lame Duck Session Continues Next Monday New Videos Added to Consumer Education Series on YouTube Push Being Made for Change in Trade Policy with Cuba President Bush Pardons Turkey Help Available for Turkey Preparation Questions Collapse in Fertilizer Prices Cause Loss for The Andersons Pork Power Exceeds Donation Goal U of I Has Tips for Stretching Every Dollar More Families Face Challenge of Farming Together Farmers Will Be Affected By Tax Changes Group Challenging VeraSun's Corn Contract Procedures GAO Report Questions Farm Payments South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales South Korean Retailers Resuming U.S. Beef Sales Interest in Buying VeraSun Specialty Crops and Agritourism Conference Comes to Springfield in January Slow Start to Harvest Leads to Slow End U.S. Meat Production Forecast Lowered Food Prices May Finally Be Responding to Market Factors Several Factors Lead to Less U.S. Meat Production Vilsack Says He Will Not Be Next Ag Secretary Roundup Ready 2 Yield Goes to Market Evaluate Base Genetics, Not Just Traits More Evidence of Shrinking Beef Industry USDA Report Show Beef Industry Contraction Harkin Looks to Bring Transparency to Futures Market IDOA Helps Producers Get a Foot in the Trade Show Door Winter Drought Outlook Mixed Bag of News Rains Expected to Downgrade Australian Wheat Crop You Grow It, We Burn It! VeraSun Reports Substantial Third Quarter Losses Auto Bailout Remains Elusive Lower November Dairy Price Outlook Taiwan Must Drop 'Food Safety' Barriers National Biodiesel Board Elects Leadership Deere and Co. Purchases Reman Company in Missouri Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets Matching Funds Available for Meat Companies to Open International Markets StollerUSA Launches Updated Web Site for Growers and Farmers Financial Site Helps Households Survive the Recession Biodiesel Happy About Diesels Role in 2009 RFS Schafer Leads Delegation to Brazil for Biofuels Conference Corn and Ethanol Industry Answers Attack EPA Issues Review of Own Agency Dairy Price Forecasts Have Dropped VeraSun Refuses to Honor Contract Prices for Corn WTO Chair Pushing for Quick Movement USDA to Determine If Producers Want Pork Checkoff Vote Bayer CropScience Offers Poncho 500 Rebate to Growers Coalition Calls for End to Ethanol Subsidie Antique Plow Day 2008 Set for Nov. 22, With Nov. 29 Rain Date Concentration in Ethanol Industry Focus of Trade Commission Report Corn Harvest Delays Continue Tolman Calls for Food Price Cut Kuhn Offers New Shredders Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found Another Canadian Case of BSE is Found BSE in British Columbia Twin Rows Easier to Harvest Than 15-Inch Rows Schafer Says Progress on Doha is Being Made U of I Has Tips for Maximizing Fall-Applied Nitrogen Colombian Dairy Sector is Big Market for U.S. Grains USMEF Gearing Up for Branding Promotion Lame Duck Session Will Be Held This Week Soy Exports Set New Record Researchers Make Breakthrough in Developing Ug99 Resistance Schafer Appoints Dairy Board Members House Lame-Duck Session Doubtful U of I's Farm Economics Summit Set for Mid-December Dairy Promotion Board Named USDA to Release Funds for Conservation Disaster Assistance Decatur's NRCS Office Wins Best Conservation Service Center for 2008 USTR Discusses Import Restrictions with EU Schafer Hopes New Administration Can Build on Past Success Poll Says Biofuels are Most Accepted Method to Achieve Energy Independence Try These Welding Projects Extension Study Says Feed Costs to Blame for Dairy's Red Ink New Ethanol Coalition Goes After Big Food Red States Turning Blue? Canada Trying to Regain Beef Access to Korea List of Top 100 Cooperatives Released National Pork Board to Complete 2009 Strategic Plan and Budget Soybean Harvest Nearly Complete, Corn Continues to Lag Winter Wheat Planting is on Target Monsanto Invests $3 Million for Office Building at Jerseyville How Low Could Corn Prices Go? Same Hybrid Under Different Conditions Looks Different World Trade Talks Need New Approach New Amendments in Place for 2008 Farm Bill Beef Exports are Increasing IDOA Extends Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine to Four More Counties UK Pushes for Origin Labeling USDA Crop Report Comes out Monday This Fall, Don't Touch the Soybean Stubble Secretary Makes Board Appointments USDA Transition to New Administration Underway Kubota Offers Gasoline RTV500 Repeat of 1980 Farm Crisis Unlikely Government Slashes Australian Wheat Estimate Rural Development Head Resigns Big Red Takes on the SxS Market Pioneer to Invest $14 Million in Illinois Facilities by End of 2008 Californians Pass Measure that Limits Livestock Confinement Farm Groups Assess Top Issues For Obama, New Congress Rural Housing Loans Outperforming Economy NCB Names Top 100 Co-ops, Growmark Places Seventh Winter Hitting Dakotas, Bringing Wet Weather to Midwest VeraSun Delays Opening of Plant Scientists Ask for EPA Rulemaking Delay VeraSun Energy Gets Finance Help Corn Harvest and Development Lagging Behind USTR Seeking Comment on EU Beef Hormones Dispute Favorable Weather Allows Start of Aussie Wheat Harvest 100 Illinois Vets Will Be Trained in Emergency Response for Animals USDA Announces New Administrators New Requirements For Controlling Manure, Wastewater From Large CAFOs U of I's Good Says Storage Will Pay Dividends This Year McCain Farm & Ranch Committee Call Obama Out Over Statements Harvest Reveals Surprises in Plots Ethanol Maker Declares Bankruptcy Trimble Acquires Tru Count Assets Council Created to Energize New Generation of Beef Industry Leaders Become a Master of Beef Advocacy Veal Retail Marketing Initiative Launching This Fall Rachel Ray Readers Respond to Pork Ad 2008 Pork Environmental Stewards Named NCBA Endorses None of the Above Big Push to Defeat Prop 2 EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Expected USDA Announces Early Details of their Annual Outlook Seminar Two East-Central Co-ops Acquire Portions of Lanman Oil Co. Pork Promotion Was the Name of the Game in October Buhler Resurrects Versatile Tractor Brand IDOA Offers to Inspect Honeybee Colonies Will Interest Rate Cut Help Farm Borrowers? Will Farmers Plant More Corn or More Beans Next Spring? Pork Promotion Was the Name of the Game in October Ethanol Has Advantage over Gasoline Environmentally and Economically Lamy Says Opening Trade is Healthy Vermeer Has "Cornstalk Special" Illinois Farmers Markets Eligible for Grant Money in Advertising Fresh Produce USDA Revises Crop Production Estimates Lower New Draper Platform from Deere Schafer Clarifies Rural Business Loan Guarantee Farm Credit Available, More Strings Attached Cast Releases New Commentary Evaluating Biodiesel Production Winter Wheat Ratings Released Genetics Provide Evidence for Virus Movement Via Migratory Birds Purdue's Hurt Looks at How Recession Will Impact Beef Prices New and Different Products Buck the Economic Trend U of I Gets $2 Million to Study Impacts of Next-Gen Biofuels Food and Fuel Forum Tackles Tough Issues CWT Announces Second Buyout This Year MGEX Board Recommends Trading Exclusively Electronically GIPSA Rules Affect Swine Contractors Deer Season Safety Extends Past Proper Handling of Firearms Precision Maps Can Reveal What Happened After the Fact Dairy Export Council Updates Web Site Dairy Safety Focus Of New Publication Rust Reaches Corn Belt Ukraine Harvests Nearly 50 Million Tons of Grain Organic Growers Can Be Reimbursed for 75% of Certification Costs USDA Awards Electric Loans Big Three Packers Pledge to be COOL USDA Flunks Another Test On Civil Rights Bloomington Company Sells $1.7 Million Worth of Hogs to Chinese Company Kuhn Has New Power Harrows Schafer Makes Up Mind on ACRE Base Years Meat Production will Decline in 2009 Proposed USDA Bailout for Ethanol Brings Livestock Protest NCBA Accepting Applications for CEO Position Charges Filed in Iowa Hog Abuse Case Freeze Won't Affect Crops, Precipitation Slowing Harvest Some Argentine Wheat Helped By Rain Mexico Still Biggest Market for Distillers Grains Technology Has Made the Dairy Industry Greener and More Efficient Farmetrics Seeks to Lower Ag Risks Positive Reactions Pour in on Justice Suit Against Packer Acquisition U.S. Seed Industry Suspends Market Choices Certification Too Many Plants Cuts Yields New Farmdoc Reports Address Ag's Financial Strength Rains Come to Argentina as Planting Season Begins Analysts Predicting Bigger Drop in Australian Wheat Crop Justice Department Files Suit to Block Beef Packing Merger McCormick Completes TTX Series With Third and Most Powerful Model Deere Offers 5D-5M Series Utility Tractors Grain Contract Schemes Occurring In Midwest Ground Beef Recall Announced Renewable Energy Will Help Economy to Recover Corn Growers Unveils Benefit Analysis Calculator U of I's Schnitkey Expects Higher Storage and Drying Costs This Year Beef's Premium Depends on Quality WTO Issues Ruling on Hormone Beef Ban No Hope for Doha Deal This Year World Wheat Production is Rebounding Learn to Write Grant Proposals Oct. 20 in Springfield Biotech Helping U.S. Farmers Satisfy Global Demand Mexican and Costa Rican Grade School Students Visit Ill. Soybean Farm Ag Exports May Surpass Expectations CSREES Awards $2.2 Million for National AgrAbility Project Soybean Farmers Renew Challenge to End Hunger And Malnutrition High Protein Breakfast May Help Dieters Corn Belt Misses Storms, Leaving Corn in Good Shape New Biodiesel Blend Specifications Published Caterpillar and Trimble Team Up to Make Worksites More Efficient Australian Farmer Selected For Kleckner Award Siemens and USDA/ARS Partner in Second Generation Biofuels Despite China's Milk Mistake, U.S. Dairy Remains Safe World Bank/IMF Zero In On Food Crisis Raising of Animals Focus of Two Events Economic Downturn Does Have Silver Lining for Farmers Australian Wheat Crop Forecast Reduced Illinois Commodity Conference Theme Looks at Food, Feed and Fuel Every Field Deserves the 'Push' Test Silver Linings in Doom 'n Gloom Clouds Cash Rental Surveys Being Sent Out More Wetlands Incentives Available Ag Committees Schedule Hearing on Nation's Financial Mess Trading Music for Oil Pork Partners With Soybean Council Presidential Candidates Look to Rural Areas Europeans Have Negative Attitude toward Cloned Animals as Food Schafer Addresses Globalization at the AgExecutive Forum U.S. Pork Industry will be Observed by Chinese Delegation ICGA Sponsors E-85 Quarter-Mile Race, Set for Oct. 15 Wet Weather on Way for Parts of Midwest Amity Launches Air Till Drill U of I Expert Has Tips for Composting Leaves Combating Invasive Pests Gets Nearly $1 Million USDA Awards More Than $28 Million in Specialty Crop Research USDA Proposes Biotech Rule Changes McCain-Palin Announce Rural Team National Biofuels Action Plan Unveiled Soybean Growers Ask USDA for Help Funding Soybean Rust Monitoring IL Pork Producers Celebrates National Pork Month with Pork Give-Away Fertilizer Retailers Work With Farmers to Keep Prices Low Egg Producers File Requests Alleging Humane Society Secretly Taped Calls Midwest Harvest Lags Behind Normal Pace Commerce Secretary Travels to Brazil for Trade Talks Be Nice to the Elevator Staff, October Is National Co-op Month Balchem Introduces Rumen-Protected Lysine ADM to Discuss Corn Processing Business Via Webcast USDA Provides Incentive for Public Access to CRP Some Hybrids Like it Thick, Some Don't! Rotella T Goes Synthetic Chicken Industry to Consolidate Around Multi-Protein Model House Passes Bailout Package Value Cuts Promoted in Mexico Pioneer Experts Give Tips on Transitioning Feedstocks for Dairy Cows Favorable Weather Being Seen in South America Lack of Funding Forces Databank Closure Fabian Fernandez Shares Tips for Making Every Fertilizer Dollar Count Senate Sends Bailout Bill to House U.S. Positioned to Be Leading Biodiesel Market Hubbard Feeds Specialist Details Three Methods for Storing Distillers Grains New St. Louis Facility Doubles Urea Capacity Farmer Mac Raises $65 Million in Capital Citizens Continue to Fight Longwall Mining Proposal in Montgomery County Farm Credit Still Rock-Solid USDA Grants $3.4 Million for Farmers Markets as Part of New Farm Bill Bill to Change Beef Checkoff Brought to Senate COOL for Meat Finally Enacted Frost is Flirting with Upper Midwest USDA Funding Overseas Promotion Dow AgriSciences Acquiring Another Seed Company Farmers Take Advantage of Warmer Weather by Allowing Corn to Field Dry Intern Opportunities With Pork Board Calling all Prairie Cooks Illinois Soybean Association Promotes Biodiesel in Special Olympics Event We Test Miller's Renegade 180 Failed Bailout Drops Stocks for Agribusiness Companies Senate Passes Farm Bill Fix Hog Losses to Persist China Dairy Scandal Reaches United States Lessons Abound in Corn Field Before Harvest Tentative Deal Reached on Bailout Package Charge It - Two at a Time Pioneer Introduces New Y Series Low Linolenic Soybeans for 2009 Farmers Are Urged to Remain Safe Throughout Harvest Tensions Continue to Run High in Argentina Tuesday is Important Deadline Date Packers Want "North American" Label for COOL Crisis Hikes Farmers' Costs, But Sector Is Strong SATURDAY WEB TIP: Click on a Tab for In-Depth Information Presidential Candidates Answer Ag Questions National Cattlemen's Beef Association CEO Resigns Insurance Deadline For Fall-Seeded Crops Is Sept. 30 Illinois Tourism Bureau Suggests Three Presidential Trails Schafer Announces New Head of Food Safety Stokes Resigns as National Cattlemen's Beef Association CEO Chance of Frost May Increase Next Week Europe Has Tremendous Potential as Market for Grain Sorghum Lincoln Electric Unveils Ranger 225 GXT Power Krawler Offers High Traction, Low Compaction House Approves 10-acre Rule Amendment Senate Hearing on Keenum Nomination to Farm Credit Administration U of I Study Indicates Grain Prices Have Risen to a New Plateau Hogs and Pigs Report Preview House Committee Attacks Air Emissions Exemption For CAFO Biodiesel Tax Credit Extended by Senate Financial 'Melt-down' Impacts Grain Pastures and Forage Benefit from Heavy Rains Crop Insurance Deadline Looms Paulson Says Decisive Action is Needed New Oven Could Mean Healthier French Fries, Without Sacrificing Taste Precise Fueling for 4X4 Feed Industry Leaders Speak with Obama Advisers New Poll Shows McCain Leads With Rural Voters Corn Crop is Downgraded Long-Term Care Workshops Can Help Plan for the Future Ethanol Commercials Released Nationwide U of I's Good Analyzes the USDA's Sept. Forecast The Public Is Invited to Attend an "Evening on the Farm" Cattle Inventories Are Shrinking Speculation Limiting Bill Approved in House House Ag Committee Tries 10-Acre Rule Fix Early-season Problems Show Up in Late-Season Stand Counts Pequea/Deere Agreement to Boost Frontier Brand Montana Loses Brucellosis-Free Status SATURDAY WEB TIP: Be on Alert Truckers and Exporters Sign Agreement Plain Predicts Higher Placements Trade Mission Heads to Central America Next Week LibertyLink Soybeans Get Nod from European Union FDA Issues Draft Guides on Regulating Genetically Engineered Animals Current Weather Should Calm Freeze Fears USDA Purchases Tomatoes Horse Bill Considered but Not Voted On Growmark Appoints Five Directors and 2008-09 Officers Farm Progress Magazine Group to Feature IRONsearch.com Equipment Sections Webinar Educates on How to Feed DDG to Replacement Heifers Judiciary Committee Set to Vote on Horse Bill Farm Bureau Says EPA Can't Regulate Ag Dust Australian Wheat Harvest Downgraded Slightly Farm Progress Magazine Group to Feature IRONsearch.com Equipment Sections Central Illinois Company Expands to Seven Locations Crops Continue to Lag Behind Normal WTO Talks Continue in Geneva CME Says Clearing Function Protected Fertilizer Companies Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Price Fixing U.S.-China Trade Talks Scheduled This Week Illinois Soybean Association Sponsors 2009 Yield Contest USDA Lowers Production Estimates A Golf Cart No More! Nitrogen Deficiency Biggest Discovery From Field Walks New Mexico's Cattle TB Status Downgraded SATURDAY WEB TIP: The Power of RSS K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause K-State Researchers Find Genetic BSE Cause Farmers Union Asks USDA to Extend Buy-in for Disaster Assistance Testimony Highlights Need for Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension Sustainable Ag Leader Speaks at U of I Oct. 13 State Departments of Agriculture Ask for Lift of Cuban Restrictions Biodiesel Board CEO Responds to New Report Kentucky Triples The Joy Illinois Food Companies Get a Boost in Promoting Products Overseas Ike Could Bring Rust to Midwest Wyoming Keeps Brucellosis-Free Status Maple Leaf Identifies 'Likely Cause' Of Bacteria House Judiciary to Vote on Horse Bill Bipartisan Group of Senators Rally Around Energy Plan USDA Administrator Talks COOL Deere to Close Welland, Ontario Factory FSA Deadlines Fast Approaching—September 16 and 30 Monsanto Gives $50,000 to IL Ag in the Classroom Corn Crop Condition Shows Stability ACRE Will be Available for 2009 Crops USDA Awards Science and Education Grants Soybean Rust Moving North CME Group Recommends Changes to Wheat Contract New Power for MF Tractors Two Factors Appear to Be Influencing Corn and Soybean Prices Active Hurricane Season Continues WTO Meeting Scheduled in Geneva This Week National Farmers Union Hosting Fly-In Farm Progress Corn Fields Have Wider Implications SATURDAY WEB TIP: Go Mobile USDA Awards Value-Added Grants Purdue Studies Grass Genetics to Improve Biofuel Production Canadian Government To Investigate Listeriosis Outbreak Analysis Suggests Higher Food Prices In 2009 And Beyond Five Workshops Teach Attendees How to Be More Energy Efficient Assistance Mobilized for Gustav is Prepared for Continuing Storms Pork Board Names New CEO Republican Platform Calls for End to Ethanol Mandates Moly's New Hydraulic Chute Cool Temperatures Continue to Slow Crop Progress Dry Conditions Cause for Concern for Corn and Soybeans USDA Continues Evaluating CRP Situation Deere to Expands Plans to Expand at Waterloo Facility Dow Completes Acquisition of Dairyland Seed Co., Bio-Plant Research Ltd. Elanco Announces Location for New Global Headquarters Aspiring Southern Illinois Farmer Is First Woman to Win Star in Ag Placement Farm Equipment Exports Surge by 30.5% Obama Kicks Off Campaign with Biodiesel Plant Tour Less Meat in 2009 New Auger Options Lower Court Overturns BSE Decision New Virus Invading Honeybees Rain Doesn't Slow Down Farm Progress Show Hybrid Selection for '09 Starts Now SATURDAY WEB TIP: Join the Discussion Farm Bill Is Not Trade Compliant Ten Students Embark on Ag Careers Schafer: Renewable Fuel Decision Is "Watershed Moment" For United States Westland Worker to Talk About Supervisors, Owners Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions to be Discussed FSIS Requests Comments on COOL Label Approval USDA Announces Proposed Rule for Disposition of Downer Cattle Multiple Species Grazing Conference Set for Sept. 13 Dorr Announces $35 Million in Energy Grants and Loans Big Red Takes on the SxS Market Consumers Favor Biodiesel Brazil Seeks Permission to Sanction U.S. Goods over WTO Cotton Case Ford Offers Four New FFVs in 2009 Own the History of John Deere Vets Say Initiative Not In Animals' Best Interests American Ag and Energy Council Announces Formal Organization Sustainability: Produce More, Conserve More New Branding Provides New Seed Performance Technologies to Enhance Genetics and Traits Exclusive Survey Shows Farmers Wary of Increasing Corn Acres New Officers Elected for Illinois Corn Marketing Board Public Meeting Scheduled on Farm Bill Renewable Energy Provisions Egypt is Important Partner to U.S. Breakthrough in Producing Hydrogen from Biofuels Omega-3 From Biodiesel Byproduct Three Forage Options Outlined for Dairy Producers Iran Purchases U.S. Wheat U.S. Working to Move Doha Forward Watch Fields Where Common Rust Was Prevalent Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink USDA Issues Electric Loans Feedlot Numbers Continue to Shrink DFA Adds New Division SATURDAY WEB TIP: Customize to Maximize Will Argentine Farmers Strike Again? Look Good Welding for Less CMF Group Tours Peoria Sites Need for Midwest Ethanol Pipeline Highlighted Monsanto, China Seed Expand Corn Seed Joint Venture Dairy Export Prospects Improve Web Site Teaches How to Manage Life's Financial Risks Researchers Seeking Healthy Honeybees USDA Expands Crop Insurance Premium Reductions Lower Dairy Sales Expected in 2009 Elanco Will Buy Posilac Dow Selects Name for Nitrogen Stabilizer Additional States and Seed Technology Approved for Crop Insurance Premium Reductions Elanco Will Buy Posilac A Web Change is Coming Make Hay Quickly with Windrow Pro Southeast May Benefit from Tropical Storm Asian Soybean Rust Less Prevalent in 2008 U of I's Agronomy Day Kicks Off Tomorrow at 7 a.m. Summer School Sessions Designed Specifically for Livestock Producers Feinstein Questions Ethanol Tariff Instant BSE Test Being Developed USDA and China Sign Biofuel Agreement Cool Weather Slows Crop Development Across the State New, Multimillion Dollar Site Ready for 2008 Farm Progress Show Crop Conditions Are Steady Argentine Farmers Protest Economic Environment Dairy Farmers Feeling the Squeeze of High Production Costs USDA's August Forecast Should Keep Prices Steady Dairy Farmers Feeling the Squeeze of High Production Costs Thick Corn Holding Its Own With Rain Rail Antitrust Exemptions Being Scrutinized Rural Cooperative Development Centers Receive $4.5 Million Canada Confirms Another Case of BSE Sudden Death Syndrome or Brown Stem Rot? Six Biodiesel Companies Earn BQ-9000 Certification Remarkable Numbers for Beef and Pork Exports Mobile Exhibit on Lincoln's Life Is Powered by Biodiesel DDGS Pelleting Course May Lead to More U.S. Exports to Japan. Online Dairy Class Offered Prop 2 Supporters Sue AEB, USDA Your Home's Air May Not Be Very Clean U.S. Trade Development Has Succeeded in Japan Food Inflation May Slow Because of Falling Commodity Prices Weather Pattern is Predicted to be Neutral WTO Leaders Have Differing Views on Doha Round Experts Have Yet to Find Soybean Rust in Midwest USDA Issues Clarifications of COOL Interim Rule Tight Corn Supplies Will Continue Next Year New Web Site Has Info on Pesticides for Home and Farm Crop Insurance Deadline Plays a Role in Farm Bill Disaster Programs Russia is Growing Market for U.S. Beef Crops Are Looking Good Average Weather Proves Suitable for Fieldwork Across the State IPPA Will Match Pork Power Donations During the State Fair Possible E. Coli Contamination Prompts Recall of Ground Beef Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seeds August Report Supplies First NASS Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Fungicide Applied on High-Yield Plots Last Week Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seeds RFS Mandate will Remain in Effect Anhydrous Prices Soar on U.S., International Markets Emergency Grazing Extended Conservation Expo Aug. 19-21 at Progress City Deere Adds to Its Compact Utility Line John Deere Launches New Utility Tractor Lineup EPA Denies RFS Waiver U of I Study Likes Miscanthus for Cellulosic Ethanol Monsanto Plans to Part with Posilac USDA Announces TRQ Increase Bush Talks Free Trade in South Korea Monsanto to Sell POSILAC Patriot Ethanol Receives First Loads of Corn Farm Futures Survey Shows Crops Recovered From June Floods World Wheat Outlook is Looking Favorable Taste the Best Illinois Wine at the State Fair Cool, Dry Conditions Predicted for Next Couple of Weeks Beef Cattle Herd Continues to Dwindle as Feed Prices Go Up Web Site to Aid Pork Producers Manage Tough Times CRP Acres Released for Grazing in Drought Disaster Counties Weather Helping Crop Conditions New Online Ticket Order System Offered for Farm Progress Show Maturity Issue Could Have Legs Haying and Grazing of CRP Battle Not Over Yet Mandatory COOL Shouldn't Affect Consumers Breakthrough on Avian Influenza Research New Web Site Guides Pork Producers Through Tough Times New Power for MF 5400 Series Catch Asian Soybean Rust Early and Apply Fungicide How Can Progress in Geneva Move WTO Talks Forward? Cellulosic Biofuel Research Gets Shot in Arm Rural Electric Loans Awarded Report Recommends Cautious Action Toward Biofuels Off-Road Vehicle Line Gets Makeover C-FAR Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary Energy Speculation Bill Still Stalled Salmonella Found in Mexican Irrigation Water USDA Issues Interim Final Rule on Federal Milk Marketing Orders Specialty Crop Research Applications Available Failure to Reach WTO Agreement Unfortunate IL Soybean Grower Elected Treasurer of WISHH Weld or Keep the Lights On Horse Transport Bill Introduced in House USDA Says No to CRP Penalty-Free Early Outs WTO Talks Breakdown in Geneva U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea U.S. Beef Reaches South Korea Limits on Farm Operating and Ownership Loans Increased Corn and Bean Conditions Very Good Interim Final Rule for Mandatory COOL Illinois Soil Included in Smithsonian Exhibit Top Trap Shooter Hits 99% of Targets for Ag Education Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Cow Power Could Generate Electricity for Millions Groups to Host COOL Workshops COOL Workshops Being Presented Groups Hosting COOL Workshops Veneman Mentioned as Potential Obama Running Mate Grain Prices Continue to Weaken; Still Not Stable Diesel Air Compressor Is Thrifty This Could Be Decision Week for Fungicides More Federal Disaster Assistance Available July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory Elk Likely Source of Brucellosis Pork Checkoff Sponsoring Future Leaders July Cattle Report Shows Smaller Inventory USDA Renews Funding for Swine Health Research Cutting the Carbon Hoofprint Producers with Approved Contracts Can Continue Haying and Grazing CRP Safeguard Against Falling Prices and Rising Inputs Swine Health Research Funding is Renewed CFTC Combating Manipulation of Futures Markets Harkin Says WTO Action Not Likely Until Next Year IPPA's Pork Chop Open Golf Tournament Is Early September This Year Cutting the Carbon Hoofprint Pork Board Elects New Leadership Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Court Rules to Allow Haying and Grazing of CRP Animal Care Initiative Launched by Farm Bureau Good Weather is Timely for Pollination Australia Receives Much Needed Rain Farm Bureau Launches Animal Care Initiative Some Progress being Made at WTO Meeting U of I Expects Yields to Be Down Across the Corn Belt Versatility Both Ways Amendments Could Derail Speculation Bill RFS Waiver Decision Delayed Schnitkey Predicts 2009 Input Costs of $529 Per Acre for Corn Opinions on U.S. Subsidy Cut Vary Greatly Renewable Energy Grants and Loans Awarded by USDA Kubota Lays Down Tracks With New Krawler EU and U.S. Offer Cuts on Subsidies Congress Investigating Speculation Lamy Says Now is Time for Action Shift in Sweeteners July Is the Month to Conduct Root Digs Near Record Numbers Seen for All Milk Prices Fewer Cattle and Less Bang for Checkoff Buck Environmental Quality Incentives Program Gets $200 Million Boost Know Your Hay's Humidity Start Scouting for Soybean Aphids Milk Prices Remain Very High Beef Industry Must Do More with Less Judge Orders Parties to Work out Compromise on CRP Program Designed to Teach How to Promote Livestock Production FMD Bill Passes Senate Committee Public Meeting Scheduled on BioPreferred Labeling U.S. Trade Representative Hopeful about Ministerial Meeting USDA Funding Research of CCD EPA Not Expected to Roll Back Mandate USDA Grants Blagojevich’s Disaster Declaration Request Argentine Senate Rejects Sliding-Scale Tax Farm Groups File Amicus Brief on CRP Presidential Candidates Pledge Support to Agriculture Bi-partisan Delegation Headed to Colombia Agronomy Day 2008 Is Less Than a Month Away Getting Ready for COOL More Rain Likely in Corn Belt Additional Funding for Conservation Programs Rallies Attempt to Tilt Argentine Senate Vote Illinois Native Wins Shorthorn Junior Breeder Award AccuWeather.com Predicts Favorable Pollination Weather Governors Association, GM Team Together on E-85 Expansion New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases Beef Checkoff Launches New Web Site Rains Slow Crop Progress Yet Again U of I's Darrel Good Gives His Weekly Outlook Cutting Costs by Limiting Pasture Clipping Meat Exports Continue to Rise Flooded Fields May Have More Disease State Fair Deadlines Are Just Around the Corner Pequea Offers Fluffer Tedders Reduce Use of Fuel and Time by Using Smaller Pastures and Frequent Moves New Record Set for Pork Sales, Beef Also Increases Badger Band to Officially Kick Off Wisconsin Farm Technology Days Case IH Adds New Flail Conditioner USDA Provides Funding to Develop Science-Based Tools. WTO Nations Reviewing Revised Texts Australian Drought is Hurting Wheat Seeding Research Tours Allow Growers to Witness Check-off Dollars Hard at Work Fungicide Could Be Next Big Call USDA to List Stores Receiving Recalled Meat New Grizzly 550 Purrs Like a 700 Take Note of Changes for the 2009 IPT Bull Sale Senate Introduces Legislation to Protect U.S. from FMD Barge Traffic Resumes on Mississippi River NCBA to Review Governance Structure Pioneer Launches New Generation of Soybean Varieties Environmentalists Lodge Complaint with USDA New Holland Offers Special Financing for Replacing Flood-Damaged Equipment Soybean Association, EU Feed Industry Want Greater Biotech Acceptance Courts Issue Restraining Order to Stop Haying of CRP Senate Ag Committee Approves CFTC Nominees Peterson Urges Caution on Regulating Energy Futures Mexican Sweeteners Added to USDA Reports USDA Releases CRP Acres for Livestock Grazing in Flooded Regions Pork Producers to Host Visioning Session July 15 Argentine Court Upholds Legality of Grain Tax Asgrow Narrows Finalists for Roundup Ready 2 Yield Insurance Has Greater Importance this Year R-Calf Obtains Preliminary Injunction Crop Development Continues to Lag Behind Normal Illinois Soybean Association Research Tour Set for Later This Week USDA Begins Issuing Advance Payments South Korea Names New Cabinet Ministers Signs of Disease, Insects Showing on Young Corn Living Expenses Continue to Rise for Farm Families House Sets Hearings on Futures Markets British Newspaper Attacks Alternative Fuels Truncated Signup Period for DCP Program Kansas Reader Wins Polaris Prize Get Out the Chainsaw, Now Is the Time to Cut Firewood Now Is the Time to Photograph and Map Water-Damaged Areas NBB Responds to AEI Discussion Plaintiffs Ask Court to Consider New BSE Case in Ruling USDA Official Tapped for Farm Credit Position Drier Weather for Midwest at Last National Sorghum Checkoff Begun GM Will Offer 18 Flex Fuel Vehicles in 2009 Confidence in Food Safety is Rebounding Planted Acreage Exceeds Expectations New Report Details Current Illinois Conservation Efforts Wet Weather Continues to Delay Corn and Soybean Progress Goodlatte Speaks Out in Favor of RFS Reduction USDA Announces Grants Sidedressing Corn Without N Will Level Playing Field C-FAR Budget Could Be Cut by Almost $3.5 Million Clark Tapped to Head NASS U.S. Hog Inventory Surprises Analysts Disaster Loans Available for Flooded Farmers WTO Director General Pushes Trade Talks Senate Anti-trust Chair wants to Block JBS Acquisitions Permanent Disaster Program and ACRE Will Take Time R-CALF USA Wants Brucellosis Program Expanded Midwest Evergreens Are Falling Victim of the Pine Wood Nematode Build Stock Trailers with "PerfectFit System" U.S. Beef Set to Enter South Korea Ethanol Yield Potential Process Predicts Ethanol Output from Whole Corn Direct and Counter Cyclical Payment Sign-Up Announced HSUS Releases More Video Uncertainty Surrounds Crop Production Illinois Ag Community Is Divided on Ethanol Policy FMC Wants to be Your Hero Deere and Co. to Invest $1 Million for Technology Center at U of I USDA Plans for More Crop Surveys AVMA Testifies on Antimicrobial Resistance before Senate House Agriculture Committee Postpones Energy Vote Integrated Electronics Keep Tabs on Harvest Operations Winners Announced for 2008 Junior Angus Field Day Former USDA Economist Criticizes Ethanol Policy Corn Conditions Improve; Soybeans Still Lagging Behind Crop Disaster Sign-up Begins U of I Says Corn Crop Could Still be Respectable Cattle Supply is Shrinking CFTC Chief Assesses Futures Market in Back-to-Back House Hearings Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Canada Confirms New BSE Case in BC Kawasaki Adds Fuel Injection to Brute Force 750 Heartland Ethanol President Says Credit Crisis Changed Investors Minds South Korean U.S. Beef Imports Could Resume Soon U of I Website Has Tips for Getting Through a Disaster Missouri's Plain Pegs Swine Breeding Herd Down 2% Haybuster Has New Grain Grinder Corn with Preplant N Gets Nod Early Group Forms Ag Safety Council Landscape Machine Works Like a Dawg Keep Your Crop Insurance Agent Updated on Late Planting Decisions Meat Industry Responds to South Korean Demand for Younger Cattle South Korea to Import Only Younger Cattle Renewable Fuels Standard Under Fire USDA Working to Assess Flood Impact Companies Donate To Support Flood Relief Efforts Farm Progress Show Site Development on Schedule Illinois Soybean Association Elections Set for July 8 Former Manager Fined $100,000 for Causing the Downfall of Watseka Farmers Grain Co. Four Levees Have Broken Along the Mississippi Web Site Can Help Make Crop Insurance Decisions Biofuels Take Heat from Flood Impact Flood Impact Keeps Spreading New Biotech Advancement Announced National Corn Growers Name South Dakota Farmer to Leadership Farm Bill Veto Overridden...Again Biofuels and Renewable Energy Get Special Attention New Chevron Delo Grease Fish Farm Is Next on Sustainable Ag Tour Multi-Trait Corn Package Moves to Regulators Early Signs Indicate Potentially Fewer Soybean Aphids This Year Next Flood Challenge: Crop Insurance South Korea Leader to Make Beef Statement Scab Incidence Varies Across Midwestern States Last Week’s Wet Weather Causes Further Planting Delays China Buys Beans Under the Arch Biodiesel Clears Significant Hurdle Iowa Flooding Moves Downstream...to the Mississippi Grain Dispute Case Moves to Higher Court Marketing Program Aims to Inform Consumers About Biodiesel Group: New Hypoxia Plan Needs More Information Pick Up Loose Material with the Clawt Pick Up the Pieces and Move On Record Prices Cause Buyers to Back Off FAPRI Says Oil Major Factor in Commodity Prices Flooding Slows Iowa Biofuels Production IL Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Is Jane Hemann Syngenta Issues Alert on Five Hybrids Dole, McGovern Named 2008 World Food Prize Winners FSA Nominations Open June 15 Flooding Causes Closing of Mississippi River Locks USDA Announces Farm Bill Provisions John Deere Water Technologies Expands Operations An ATV Stile Planting Past June 20 May Cut Yields in Half Rains Continue in Midwest; Drought a Concern in Other Areas U.S. Will Not Renegotiate Beef Deal with South Korea Rural Voters May Sway the Presidential Picking? Ensure Your Livestock's Well-Being in a Disaster DOE and USDA Send Letter to Senate Energy Chairman CFTC Interagency Task Force to Study Commodity Markets IL Dept. of Ag Donates $10,000 to Ag in the Classroom USDA Cuts Corn Yield Estimate Food Before Fuel Partnership Launches Campaign M-F Adds Four New Subcompacts Canadian Food Label Consultations Close Corporations Joining USDA in Promoting Nutrition Beginning Farmer and Rancher Committee Will Hold Open Meeting New Website Details Methods for Utilizing Swine Waste Oklahoma Attorney General Urges Scrutiny by DOJ Weather Remains Issue for Corn and Soybeans Twin-Row Concept Gains Momentum Be Mindful of Electrocution Hazards After a Strong Storm President Will Veto Farm Bill Again USDA Releasing Supply, Demand and Price Projections SIP Growing Well Senate Re-Votes on Farm Bill Extension Offers Opportunities to Learn About Sustainable Ag Windsock Designed for Chemical Application Projects Pork Producers Warn of Significantly Higher Pork Prices Schafer Says FAO Meeting Productive Blender's Credit Viewed in New Terms Lamy Says Talks Moving Toward Moment of Truth Immigrants Fuel Alternative Weed Control Weldcraft Offers New TIG Torch Deere and Co. to Increase Combine Production Senate Holds Hearing for CFTC Nominees Update Considered for Poultry Improvement Plan WTO Rules Against U.S. in Cotton Dispute Company Announces Commitment to Double Crop Yields Pulling Back The Curtain and Peering Into the Future Of Corn U of I's Agronomy Day Will Focus on Biofuels June 10 WASDE to Include Cotton Price Projections Should You Capture This One-Time Tax Savings? Tyson to Withdraw Raised Without Antibiotics Label USDA To Step Up Defense Of Ethanol Corn and Soybean Prices Are Up for a Variety of Reasons U.S. Presents Strategy to Combat Food Prices Planting Springs Forward High World Wheat Harvest Needed Avian Influenza Research Funding Renewed South Korean Protesters Ask Court to Block U.S. Beef Pork Power Helps Fight Hunger in Illinois Critical Time for Farm Strike in Argentina This Year's Plots Will Put Delayed Planting Theories to the Test Congress Back From Recess USDA Announces Record Forecast for Exports Survey on Continuing Pork Checkoff will be Conducted Schafer Leads Presidential Delegation to Rome South Korea May Allow U.S. Beef in Next Week Consumer Trends Point to Healthier Dairy Choices Miracle Heel for Skin Damage Pork Prices Increase Despite Surplus Supplies Windows-based Program on Display at WPX Still Time to Signup for Livestock Assistance Programs WTO is Reviewing Doha Documents Farm Groups Address 'Hype' Surrounding Ethanol Fungus Improves Corn-to-Ethanol Process USDA will Implement New Farm Bill to Best of Its Ability Schafer Confident Beef will be Heading to South Korea Soon Corn and Soybean Progress Improving; Wheat Still Slow Developing Burrus Hybrids Acquires Hoblit Seed Co. in Atlanta, Ill. Pork Prices Increase Despite Surplus Supplies USDA Opens CRP Ground for Haying and Grazing CCSP Releases Report on Climate Changes Wet Spring May Give Corn Pests a Leg Up Another Delay to Beef Trade with South Korea Argentine Farmers Promise Action DDGS Market Budding in North Africa, Mature in Israel Argentine Farm Talks Break Down Again Crude Oil Prices Continue to Drive Production Costs Higher Hybrid Vigor Difference Visible to the Row President Touts Importance of Agribusiness in Global Trade Renowned Horse Trainer Stops in Edwardsville Gypsy Moth Treatment to Begin Today Woodford County Farm Tractor and Machinery Safety Program Set for Early June House and Senate Override Farm Bill Veto Trade Ministers Must Move Doha Talks Forward Little Change Expected in 2009 Meat Exports JBS Contracts Require Feedlots to Waive Rights One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Farm Bill Groups Launch Illinois Build a Wildlife Area Campaign Congress Halfway to Veto Override Wild Weather Has Impacted Many Areas JBS Wants Feedlots to Waive Rights Argentine Farm Talks Scheduled Biodiesel Tax Credit Extended President Vetoes Farm Bill USDA Proposes Ban of Downer Cattle Tips for Keeping Your Pet Properly Hydrated This Summer MIG Welding Made Easy No Time to Waste for CSP Signup Potential Tariff Reduction Formulas Released in WTO Talks Authorities Investigating DFA DFA Investigated for Possible Price Manipulation Ban of Downer Cattle Proposed by USDA Good Progress Made in Corn Planting County Fair Season Begins June 8 in Marshall Farm Bill Veto Could Happen Tuesday Chinese Earthquake Shouldn't Affect Grain Markets EPA Seeks Comments on RFS Waiver USDA Host New Conference on Food and Fuel Feedlots Beginning to Clear Backed Up Inventories Heritage Catalog for Ferguson, MF and MH Blackhawk Biofuels Will Be Completed After All Revised Texts for WTO Ag Negotiations Being Released Raindrops and Cool Temperatures Plague Some Areas Cattle on Feed Report Shows Record Marketing SunEthanol Wins DOE Grant CHS Foundation Awards $37,500 in Scholarships Illinois Corn Growers Applauds Senate Action on the Farm Bill Grassley Takes to Senate Floor to Defend Ethanol Administration Still Plans to Veto Farm Bill Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting Issued Biodiesel Tax Incentive is Extended Senate Passes Farm Bill USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting USDA Issues Final Rule on Livestock Price Reporting Square Yard Bales from Massey Ferguson Farm Bill Makes it over First Hurdle South Korean Beef Trade Delayed Almost 400 Arrested in Immigration Raid Biobased Product Groupings Designated Illinois Takes Top Yield Honors in Corn Belt with 175 Bushels of Corn Per Acre House Approves Farm Bill Mercy For Animals Accuses Gemperle of Lying U.S. Beef Won't be Headed to South Korea This Week The Illinois Forage Expo Is Set for Saturday, June 28 IL Pork Leadership Institute Provides a Unique Experience for HS Students House Takes Up Farm Bill Cold More of a Problem than Wet Senate Votes to Stop Deposits to Oil Reserve U of I's Good Analyzes the May 9 Crop Report Sadie Geiger Wins GROWMARK's 2008 Essay Contest for FFA Members Farmers Making Progress with Corn Planting NASS Making Final Push to Complete Ag Census Undercover Video was Staged Slower than Expected Growth in Dairy Industry Population Study in the Ground Schafer Says President Committed to Veto At-a-glance Temp and Humidity Readings Illinois Students Receive $82,000 in National FFA Scholarships Dairy Industry Growing Slower than Expected NAIS May Play a Role in Implementing COOL President Will Veto Farm Bill Conference Committee Releases Farm Bill Report Two Illinois Soybean Association Leaders Are Honored by SIUC Midwest Senators Oppose RFS Waiver Large Wheat Crop May Not Drop Prices U.S. Livestock Allowed into Russia CSP Sign-up Extended Farm Bill Agreement Reached ICGA Opposes Waiving the Renewable Fuels Standard Keep Your Home Safe: May Is Electrical Safety Month Senate Hearing Questions Use of Ethanol Subsidies HSUS Releases More Videotape Illinois College of ACES Award Winners Are Announced Debate Continues on Blame for High Food Prices Host of Crop Protectants Get Approved House Holds Hearing on RFS Implications National Sorghum Checkoff Approved Amanda Grundy to Oversee NRCS' Moultrie County Office Republican Senators Join Assault on Ethanol FTC Challenges Agrium's Purchase of UAP Planting Progress in Midwest Still a Mixed Bag Congress Schedules Hearing on Concentration in Agriculture Slow Emergence Saving Winter Wheat Crop Time for Another Shot at 300-bushel Corn Fertilizer Research Funds Are Among Those Released by Blagojevich Despite Late Plantings, Corn Yields Expected to Be on Target Another Request for Ethanol Waiver Argentina Strike Resumes Illinois Farm Bureau Opposes Rolling Back Renewable Fuel Standard ZZ Top and Brooks and Dunn to Headline the Illinois State Fair NIMBLE Registered for Small Grains USDA Purchasing Pork USDA and DHS Hold Joint Conference New Farm Bill All But Done Satellite-Derived Yield Forecasts Claimed to Be Accurate and Reliable Congress Sends Farm Extension to President Increased Food Costs Not Caused by Single Factor State Attorney Generals Asked to Investigate JBS China Causing Grain Shortage Two-Week Extension of Farm Bill Three Illinois Gas Stations Receive Top Honors for Selling VeraSun's E85 Deadline Approaching for Dairy Disaster Sign-up Farm Bill Conference on Hold Major Changes Made in Farm Bill Commodity Title USDA Honors Dee River Ranch for Conservation April Showers are Stretching into May Horsemen's Council Awards Two Annual $1,000 Scholarships Hard to Tell What Will Happen with Farm Bill Illinois State Fairgrounds' Electrical System Is Repaired Final Pew Report Proposes Changes for Animal Production Ethanol is Under Attack Dairy Industry Launches Environmental Initiative John Wood Community College Swine Facility to Be Shuttered Without State Funding, C-FAR Is in Serious Jeopardy Farm Bill Meeting Rescheduled FSA Releases Farm Information Beef Board Begins Process to Analyze, Change Checkoff FDA Sued for Food Inspection Work Plans FDA Approves Baytril 100 for Swine FDA Approves Baytril 100 for Swine Farm Bill Conference Committee Meeting Postponed Resist Temptation to Take Shortcuts Just to Plant Conference Committee Working Out Final Details of Farm Bill Texas Seeks Ethanol Exemption New Website Helps Farmers Monitor Climate Legislation FDA Withdraws StarLink Testing Guidance Farm Bill Funding Breakthrough Congress Passes Farm Bill Extension U of I and Monsanto Partner in Research to Increase Yields Colombian Trade Ticker Launched Reversing Animal Infertility Australia Clears JBS to Acquire Tasman Senate Extends Farm Bill Illinois Is First State to Eradicate Asian Longhorned Beetle USDA Rural Development Has Funds Available for Farm Laborer Housing AWB Barred from USDA Export Programs Plenty of Potential for U.S. Beef in South Korea Karcher Offers Hand-truck Washer Design NPPC asks USDA to Address Pork Industry Crisis FDA Releases Final BSE Feed Rule WTO Talks Remain Sluggish Utah State Student Named Young Animal Scientist Farmers Owed Money by Central Illinois Grain Company Will Receive Payment Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome Winning Bidder Pays $1,450,000 for 165 Acres in Stark County Bush Asks For Longer Extension of Farm Bill Argentine Talks Break Down CFTC Explores Market Conditions A Gut-Level Green Issue Feed Ration Calculator Helps Pork Producers Decide If They Should Include DDGS STEP-UP Gives You a Pickup Boost Illinois Pork Producers Association Awards Will Honor Environmental Stewards Argentine Wheat Register Closed Indefinitely Corn, Barley and Oat Acres Cut by Canada Carbon Offset Web site Launched Study Shows Ethanol is More Efficient President Signs Extension; Congress Still Has Steep Climb South Korea Opens Market to U.S. Beef Dispose of Unwanted Pesticides for Free this Summer On-line "On the Road" Is a Ford Feature Base Cropping Decisions on Long-Term - Not One Year Doha Deal Needed This Year Cattle on Feed Report Bullish High Production; Low Profits in the Hog Industry Premises Registration Voluntary U.S. and South Korea Agree to Beef Deal Beef Production Higher than Expected Hog Industry Seeing High Production; Low Profits It Can Happen to You: Injured Teenage Safety Advocate Speaks Out Farm Bill Remains Up in the Air Comment Period Closes on NAIS Business Plan More Beef Production than Predicted Senate Extends Farm Bill Global Trade is Slowing Down Corn Appears More Profitable than Soybeans for 2008 House Passes One-Week Extension of Farm Bill USDA Barter Initiative Will Help Feed Hungry USDA Implements NAIS Business Plan Strategy Immigration Raid at Five Pilgrim's Pride Plants NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA U.S. Pork Exports Continue to Break Records Got Dairy Cows? Check Out This Survey N.Y. Reactivates Milk Marketing Advisory Council Canadian Hog Cull Underway NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA NAIS Business Plan Strategy Implemented by USDA Stockyards in South St. Paul Hold Final Sale Conference Committee Approves Farm Bill Titles Midwest Has to Deal with Another Storm Looking to Serve in the Soybean World? IPPA Will Be Hurt by Blagojevich Withholding Funds from Ag Programs Farm Bureau Urges Changes to Temporary Worker Program Funding Remains Major Roadblock for Farm Bill Wanted: People Passionate about Pork Farm Groups Call for Stop to U.S.-Korean Beef Talks Cash Prizes Offered in Best of Both Worlds Yield Contest Conference Committee Agrees on Farm Bill Programs Corn Planting and Wheat Development Behind Schedule South St. Paul Stockyards Hold Final Sale ODA Amends Dairy Labeling Rule Halt to U.S.-Korean Beef Talks Asked for by Farm Groups College Money Available Senate Counters House Farm Bill Proposal Interest Grows In Narrow Rows Preliminary Injunction Dismissal Denied in Labeling Case Southwest Wheat Projected Below Average Ag Exports Shattering Records U of I Extension Could be Forced to Eliminate 450 Jobs Oil Not Corn at Heart of Rising Food Prices Follow-Up Planned for Food Summit House Succeeds in Delaying Colombian Free Trade Agreement. Farm Bill Conference Stumbles U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea Leave the Steering to FarmPRO Planting Trees? U.S. Resumes Beef Import Talks with South Korea JBS Acquisitions Are Still Being Questioned Deere Launches Two New Tractor Lines House Names Farm Bill Conference Committee Colombia FTA Vote In Jeopardy Anti-Trust Laws May Need to be Revisited The Farm Bill: When? Youth PQA Phase-Out Concludes June 1 DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement DeLauro Pushes for NAIS Compliance on Federal Procurement Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Several Ways USDA is Fighting Bovine TB Another Extension of Farm Bill Not Out of Question USDA Opens 2008 CSP Sign-Up Schafer Discusses Colombian FTA USDA Fighting Bovine TB More CRP Going to Crop Production China Boosts Hog and Poultry Subsidies Food Safety Summit Comes to Washington Rural America Issues Aren't Red or Blue Pressure Rises for Farm Bill Decision Bush Sends Colombian FTA to Congress USDA Hosting Food Safety Summit Sow Lameness Symposium Held USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures USDA Changes Meat Inspection Procedures A Pair of Bears for 2008 Pioneer to Treat its New Soybean Varieties with CruiserMaxx Beans Two Weeks Until Farm Bill Deadline How to Collect a Water Sample USDA Changes Inspection Procedures Problems for Crops Keep Expanding First-ever Sow Lameness Symposium Held When Will Right Planting Window Appear? Ten Ways to Cut Fuel Costs this Spring House Members Join Conservation Groups Against Cutting Farm Bill Conservation Farm Bill Keeps Grinding Forward Schering-Plough Program to Affect All People, Units Livestock Producers Number One Consumer for U.S. Soybeans Smithfield Names New Pork Team Seminar on Swine Disease Draws Crowd in China Offsets Still the Major Problem for Farm Bill Wet Spring Troublesome; But Bigger Problems Could Follow Monsanto Plans Expansion in Louisiana Comments on Two CAFO Issues Are Due Partnership to Help Advance Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion Technology When to Test Your Drinking Water? Grassley Pushing for Higher Blends of Ethanol More Rain Coming for South and Midwest Argentine Wheat Exports Set to Open Next Week Rising Pork Output Pressures Prices Pioneer Releases Information to Advance Corn Research PQA Training is Available EPIC Responds to Time Article U.S. Proposes to Merge CFTC and SEC WTO Rules Against EU on Beef Hormones Swine Disease Seminar Draws Crowd in China Hog Cost/Price Squeeze Hog Numbers Higher than Expected Illinois Corn Group Responds to Crop Report U.S. Still Accepting Renewable Energy Pledges Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Record Inventories Warning: Stay Off Wet Fields Stopping Stalk Rot Starts Now Conservation Groups Send Letter to Ag Leadership Major Cattle Agreement Reached Between U.S. and Mexico Colombia Agreement Headed to the Hill Corn Returns Could Top Soybeans in 2008 Major Cattle Agreement Reached Between U.S., Canada and Mexico Bobcat Enters Tractor Market Wheat Condition in Southern Plains Going Downhill CSP Details Published in Federal Register JBS Acquisition of National Beef, Smithfield and Five Rivers Still Being Fought Brazil Soybean Crop Breaking Records Staff Still Struggling Through Farm Bill When to Plant Corn This Year? Racing Team Turns to Ethanol Small-Scale Biodiesel Can Benefit Cattle Ranches Higher Milk Production Expected in 2008 Insects Take Bigger Bite Out of Plants in High CO2 Atmosphere Milk Production Increases in 2008 Cattle Ranches Can Benefit from Small-Scale Biodiesel Research Clarifies Effect of Feeding DDGs When Mead E3 Biorefinery Reopens Remains Unclear High Beef Demand Continues Beef Demand Remains High Chinese Crops Hurting from Drought Flood Waters Are Headed South Keep an Eye Out For Upcoming Report Conversion of Pasture to Cropland Ag Leader Offers Entry-level Guidance System Egg Association and Humane Group form Relationship UN Agency Asks for More Aid Food Company Chief Attacks Biofuels Support Seek Good Sources for Pasture Herbicides Community Service Grants Available from FFA In Midst of a Bin Boom? Nitrogen Results Become More Significant New Mahindra Available Johne's Funding Commitment Renewed Schools Promised Reimbursement for Recalled Beef NRCS Soil Maps Now Available on the Web WIU to Hold Jackpot Show USDA Renews Johne's Funding Commitment Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Pfizer Acquires Catapult and Bovigen Preview of USDA Hog Inventory Report Preview of USDA Hog Inventory Report New Boomer Does More Than Mow Time to Apply for Corn Board Planting Advancing Rapidly in South Conservation Security Sign-up is Announced USDA Names New Deputy Financial Officer Brazil's Soy Harvest Moving Quickly Schafer Discusses Administration Position on Farm Bill WTO Meetings Show Promise Canada Seeks Comments on DDGS Feed Rules Producers Planning to Shift Acres Back to Soybeans Aussie Wheat Crop Critical for World Wheat Stocks NASS Still Accepting Ag Census Ag Week Celebrates Agriculture CME Merges with NYMEX Reorganization of NCBA Staff Schafer Supports Farm Bill Extension More Carbon Dioxide Doesn't Equal Happier Plants? Universal Remote for Tarping Corn Illustrated Results Don’t Back Seed Rate Increases Argentine Strike Continues NCBA Reorganizes Staff Cattle Industry Loses Leader Cancer Claims Livestock Leader How to Make Renewable Fuels Sustainable Bush Says He'll Sign Farm Bill Extension Two New Cutters Available Westland/Hallmark Meat Chief Admits Failures at Plant Opportunities for Trade Plentiful in Africa Failures at Westland/Hallmark Admitted by Company President WIU Bull Test Sale to Be Held Farm Bill Extension is Official USDA Creates New Office for Small Meat Plants Lack of Rain Giving Southwest Jump on Planting Glyphosate Resistant Johnsongrass Confirmed New Herbicide for Winter Wheat Pay Limits Still Being Pushed C-FAR Selects New Leadership Storms Keep Coming Through Midwest China Encouraging Soybean Imports Ag Leadership Agrees on Extension Deere Announces Tier 4 Mission Technology for Larger Engines Grain Prices to Rely on Northern Hemisphere Conditions National Ag Day Essay Winner Announced New Office Created for Small Meat Plants New Office Created for Small Meat Plants New Office Created for Small Meat Plants Celebrate National Agriculture Day USDA Wants Faster Reporting of Food Illnesses Early CRP Release Still a Big Issue Pilgrim's Pride Sells Turkey Plant Woody Biomass Projects Receive Grants from USDA Chevron Offers New "Diesel" Oils Scientists Battle Soy Allergies Even Glyphosate Tolerance has its Limits Farm Bill Deadline is Fast Approaching Brazil Soy Crop Estimates Raised Rains Delay Argentine Corn Harvest Cattle Processors Losing Money Took Opportunity to Sell Surplus Kill Capacity behind JBS Acquisitions John Deere Collectors to Converge on Quad Cities Harkin Says Farm Bill is in Reach Researchers Are Studying Switchgrass as a Renewable Fuel Dow Acquires Triumph Seeds Disaster Assistance for Dairy Producers Finally Available Inputs Eating into Farm Income Dairy Signup Begins WIREC Dedicated to Increasing Renewable Fuels Globally Ethanol Industry Gets Shot in Arm from Report FAPRI Says Agriculture's Economic Outlook is Strong National Beef Packing Company Being Sold U.S. Premium Beef Selling National Beef Packing Company Pork and Beef Producers to Take Springfield No Partial 2007 Countercyclical Payments Biomass Research Gets Big Boost in Funding Changes to Regulation of CAFO Permits No Pretty Picture for Pork Producers Group Opposes Glyphosate Resistant Sugarbeets Survey Shows Young Farmers' Main Concerns Administration Concedes Ground in Farm Bill Fight New Tool for Wheat Weed Control Water Quality Grant Funding What Would Permanent Law Mean USDA Awards Weed Grants Andean Trade Extension Signed Global Trade Talks are Doable Phil Borgic Elected New Pork Producers President Sidedress Application Worth a Close Look This Year Farm Bill Financing Still Not Resolved AMI President Testifies on Hallmark/Westland Issues to Senate Subcommittee New Organization Working To Quantify Sustainable Agriculture Monsanto Develops Second Generation Soybean Scholarship Winners Announced at Classic Political Analyst: McCain Will Have Uphill Battle Schafer: Agriculture's Boom Spearheaded by Trade Ford and John Deere Commit To Using More Soybeans in Production Crop Insurance and 2008 Yields Insurance Product Geared to Ethanol Market Product Aims at Stress Reduction Crop Insurance Deadline March 17 Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Hallmark/Westland Issues Glauber Appointed Permanent USDA Chief Economist Cleavinger to Take Reins of NAWG Company Working to get EPA to Rethink Refuge NCGA, ASA Outline Policy Goals for 2008 Hartke Resigns as IDOA Chief Corn Grower CEO Defends Biofuel Mandates Sheep Industry Barn Tour Set Global Demand for Glyphosate is Outpacing Capacity Corn Growers Still Expect New Farm Bill House Extends Andean Trade Act Bayer CropScience Executive Sees Bright Future Farmers Worry Over Input Costs, Markets, Weather U.S. Wheat is Needed by the World Apply Now for Illinois Ag Leadership Program Multiple-Resistance Weeds: Coming to a Field near You? Congress Still Negotiating Farm Bill Number Winter Weather Just Won't Quit New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New Holland Introduces T1510 Policy Expert Says Hillary Clinton Best for Agriculture New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta New BSE Case Confirmed in Alberta Doha Will Impact Future Negotiations Web Site Explores Where Your Food Comes From Seeds May be in Short Supply Ethanol Industry Outlook Released LMA Asks High Court to Hear Horse Plant's Case Planting Pattern Still Intriguing Question Acres Stampede Back to Soybeans from Corn New Date and Location for 2008 IPT Bull Sale Illinois Horse Fair Canceled in Springfield Federal Agencies Find No Risk from Seed Contamination Corn Stocks to Tighten but Prices Should Strengthen U.S. Extension Service Extends Its Reach With eXtension Web Portal Illinois Horse Fair Canceled in Springfield USDA Holds Technical Briefing on Hallmark/Westland Recall Sheep Shearing School runs April 4-5 in Macomb Good Years Ahead for U.S. Agriculture Presidential Cabinet Members will Participate in WIREC Distiller Grains Exports Nearly Double U.S. Ag Exports to Top 2007 Record by Wide Margin Demand for Grain is Straining U.S. Supply NASDA President Discusses Castro Resignation Illinois Agritourism Web Site Launched Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum is This Week EPA Announces Advisory Committee Study Shows Technology May not be Cause of Increased Corn Yield Trends Minnesota Finds another TB Herd Smithfield Begins Sow Reduction 2008 Illinois Land Values Conference Set Senate Receives Counter-offer from House Smithfield Begins Sow Reduction Magellan, Buckeye Partners Studying Midwest Ethanol Pipeline Dryness Pushes Down Argentine Crop Yields Companies Sharing Insect Control Technology Companies Sharing Insect Control Technology Canada Sending Record Number of Hogs Ag Secretary Thanks State Ag Departments Winter Weather Has Helped Western Water Situation Illinois Agriculture Will Pay Tribute to Hastert New Compact Utility from John Deere New Herbicide Launched for Soybeans Canada Sending Record Number of Hogs UNL Report Shows Byproducts Aid Dairymen Something Not Natural About Killing Healthy Corn Plants Check Out this New Soybean Premium Web site Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Senate Makes Funding Proposal Doubts Raised About Recent Global Warming Studies Animal Cruelty Charges Filed Progress Made on Farm Bill Retail Beef Prices May Come Down IFB's Governmental Affairs Leadership Conference Set for Feb. 26-27 Finding a Final Number for Funding the Farm Bill Ritchie Industries Deepens the Pond Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Retail Beef Prices May Come Down Biobased Product Showcase Scheduled USTR Files Appeal to WTO Illinois Wheat Forum Set for Feb. 25 House Framework Rejected by Agriculture Groups Winter Weather Could Cause Problems for Wheat Net Farm Income Will Likely Set Record International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare Set for May 28-30 House Releases Framework for Farm Bill Illinois Beef Expo to be Held Feb. 21-24 USDA Releases Advance Copy of 10-Year Projections Soybeans Continue to Stay Strong Korean Beef Trade May Resume Soon Study Claims Biofuels Could Worsen Global Warming OEFFA Calls Milk Labeling Ruling 'Extreme' The Beef Buck Stops Here WTO Deadline Approaches for U.S. Appeal Dupont and Precision BioSciences Reach Agreement Soybean Checkoff Farmer-Leaders Select Executive Director Brazil May Extend Wheat Tax Exemption Farm Numbers Shrink as Size Increases BoomPilot Offers Section Control New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade New Ag Secretary Talks Better Beef Trade GIPSA Proposes Last Minute Rule National Stewardship Award Announced National Stewardship Award Announced NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff USDA Provides Update on Meat Packing Investigation Illinois Forage Institute Set for Feb. 26 Time to Trust Nitrogen Trials! Officials Oppose Sugar Proposals NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff NCBA Adopts Policy to Increase Beef Checkoff More Census Forms to be Mailed GIPSA Proposes Last Minute Rule National Stewardship Award Announced Delegates to Discuss Challenges Facing the Pork Industry Try a Tarp Grabber! Corn Growers Say Farm Bill Falls Short Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Corn Will Dominate Cattle Market in 2008 Federal Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Ten Crops Harkin Pushing Forward With Farm Bill Brazil Cuts Wheat Import Tax Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit Supply-Demand Forecasts Come Out Friday Argentine Corn Sales Explode Settlement Reached in BSE Lawsuit President Reiterates Veto Threat Veterinarian Loan Hearing Ohio Releases New Rule on Dairy Labeling Illinois Beef Expo Runs Feb. 21-24 Grassley Will Take Pay Limits to Conference American Farmland Trust President Will Step Down Farm Bill Main Topic of Ag Commissioners Meeting Biodiesel Yields Higher Energy Balance Budget Coming Under Fire Changes Proposed for Farm Worker Program Suspension at Hallmark/Westland Meat Company Nominations Being Accepted for Environmental Award Winter Storm Moves Across the U.S. Higher Feed Prices Takes a Toll on Cow-Calf Operations Solution to Energy Independence Is At Local Level Biodiesel Meets Fuel Quality Standards More Countries Approve New Biotech Beans E. coli Vaccine Moves Closer We Review Arctic Cat's 700 Auto Diesel Farm Bill Conference Members Named More Countries Approve New Biotech Beans Higher Feed Prices Takes a Toll on Cow-Calf Operations Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule USDA Proposed Budget Released Two-Day Farm Computer Workshops Offered Growing Dairy Herd Growing Dairy Herd Working Groups Help Producers Delay for Dairy Disaster Assistance Sign-up Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Longer Comment Period for Livestock Label Rule Delay for Dairy Disaster Assistance Sign-up 2008 Illinois Pork Expo Set for Feb. 5-6 in Peoria Right Population to Plant Remains a Mystery U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free Bovine TB Detected at Fresno County Dairy Former Purdue Dean Earl Butz Succumbs at 98 U.S. Cattle Brucellosis Free Downturn of Cattle Cycle Bovine TB Detected at Fresno County Dairy Cattle Cycle on Downturn Ford Rolls Out 2009 F-150 National Pork Board Names 2008 Celebrated Chefs Wind Will Play Large Role in Energy Future Harkin Hopes to Move Forward on Farm Bill Deadline Looms for Census of Agriculture Marketing Expansion of Low Linolenic Soybeans Bush to Propose Ethanol Tariff Change Study Shows Evolution of Meatcase Charges of Slaughterhouse Cruelty Being Investigated Go to Hortanswers for Great Gardening and Plant Tips Farm Bill is First Priority for Schafer GAO Looks at Food Safety Oversight First Commercial American Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Rural Infrastructure Loans Available USDA Investigating Charges of Slaughterhouse Cruelty Partnerships Leading Way for U.S. Ethanol Industry High Food Prices Could Help Trade Talks Naturally Raised Comment Period Extended Hay Expo Returns to Northeast Iowa Applications are Now Being Accepted for IALP Class of 2010 Argentina Reopens Registries Schafer Meets With President Bush Dynamic Weather Conditions Packer Price Reporting Ruling Crustbuster Offers Drive-Over Pit Woods Offers Counter-rotating Tiller Illinois College Ag Student Conference Set to Meet Feb 1-2 Volatile Price Outlook for Corn and Soybean Markets Senate Confirms New Ag Secretary CME, Nymex in Merger Talks WTO Sets Target for Trade Talks Lower Argentine Corn Yields Ethanol Contract Replacement Crop Insurance Coverage Enough Infrastructure for Ethanol? U of I Dean Robert Easter to Head International Food Board Buis Urges Action How to Grow Whopper Ears Roto-Mix Offers New Vertical Units New Conservation Program Disaster Payment Sign-up Underway Illinois Soybean Association Seeks Two At-large Directors Two New Deere Skid Steers Schafer Hearing Goes Smoothly Economic Slowdown Won't Affect Agriculture Much Emergency Funding for Moth Eradication Fire at CBOT Could Complicate Trading Today Schafer Confirmation Hearing U of I Extension Offers Farm Computer Workshops Vermeer Launches 40 Series Disc Mowers More Market Access for U.S. Beef New Biofuel Process Shows Promise Egg Web Site Launched New Challenge of Roundup Ready Bobcat Unveils Three New Compact Tractors Predictions of a Warm Spring Deere Enthusiasts Get Ready for Gathering of the Green Persistent Weak Soybean Basis Suggests Failures in Delivery Mechanism No Need to Renegotiate NAFTA Freezing Temperatures Hit U.S. TB Confirmed in Minnesota Minimal Risk Restrictions Removed Lows Hold in Early Grain Market Trade Congress Back After Break Market Access Benefits Both Parties 2007 Adds Up to a Banner Corn Year in Illinois Sunflower 4412 Aimed at Residue Management Lower Milk Prices Possible in 2008 Capturing More Sunlight Key to Future Yields WTO Deal Still Possible Lambing Workshop Set for Saturday, Jan. 26 at Newark State Sends Payments to A-Way Grain Claimants Add-on Cargo Light Makes Sense Food Prices on the Rise DDGS Head to Algeria FDA Expands Acheson's Role State Sends Payments to A-Way Grain Claimants One Millionth Acre Enrolled in CREP Lincoln Vista Helmet Blinks Bigger 2008 Corn, Soybean Guide Is Available Renewable Energy Conference Attracting Attention Helping Cold Stressed Livestock AgroFresh and Syngenta Form Alliance EU Fails to Respond to WTO Lease Agreement Reached by NPPC and NPB AFBF Votes to Support COOL Conference to Focus on Beef Cattle Reproductive Strategies Crop Prices Remain Bullish, but Keep a Watchful Eye "E" Model Deere Means "Electricity" Crop Prices Remain Bullish, but it Pays to Keep a Watchful Eye Opinions Mixed on Clone Announcement "Pricing Matrix" Approach Can Help You Form a Smarter Market Strategy Biomass Advisory Committee Members Appointed Farm Bureau Elects Leaders FDA Approves Cloned Products National Pork Board CEO Resigns Animal Welfare a Heated Issue $1,000 College Scholarships Available from 1st Farm Credit Services GM Partners with Ethanol Company Vet Group Reorganizing as Part of HSUS Key Meat Markets Should Reopen Soon EU Lags on Biotech Dispute Changes Final Brief Filed in Cattle Case Dodge Makes Statement at North American International Auto Show Sometimes Luck Helps! 2008 Illinois Drainage Conference Set for Jan. 17-18 in Champaign Farm Bill Veto a Serious Threat Sunco/AcuraTrak Hones Three-point Guidance Schafer Hearing Scheduled Farm Bill Not On Road To Passage Murphy Resigns U.S. Delegation Travels to Mexico City Farm Bill Needs to Get Done Quickly Will Doha Round Be Completed in 2008? Farm Bill Compromise Faces Tough Sledding Applications Sought for Master's in Swine Production Management RX for Off-season "Lock Up" Changes to Regulations of Chemicals Biotech Yield Endorsement Approved by RMA 2008 Cattle Feeding and Marketing Short Course Scheduled Big Kioti and Upgrades Unveiled New Round of Crop Reports Coming Friday EU Won't Delay Ban on Cages Biodiesel Company Goes Belly Up Outbreak of Tornados; Flooding May Follow E. Coli Use in Biofuel Production Illinois Grower Elected First Chairman of Soy Transportation Coalition Senators Travel to Europe No Definition of 'Natural' Scholarship Deadline Extended Grain Standards for Distillers Grains Nebraska Study Finds Major Potential in Switchgrass Ethanol Pork Groups Team Up with Illinois Corn Growers on DDGS Research Veto Threat could be Negotiation Tactic Breakthrough on Avian Flu USDA Proposes Horse Transport Rule U of I's Farmdoc Website Scores Big with Farmers Pork Groups Team Up with Illinois Corn Growers on DDGS Research Farmtrac Upgrades Small Tractor Line One Year’s Data is Just That - One Year! U of I Annual Crop Tech Meeting Runs Jan. 9-10 Kawasaki Counters RZR with Teryx 750 Funding Deal Needed for Farm Bill Leadership Changes at FDA New Working Documents Issued by WTO Appropriations Bill Expands Disaster Aid New Yamaha Rhino Earns High Praise Nasty Conditions in Midwest; Another Storm on the Way 2008 U of I Corn and Soybean Classics Scheduled for This Month NASS Administrator Retires Energy Merger Advances Write About Cooperatives for $500 Scholarship Full Implementation of NAFTA Association to Give Away Free Polypay Starter Flock Collins' Retirement Becomes Official Simpler Farm Loan Process New CBP Position Nitrogen Rate Study Held True to Form Retail Beef Prices on Rise Drainage Gurus Set to Gather Jan. 17-19 in Moline Food and Fuel Crops Can Co-Exist Soybean Rust Review National No-till Conference to Be Held Jan. 9-12 Higher Soybean Acreage in 2008 Corn May Offer Best Returns on High Producing Land in 2008 Corn Industry Success Brazil Biodiesel Mandate Certified Livestock Manager Web Site Gets Update Weather Trend Continues Hogs and Pigs Report Released Ammonium Nitrate Security Rethinking the Food Pyramid for One Group Census Packets Hit the Mail Soon High Cattle Feedlot Inventories Pencil in Livestock Manager Training Dates Argentina Registry Stays Closed Coming Soon to Your Mailbox: 2007 Census of Agriculture Forms Peterson Discusses Farm Bill Conference Conner Unhappy With Conference Bill Schools; Roads Receive Funding Illinois Farmer Elected to United Soybean Board Food Aid for the Hungry Elevators to Offer Premium on Pioneer Low-Lin Beans Farmer Could Have Paid for Irrigation System in One Year! USDA Funding Rural Development Initiatives New FSA Director Named Illinois Dept. of Ag Sets Creditor Meeting 2008 Fungicide Application Requirements New Energy Bill Will Have Significant Impact on Economy Change to Latitudes by Rain-X New Ag Trade Office in China Conservation Innovation Grants Available Biotech Alfalfa Regulations Changed Jo Daviess Could Get Two Huge Dairy Facilities Business Model for Animal ID Energy Bill Enacted Disaster Payments Issued Wet and Snowy December Isn't Over Yet New Swine Flu Identified New Swine Flu Identified President Signs Energy Bill Comment Period Reopened Landowners Urged to Sign up now for Remaining 2008 EQIP Funds BSE Diagnosed in Alberta House Sends Energy Bill to President WTO Issues Decision in Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Amity Offers Air System New BSE Case Found In Canada New Chemical Pump State Soybean Checkoff Rate Amended by Vote New WTO Case against U.S. Programs Nebraska Becomes Tenth State to Register More Than Half of Animal Premises Energy Loan Guarantee Agreement Market Specialist has 2008 Acreage Concerns National Corn Yield Contest Winners Announced Farm Bill Finished by Senate Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Livestock Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Proposed Rule for Naturally Raised Full-season hybrids Did Better Planted Early Christmas Shoppers: Consider Illinois Food Products Three New Millermatics Full-season Hybrids Did Better Planted Early Rain in Argentina Gives Corn a Boost Peru FTA Signed Naturally Raised Rule Proposed Pilgrim's CEO Suffers Stroke Senate Votes to End Farm Bill Debate Senate Passes Energy Bill New Crop Prices Climb to Recent Highs Payment Limitations Rejected by Senate House Works toward Vote on Omnibus Spending Additional Aflatoxin Research Funds Requested Grassley-Dorgan Amendment Withdrawn Vote Scheduled for Subsidy Amendments Farm Bill Extension Sought South Korean Market for U.S. Beef U.S., China Strengthen Biofuels Cooperation ARGO Off-Road DVD Fall Price Rally Lures More Acres Back to Corn EPA Approves New Corn Herbicide Register Now to Save $30 Action on Farm Bill Ice Storms Hard on Livestock Livestock, Ethanol Combination Best for Rural Communities China Lifts Ban on Pork Plants Action Expected on Farm Bill Court Denies Rehearing of Air Emissions Case Russia May Reopen to U.S. Beef MacDon Unveils Harvesting Equipment on Tour Corn, Food Price Correlation Weak Learn More About Carbon Credits Picking Right Planting Date as Important as Planting Early Amendments Offered to Farm Bill Picking Right Planting Date as Important as Planting Early Winter Storms Hit, More on Way Energy Bill passes House, Stopped in Senate Research Links E. coli to Dried Distillers Grain Farm Bill Deal Struck in Senate U of I Crop Tech's 60th Anniversary Meeting Scheduled Energy Bill Makes it Through House Senate Switches Cloture to Energy Bill Economic Policy Being Discussed in Japan Farm Bill Outlook is Still Murky Pesticide Summit in Rome USDA Appoints Advisory Board Beef Plants Being Scrutinized Wheat Registry Remains Closed in Argentina Peru Trade Agreement Passes Senate Illinois Farm Bureau Announces Rural Photo Contest Survey of Beef Processing Plants Premiums Offered for Pioneer Low-Lin Soybeans R-Calf Scholarship Applications Available Applications Available for R-Calf Scholarship Peru FTA Approved High Prices Mean No Countercyclical Payments Farm Bill Future Still Unclear One More Hurdle for Peru FTA Asgrow and Dekalb Launch New Web Site Doosan Infracore Completes Acquisition of Bobcat 2007 Soybean Test Results Available Online Uncertainty Remains as Congress Returns Argentine Frost May Have Caused More Damage Watershed Grants Awarded High Population Didn't Pay in Field-Scale Test High Population Didn't Pay in Field-Scale Test Dairy Disaster Program Signup Announced No Deal on Senate Farm Bill Debate New USDA Communications Director China Drops Trade Subsidies IFB will hold Annual Meeting on Dec. 1-4 in Chicago FSIS Ends Extra Testing Energy Deal is Near FSA Ballot Deadline Looms Smaller Soy Area in Mato Grosso Illinois Corn Growers Elect 2007-2008 Leadership Reaction to Collins Retirement Signup Announced for Dairy Disaster Program Public Comments on Proposed Rule Sought Nebraska Ethanol Pipeline Discussed USDA Chief Economist Retires Senate Closer to Limiting Amendments to Farm Bill NCBA President-Elect Resigns Dry Conditions Plague Wheat Crop WTO Postpones Overturn of Biotech Ban Survey: Consumers Don't Fear Biotech Proposed Milk Rule Comment Period Refuge Planning Impacts Seed Purchase Decisions Greater Peoria Farm Show Set for Nov. 27-29 Rootworms are Unpredictable, if Nothing Else! Advisory Committee Needs Nominations Research Continues into Cause of Colony Collapse New Claas Corn Heads for Non-stop Harvest Seattle-Houston Joint Venture Targets Biodiesel Major Australia Supermarket Chain Turns up Nose to Biotech Freeze Scares Producers in Argentina Pointers to Help You Pick the Perfect Tree America Needs to Thank Farmers Meat and Poultry Hotline Open on Thanksgiving FARMALL Makes a Comeback EU Looks at Capping Farm Subsidies Missouri Representative Says Window Still Open for Farm Bill Terry Wolf Receives Ag Service Award Time to Open Your House and Livestock Facility to Guests Thanksgiving Meal Cost Increases Food Stamp Grants Announced Poor Conditions for Winter Wheat Crop FSA County Elections Underway Canadian Cattle Entering the U.S. Keep the Water Warm More than Corn Borer Causes Dropped Ears Nine Carbon Credits Information Meetings Scheduled in Illinois Farm Bill Action Still Stalled House Weighs in on Extending Current Farm Bill U.S. Delegation is Attending Agriculture Conference Philippines Opens Beef Market New Spreaders from Pequea Senate Cloture Vote Fails Environmental Agency Seeks Ag Committee Nominations House Asks for Year Extension of Current Farm Bill Super-sizing of Livestock Structures Puts U of I Lab to the Test Senate Holds Cloture Vote Japanese Prime Minister Visits Washington Quantity Loss Signup Underway New Yamaha Rhino Earns Good Marks New Power Tiller from Kuhn U.S. Faces WTO Complaint Senate Leadership Compromises on Farm Bill Amendments Conner Emphasizes Importance of Finishing Farm Bill Energy Bill a Long Shot to be Completed This Year New Holland Supports 100% Biodiesel Tips to Make This Thanksgiving Turkey-iffic Drought-Like Conditions Hurting Winter Wheat New WTO Trade Text Released Hobart Handler 210 Loves Aluminum Show-Me a World Record Agritechnica is a 'Really Big Shew!' Farm Bill Extension is Possible Locally Grown Food Conference Set for Nov. 29 in Quincy Farm Bill Would Require Biobased Expo Cagle's Receives Buyout Offer $536,000 in Value-Added Ag Grants Available No Movement on Farm Bill Interagency Import Safety Report Has Companion Oil Price Affecting Commodity Prices Changes in Acquisition Procedures for Biobased Products 'E' Model Deere Means Electricity New Holland Supports 100% Biodiesel Veto Override Ends Wait for Lock Modernization Positive Reaction to Peru Free Trade Agreement USDA Farm Loan Program Announces Changes Goodyear Expands Wrangler's Applications Senate Overrides WRDA Veto Peru Free Trade Agreement Passes House House Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Meat Recalls FAO Report on High Food Prices USDA Announces Funding for Whole Genome Animal Selection Progress Has Been Made in WTO Senate Stalled by Procedural Debate GPS Receivers May Need Reconfiguration House Overrides WRDA Veto More Illinois Farmers Find Value in Leaving Bean Stubble Amendments and Administration Dominate Day Two of Farm Bill Debate Action Plan on Import Safety Released South American Planting Advances Floor Debate on the Farm Bill Trip to Colombia a Success Optimistic Outlook for Beef Exports to Middle East Confirmation of New Ag Secretary on Back Burner Premises ID Required for Livestock Exhibitors at Illinois Fairs in 2008 Senate Takes Up the Farm Bill Stalk Rot Threat Increases with Stress Override Vote of WRDA Veto Expected FSIS Steps Up Testing of Canadian Meat and Poultry Bush Vetoes WRDA New Alliance Formed by Two Seed Firms Offers Global Services Asian Beef Trade Team Returns Senators Urge EPA to Study Higher Ethanol Blends FSA County Elections Begin House Committee Approves Peru Agreement; Delegation Set to Visit Columbia Ed Schafer Chosen as New Ag Secretary Cancer Prevention Report Says Limit Red Meat Bush Names New Ag Secretary Americans Want More Renewable Fuels NCGA Displays Outrage at UN Official's Statements Prairie Farms and Two Other Milk Co-ops Phasing Out BST Decision on Biotech Ban in Hands of European Commission Australian Wheat Estimate to be Released Tuesday CSP Payments Almost Ready to Send No Price Cut on Beef at the Grocery Store October Is Scary Time to Buy Fuel Ahead Congress Limits FSA Closures Excess Heat During Season Can Hold Down Yields USDA and FFA Partner on Census of Agriculture Electric Loans Awarded by USDA UN Official Calls for Halt in Biofuels Production Try This Propane Lamp Reaction to Senate Farm Bill Runs the Gamut Conner Taking Congressional Delegation to Columbia U.S. Winter Wheat Conditions Farm Bill Passes Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill Mark-up Underway Corn Traits Earn European Import Approval WRDA Arrives on the President's Desk Europe Approves Corn Traits for Import Sensaphone Watches Your Fields Weather Change is Welcome Aggressive Action by FSIS against E. Coli ASA Concerned by Priorities of New Farm Bill 'FRESH' Farm Policy Legislation Introduced U.S. Horse Slaughter Ban Leaves Equines Facing Gruesome End in Mexico Compromise Reached on Interstate Meat Sales Payment Limitation Amendment Bypassing Committee Mark-up Congress Closer to Conference on Energy Bill No Break in Fuel Prices E 85 Stations could Double Next Year in Illinois Renewable Fuels Take Center Stage at World Food Prize Symposium Standards Released for Grass-Fed Label Shift to Corn May Reverse in 2008 Conner Wants Action On Farm Bill John Deere Links Dealer's Inventory to eBay Grass-Fed Label Standards Released Stress vs. No Stress Evident in Corn Illustrated Plots Possible End to Testing Corn for StarLink Goals Needed for Beginning Farmer Assistance U of I Ag Engineering Program Is Best in Nation Conner Pleased Farm Bill is Moving Forward Wheat Prices Could Push CRP Land into Production New Record Estimated for Brazilian Soy Crop E85 Pumps Certified Safe Now is the Time to Fight SCN Harkin Unveils Deal on Farm Bill EPA Announces Formation of Agricultural Advisory Committee Early Grain Imports for Cattle Feed May Result from Australian Drought DuPont Pledges $250,000 Grant to Nature Conservancy for Water Quality Minnesota Ethanol Plant Construction Delayed Conservation Call-In Day Organized Record High Soybean Exports Bobcat Enters Compact Tractor Boom House Passes 25x'25 Energy Goal More than 2.5 Million Acres Enrolled in Carbon Program Aflatoxin Found in Iowa Cornfields NFU Urges Congressional Blockage of BSE Minimal Risk Rule AgriEdge Corn Program Expands for 2008 Lake Land College Offers Alternative Ag Program Very Little Progress on Beef Trade with South Korea Corn Illustrated Plot Still Standing - Or is it? Grassley Defends Harkin's Postponement Wheat Stocks Lowered Again Cub Cadet, Yanmar Join Forces for New Tractors Deere Rollout: Track Suspension in Action Research Grants Awarded to Study Invasive Pests Doha is Still Doable Decreasing Price of Natural Gas May Not Translate to Lower Fertilizer Costs Peru FTA Headed for Senate Floor Rust Found in North Carolina Water Quality Grants Issued Increased Biofuels Use Intensifies Water Quality, Quantity Issues Former Ag Secretary Joins Senate Race Environmental Group Targets Agribusinesses Move Grain with New Conveyor New World Record Soybean Yield Set in Southwest Missouri Water Quality Forum to Highlight Latest Research Tracking the Price of E85 Ag Groups Fighting EPA Dust Rule Smaller Meetings May be Key to Doha Success Check Out New Land Search Tool U.S. and South Korea Schedule Beef Talks Resolutions Introduced in Congress to Block Canadian Cattle Not Much Time Left for Australian Wheat Crop Weekend Storms Send Rust Spores Across the Midwest Avenger in Collector's Garb Planning Started for Renewable Energy Conference APHIS Wraps Up Biotech Rice Investigation Illinois Soybean Checkoff Referendum Set for Nov. 15 Expect More Normal Yields from Irrigated Corn Plot Rust Spreads Farther North and West Meat Recall Forces Topps Out of Business USDA Volunteer Killed in Afghanistan Farm Bill Pushed Back; Finance Passes Disaster Aid U.S. Notifies WTO of Domestic Supports One Out of Three Illinois Livestock Farms Enrolled in National Animal ID Johanns to Officially Run for Senate USDA Reviewing Recall Procedures National Coalition Announces Dairy Animal Well-Being Principles and Guidelines Community Connect Grants Issued Deere Adds to Air-seeding Line Governor Doyle Announces New Cheese Production Record in Wisconsin National Coalition Announces Dairy Animal Well-Being Principles and Guidelines Another Delay in Farm Bill Action in the Senate NASDA and NFU Back Interstate Meat Sales Provision Australian Wheat Crop Estimate Continues To Plummet GAO Says U.S. Agriculture May be Vulnerable to Foreign Pests State Ag Officials Respond to ‘Weak Inspection’ Allegations USGC Releases Final Numbers from China Corn Tour Conner Optimistic About WTO Talks Senate May Actually Move on Farm Bill $175,000 in Grants Available to Help Illinois Farmers' Markets in 2008 Kaiser named new World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent Iraq Buys U.S. and Canadian Wheat Kaiser named new World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent Polaris Offers 6 Passenger UTV Ethanol Plant Construction Halted Leaders Talk Safety at Washington Meeting Plan Now for World Dairy Expo World Dairy Expo Kicks Off Today Good Conditions Aiding Planting in Argentina Pork Center Developing Swine Schools USDA Issues Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Peru FTA Goes Back to Congress Fight the Urge to Fall Till and Save Gas, Soil Rust Continues to Spread Later-Planted Corn Yields Could Nose Dive Bush Addresses Climate Conference Lack of Rain Worries Brazilian Soybean Growers No Early Release of CRP Opinions Differ on Peru FTA USGC China Corn Tour Sees Lower Production Global Climate Change Conference Opens in Washington Crop Insurance Sales Deadline is Almost Here Illinois Farmers Sought for On-farm Testing of N Rates Farm Bureau Against Long-Term Extension of Farm Bill Pork Producers Are Upping Expansion Pace EU Drops Mandatory Set-Aside Australian Ag Minister Predicts Poor Wheat Crop Peru Free Trade Agreement Moves Closer Lower Crop Insurance Premiums for Using Biotech House Version of COOL Will Be in Senate Farm Bill Soybean Rust Still Moving North Panama Reopens Border to U.S. Cattle USDA Issues $223 Million in Electric Loans Brazil's New Soybean Crop May Set Record Federal Funding to Improve Food Safety Beef Industry Scholarship Deadline Is Oct. 5 Acting Ag Secretary Talks about USDA's Top Priorities WRDA Passes Senate, But Still a Long Road Ahead China's Feed Growth Will Ramp Up WTO Rules in U.S. Favor on Rice Dispute Peru Trade Agreement Passes Senate Committee Hearing Set for Sept. 26 on State Soybean Checkoff Rate Hybrids of Yesteryear Study Becomes 'How Not To' Plot Soybean Rust Found In Kansas 300 Illinois Schools to Share $1 Million in Ag Education Grants Reaction Toward Johanns After Resignation Swift and Positive Conner Celebrates Food Stamp Anniversary; Awards Grants Harkin Introduces Bill Establishing National Food Safety Framework China May Cut Import Duty on Soybeans PIG Opportunity Secretary of Agriculture Resigns U.S. Trade Negotiator Offers to Accept WTO Subsidy Cap NAWG Implores Senate to Provide Safety Net USDA Gives $22.7 Million in Value-Added Grants New LGMA Doubts Following Dole Recall Johanns Reportedly Will Run for Senate Farm Payments Play a Role in Converting Grasslands to Cropland Corn Challenges for Illinois Dairy Producers Run the Gamut Farm Bill Extended by One Month Lowering Interest Rates Good for Farmers Pork Producers Council Holds Legislative Conference in Washington Report Questions Link Between Ethanol and Higher Food Prices If Australia Stays Dry U.S. Wheat Could Reach New Highs Weekend Frost Causes Fears of Decreased Soybean Yields Bech Named Deputy Administrator for Biotechnology SmartStax Will Provide Farmers One-Stop Weed and Pest Control Reactions Vary On USDA's Minimal Risk BSE Rule European Commission Proposes Stop to Setaside U of I Livestock Specialist Carlisle Dies Corn Illustrated: Early Harvest Indicates Typical Nitrogen Pattern Soybean Rust Continues to Move North New Class Action Suit Brought Against AWB EU Court Rules in Favor of GMOs USDA Announces Final BSE Minimal Risk Rule Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences Partner on Eight-Gene Stacked Corn USDA Awards Cooperative Development and Community Facility Grants USDA Announcing Final Rule on Canadian Cattle Imports Today Export Demand Offsets Lower Ethanol Consumption Ag Secretary Makes Appointments to United Soybean Board ADM Launches Health Insurance Program for Farmers Possible Senate Run? Ag Secretary is Keeping Mum Terminate Leases the Right Way Progress Being Made on U.S.-Korean Beef Trade Issues Slow Start for U.S. Soybean Harvest Crop Protection Firm Talks Strategy Kuhn Extends Mower-conditioner Line Elevators in Crescent City and Onarga to Reopen for This Fall’s Harvest Tax Package May Help Farm Bill Agriculture Census Offering Information; Options Online Meet the New Kid in Illinois' Livestock Market Public Comments Sought on Climate Change Report EU Trade Commissioner Says Clock is Ticking on Doha More Cars Set to Flex Next Year Australian Wheat Crop Estimates Released Brazil's Wheat Crop Looks Better Than Last Year's U.S. Officials Urge Congress to Move on Free Trade Agreements Disaster Aid Signup Dates Announced Bobcat Replaces 533 with Compact S100 IDF Promotes Good Dairy Farming Practices Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Chinese Government Says It Will Not Stop Soybean Imports Western Canada Already Seeding Winter Wheat Country of Origin Labeling A Year Away…Maybe Give Feeder Calves a Breather Look for 2008 Cash Rents to Average $212 Per Acre in Illinois Mixed Bag of Crop Results in Corn Illustrated Area USDA Rural Development Issues Grants for TV Upgrade Soyoil Gets Big Boost by Biodiesel Virus May Be Cause of Bee Deaths Soy Formula May Stop Child Illness Farmers Urged to Take Online FMD Survey Coalition Meeting Focuses on Biotech Producers Urged to Take Survey to Help FMD Study U.S. Soybeans May Hit $10 in 2007 Honda Enters UTV Market with Big Red Grain Group Forecasts Record Feed Grain Exports FFA Auction Earns $50,000 Final Push Needed For WTO Trade Talks C. Coleman Harris Retires Countercyclical Payments Begin for Cotton and Peanuts Company Pushes Idea of a New Revolution Farmers May Need to Update GPS Equipment Opinions Differ on House Farm Bill Kubota, Land Pride Announce Agreement A Call for Genebanks to Prevent Livestock Extinction John Deere Unveils 5003 Tractor Line NCGA Pushing Legislative Issues Six Growmark Directors Elected Flex Fuel Vehicles Announced for 2008 Congress Back in Session with Plenty to Cover Group Asks for CRP Acre Release Corn Illustrated: Too Early To Tell if Fungicide Application Helped Disaster Sign-up to Start Oct. 15 Growmark Posts a Record Year with $4.2 Billion in Sales Arctic Cat Introduces Diesel ATV Illinois Farmland Values Continue to Run on Double Digit Rise USDA Projects New Export Record Japan Loses Another Ag Minister Horse Flu in Australia Draws Inquiry Grains Council Outreach Efforts Talk Biotech, DDGS NCGA: Keep the Heat on for the Farm Bill Business Grants Promote Rural Development New Engine Idea Enhances Efficiency Keeping Score on Soybean Rust Income Limits Still Hot Topic for Farm Bill Farm Bill Needs Beginning Farmer Options Trade is Hot Topic for Ag SowBridge is Pork Production Educational Program Farmers Urged to Turn to Biodiesel for Harvest New Herbicide Tech on Display Diversified Organic Grain and Coop Marketing Field Day Set for Sept. 6 Trimble, Dickey-john Partner for Future Lincoln National Ag Award Recipients Named at 2007 Farm Progress Show What to Wear to Fund Youth in Agriculture New Survey Shows Fight for Acres Ahead in 2008 Gates Open for 2007 Farm Progress Show Online Film Attempts to Turn Up Heat on Farm Bill Battle Watch Out for Corn Nematodes South Korea Resumes U.S. Beef Inspection German Poultry Farm Infected with Bird Flu The 2007 Farm Progress Show Kicks off Tuesday in Decatur Analysts Take a Look at Biofuel Boom Familiar Landmark Rises from Progress City Ag Secretary Makes Plans to Attend Farm Progress Show Corn Growers Remind Growers About New Corn Tech Responsibility USDA Invests in Produce Safety EPA Develops Help For Anhydrous Ammonia Facilities WWII Ship Returns After 60 Years USDA: Chinese Currency Could Boost U.S. Ag Exports Corn Trait Gets Japan Nod Illinois Corn Marketing Board Names 2007-2008 Officers Chinese Complain About U.S. Soy Quality High Corn Prices Increase IPM Temptation NCGA: Extreme Conditions Show Importance of Safety Net Flooding Could Pressure Soybean Production Antibiotic Resistance Traced from Hog Farms to Groundwater More Soft Red Wheat to be Planted USDA Pushes Renewable Energy Projects Tropical Storms Raise Rust Worries Combines Starting to Roll in Southern Illinois as Standibility Becomes an Issue South Korea Could Decide Soon on U.S. Beef Dairy Industry Documentary Available on DVD Suspected vCJD Case Refuted Ag Exports to Top $78.5 Billion Conservation Easement Law Helps Protect Farmland Five States Poised to Harvest Billion Bushel Corn Crops USDA Aims to Be Better Energy User NCBA Discusses Policies for 2007 New Alternative Swine Production Health Reference Available Grains Council Continues International Biotech Effort New Chance for U.S. Beef in South Korea? Corn Illustrated Weekly: Where Did All the Beetles Go? U.S. Food Aid Flawed, Charity Says Is Illinois Facing a Storage Shortage Nightmare this Fall? Water Scientists Worry About Biofuel Side Effects Fruit Producers Brace for Immigrant Crackdown McFarlane Busy with New Seedbed Tool 2007 Illinois Forage Expo Set for Sept. 6 in Shelby County Sugar Could Boost Ethanol Farm Progress Show Manager Talks about Preparation Corn Growers Look for Farm Bill Changes Use Distillers Grains for Livestock Rations Take a Peek at the 2007 Farm Progress Show Site Underwriters Labs on Track to Certify E-85 Pumps Southern Corn Harvest Begins What Can New Farm Bill Do to Help Beginning Farmers? Sustainability Initiative Draws Farm Group Support Monsanto Appeals Roundup Ready Alfalfa Injunction Plan Fuel Purchases to Catch Lower Prices Still Time to Harvest Carbon Credits Valley Offers Single-span Engine Drive NCGA Holds First Agri-Industry Council Meeting Wheat Group Eyes Doha Negotiations Corn Illustrated Plot Offers Surprises British Foot and Mouth Tests Coming in Negative Ron Kindred Named to American Soybean Association Exec Committee NCGA: Corn Growers Reducing Erosion Japan Set to Approve Agrisure RW USDA Report Predicts Largest Corn Crop in History Farmers Encouraged to Take Advantage of CSP Program U of I Agronomy Day Set for Aug. 16 EPA: 2,4-D Not a Human Carcinogen Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Meeting to Address U.S. Animal Disease Readiness Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Angus Producers Partner with USDA on Animal ID Farm Management Consultant Suggests Farmers, Tenants Talk Buhler Lists Two New Products for Grain and Hay Conservation Security Program Gets More Funds How Will Global Warming Affect U.S. Corn Belt? Livestock Producers Should Check out ManureTech 2007 Food Standards Aren't U.S. Issue Only U.S. Could Be Making Progress on Japan Beef Talks NMPF Takes Lead in National Dairy ID Effort Disease Outbreak in England Is Reminder to U.S. Producers Test for Nitrogen Before Planting Wheat House Energy Bill Nabs Oil Money AerWay Unveils New Close-coupled Tandem Farm Futures Predicts Record Corn Crop Britain Deals with Foot and Mouth Disease Illinois Commodity Board Members Named Heat Wave Will Separate 'Men from Boys' Senate Will Discuss Rural Broadband Access Study Works Towards Rust-resistant Soybeans Farm Production Costs Climb WRDA Passes House, 381-40 Illinois Farmer Elected to ASA Executive Committee GAO Finds Problems in Animal ID Implementation Japan, Korea Beef Talks Hit Snags USDA Provides Emergency Funds for Bovine Tuberculosis U.S., China Meet for Food Safety Talks Carbon Credit Signup Deadline Approaches SWCD Outstanding District Directors Named in Springfield Senate Farm Bill Could Include Controversial Tax Measure Calculate Expected Yield Corn Yield Contest Postmark Deadline Is August 1 NOAA: Nutrient Pollution Damaging Nation's Estuaries New Soybean Trait Offers 7-11% Yield Advantage New Soybean Trait Offers 7-11% Yield Advantage Governments Look to Back Up Ethanol Goals WRDA Nears Completion Rains Help Corn - and Ethanol Reactions Pour in After House Farm Bill Passage First Signs of Disease Noticed in Corn Illustrated Plots Weather Guru Sees Strange Twist to Corn Crop Family Sized Farmers are Exempt form New Minimum Wage Laws Farm Bill Passes in House Legislation Bans Hog Waste Lagoons in North Carolina Legislation Bans Hog Waste Lagoons in North Carolina WRDA Edges Forward How Much Cash Rent Can You Pay? House Farm Bill Faces Threats John Deere Overhauls Four Instruction Manuals Soybean Rust Could Move North from Texas A Tale of Two Bills Farm Bureau Survey Shows Retail Food Prices Up in Second Quarter John Deere Overhauls Four Instruction Manuals Senators Propose Revenue Counter-cyclical Program Johanns Threatens Farm Bill Veto Over Lack of Reforms Korean Bone-in Beef Decision Expected in July Flaws Appear in Farm Payment System Aug. 1 Is National Corn Yield Contest Deadline Ag Groups Voice Opposition to Kind-Flake Honey Bee Research not on Farm Bill 'A-list' Congress Gets Ethanol Ownership Bill The Farm Bill for Corn Growers Scout for Western Bean Cutworms Now Farm Bill Reactions Come In Three Illinois and Mississippi River Barge Tours Scheduled Corn Illustrated Weekly: Drought Damage Assessment Is Tricky Business Remember Costs in Cash Rent Negotiation New Program Will Focus on Underground Utility Safety Legislators Broker COOL Compromise Johanns Reacts to Farm Bill Automated Weighing System Gets Patent New Farm Bill Clears House Committee Dave Owens Named Head of FCS of Illinois Senate Legislation Expands Biodiesel Education Program Scientists: Only Use Fungicides for Disease Add-on Dump Truck USDA Partners With U.S. Animal Identification Organization EPA Announces Extended Feeding Operation Deadlines Consumers Still Beefing Up With Market Declining, Oats Could Be Cover Crop Monsanto Takes its Show on the Road Specialty Crops Get Boost in Farm Bill Draft Corn Crop on Record Pace Fungicides: Bandwagon or Best Management? Peterson Proposes $1 Million Eligibility Cap Johanns Announces New Protections for Fruit and Vegetable Imports Johanns Expresses Disappointment with Farm Bill Borlaug First to Get Congressional Medal for Agricultural Efforts Monsanto Field Day Scheduled at Monmouth John Deere Announces 5003 Series Tractor Line-up China Returns Fire in Food Fight Renewable Energy Gets $100 Billion Globally Cato Institute: U.S. Dairy Policies are 'Milk Madness' Biofuels a Hot Topic at Energy Summit Corn Illustrated Weekly: Low N Rates Produce Classic Nitrogen Firing Syngenta Grants Zimmerman Corn Rights to Hoegemeyer Hybrids New Web Site Provides YieldGard VT Tips Researchers Say Good No-till Management Can Net Higher Profits Johanns Disapproves of House Farm Bill EPA Meets with Ag Leaders McLand Angus Receives Historic Herd Award USDA Seeks Comments on Biotech Regulations ASA Joins Rice Groups in Backing Peterson Proposal Farm Bureau Votes to Back U.S.-Korea FTA Is Your Conservation Reserve Program Contract Expiring? Beef and Meat Groups Debate Country-of-origin Labeling Senators Introduce Ag Market Competition Legislation Prairie Farmer, U of I College of ACES Names '07 Master Farmers Brazil to Join Canada in WTO Complaint Against U.S. Piper City Seed Production Plant to Come Under New Ownership American Farm Bureau: 'Food vs. Fuel' Not a Concern Conservation Districts Unhappy With Farm Bill Language New Insecticide Gets EPA Registration Pass the (Biofuel) Leftovers, Please Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Japan U.S. Beef Imports Climbing Ag Groups Ask Congress for More Research Funding Global Biofuel Output Will Double by 2012, Report Says Don't Let Insects Take a Bite Out of Your Yield Corn Illustrated Weekly: Mid-season Chlorophyll Readings Leave Questions National Corn Yield Contest Entries on Record Pace A Way to Make Biodiesel Cheaper, Faster, Better Keep Current Soybean Standards, Grain Groups Say Kuhn Lengthens Its Rotary Rake Line Cattle Producers Urge Equal Opportunity Energy Policy Prairie Farmer's 2007 Favorite Farm Dog Contest New Opportunity for Organic Producers Ag Secretary Content with Farm Bill Progress U.S. Grains Council: Panama FTA a Win for Producers National Sheep Seminars and Sale Set for Aug. 4 in Iowa Senator Calls for "Import Czar" How to Move Forward with Ethanol? Biofuels Bonanza Follows on the Heels of Ethanol New USDA Facility to Deal with Animal Diseases Congress May Require Full Korea Beef Imports to Sign FTA Wheat Harvest Could Suffer from Immigration Bill Failure Study: Ethanol Co-products Gaining Popularity Drop in Bean Acres Puts Squeeze on Biodiesel USDA Gives Interim Approval to Change in Organic Regulations U.S. Wants China to Reopen Market for Beef Corn Illustrated Weekly: Chlorophyll Meter Will Unmask Differences - Hopefully! Machinery Firms Make Changes Farm Bill May Include Crop Insurance Reductions Cast Your Vote for Commodity Board Directors U.S. Ag Exports Rise in 2006 Corn Plantings Reach 92.9 Million Acres When More Is Less Is Good BASF and Monsanto Partner for Trait Promotion OPEC: Biofuels Not a 'Magic Bullet' Grants Funnel Funding into Illinois Ag Education Immigration Bill Comes Up Short in Senate China Says Defends Safety of Food Exports Companies to Help Farmers Understand Ethanol Yield Potential Improve Hay Quality with Fork Immigration Bill Faces Crucial Vote in Senate Vote for Your New Commodity Board Members Summer Aerial Application on Corn Expected to Be High Harkin Wants to Reduce Direct Payments Corn Illustrated Weekly: Hybrid Differences Still Show After Irrigating Companies Slow to Market Jointly Labeled Chemicals Commodity Marketing Information Just a Click Away Cargill Technology Wins EPA Award Tyson and Syntroleum Form Sythentic Fuels Company U.S. Beef Makes Strides in Korea, Japan Onset Offers New Smart Sensor Soybean Rust Turns Up in Three States European Governments Stalled on GM Corn Talks Explore the Organic Option This Summer DDGS Can Be Pelletized Payment Limits Not Likely in Farm Bill, Peterson Says Legislation Would Let More Meat Cross State Lines CRP Contracts Expiring Sept. 30 Can Be Re-Enrolled New Soybean Trait Trims the Trans Fats Energy Bill Clears Senate John Deere Collectors Auction Set for June 29 - 30 in Moline Johanns Chides House on Farm Bill Action Senate Reaches Fuel Efficiency Reform Compromise Harkin: Farm Bill Should Boost Rural Development U.S. Blocks WTO Investigation of Subsidies FAPRI Examines Possible Farm Program Rate Changes Energy Bill Includes Money for Renewable Fuels Concern Builds Regarding 'Prophylactic' Fungicide Use Athenix Lends Monsanto a Hand With Insect Control Renewable Fuels Association Backs Renewable Fuels Education Bill Ag Secretary Decries Farm Bill Subsidy Renewal U of I Meats Judging Team Is Headed Down Under Chevron Offers New Gear Lube Subcommittee Recommends Keeping 2002 Farm Bill Subsidy Program House Farm Bill Draft Gets Soy Support Ag Engineers Get 'Charge' for the Future Industry Interests Lobby Against Energy Bill Tour Soybean Sites Next Month Cover Crop Roller Cuts Field Trips American Agricultural Scientist Wins 2007 World Food Prize Administration Introduces Immigration Enforcement Measure FSA County Committee Nominations in Process IDOA Releases New Weekly Hay Auction Prices and Grain Reports Bipartisan Legislation Pushes Biodiesel Corn Belt's Nitrogen Runoff Can Be Curbed Some Analysts Say Ethanol Boom May Stumble Corn Illustrated Weekly: Nitrogen Rate Differences Show Visually in Rate Plot Kuhn Adds New Mower-conditioner 2007 InfoAg Conference set for July 10-12 in Springfield Study to Focus on Animal Operations' Emissions Corn Gets Bad Rap for Food Price Increases Johanns Names Biotechnology and 21st Century Ag Board EPA Rolls Out New Rules Web Site Proposed Bill to Strengthen Biodiesel Japan Loosens Inspection Rules for U.S. Beef Next-Generation Hybrid Vehicle Released Energy Bill Pushes Through Senate Showcase Program Highlights Conservation Technologies New Cultivating Master Farmer Class is Named USDA Undersecretary Speaks on Livestock Identification U of I Farmland Sale Averages Nearly $9,000 per Acre Database Detailing Farm Subsidies Gets Update Biomass Research Gets $18 Million Boost Pork Producers Have a Stake In Immigration Policy Alamo Offers 'Tractor Focused' Loaders Report: Energy Department Not Keeping Up for Biofuels USDA List of Approved Nonorganic Items Stirs Controversy USDA Expands Beef Recall Over E. Coli Scare What's up? Illinois Land Prices Soar 45% in Four Years Yogurt Maker, Environmental Group Aim to Save Farms Valmont Offers 'Loaded' 7000 Sprinkler Canadian WTO Request Omits Complaints Against U.S. Corn Immigration Reform Bill Falls Short in Senate GAO: Crop Insurance Program Still Needs Improvement Seminars to Offer Market Advice and Farm Bill Outlook Final Rows Planted at Corn Illustrated Plots Small Farmers Speak on Farm Bill Input Wanted for EPA Ag Center Survey House Subcommittee Approves More Farm Bill Proposals American Farm Bureau Backs Immigration Bill Get Ideas for Managing Feed Costs New Controls for Eastern Fruit and Nut Producers Brazil and U.S. Share Common Interests in Ethanol South Korea Proceeds With Beef Inspections, but Holds Sales Chamber of Commerce Criticizes Rahall Energy Bill Be on the Lookout for Soybean Aphids Commodity Groups Reiterate Importance of Market Access in Doha Debate Heats Up Over Direct Payments Study Looks at Impacts of Ethanol in U.S. Brace Yourself: Big Cash Rents May Be in Your Future Harvestores Grow in New Design South Korea Reinstates De Facto Ban on U.S. Beef U.S. and China Work on Non-Grain Biofuels Agreement U.S. and Brazil Likely to Discuss Ethanol in Meetings Joint Venture Produces New Risk Management Service DewEze Offers '08 Ford Hydraulics Scientists Work on First U.S.-produced FMD Vaccine Scientists Work on First U.S.-produced FMD Vaccine Control Stable Flies This Wet Spring New Vaccine Could Work Against Foot-and-mouth NCGA: Clean Water Legislation a Burden for Producers Cattle Groups Respond to JBS-Swift Acquisition Monsanto to Acquire Delta and Pine Land, Divest NexGen and Stoneville Former Senators Propose Eliminating Direct Payments to Farmers Quilt Fungicide Application Rate Reduced FDA Recalls Feed Over Melamine Concerns Researchers: Global Warming Could Cause Soil Decline Retrofit Chain to Reduce Trash Administration Will Fight Voluntary BSE Testing Farm Progress Companies Help With Safety Day Promotion Beef Grazing Field Day Set for Dudley Smith Farm on June 14 China Says U.S. Food Companies Should Be More Cautious Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Dairy Diets Fined Tuned for Distillers' Grains Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift More Beef Could Be Headed to South Korea Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Brazilian Interests to Acquire Swift Japanese Ag Minister Commits Suicide Amid Scandal Bill Helps Dedicated Energy Crop Growers Dennis Campion Named to 12-State Biofuels Panel Congress Marks Up Disaster Package Woods Offers GroundMover-X U.S. Calls for Food Safety Measures from China U.S.-S. Korea Free Trade Agreement Biggest Ever for Pork Producers Council: U.S.-S. Korea FTA Means $10 More Per Pig Subcommittee Reviews Dairy for Farm Bill Subcommittee Reviews Dairy for Farm Bill In Search of Synergy Between Biofuels and Livestock In Search of Synergy Between the Biofuels Industry and Livestock Bill Would Allow Justice Department to Sue OPEC New BIO Policy Aims to Minimize Trade Disruptions What's in the Immigration Bill for Ag Distillers Dried Grains Market Stabilizing House Subcommittee Works on Conservation, Energy, Credit Titles U.S. Cattle Groups Respond to Upgraded BSE Classification University of Illinois to Sell DeKalb Farm at Auction on June 7 U.S. Gets 'Controlled Risk' BSE Classification Coalition Tells Congress: Fund Country-of-Origin Labeling Touring by Tractor Bird Flu Could Be Slowing Down Ag License Plate Clears First Legislative Hurdle Biofuel Producers: Ethanol and Biodiesel Not Enough to Meet Bush's Targets Red Palm Mite Explosion Causing Caribbean Fruit Losses New Ag Legislation Introduced in Congress Fresh Produce Wanted for New Farmer's Market in Geneva Farm Bill Draft Makes Changes to Conservation Funds U.S. Beef Causing Push for New Safety Measures in S. Korea Poultry Fed Melamine Pronounced Safe for Processing Illinois Senate Passes Horse Slaughter Ban House Ag Committee Adopts Renewable Energy Resolution Genetically Modified Corn Seed Closer to Approval in Brazil Expanding Ethanol Industry Impacts Grain Transportation Lawmakers in Congress Introduce Help for Beginning Farmers 2007 Farm Progress Show Adds Country Music Concert Senate Passes Locks and Dams Bill New Senate Legislation Aims to Boost Cellulosic Energy Crops $35 Million Goes to Wetland Reserve Program Projects U.S. Beef Shipments Continue to Clear Korean Inspections About 56,000 Swine to Be Released from Quarantine Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference Set for June 13-14 Bilateral Free Trade Agreements a Possibility Wheat Growers to Congress: 'Keep Food in U.S. Food Aid' Gnats Driving You Crazy? Bush Calls for New Emissions Standards Manage Heat Stress in Dairy Cows Chinese to Sign Soybean Contracts JULIE Launches 'Call Before You Dig' Number Corn Prices Hurt Ethanol Producers, Too Wheat Blends Outperform Single Varieties in Study New Rules Proposed for Rural Broadband Asian Soybean Rust Found Early in Louisiana Japan Takes Issue with U.S. Trade Report Construction of New Renewable Fuels Terminal Near St. Louis to Begin USDA Farm Bill Proposals Aim to Keep U.S. Ag Competitive U.N. Panel Raises Concerns About Biofuels Flooding Causes Barge and Rail Delays Biodiesel Producers, Soybean Growers Ask for Farm Bill Provisions Farm Aid May Be Separated from War Spending Bill Get Correct I.D. for Early-season Weeds USDA and EPA Coordinate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Protection Survey Indicates Consumers Concerned With Food Safety Registration Open for Beef Improvement Federation Meeting in Colorado Corn Plantings Up in Midwest Illinois Leads the Pack in Corn Planting Avoid Certain Taxes by Planning Ahead Horse Slaughter Ban Puts Animal Agriculture on Guard U.S., Mexico Talk Agriculture Ashland and Cargill Create Joint Biobased Chemical Venture Johanns Announces Specialty Crops Farm Bill Proposals Gross Receipts Tax Keeps Plugging On Soybean Plant Mortality May Be Greater This Year U.S. Now Has Over 1,200 E85 Locations Researchers Say Organic Ag Can Help Combat Hunger Melamine Contamination Poses Almost No Risk to Humans Researchers Showcase Biotech at International Event Smithfield-PSF Merger Gets Justice Department Clearance DeKalb Horse Slaughter Plant Is Set to Re-open This Week New Web-based Program Helps Swine Management UN Panel Calls for Urgent Action Against Global Warming New Iceberg Lettuces Resist Wilt USDA Releases Report on Animal ID Projects Judge Rules Farmers Can't Plant Roundup Ready Alfalfa Use the Web to Spring Nature on Your Kids GAO Report Calls for Continued Improvement of Crop Insurance Senate Committee Approves Renewable Fuels Legislation Moving New-Tech Corn by Rail Banned New BSE Case Turns Up in Canada Plowing Up Frozen Wheat and Planting Corn? Fuel Price Outlook: Mixed to Higher Use Fungicides with Caution Bush Speaks Against Farm Disaster Aid in War Spending Bill House Subcommittee Reviews Crop Insurance U.S. Beef Hits Shelves in Korea Keep an Eye on BCW Moths Figure Exactly How Rent Pencils Out Motorists Can Find Ethanol Pumps on the Web Brazil Concerned About EU Environmental Certification for Biofuels Climate Change Panel Issues Warnings Contaminated Pet Food Traced to Poultry Feed Heal Thyself, Alfalfa Grassland Improvement Group Receives Highest Conservation Award Food Safety System May Be Set for an Overhaul Agrisure Raising Marketing Questions Contaminated Swine Feed Poses Very Little Health Risk for Humans U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea U.S. Beef Shipment Accepted in South Korea Oral Arguments Begin in Roundup Ready Alfalfa Case Officials to Destroy Hogs That Ate Adulterated Feed Native Plants and Low Maintenance Landscaping Is Hot Don't Bug Me! House Ag Chairman Discusses Farm Bill Johanns Announces Funds for Rural Housing, Electric War Spending Bill Passes House Researchers Identify a Possible Culprit for Bee Losses More Ag Scholarship Money Available QuickTrax Offers Simplified Steering System Replanting Wheat Could Have Insurance Implications Bioenergy Could Bring Agricultural Renaissance, FAO Says Ag Groups Back Call for Sugar Policy Reform FDA Moves to Contain Melamine Illinois Pork Groups Offering College Scholarships to Youth USDA Secretary: Progress Made in U.S.-Japan Beef Talks Fungicide Gets EPA Registration for Soybeans American Farm Bureau Releases Farm Bill Recommendations Assessing the Cold Snap's Damage USDA Gives Nearly $180 Million for Rural Water Projects 38,700 USDA Program Payees' Information Leaked Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Japan-U.S. Beef Discussions Still at an Impasse Wheat Farmers Consider Replanting Cultivate Illinois: Low-Interest Ag Loan Program to Be Unveiled this Week House Passes Locks and Dams Bill Second Wheat Summit a Success Democrats in Congress See Ag Contributions Grow BASF Expands Corn Operations at Three Facilities We Test Drive Honda's Foreman EPS on Rough Desert Roads Bush Administration Denounces Locks and Dams Bill American Heart Association Campaign Draws Support CSP Program Popular Despite Funding Cuts Johanns Warns Farm Disaster Aid Could Sink War Spending Bill Extra Non-Corn Belt Acres Shouldn't Ding Yield Expectations GAO Report Finds Inefficiencies in Food Aid Program Johanns Lists Farm Bill Proposals for Beginning Farmers USDA Farm Bill Conservation Title to Go to Congress Plan Your Manure Management with this Handy Online Tool Advisory Panel: Clones Should Not Be Labeled as Organic Minibatt Comes to USA USDA Aims to Help Beginning Farmers in Farm Bill Proposals NCBA: Government Should Not Limit Cattle Marketing Choices WTO Must Be Part of Farm Bill Discussion, Ag Secretary Says NCGA and USDA Economist Optimistic on Corn Supply and Demand No Surprise: Study Finds Production Costs Up in 2006 Research Is Answer to Biofuels Crunch $1 Per Gallon Tax Credit Helps Venture Produce Biodiesel from Animal Fats USDA to Award $12.8 Million for Rural Communities Dairy Farmer Testifies to House Ag Committee Study Finds Agricultural Market Concentration Rising New Fungicide Gets EPA Registration and Herbicide Gets Brand Name Habitat Credit Trading Offers Conservation Incentives PrecisionAg Award of Excellence Deadline Extended to April 30 AFVi Hands Out Alternative Fuels Awards Kuhn Unveils Six-rotor Tedder Scientists Work on Enzymes to Improve Ethanol Efficiency Trade Ministers Set Doha Timeline Mother Nature Leaves Illinois Farmers Bracing for a Late Spring Ethanol Facilities to Be Equal Under Clean Air Act CBOT Ethanol Seminars Cover Price Risk Management Energy and Forest Companies Partner on Biofuel After Strong 2006, WTO Forecasts Weaker Expansion in 2007 Venezuela's President Aims to 'Knock Down' U.S.-Brazil Ethanol Deal Illinois Corn Growers Vote to Increase Checkoff Rate USDA Proposal Bad for Farmers, Ag Policy Group Says National Renewable Fuel Standard Requires More Biofuel Use Rising Illinois Farmland Prices Not Out of Line with Returns Johanns Outlines USDA Conservation Proposals Russia Partially Bans Meat Imports from U.S., Others Mahindra USA Offers Two New Utility Tractors Cuba and Venezuela at Odds with U.S. on Biofuels Agriculture Safety Days Program Raises Methamphetamine Awareness Biodiesel Gains Policy Attention Governor's Gross-Receipts Tax Proposal Gets Worse for Ag Case IH Designs for High Humidity Haying Indy Racing Brings Attention to Ethanol USDA Announces Over $152 Million for Rural Development Loans Shipping Mistake Adds to Complicated Japan Beef Situation April's Cold Start Raises Corn Acreage Questions How You're Faring in Springfield Ag Secretary Proposes Changes to USDA Rural Development Program USDA Secretary Pleased With U.S.-Korea Trade Deal Two More Grain Groups Ring in on New Tech Grain USDA to Announce Value-Added Grant Deadline Soon Korea Trade Agreement Has Far-reaching Implications Grain Handlers Team Up for Identity Preserved Market Make Plans Now to Dispose of Chemical Containers Distillers Grains Marketplace Expands Kinze and Ag Leader Partner on Planting Technology U.S. Farm Machinery Exports Up 10% Study: Bt Corn Benefits European Producers, Environment Homeland Security Rule Could Affect Ag Chemicals Tour of Historic Spence Farm Set for May 4 More Hurricanes Predicted in 2007 EU Closer to Approving Biotech Corn Trait Hog Profit Outlook Improved By Planting Intentions 'Limited' and 'Minimal' Meat Inspections Suspended Letters to FDA Protest rBST Milk Labels Beef Key to U.S.-South Korea Trade Deal Western Corn Rootworms March 'Round the Globe H5N1 Bird Flu Could Continue to Spread National Corn Yield Contest Begins FDA Extends Cloning Comment Period Johanns: USDA Not Lifting CRP Release Penalties Abe Lincoln National Ag Awards Launched at 2007 Farm Progress Show U.S. and South Korea Reach Trade Pact Corn Planters Starting to Roll in Central Illinois Smart Nozzle Spoon Feeds Through Sprayer USDA Risk-based Meat Inspection Questioned EPA and ARS Research Manure Runoff USDA Report: Corn Acres to Be Highest Since WWII District Judge Rules Private Companies can Test for BSE DeKalb Horse Processing Plant Shuts Down Locks and Dams Bill Headed for Senate Floor Retirement and Estate Planning Meeting for Farm Women Set for April 3 N2XP Fills Mid-size Sprayer Niche Chicago Board of Trade Plans Mini-sized Contracts on Electronic Platform Soybean Growers Speak to House Subcommittee Paper Explores Challenges of Biotech Regulation Corn Growers Present Farm Bill Proposal to House Ag Committee Does Early Planting Encourage Secondaries? Bush Backs Beef at NCBA Spring Conference Farm Groups Tell Legislators to Just Say "No" to Governor's Tax Proposal Corn Growers, Economists Disagree on Future of Food Prices No-till Gaining Popularity for Corn National Farm Machinery Show: New Tools for Livestock Operations Plant Roundup Ready Alfalfa Now, or Return It President Pushes Policymakers to Pass Petroleum Proposals Angus Association Offers Free Electronic Storage of Registration Papers Engine Maker Supports B20 Biofuel USDA Announces Air Quality Grants Rootworm Biotech Trait Lacks Approval in Japan, NCGA Warns U.S. and South Korea Push to Finish Trade Talks National Farm Machinery Show: What's New for Planting? National Farm Machinery Show: Hot Tools Make the Cut Automakers Onboard with Flex-fuel Vehicles Going Corn on Corn? Keep Conservation in Mind Tiger Power Offers PTO-driven Kilowatts Brazilian Government Shuts Down Cargill Port USDA Expands Farm Bill Nutrition Goals GMO in BASF Rice is Safe, USDA Says Farm Credit System to Present Proposals to Congress Illinois Soybean Farmers Support International School Feeding Program Researchers Develop Durum Line to Help Fight Fusarium Corn Growers Association Urges Reinvestment in Research Senate Adds Farm Disaster Aid, MILC to Spending Bill American Soybean Association Backs Nutrition Program Democrats Tack Farm Spending onto Iraq Funding Bill Subcommittee Works on Rural Development Programs Take the "Guesswork" Out of Welding Garst Seed Company Awards IIlinois Farmer with a Chevy Pickup USDA Includes Renewable Energy Expansion in Farm Bill Proposal Johanns Announces Loans for Energy Projects Online Database Keeps Corn Growers Aware of Seed Hybrids Senate Amendment Proposes Ceiling on Farm Payments Former POAST Customers Could Be in for Some Money Food Industry Groups Combine to Form Center for Food Integrity EU Members Agree to Remove Five GM Strains USDA Grants Help Fund Development of Biomass Projects U of I Purebred Dairy Calf Sale Set for April 7 Monsanto and BASF Collaborate on New Traits Senate Legislation Aims to Curb U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil New Legislation Gives Specialty Crops a Boost Court Order Halts Sale of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Alfalfa Seed Scientists Develop Aphid-Resistant Barley Planning is Underway for U of I's $20 Million Bioenergy Research Facility Report Indicates Global Warming Affects Cereal Crops Pork Producers, U of M Extension Host Webcast Early March 1 Hog Inventory Guesses Harkins Asks Johanns for Crop Insurance Changes Can Switchgrass Lead Us to Viable Cellulosic Ethanol? U.S. and South Korea Talk Beef South Korea Discusses Beef Imports with U.S. Rise in Illinois Farmland Values Slowing Senate Budget Committee Passes Ag Budget Resolution Soybean Producers Voice Biodiesel Concerns Deere Unveils Two New Utility Tractors Hard Red Winter Wheat Coming Out of Dormancy Fertilizer Demand Tied to Ethanol Demand It'll Be Harder to Squeeze Profit from Ethanol Free Midwest Veggie Growers Guide Is Now Available U.S. GM Rice Imports Banned in Mexico National Dairy Leaders Conference Set for April 15-17 Survey: Two-Thirds of South Korean Restaurants O.K. with U.S. Beef Preying on the Luck of the Irish to Turn a Buck Locks and Dams Bill Expected to Pass House Committee Organic Diary Farmers Form FOOD Monsanto Reacts to Roundup Decision U.S. Bird Flu Prevention Measures Get Boost The 2005-2007 Cultivating Master Farmer Class are Honored in Springfield NCGA Presents Farm Safety Net Proposal in D.C. ASFMRA Elects Illinois Member as President USDA and U.N. Agree to Coordinate Assistance Ads Recognize Environmentally Conscious Farmers Bush Administration Supports Fish Farming Bill Mid-Tech and LH-Agro Brands Become TeeJet Research Program Provides Aflatoxin Protocol Laforge Offers Front 3-point Hitch for Case IH Iowa's First Soybean Rust Found in 2006 Crop New Acreage Survey Projects Highest Corn Plantings Since 1946 New Day for Controlling Volunteer Corn FDA Suggests Safety System for Fruit and Vegetable Processors IDOA's Weights and Measures Lab to get $465,000 in Improvements Report Indicates E85 Not Causing Problems at the Pump WTO Director Still Hopeful on Doha U.S. and Brazil Reach Biofuel Agreement Two New EQIP Projects Offer Payments for Water Issues Simplify Registered Product Data Pork Producers Ask Congress to Back Off Ethanol Support European Union Agrees to Binding Climate Measures Manure Exemption Bill Introduced in Congress Congress an Essential Piece of Doha Puzzle New Web Site for State Fair Exhibitors Know Your Energy Customer Johanns Announces CRP Contract Results Global Trends Bode Well for Agriculture, USDA Economist Says Taking the All Corn Plunge in 2007? Brace for More Wild Swings in Biofuel Economics Study Finds Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Poultry Ag Secretaries Renew U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture Brazilian President to Ask Bush for Ethanol Tariff Cut Expand Biofuels Feedstock Sources Callan Angus Farms at Stonington Receives Historic Herd Award Corn Growers Back Revenue-based Farm Bill Safety Net Ethanol Production Up Nearly 25% in 2006 Institute Affirms Big Shift to Corn Company Cooperates with USDA to Pull CL131 Rice Food vs. Feed vs. Fuel Illinois has $3 Million Still Available for NRCS EQIP Applications USDA Makes Updated 2007-08 Crop Predictions Panel Expected to Recommend U.S. BSE Classification Upgrade Will FDA Approve Cefquinome? Iowa's Harkin Applauds 25x25 Action Plan Pioneer to Expand Research, Add Jobs at Champaign, Princeton and Macomb Monsanto Attempts to Intervene in Alfalfa Lawsuit Companies Announce New Tech, Products Case IH Unwraps Eight New Maxxum Models Biotech Crops Benefit Environment, Study Says 'We Can Get There' P and K Fertilizer Source in Jeopardy? Soybeans Growers Seek Equity NAWG Looks for Wheat to Turn Around How Does an Adjusted Gross Income Cap Work? Handy Guides to Help You Manage Pests and Resistance Department of Energy to Invest in Biorefineries USDA Ups Ag Export Estimate for 2007 NCGA Proposes Farm Bill Safety Net Good Reasons to Replace an Oral Farm Lease with a Written One Johanns Acknowledges Farm Services Computer Problems Stenholm: Adjusted Gross Income Test Tough to Implement New Report Provides DDGS Guidelines Analyst: Wheat Production to Increase in 2007-08 Congress Receives Renewable Energy Action Plan Atrazine Critical to Illinois Corn Farmers, Study Says Make Your Crop Insurance Decision before March 15 Deadline Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff Survey Shows Dairy Support for Beef Checkoff How Best to Feed DDGS to Swine? Farm Bureau Acreage Estimates Similar to USDA Soy Checkoff Leaders Review Priorities USDA and FDA Seek Comments on Food Additives DuPont to Accelerate Seed Development Lease Rules Could Affect USDA Program Payments National Dairy Shrine Award and Scholarships Applications Due March 15 National Dairy Shrine Award and Scholarships Applications Due March 15 USDA Delays Date for Canada Produce User Fee Collection Manage Pastures Carefully in Drought Serveon Debuts SABI Data Collection Tool ISA Seeks Nominees for United Soybean Board Thawing Rivers Allow More Barge Traffic Check out the Secrets to Corn-on-Corn Success Grains Council Ups World Wheat Projection NCGA Publication to Focus On American Farmer Take the Work Out of Log Splitting Two Senate Ag Committee Members Defend Farm Subsidies Congress Likely to Write Renewable Energy Standards American Corn Growers Association Files Antitrust Suit USDA Set to Begin Risk-Based Meat Inspections Grand L Series Gets Makeover Illinois Corn Checkoff Referendum Set for March 29 Advocate Groups File Petition Against rBST Ag Economist: Animal Agriculture Is Transforming McLean County Produced the Most Corn and Soybeans in 2006 U.S. Beef Shipment May Have Violated Japan's Age Rules Organic Group to File Suit Against USDA Soy Meal Moves Underwater Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Analysts Divided on Predictions for Corn and Ethanol FFA Supports Conservation Service on Earth Day Illinois Corn Growers to Vote on Increase in Checkoff This Spring 1st Farm Credit Services Extends Scholarship Deadline Higher Corn Prices, Higher Farmland Prices Researchers Gain Access to Soybean Cyst Technology Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise Pork, Beef and Lamb Exports Rise USDA Wants Beef Talks with Japan EU Governments Agree to Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions Biofuel Company CEO: Cellulosic Ethanol Needs Early Support USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes USDA to Make Major Food Inspection Changes U.S., EU Possibly Near Trade Deal USDA Releases Study on Livestock and Meat Marketing Bipartisan Bill Aims to Open Agricultural Trade with Cuba Soybean Rust Found Overwintering in Texas Illinois Beef Expo Runs Feb. 22-25 in Springfield New Company Sets Sights on Ethanol By-products Ag Secretary Hopeful About Cellulosic Ethanol Leaders in Congress Introduce Food Safety Legislation House Budget Committee Considers Farm Bill Funding USDA Invites Students to Agriculture Outlook Forum USDA Seeks Public Comment on Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Johanns, House Ag Committee Discuss Farm Bill Proposals Flow-Trak II Improves Liquid Application USDA Predicts a Strong Long-term Farm Economy Grains Groups Say Ethanol Not Responsible for Tortilla Prices Ralph and Don Walter Win Corn Yield Contest in Illinois Weigh on the Go with Scale Kit Judge Seeks Remedies in Alfalfa Suit Farm Credit System Reports $2.379 Billion Income Senator Predicts Tight Budget for Farm Bill USDA's Annual Farm Survey Underway Congress Mulls Bush Trade Authority Renewal Johanns Announces $4.6 Million for Rural Businesses Lawmakers Move to Limit Antibiotic Use Commissioner: U.S. Must Develop a Trade Friendly Farm Bill Coming Soon: New Beck's Hybrids Research Farm in McLean County American Soybean Association Announces Farm Bill Proposals Roundup Inventor to Join Inventors Hall of Fame Biofuels Bill Heads to Senate Carroll County Hog Farmer Brian Sturtevant Elected as IPPA President Canada Wild Bird Survey Finds No Avian Flu DewEze Equips Dodge-Cummins Canadian and U.S. Cattle Groups React to BSE Case Group Says Bush Budget Bad for Rural Communities National Association of Conservation Districts Elects New President South Korea and U.S. Fail to Reach Beef Agreement Sugar Sour on New Farm Bill Proposal USDA to Decide on CRP Acres by Summer Washington to Explore New Barge User Fee Canada Confirms BSE in Alberta U.S.-South Korea Discuss Beef Trade 1st Farm Credit Services Sending Out Patronage Checks This Month One Million Sign Anti-GM Petition in Europe Processors Increase Premium for Vistive Soybeans Dairy Farmers of America Offers Biosecurity Program Growers Respond to USDA Budget Request Peterson Says Cellulosic Ethanol Will be Central in Farm Bill Devgen and Monsanto to Exchange Technology Public Hearing on Proposed Corn Checkoff Referendum Set for Feb. 16 U.S. Confirms Beef Meeting with S. Korea to Occur USDA Budget Proposal Draws Lukewarm Reactions European Commission Says Avian Flu Trade Bans Unjustified U.S. and Brazil Exchange Ag Research Resources USDA Secretary Outlines 2008 Budget Request Members Approve Policies at NCBA Annual Meeting Avian Flu Strikes British Farm More Soybean Aphids Expected in 2007 Check Out Custom Rates Johanns Brings Farm Bill Talk to Beef Producers UN Report Forecasts Far-reaching Effects of Global Warming Till the Soil with a Bobcat Cattle Group Struggles with Biofuels Issues House Science Committee OKs Biofuels Bill Crop Insurance Premiums Poised To Jump In 2007 Join the 2007 Great Backyard Bird Count on Feb. 16-19 U of I Teams Up to Win a $500 Million Renewable Energy Research Project Maple Leaf Foods to Phase Out Gestation Stalls Groups React to USDA Farm Bill Proposal with Caution Cargill and MMI Launch Cattle Breeding Tools Maple Leaf Foods to Phase Out Gestation Stalls Study Suggests Virus Causes Encephalopathy Artist Seeks to Capture Rural Architecture in Decay Johanns Reveals USDA 2007 Farm Bill Proposals EPA Makes Pesticide Watershed Data Available U.S. Trade Rep to Deliver Commodity Classic Keynote Address Bramco Unveils New Bale Bed Get Up to Speed on the Latest Conservation Programs on Feb. 20 USDA to Measure the Economic State of U.S. Agriculture FFA Announces Grant Winners Renewable Fuels Association Speaks to House Committee Soy Checkoff Helps Monitor Soybean Rust 2008 Farm Progress Show Location Announced R-CALF Joins Group Calling for Market Reform Nations Agree WTO Talks Should Resume, but 'No Breakthrough' Seeking a Grassroots Approach Illinois Wheat Forum Set for February 19 at Mt. Vernon USDA Awards $6.4 Million for Rural Initiatives Take Guessing Game Out of Crop Insurance Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Veal Company to Turn Calves Loose Beans for Your Ball Joints! South Korea and U.S. to Discuss Beef Shipments Joysticks Available for Smaller Bobcats Senator Proposes Act to Label Food from Clones Crop Insurance Premiums Projected to Rise This Year Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Desperate for Hay Exclusive Farm Futures Survey Predicts Corn Acreage Boost Miller Offers Arc Armor Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Gallup Poll Demonstrates Support for Beef Checkoff Study Predicts Higher Crop Insurance Premiums in 2007 Grand L40 Joins Kubota Compact Tractor Lineup Survey Indicates Support for Ethanol Triple Corn Trait Gets EPA Approval U.S. Trade Rep Pushes for WTO Talks Tests Confirm High Path Avian Flu in Hungary University of Illinois Extension Launches Ag Safety Web Site Johanns Announces Plans to Invest $1.6 Billion in Renewable Fuels Cargill Program Helps Farm Kids Go to College State of the Union Energy Proposal to Boost Cellulosic Ethanol State of the Union Energy Proposal Draws Varying Reactions Mahindra Offers New 5520 State of the Union Address Includes Renewable Fuels Plan Illinois Beef Expo runs Feb. 22-25 in Springfield. Study Shows Alternative Fuels Increasingly Competitive Polaris Introduces a Quick-on-the-trail Ranger RZR U.S. and EU Work on Trade Deal Wind Power Increases by 27% in 2006 Report: Minimum Wage Hike Affects Rural Workers More Survey Suggests Drivers Uneducated on Biofuels Learn About Organic Farming Via Video Soybean Checkoff Helps to Fund Human Health Research New Policy Project Calls for Farm Bill Changes New Landoll Disk Aimed at High-Residue Fields Yields Summit and Science of Soy Research Forum Set for Feb. 12-13 U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia New Subcommittee on Organic Ag U.S. Prepares to Export Beef to Russia Researchers Find Genetic Marker for Swine Litter Size NCGA Tells Senate U.S. Producers Will Meet Corn Demand EU Renewable Energy Targets Pay Dividends for Farmers JOBOX Protects Tools, Valuables Producer Groups Bring Up Rail Complaints EPA Helps Farmers Make Manure Pay U.S. Pork Exports Roll On Seminar Aims to Help Cheese Food Safety Be On Alert for Soybean Rust in 2007 Report: Biotech Crop Area Increases 13% in 2006 Cellulosic Ethanol on the Rise, Says Energy Investor Corn Prices Could Climb to 10-Year High Farmers Sought to Grow Certified Weed-Free Forage and Mulch Producers Group Wants Market Fairness Section in Farm Bill Accountability Office Finds Room for Improvement in EQIP and CSP USDA Releases State-by-state Conservation Results Avian Flu Outbreaks Confirmed in Thailand and Japan Trimble Autopilot Gets Implement Steering Analysis Predicts Moderation in Corn Prices Bayer Unveils its 2007 Growing Strong Rewards Program Illinois Corn Growers Say It's Time for a Farm Bill Overhaul U.S. Talks Trade with South Korea USDA Allocates $42.5 Million for Natural Disaster Recovery Japan Looking Into Easing Restrictions on U.S. Beef Wheat Marketing Moves in Australia Called into Question 1st Farm Credit Services $750 Ag Scholarships Available Chances of Reviving Doha in 2007 May Be Dwindling Don't Miss Iowa Pork Congre