Horse enthusiasts had hoped that Cavel International would allow the horses that had been headed to its plant to go to area barns, but the company on Thursday returned six trailers of the animals to suppliers in Colorado, Tennessee, Iowa and South Dakota, said Colleen O'Keefe, the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Division manager of Food Safety and Animal Protection. Horse enthusiasts had hoped that Cavel International would allow the horses that had been headed to its plant to go to...

USDA s action will make the United States a dumping ground for beef and cattle banned from major international markets, and at the same time, U. OTM beef and cattle from Canada product that is banned for health concerns from nearly all international markets, product that the U. cattle and beef, it just isn t logical to expect that Canada s weaker feed ban, its inferior testing program, and its least restrictive SRM (specified risk materials) policies would help the U. Canada has tested...

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US Commodities: Corn Down Sharply On Acreage Estimate. Department of Agriculture prompted heavy selling, floor analysts said. In metals trading on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, continued expectations for strong global demand enabled copper to extend its high for the year in a market that seemed to avoid any significant end-of- quarter profit-taking, analysts said. In metals trading on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, continued expectations...

Farm bill is up for renewal, corn price drives up feed costs and conflict arises in labeling plans. All of these developments can be followed in great detail, from the dissenters' point of view, at a Web site called swifthorses.com, which has posted a number of what are purported to be R-CALF's internal e-mails and documents. NCBA has opposed the meat labeling plan, which was enacted by Congress in 2002 but never implemented, and has supported the idea of an industry-run ID system. This...