Given with the current glut of supplies in both the US and South America, and the possibility of growing soybean acres this coming season, bean futures may well become vulnerable to a technically-inspired push lower in due course if the market's fundamental supply/demand makeup deteriorates. However, if those rains hold off and drier, warmer conditions persist instead, then corn planting will no doubt begin in earnest. Given with the current glut of supplies in both the US and South...

Animal science and equine production sophomore Mallory Peterson said she worked with a student more experienced with dairy cattle to learn about and show a dairy cow in the showmanship competition. Paul student groups competed in events including an agriculture quiz bowl, milkmaid contest, a "Stock the Trailer" food drive, the "Ag Olympics" and an animal-calling competition. Each year since 1916, a team of students has organized a week of events to promote and learn from the University's...

Contaminated spinach that sickened hundreds of people and prompted an unprecedented nationwide recall last fall came from a cattle ranch east of Salinas, according to a report by state and federal investigators released Friday. Outbreaks of potentially lethal illnesses linked to produce particularly leafy greens have been growing more frequent and larger in scope in recent years. Twenty-six samples of feces, soil and surface water at the ranch matched the genetic strain of bacteria in bags...

as farmer Roger Blake, left, and farmhand Robbie Stoutenberg lead 12 of the 130 head of cows into the milking room and begin hooking up the milking machine to the cows. Dairy prices have been rising over the past few months and are forecast to go even higher as the costs to producers continue to climb. It will be good for the farm implement businesses such as John Deere, he said, adding that the same can be said for the higher corn and soybean prices. While the higher prices may be chafing...

produces 57 per cent of the dairy products it uses, along with 64 per cent of meat and alternatives, 43 per cent of the types of vegetables grown in B. But I think our focus needs to be on making sure our existing farmers are profitable before we try to attract people into the business that have an expectation of having a profitable operation, and then finding out that it s a very tough business to be in. Certainly it is one of the discussions you hear out in the agricultural community,...