A new corn hybrid that may have one-half of one percent of the market this year has the ethanol industry worried that it could jeopardize exports of distillers dried grains and solubles (DDGS) Export markets are quickly becoming a major component of the distillers grains market. The other options listed on the agreement include feeding grain or silage on the farm and delivering to domestic feedlots, feed mills, poultry operations and domestic nonexport elevators. Late last week he hadn't...

At the 68th Annual Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors Convention held April 13 at the Marriot in Middleton, members were encouraged to get involved in the on-going fight for interstate meat shipment by building a coalition that includes consumers, financial institutions, and other community members. At the 68th Annual Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors Convention held April 13 at the Marriot in Middleton, members were encouraged to get involved in the on-going fight for...

Jefferson County s corn acreage had declined to under 10,000 acres for the past several years, but may increase by as much as 300 percent this year, Plunkett said. The driver? Ethanol, which is elevating corn prices and prompting growing interests in building ethanol or biodiesel production facilities in Southeast Arkansas. But throughout the state and around the nation, the number of acres being devoted to corn is pardon the pun a-poppin. Soybean acres in some counties have moved into...

Rockoff Sun Reporter Originally published May 1, 2007, 11:25 AM EDT WASHINGTON // As the industrial chemical linked to the deaths of cats and dogs edged closer to the human food supply, the Bush administration created a new position this morning to oversee food safety and charged a food protection official with developing a plan for addressing shortcomings exposed by recent scares. Rockoff Sun Reporter Originally published May 1, 2007, 11:25 AM EDT WASHINGTON // As the industrial chemical...

Tyson Foods swung to a $68 million profit in the last quarter, the company said on Monday, as carnivorous American consumers refused to be deterred by high prices for beef and chicken. Quarterly operating income improved $300 million over the same period last year, the chief executive officer, Richard Bond, said in a company statement. The unexpected turnaround indicates that Tyson has finally figured out how to adjust to the rising cost of feeding livestock, which has skyrocketed as the...