WASHINGTON Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that kept 56,000 hogs from going to slaughter. WASHINGTON Federal food safety regulators announced Tuesday that the level of contaminated animal feed consumed by hogs does not pose a risk to humans who eventually consume that pork, and they have lifted a quarantine that kept...

Those lawmakers and the Iowa-based company that makes Blue Bunny ice cream are at the center of a dispute over whether corporate dairy processors should be allowed to buy milk under contracts that would pay farmers less than the minimum prices set by the federal milk marketing system. Those lawmakers and the Iowa-based company that makes Blue Bunny ice cream are at the center of a dispute over whether corporate dairy processors should be allowed to buy milk under contracts that would pay...

A few hundred hogs and several million broiler chickens already had gone to market, but no recalls of pork or poultry products were issued. Thousands of hogs and millions of chickens ate pet food now subject to a recall, but government agencies have found no evidence of harm to humans in association with meat from the animals. The USDA had begun approving meat from hogs and chickens that ate the pet food if their feed did not contain detectable concentrations of melamine. He added that...

State Agriculture Director Andy Miller says the mission aims to cement relationships with business partners, find more export markets and promote the state as a good investment location. Miller says pork and soybeans are good for export to Europe, but the increasing opportunity is in the bioenergy sector. Miller says Indiana's hardwood industry will also see increased exports because German furniture manufacturers want quality lumber. Trade Mission Also Focuses on Agriculture....

The study indicates corn yield gains would be sufficient to moderate grain price increases if corn-based ethanol production peaks at 14 billion to 15 billion gallons annually by 2010 (10 percent of U. Exports decline 21 percent, reversing 15 consecutive years of pork export growth. As for cellulosic ethanol, the study finds that a subsidy of $270 per acre would be needed to encourage producers to convert to switchgrass on land capable of growing corn. Significantly, the study projects...