However, we also strongly support efforts by USDA to use measures and protocols when borders are opened to countries with BSE, to ensure consumer confidence and to enhance our domestic beef industry, he said. It is an important step to grow our international markets but we need to make sure it is implemented with caution to not harm our beef industry, he said. However, five of the 10 BSE cases confirmed in Canada to date were in cattle born after the March 1, 1999 effective date, which...

Farmers eligible for whole-farm insurance The Daily News Journal State Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens announced Friday that Tennessee farmers will be eligible to sign up for whole-farm revenue insurance protection for crops and livestock beginning in 2008. Farmers eligible for whole-farm insurance The Daily News Journal State Agriculture Commissioner Ken Givens announced Friday that Tennessee farmers will be eligible to sign up for whole-farm revenue insurance protection for crops and...

Special interests ranging from sugar, corn and beef to peanuts spent more than $50 million in the first six months of this year lobbying on the legislation. The House measure included some uptick in funding for school lunches and healthy crops but still maintains the vast majority of the pre-existing farm payouts. The House measure included some uptick in funding for school lunches and healthy crops but still maintains the vast majority of the pre-existing farm payouts. The Senate is...

For example, Brazil uses bagasse, which is a byproduct from sugar production, to power ethanol distilleries, whereas the United States uses natural gas or coal. Technological advances and efficiency gains higher biomass yields per acre and more gallons of biofuel per ton of biomass could steadily reduce the economic cost and environmental impacts of biofuel production. Biofuel production will likely be most profitable and environmentally benign in tropical areas where growing seasons are...

They have had to implement a costly and complex passport system in Great Britain (a country that is also overwhelmingly against horse slaughter) in 2004 to address this very issue for the 8,000-10,000 horses that go to slaughter for human consumption in the EU each year. They have had to implement a costly and complex passport system in Great Britain (a country that is also overwhelmingly against horse slaughter) in 2004 to address this very issue for the 8,000-10,000 horses that go to...