ACRE Program Estimates
CFB YF&R District 2 Chair John Deering, writes in an analysis this week, that the ACRE program will most likely not pay out this year. John is an Agriculture and Business Management Specialist with the Colorado State University Extension service. He notes that wheat producers may be elegible if the 2011 National Marketing Year Average Price falls below the current mid-range estimate of $7.50...
Read MoreBill Jackson to Retire
After 33 years of covering agriculture in Weld County and northern Colorado, Bill Jackson of the Greeley Tribune is hanging up his spurs. Or maybe his pan and notepad. Taking the time to recall the events of the last three decades in Colorado agriculture, Jackson credits farmers and ranchers with his most fond memories. “But most important were the farmers and ranchers who go about their daily...
Read MoreGrey Wolf Delisted
Ranchers in Western states are welcoming the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list because it will make it easier to hunt the predators and stem losses of cattle and sheep. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this month formally lifted federal protections for more than 1,300 wolves in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Utah. Ranchers in these states have lost...
Read MoreAFBF Estimates 3.6 Million Ag Acres Hit by Floods
After learning firsthand from state Farm Bureaus about recent flooding devastation in the southern United States, the American Farm Bureau Federation now estimates that nearly 3.6 million acres of farmland has been impacted by the natural disaster. On a Farm Bureau nationwide call late last week, states also reported an estimated 40 percent of this year’s rice crop has been affected. Arkansas...
Read MoreWTO Panel Rejects COOL
A World Trade Organization dispute panel has issued a preliminary ruling in favor of Canada and Mexico in response to complaints regarding U.S. country-of-origin labeling requirements for meats and perishable commodities. The panel found that the COOL requirements violated provisions of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. A final ruling on the matter will be issued over the summer....
Read MoreLegislative Tracking 2013
