Friday, November 20, 2009
A major U.S. dairy manufacturer is betting that steadily climbing milk prices will help the company outmaneuver smaller competitors. Dean Foods, a Texas-based processor and distributor, anticipates milk prices will top $15 per hundredweight in 2010, up from about $13 at the end of 2009, a ...
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Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Oregon during November by rail or barge, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat and barley b ...
Friday, November 20, 2009 12:18 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices fattened its profit margins. The company also raised its outlook for the year, sending its shares soaring Friday. ...
Friday, November 20, 2009 9:33 AM
Jeanne Carver has gotten more and more opportunities lately to tell her "sunlight story." On Nov. 12, she shared it with about 200 people at the American Agri-Women's annual meeting in Salem. The story begins in Central Oregon, on the 138-year-old Imperial Stock Ranch, where Carver and he ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
Robert Blair is taking precision agriculture to new heights. The North Idaho farmer uses a small, unmanned aircraft with a 9-foot wingspan to gather high-resolution aerial images of his crops. The plane weighs about 10 pounds when equipped with a battery, two digital cameras and a GP ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
A federal judge has added $150,000 to the original $4.22 million judgment won by the estate of rancher Wayne Hage in a years-long battle over property rights. The federal government had asked Senior Judge Loren Smith to throw out the judgment. Instead, he increased it. Hage, a leader ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:34 AM
California's navel orange growers expect the current harvest to yield a high-quality, abundant crop. Growers in the Central Valley and elsewhere have been taking oranges off the trees for about a month, and they started shipping about two weeks ago. What they're finding is that the q ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:44 AM
One of the largest U.S. beef packers has reported a substantial increase in profits even as its overall sales decreased in the past year. The National Beef Packing Co., which slaughters roughly one in seven head of fed cattle in the U.S., saw total revenues fall by about $400 million in i ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
A new information-sharing program will provide education, training and mentoring to beginning farmers and ranchers across the country, including those considered underserved. The USDA's National Agricultural Library is creating a National Curriculum and Training Clearinghouse to help thos ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
Agricultural suppliers and educators are reaching out to small-grain growers to help them through the tough economy. A new farm-management program, which is still being developed, will help farmers deal with key issues such as marketing, government programs, production decisions and other ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:23 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Congress crafts legislation to impose new oversight on complex instruments blamed for hastening the financial crisis, a major sticking point has emerged over companies that use the derivatives to hedge risk. Some lawmakers want to exempt so-called "end users" of der ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:47 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- This holiday season, a leaner budget might clarify which people truly make a difference in your life. The challenge will be figuring out how much to tip them. Determining what to give during the holidays, if anything, will likely be more complicated than ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:54 PM
Early next year is a window of opportunity for Congress to act on immigration reform, says a leading national apple lobbyist. A year ago, Nancy Foster, president and chief executive officer of U.S. Apple Association, said the shift of power to the Democratic Party in Washington, D.C., s ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
Two USDA grants will help Washington State University's Small Farms Program assist disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. According to a WSU press release, the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant is nearly $525,000. WSU is providing more than $132,000 in matching fund ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:15 AM
Winery owner Bob Kerivan was looking through a list of alcohol companies licensed in Oregon when he noticed a familiar name: Blue Moon Wines. Kerivan's Bridgeview Vineyards, based in Cave Junction, Ore., has sold wine under the Blue Moon label since at least 1993 and registered the tradem ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:52 AM
A University of California Web site has been launched to help owners of small- to mid-sized growers of fresh products with business and marketing. The site covers various factors of successful farming, including budgeting, managing cash flow, targeting particular segments of the market an ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:18 AM
SMOKE-FREE ALLIES: The strongest American advocates for smoking bans in public venues are the newest Americans, one study said. Immigrants and their children were most likely to approve of smoke-free spaces, according to an analysis of data from the U.S. Census' Current Population Surv ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:04 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Small business owners with cash flow problems might be tempted during yet another difficult holiday season to forgo gifts for clients or customers. Many look at gifts as budget items that just aren't critical. There's another, bigger-picture way to look at business giv ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:04 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Developments this week could determine whether the fertilizer wars may finally be coming to an end. Canada's Agrium Inc. said Thursday that shareholders controlling 62 percent of CF Industries stock have backed its $5.1 billion buyout offer, which CF Industries' mana ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:18 PM
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) -- Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Group is buying Birds Eye Foods, the nation's largest frozen food company, for $1.3 billion. As a result of the deal, a planned public offering of Birds Eye Foods stock will be withdrawn. Pinnacle, owned by inves ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:34 AM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- In a move that signals Tyson Foods Inc. believes its chicken segment is again profitable, the world's largest meat maker has named a new CEO to replace interim head Leland Tollett, who had been tapped in January to help weather an industry downturn. Donnie Smith, Tyson's se ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:49 AM
CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures fell Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for December delivery dropped 8.5 cents to $5.6625 a bushel, while December corn lost 4 cents to $3.98 a bushel and oats for December delivery edged down 2 cents to $2.595 a bushel. January soybeans shed 2.5 ce ...
Friday, November 20, 2009 9:33 AM
Bids as of 9:30 a.m.; subject to change. Bids for grains delivered to Portland, Ore., during November by rail or barge, in dollars per bushel, except oats, corn and barley, in dollars per cwt. Bids for soft white wheat are for delivery periods as specified. All other wheat and barley bids are ...
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:34 AM
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., accusing it of failing to live up to an agreement that requires the company to pay some grain shipping costs in central Montana. Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock filed the ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:19 PM
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho Falls food co-op that sells organic and locally grown foods is asking members and shoppers to donate $20,000 to it can stay open for at least two more months. The Post Register reports that Eagle Rock Food Cooperative manager Lisa Tobin says the store has bee ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:03 AM
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Hens don't stop laying, bees producing honey or bakers baking when the Richland Farmers' Market closes for the season. Nor do the market's shoppers stop buying, eating and enjoying the produce, crafts and merchandise they were buying each Friday from the v ...
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