If they're not selling their cattle they're scrambling around trying to find enough hay to feed. It's the longest drought this 27-year cattle farming veteran has seen. He says more and more cattle farmers are selling early for less profit because they can't afford to keep their stock watered and fed. It's not just a situation that people in agriculture are desperately concerned about but everyone should be concerned about it, Berry says. Finding food and water for cattle is becoming a...

The impact of the ethanol driven rise in corn prices continues to generate the attention of everyone from members of Congress, to academics, to the end users of these crops, to farmers who are trying to find the mix of crops that will best serve them in the coming year. The impact of the ethanol driven rise in corn prices continues to generate the attention of everyone from members of Congress, to academics, to the end users of these crops, to farmers who are trying to find the mix of...

E85, the blend of 85 percent ethanol (from agriproducts, mainly corn) and 15 percent gasoline, is being touted by environmentalists as the product of the future, the less-polluting fuel alternative to fossil fuels like oil, which they cite as adding to global warming and climate change. E85, the blend of 85 percent ethanol (from agriproducts, mainly corn) and 15 percent gasoline, is being touted by environmentalists as the product of the future, the less-polluting fuel alternative to...

Some corn, minerals and protein, roughage and dried distillers grains --- a byproduct of ethanol production --- go into the feed wagon, and out comes a mouth-watering feast. The remaining nutrients like protein, fat, minerals and vitamins are concentrated into livestock feed. Holstein steers on Bart Vogel's farm south of Fairbank eagerly gobble up feed containing dried distillers grains from the nearby Hawkeye Renewables ethanol plant. Tough environmental regulations, weather and high feed...

Anybody that knows anything about the marketing of corn knows that when you raise the price of corn you are going to create problems in all of the markets that use corn. Critics in the animal feeding and oil industry in particular are using scare tactics to frighten the American consumer to believing their unsupported claims. Unlike a single-year equation, where corn is being driven by weather or carryover stocks, we see all of the ethanol plants coming on line, a number of them are in our...

Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and United Egg Producers. Coalition member sponsors include the AMI, National Chicken Council, National Cattlemen s Beef Association, National Meat Association, National Milk Producers Federation, National Pork Producers Council, National Turkey Federation, and...