Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner said in late October it is taking "too long" to resolve the bilateral beef trade dispute stemming from Japanese fears of mad cow disease. The source said Washington deems it insufficient for Tokyo to raise the age limit partly due to the cumbersome and costly procedures needed to confirm cattle age. Tokyo is considering raising the limit to cattle aged 30 months or younger. government source said Saturday. Bush is poised to turn up the heat on Japanese...

That, coupled with the fact that my grandparents also raised lambs and cows for their small dairy, provided plenty of fresh meat, milk and eggs. The fact that they relied on the chickens for food made it important to keep intruders like bobcats, coyotes, raccoons, skunks and opossums away from the chicken coop. Last week, we were inundated with smoke from the fires burning on the southern end of the state - a small price to pay, compared to the poor folks who lost their homes and...

One of Florida's original industries "Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree," as Anita Bryant sang in commercials in the 1970s is shrinking, battling and evolving as it confronts disease and development, globalization and dehydration, periodic freezes and serial hurricanes. One of Florida's original industries "Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree," as Anita Bryant sang in commercials in the 1970s is shrinking, battling and evolving as it confronts disease and development, globalization and...

Resources can help cattle producers learn more about international beef markets. To learn more about the requirements of these programs, the marketing opportunities available and how Processed Verified Programs (PVP) and Quality Systems Assessment (QSA) programs are used to qualify beef for export, producers can go to the International Marketing link at http://beef. To learn more about the requirements of these programs, the marketing opportunities available and how Processed Verified...

Jordan said High Plains dairy operators are growing more of their own feed, so they need much of the same information other crop producers need, as well as information specifically related to dairy. Dairy is farm-and-ranch related, and to combine it with the crop-and-beef show was appropriate. He said the dairy forum is an ongoing, developing program, one which farm show officials would like to make much bigger. Working on these dairies are approximately 1,400 owners, managers and...

By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while cutting out the small-scale producer? Debate is intense as the issue hits the Senate this week. By Kim Burgess Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:22 AM CST Issue over subsidy bill heads to Senate with one question: Who really benefits? Do farm subsidies allow the rich to get richer while...