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Test tubes labelled “Bird Flu” and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.
Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

By Leah Douglas June 13, 2024

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Three dairy farm workers […] Read more

Grandpa Lynn oversees one of Joseph's art projects. Grandma's walls are covered with grandkid artwork and Joseph is a proud contributor.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Two family trips before calving

Eppich News: We take excursions into Idaho and Alberta for family to meet the new baby

By Heather Eppich April 12, 2024

Toward the end of January, the weather warmed up substantially — and while the cows were on full feed, they were not due to start calving until the end of February, so we decided to try to go to Idaho to visit family. My family had not seen the kids since October of last year, […] Read more

Equipment

How Kubota blocked the greys

A brief U.S. history lesson

By Grainews Staff April 9, 2024

While the majors such as CNH, Deere and Agco have long warned that farmers shop in the grey market entirely at their own risk, Kubota went so far as to get a government-enforced ban on such imports into the U.S. market. In February 1996, Kubota filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, in […] Read more

Columns, Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Rant: Product placement

By Dave Bedard April 4, 2024

It’s been many, many years since I was foolish enough to think I might have all the answers. In this space, be prepared to see me asking questions. At the very least — though I’ve also long since given up the idea of ever appearing on Jeopardy! — my responses will often be in the […] Read more

Crops, General

Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods

Discovery sets off media story despite samples testing well inside safe levels

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 20, 2024

A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

General, Reuters

US court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers

EPA violated procedures mandating public input, judge rules

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 7, 2024

A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to resist them.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China approves seed firms for GMO corn and soybeans

The world's biggest buyer of soybeans and corn wants to reduce its reliance on imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 27, 2023

China has approved a first batch of seed companies to breed and sell genetically modified corn and soybean seeds, paving the way for commercial planting of GMO grains in a move that could cut its reliance on imports from the U.S. and Brazil.

Markets, Reuters

US reopens key rail crossings between Texas and Mexico

American, Mexican agriculture groups express relief

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 22, 2023

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said operations resumed at 2 p.m. ET at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas. The closures had prompted alarm from railroads, the agriculture industry and some lawmakers over the economic impact to halted export trade.

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

General, Markets, Reuters

Biden backs ethanol industry on low-emission aviation fuel tax credits

Aviation is seen as one of the few routes to increase ethanol demand amid rising electric vehicle sales

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 15, 2023

Reuters - The Biden administration said on Friday it will recognize a methodology favored by the ethanol industry in guidance to companies looking to claim tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a pivotal win for the politically powerful U.S. corn lobby.

File photo of a field of soybeans under turbines at southern Manitoba’s St. Joseph wind farm. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

US-UAE climate-friendly farming effort grows to $17 billion

COP28 has elevated agriculture, U.S. govt's Vilsak says

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 8, 2023

Funding for a joint effort by the United States and United Arab Emirates to advance climate-friendly farming around the world has grown to more than $17 billion, the countries announced on Friday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News