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Milk Production Up; Immigration Enforcement in Rural America
Milk Production Up; Immigration Enforcement in Rural America
Milk Production Up; Immigration Enforcement in Rural America
**The USDA says milk production in the top 23 states during April was nearly 17.2 billion pounds, up 2% on the year. The average production per cow was a new monthly record and up 20 pounds from last year at 1,967 pounds per cow, while the milk cow herd jumped 81,000 head from a year ago, to 8...
ChemChina/Syngenta Merger OK’d; Dairy Gets Tough on Canada
ChemChina/Syngenta Merger OK’d; Dairy Gets Tough on Canada
ChemChina/Syngenta Merger OK’d; Dairy Gets Tough on Canada
**ChemChina’s $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission, on the condition that ChemChina divest three of its generic pesticides. The European Commission, the EU’s governing body, approved the deal last Wednesday...
AG Urged to Stop Chem Mergers; Regs on Livestock and Grain Trucking
AG Urged to Stop Chem Mergers; Regs on Livestock and Grain Trucking
AG Urged to Stop Chem Mergers; Regs on Livestock and Grain Trucking
More than 300 groups are asking newly confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to thoroughly investigate, and then stop, the proposed mergers involving six major ag chemical companies. In a letter sent Monday, the groups said “The proposed mergers of Dow Chemical with DuPont, Monsanto with Bayer, and Syngenta with ChemChina are each problematic on their own, with many likely negative impacts on fa
Small Ag Companies Gobbled UP
Small Ag Companies Gobbled UP
Small Ag Companies Gobbled UP
It is becoming harder and harder for small Ag companies to compete in light of all the mergers and acquisitions. Privately held Land O’Lakes, best Known for its Purina brand pet foods, and line of dairy products bought the St. Louis Park, Minnesota, breeding and biotech firm called Ceres, that markets seed products under its Blade brand...
Cooperative Extension Programs Valuable to Farmers; Syngenta Merger On Schedule
Cooperative Extension Programs Valuable to Farmers; Syngenta Merger On Schedule
Cooperative Extension Programs Valuable to Farmers; Syngenta Merger On Schedule
A new study says federal cooperative extension programs at land-grant universities help farmers stay in business. The researchers say since 1985, 137,000 farmers would have left the industry without the federal program. The study says cooperative extension and agricultural research translate into higher farm profits, allowing farmers to stay in agriculture...
USDA Role in ChemChina Merger; Mad Cow Confrmed in France
USDA Role in ChemChina Merger; Mad Cow Confrmed in France
USDA Role in ChemChina Merger; Mad Cow Confrmed in France
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for USDA to have a formal role in considering ChemChina's planned takeover of Switzerland's Syngenta.  Sen. Chuck Grassley says the $43 billion takeover of Syngenta could pose risks to the security of America’s food supply...

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