Farm prices drop on hog, corn surplus and beef gains
Agriculture Department data show November prices received by farmers at a six year low as hogs and record corn harvest pressure markets. Hog prices fell to 28 cents a pound, while cattle rose slightly to 64.6 cents and corn averaged 1.97 per bushel. The report notes corporate farms increasing production and storm Gordon impacting Florida crops.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
North Carolina
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Florida
IBP chief lashes out at cattle producers in Nebraska
IBP Inc president and CEO Bob Peterson challenged Nebraska cattlemen to join a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over ground beef zero tolerance rules. He said poultry processors enjoy lighter sanitary standards and a $3 billion annual advantage, and he criticized livestock groups for not fighting alongside packers. He defended IBP against earlier live cattle market manipulation accusations as baseless.
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Maha
Bob Peterson
IBP Inc
Dakota City
Nebraska Cattlemen
Kearney
Associated Press
U.S. Agriculture Department
Peterson
American Meat Institute
National Grocers
Food-Service Groups
IBP
Franklin County Farm Bureau Leaders Attend Kansas Meeting
Franklin Countians including Almeda Edwards Brenda Wray and Jack Wray of Ottawa John Coen Wellsville Howard Woodbury Quenemo and Donna Eichenberger Pomona attended the Kansas Farm Bureau annual meeting and its presidents conference They joined conferences on the 1995 farm bill health care property rights and other farm legislation They voted on recommendations to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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KFB
Wellsville
Terry Silvius
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Kansas Farm Bureau
Silvius
Franklin Countians
Almeda Edwards
Brenda Wray
Jack Wray
Ottawa
John Coen
Howard Woodbury
Quenemo
Donna Eichenberger
Pomona
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kansas Livestock Association
Wichita
Kan
National Cattlemen’s Association
Dan Koons
Shirley, Ill
Bob Peterson
IBP
Justin Wilson
Michael Martin Murphey
KSU
Osage County
Kansas State University Agriculture Student Council
Jennifer Burkdoll
Melvern
Katherine Thompson
U.S. ag exports seen hitting record 1995 total
Washington AP report says U S agricultural exports could reach a record 45 billion in 1995, up 1.5 billion from 1994, with imports also at a record 28 billion and a projected agricultural trade surplus of 17 billion. Wheat and coarse grains rise in volume, soybeans up 28 percent, and high value products like fruit and meat gaining. Peanut stocks reach 2.89 billion pounds in October, up 5 percent from a year earlier, with shelled stocks 584 million pounds of which 554 million were edible grade and 29.1 million oil stocks.
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Yashington
Agriculture Department
U.S
House
Ways and Means Committee
USDA
Washington
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