Weekly Outlook: Crop Markets React to Swine Flu
US - In the first trading session following the announcement of incidences of swine flu in Mexico and the United States, corn, soybean, and wheat futures declined sharply, writes Darrel Good, Extension...

California Takes First Step to Feed Antibiotic Ban
CALIFORNIA, US - The state Senate committee has approved the measure to ban routine use of antibiotics for farm animals – a first step towards a future ban.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

CME: Corn Plantings Off to a Slow Start Again
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 20 April 2009.

Swine Nutrition Research Meets Economic Value
US - The way Iowa State University animal science associate Professor John Patience sees it, pork producers who don’t include nutrition and diet information as part of their whole farm plan are missing...

California Senate to Discuss Feed Drug Ban
CALIFORNIA, US - Senator Florez will take the next step in a campaign to ban all non-therapeutic antibiotics from the feed of cattle, pigs and poultry in the state tomorrow.

Biofuel Byproducts Both Economic and Environmental
US - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists of the USDA have found environmentally and economically sound uses for the byproducts of biofuel production.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Pressure for 2009 Growing Season
US - The USDA’s 31 March Prospective Plantings report revealed producer intentions to reduce corn acreage and to marginally increase soybean acreage in 2009. That report pointed to the potential...

Happy Piglets at High Power, IL
US - As you can see, there are some very happy, healthy piglets suckling on a sow at High Power Pork south of Carthage, Illinois.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Have Hog Producers Made It?
US - There has been some recent good news for the hog industry, but some bad news as well, writes Chris Hurt, Extension Economist at Purdue University.

New Feed Mills Planned to Support Pork Growth
US - FC's CEO, Roger Koppen, believes the strong and continuous growth of swine production in the Iowa area justifies the new mill and will reinforce FC’s position as a long-term player in Iowa’s feed...

Weekly Outlook: Friendly Reports
US - The USDA’s Prospective Plantings report indicates that US producers intend to plant less acreage in 2009 than in 2008. Planting intentions for all crops included in the March survey are...

USGC Reaches Out to Bump Up DDGS Demand
US - The United States Grains Council (USGC) vies to expand demand for U.S. feed grains and their co-products in China by working directly with Chinese industries.

Kennedy Antibiotics Ban Detrimental to Pigs
US - Like its House companion, a bill introduced in the US Senate would be detrimental to the health and well-being of pigs, would increase pork producers’ production costs and the price consumers pay...

Joules Before Swine
US - Family pig farms used to be as much a part of the old South as homemade sausage and red-eye gravy. What's left of swine farming in the Southeast today, however, has gone corporate — generating larger...

Antibiotics Vital to Animal Health and Food Protection
US - The American Farm Bureau Federation is expressing strong opposition to legislation that would remove and restrict important antibiotics for veterinary and farm use.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: What’s Next For Soybean Prices?
US - The USDA’s updated projections of consumption of US corn during the current marketing year serve as a reminder of the central role that market size will play over the next several months, writes Darrel...

Pew Applauds Introduction of Antibiotic Act
US - Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production welcomes the introduction of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA).

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Corn Consumption
US - The USDA’s updated projections of consumption of US corn during the current marketing year serve as a reminder of the central role that market size will play over the next several months, writes Darrel...

CME: Corn Costs to Depend on Nitrogen Purchases
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 13 March 2009.

Market Preview: Patience – Spring is Coming!
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.