By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The House failed last week to pass the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008, which would have provided more transparency for the commodity markets....
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will lead a bi-partisan Congressional delegation to Cartagena, Colombia, on July 18. ...
Beef producers can increase their profits by performing recommended spring management practices. ...
By Laura Skillman
University of Kentucky
Kentucky’s beef industry has enjoyed nine profitable years, but 2008 could be a challenge. Higher feed costs are pushing cattle prices down while input costs are rising, putting the squeeze on profits, says an agricultural economist with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
After years of seemingly endless ministerial meetings, position papers and, yes, posturing by participants, the Doha Round of the World Trade Organizations seem to be taking a turn for the worse for U.S. cotton....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Fidel Castro stepping down and turning over the reins of power to younger brother Raul, while grounds for cautious optimism, is not necessarily a sign that a Cuban-style version of perestroika is imminent, according to one former Cuban freedom fighter....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The White House needs to get tough with our trading partners, not our own farmers, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., told members of the cotton industry gathered at the National Cotton Council’s 2008 annual meeting in Memphis....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
National Cotton Council leaders are praising the U.S. Trade Representative Office’s filing of an appeal against the latest ruling in the WTO case brought by Brazil against the U.S. cotton program....
The new Web site for farm-based tourist destinations in Kentucky will be unveiled at the 2008 Kentucky Agritourism Summit Feb. 21 at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset....
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