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Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Tanimura & Antle Inc. of Salinas, California recalled 22,000 cartons of romaine lettuce because they could be contaminated with salmonella. The lettuce was sent to grocers and restaurants in Wisconsin and 28 other states.
The recall was voluntary and was for cartons and wrapped romaine with the code 531380. The lettuce was harvested between June 25 and July 2. Officials are reviewing the food safety procedures at Tanimura & Antle Inc. to assure an outbreak does not occur again. Salmonella is a serious illness that can even cause death.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
According to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, growers who produced wheat, barley and oats will not receive any payments from the USDA during the 2008 counter-cyclical payment cycle.
Price for these crops have averaged above levels that trigger counter-cyclical payments. Marketing year prices per bushel are $3.15 for oats, $6.78 for wheat and $3.82 for barley.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
U.S. producers planted more potatoes this year than last according to industry officials.
933,000 acres of potatoes were planted this year, up from 931,000 in 2008. This number comes from the July 10 acreage estimate from the USDA.
Although it is early to have a definite answer, USDA estimates show there may be a good balance between supply and demand in the fall.
“At this point, acreage is in the ballpark of where it should be,†Lee Frankel, president of the United Potato Growers of America, said.
Idaho is the state who made the biggest jump this year planting 305,000 acres which is up from 320,000 last year.
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Tags: idaho, spuds, usda
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Do you or anyone you know wish to serve at the USDA’s Farm Service Agency? Farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers have until August 3 to nominate any eligible candidates to local FSA county committees.
“I encourage all producers to get involved by nominating candidates to serve on county committees,” Jonathan Coppess, administrator of the FSA said. “FSA county committees are essential to the delivery of federal programs.”
These committees work with local farmers to help make decisions on commodity price support loans, conservation programs and disaster programs. They also work closely with directors to make extensive decisions.
The complete list of requirements are available at the FSA’s website.
You can nominate yourself or others, but remember all entries must be postmarked by August 3.
Once the ballads are complete, voters will receive them by November 6 and will have until December 7 to vote. New members will take office January 1, 2010.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
A new opportunity has arose for corn farmers. Cobs, the part left behind after harvest, are always planted back into the ground to add nutrients to the soil and make for a better harvest.
However, companies from South Dakota and California are building two plants in Iowa. One plant will turn the material into ethanol and the other will turn cobs into fertilizer.
The plants are expected to cost over $200 million. Farmers can sell the cobs to these plants to make extra profit off their harvest.
In the current economic system this news is exciting to many farmers.
“We’re excited about it,” corn farmer Jim Boyer told the Associated Press. “there’s an opportunity for another profit to stream off our farm.”
The projects could generate over $10 million a year for local farmers. The plants should be completed by 2011 and will process 130,000 tons of cobs per year. Farmers can expect $50 per ton of cobs.
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Tags: california, corn, iowa, south dakota
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
T. Boone Pickens, a Texas oil billionaire, had plans to build one of the largest wind farms in Texas. However, now he has put a halt on those plans and is looking for the perfect location for a smaller, trial wind farm.
Mesa Power, owned by Pickens, canceled the order of 667 wind turbines from General Electric Co. and the 120 land leases. The plan was to generate 4,000 megawatts on 400,000 acres of land.
Pickens assured that the orders were not canceled forever, but rather delayed until the economy gets better.
The cost of the farm is slated at $8 billion, and instead Pickens is investing $2 billion in wind turbines that should be ready by 2011. Mesa’s plan is to find land to put the turbines on and Pickens suggested he is looking at land in Texas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Kansas.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
After two years of trials no one has officially decided that growers should use fungicide on corn crops.
Many farmers have tried to see the affects, but half farmers have reported a higher yield and some have reported the same amount.
Iowa State University is running extensive research but find that it is hard to determine if a yield will be higher in industry because the application of fungicide is different.
In 2008 theyield in small trials was 3.5 bushels per acre and at a soybean on-farm network. However other studies done by Purdue University found the average of 7.4 bushels per acre. Hi-bred research found the highest increase with 12-16 bushel acre increases.
Overall the investment may be worth the extra money based on the research done thus far.
If you choose to use fungicides consider the following before applying:
*Cost of fungicide, plus application
*price of corn
*drying costs
*harvestability
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