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The latest Headlines in the ag industry from Brownfield Ag News:

EHV-1 study at Colorado State University
Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) is a recurring respiratory and neurological disease in horses. Most recently there has been an outbreak in Orange County, California. Researchers at Colorado State University are taking a closer look at the virus specifically the pathway it takes through the airway and throat. Dr Gisela Hussey says the goal is to develop [...]

Cattle trade develops late on Friday
It was nearly six-o-clock in the evening before reports of significant cattle trade started coming into the Brownfield Network. USDA Mandatory reported trading was light in the Texas Panhandle on light to moderate demand. Compared to last week, early live sales were 2.00 lower at 124.00, but several producers continued to pass all bids. Trading [...]

Analyst expects strong cattle prices in 2012
USDA’s twice a year cattle inventory numbers showed the herd below pre-report expectations and as one analyst tells Brownfield, that has bullish implications for producers. Kevin Good Senior Market Analyst at Cattle Fax tells Brownfield we may see some expansion in two or three years but over the next year or so, the tight numbers [...]

More thoughts on a U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement
Seems the hot-topic at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week is a U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel floated the idea in her keynote address at the conference on Wednesday saying while the two are each-other’s most-important trading partner,” the potential of our cooperation has not yet been tapped.” British Prime [...]

Wolves off the list in the Western Great Lakes
As of Friday, gray wolves are no longer protected as endangered or threatened in the Western Great Lakes. Management of the wolves is now handled by the states. The change affects Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and portions of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota. The states are required to continue monitoring wolf populations [...]

NFU says COOL must be defended
The National Farmers Union is urging the US Trade office to vigorously defend the Country of Origin Labeling law. The World Trade Organization ruled late last year against the implementation of COOL in the U.S. NFU President Roger Johnson says the WTO did not find fault with the law itself. Johnson issued a statement today [...]

Buyers jump in the cash cheese market
Just as we mentioned cheese buyers were holding-off as prices decline, they jumped in and bought 26 loads on Friday. As a result, cash cheese barrels gained a penny to $1.495 and blocks increased a half-cent to $151 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday. This was the first time the cash cheese market increased [...]

Corn supported by good demand, tight supply
Soybeans were mixed with nearbys lower on profit taking and technical selling. There was no fresh news, the outside markets were mixed, and contracts were due for a correction after the recent gains. However, large portions of Argentina and southern Brazil should see more hot and dry weather over the next several days. What happens [...]

Advisor: EPA regs do not cover specific dust
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reiterates that it will not specifically regulate so-called farm dust. There’s no change from what the agency has been doing, according to Josh Svaty, senior advisor for EPA Region 7, speaking at the Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture. “We have been regulating dust, per se, so if you’re concerned about [...]

Cattle trade at a virtual standstill
By late afternoon on Friday the cattle trade remained at a virtual a standstill with both sides digging in their heels. Feedlot managers continued to be confident about the manageability of ready numbers. On the other hand, packers seemed to be determined to address terrible processing margins. Surely a minimum of cattle will have to [...]

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