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

Light utility vehicles now legal for ag use on Wisconsin roads
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle signed Assembly Bill 574 into law on Wednesday. Authored by Representative Amy Sue Vruwink, the bill allows farmers to use light utility vehicles like Gators, Rangers and Mules on roadways for agricultural purposes. “You have to have headlights, taillights, a slow-moving-vehicle sign, you have to be ...

Iowa ag secretary seeks reelection
Iowa secretary of agriculture Bill Northey is running for reelection. Northey filed his petitions and paperwork this week to seek a second term. He was first elected in 2006. Northey is a corn and soybean farmer from Spirit Lake.

Soybeans up on tighter U.S. supply
Soybeans were higher on technical and speculative buying. USDA lowered the 2009 production estimate slightly and took U.S. ending stocks under 200 million bushels. Gains were limited by expectations for a record South American crop with USDA raising its estimate for Brazil while leaving Argentina unchanged. Still, outside of a ...

IL Corn President meets with CARB board
The president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association came to California just before 2010 Commodity Classic began in Anaheim to meet with the California Air Resources Board, or CARB. Tim Lenz tells Brownfield about those meetings and why it's so important to educate that board. He says the future of Midwest corn ...

Dairy outlook a little dimmer
The monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from USDA did not contain good news for dairy. Citing lower feed costs, slowed herd reduction, larger-than-expected January cow numbers and decreased exports …the Ag Department Outlook Board increased the 2010 milk production estimate from 188.9 billion pounds last month to 189.5 ...

Missouri actions seeks to preempt HSUS action
A proposed constitutional amendment has moved forward in the Missouri legislature that would protect livestock care practices in Missouri. A resolution passed the Missouri House last week. If it passes the senate, the measure would go before Missouri voters in the November general election. AUDIO: Leslie Holloway, Missouri Farm Bureau (3 ...

Few bids and no sales in feedlot cattle trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled 45 to 92 points lower. Spreaders bought the deferred months and sold April contracts. Traders are concerned over the outcome of this week’s cash trade as buyer’s lowered their bids on this week’s show lists. April live catle settled at 93.87 down .52, ...

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 10, 2010
March corn closed at $3.55 and 1/2, down 3 and 1/4 cents March soybeans closed at $9.52, up 10 and 1/2 cents March soybean meal closed at $258.70, down 30 cents March soybean oil closed at 40.69, up 72 points March wheat closed at $4.70 and 3/4, down 7 and 3/4 cents April live cattle ...

California launches statewide dairy animal care initiative
A coalition of California dairy groups has launched a campaign to get all of the state’s 1,750 dairy farms to participate in the National Dairy FARM Program. Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) was developed by animal scientists, veterinarians and dairy industry people and is designed to assist farmers in demonstrating ...

Animal care proposal advances in MO House
A move in the Missouri legislature to protect livestock care practices has gained some traction. A resolution supported by the Missourians for Animal Care Coalition passed the Missouri House last week. Missouri Farm Bureau’s legislative director Leslie Holloway says the intent is, “To try to ensure that additional restrictions on ...

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