Export Losses Due To Mad Cow
(Sep 24, 2004)
Last year, the U.S. lost the equivalent of $4.8 (B) billion dollars in export opportunities for beef, and other ruminant products, because countries closed their borders following the discovery of one U.S. case of mad cow. That estimate comes...
U.S. Pursues Racketeering Claims Against Tobacco Industry
(Sep 24, 2004)
In the largest civil racketeering case in U.S history, the government this week began prosecuting the nation's cigarette makers in federal court.
Black Farmers Pressure USDA on Civil Rights Issues
(Sep 24, 2004)
Claiming they've been systematically denied federal loans and subsidies for decades, several of the nation's black farm groups banded together this week to fight what they claim is discrimination by the federal government.
Market Analysis: Sep 24, 2004
(Sep 24, 2004)
Promising yields, agreeable weather and sluggish demand continue to pressure the grain markets.
Market Plus: Sep 24, 2004
(Sep 24, 2004)
Pearson: Welcome to the Market Plus page here at our Market to Market Web site. I'm Mark Pearson. My guest this week, Tomm Pfitzenmaier. Tomm, I start off saying, you know, now is not the time to be selling corn and you said, I'm not so sure.
Cattle Rustlers
(Dec 24, 2004)
Cattle rustlers are striking ranchers and farmers across rural America. Ron Ragsdale lives on a large, sprawling ranch near Rapid City, South Dakota. He talks about the money he's lost at the hands of livestock thieves and discusses the branding...
