INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
July 31, 2016
News

Extra-large steer named Buford stars at auction

Coy Cowart and three friends joked about how many hamburgers his giant steer Buford would make.
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July 30, 2016
News

Beet sugar industry commends Obama for signing bill

The U.S. beet sugar industry applauded President Barack Obama for signing into law Friday a landmark agreement that protects America’s food supply system from the harmful patchwork effect of varying state food labeling laws.
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July 30, 2016
News

President signs labeling bill

President Barack Obama quietly signed into law legislation that prevents states from requiring on-package labeling of genetically modified ingredients, capping an historic win for farm groups, food companies and the biotech industry.
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July 30, 2016
News

1 killed in N. California crop-duster collision

A fatal midair collision between two crop-dusters in Northern California’s Yolo County left one pilot dead.
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July 29, 2016
News

U.S. lawmaker urges openness in sugar trade deal with Mexico

A U.S. senator who advocates sugar reform is pressing the Department of Commerce to seek public feedback on any sugar trade deal it negotiates with Mexico in talks now under way.
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July 28, 2016
News

Tim Canova attacks Debbie Wasserman Schultz's record on Big Sugar

A nasty-looking toxic algae bloom on Florida’s coasts has oozed into political races, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Democratic primary.
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July 27, 2016
News

Understanding mineral rights on your farm

An Indiana grower says the issue of mineral rights is becoming increasingly more important to growers.
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July 26, 2016
News

Filipino grower fights to keep biotech crops

A Filipino grower is fighting for the right to keep planting biotech crops in her country.
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July 26, 2016
News

Are sugar companies exploiting the cache of social responsibility?

New research from University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business offers a compelling insight into how big businesses are capitalizing on consumers willingness to pay more for socially responsible products.
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July 25, 2016
News

Price-fixing sugar cartel fined $4.9M

Mexico’s competition authority has imposed fines of nearly $4.9 million on seven companies, 10 individuals and a trade association for fixing the price of sugar and restricting supply of the product in 2013.
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July 24, 2016
News

Sugar: Sweet to taste, harmful to health

Refined sucrose is commonly known as table sugar, and the average American eats about 61 pounds of it each year.
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July 23, 2016
News

How to identify, prevent curly top virus

Curly top virus seems minor or absent some years; other years it’s destroying gardens all over the Valley.
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July 22, 2016
News

The truth about GMO crops

Under the assumption that your table is set with genetically modified foods, what does that mean, and should you be concerned for your health?
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July 21, 2016
News

Yogurt maker Dannon considers ways to cut more sugar

U.S. yogurt maker Dannon, a unit of France's Danone, is looking at ways to make its products less sweet, in the latest industry response to rising concerns about excessive sugar consumption.
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July 20, 2016
News

BAYER DISAPPOINTED WITH MONSANTO REJECTION

Bayer says it is “disappointed” with Monsanto’s decision to reject its second buyout offer.
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July 20, 2016
News

DOW-DUPONT SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE MERGER

Shareholders of DuPont and Dow have voted to merge.
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July 20, 2016
News

Potato, sugar leaders laud GMO labeling bill

Leaders of the potato and sugarbeet industries say they consider a bill that passed Congress requiring labels on food containing genetically modified organisms to be a good compromise.
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July 19, 2016
News

U.S. and world refined sugar prices converge

The most recent sugar price updates, posted July 7, show that the price of refined sugar in the United States and the heavily subsidized world market converged last month.
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July 19, 2016
News

Bayer sweetens offer for hesitant Monsanto

German drug and crop chemical group Bayer AG on Thursday announced details of a sweetened $64 billion bid for Monsanto Company as it tries to put the U.S. seed company under pressure to engage further.
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July 19, 2016
News

Beet industry helped launch Greeley's ag industry

Sen. Daniel Webster didn’t buy Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go West, young man.” Webster saw the West as a wasteland.
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July 18, 2016
News

Global sugar price hits highest level in four years

The global sugar price is currently buying 20.82 U.S. cents a pound, its highest level since August 2012.
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July 18, 2016
News

Group asks Idaho paper to hike local farm news coverage

A member of the Nampa-Caldwell Agribusiness Committee has asked Idaho’s largest daily newspaper to cover more local agricultural news.
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July 18, 2016
News

GMO: The insanity of indulging ill-informed consumers

If the demonization of sugar is not bad enough, America’s sugarbeet growers face additional woe on its doorstep—increasing consumer backlash as number of US food companies jump on the bandwagon to move away from ingredients from genetically modified (GMO)
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July 17, 2016
News

Western Sugar celebrates 100 years of sugar manufacturing

A crowd of about 800 of the Big Horn Basin’s sugarbeet farmers, current and past employees of Western Sugar Cooperative and their families celebrated the Lovell factory’s 100th anniversary at Armory Park on June 23.
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July 16, 2016
News

Garner-Skiba joins Alberta Sugarbeet Growers

The Alberta Sugarbeet Growers recently welcomed Melody Garner-Skiba as their new executive director.
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July 15, 2016
News

Art's Way Manufacturing celebrating 60 years

You are cordially invited to join Art's Way Manufacturing in open house festivities at noon, Wednesday, July 27.
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July 15, 2016
News

Bayer sweetens offer to buy Monsanto

Bayer confirmed Thursday that it raised its bid for Monsanto to about $65 billion.
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July 15, 2016
News

How to understand tricky sugar labels

Have you ever bought a packet of lollies and inhaled the whole thing after seeing "all natural" or "no added sugar" on the front?
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July 14, 2016
News

Obama ready to sign food-label bill consumer groups find suspect

The White House plans to support legislation creating a national labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified organisms even though consumer groups criticize the bill for allowing information to live behind special codes, and for allowing a
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July 14, 2016
News

Beet sugar industry commends passage of food labeling bill

Sugarbeet growers and processors welcomed the passage of a bipartisan food labeling bill in the House by a vote of 306-117 Thursday, thus clearing the way for the bill to be signed into law by President Obama.
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July 14, 2016
News

Congress passes bill outlawing Vermont’s GMO labels

After skipping over the entire debate and amendment process in the Senate, and then going virtually un-discussed in the House of Representatives, a last ditch effort to overturn Vermont’s new food labeling requirement is destined for the president’s desk.
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July 14, 2016
News

Sugar-Coating Change: Supermarkets finding healthier future in better nutrition

How much added sugar should a woman consume in a day?
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July 13, 2016
News

Obama to sign GMO disclosure bill

The White House confirmed that President Obama will sign the GMO disclosure bill that is expected to receive final congressional approval from the House on Thursday.
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July 13, 2016
News

GMO bill takes next step

The House has moved forward on the GMO labeling bill.
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July 13, 2016
News

House to vote on bill that blocks Vermont's GMO labeling law

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday or Friday on a bill passed last week by the Senate that would nullify Vermont’s genetically modified organisms labeling law.
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July 13, 2016
News

Agriculture secretary proclaims Aug. 7-13 "National Farmers Market Week"

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack signed a proclamation declaring Aug. 7-13 as "National Farmers Market Week."
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July 13, 2016
News

What Pepsi’s aspartame issues reveal about sugar substitutes

In case you wondering why all of our food isn’t just made with zero-calorie sugar substitutes, Pepsi’s latest issues with aspartame makes it pretty clear—fake sugar is really hard to do well.
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July 12, 2016
News

House moving on GMO labeling bill

Following Senate passage of the GMO labeling bill last week, agriculture and food groups turned their attention to the House of Representatives, calling for quick consideration of the bill.
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July 12, 2016
News

Crystal Sugar kills 121 Canada geese nesting at Moorhead plant

American Crystal Sugar Co. has culled a flock of Canada geese nesting and congregating at the lagoons of its north Moorhead plant, Environmental Compliance Supervisor Patrick Rein confirmed July 6.
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July 11, 2016
News

Conaway supports Senate labeling bill

House Agriculture Committee chairman Mike Conaway says, despite reservations about the Senate-passed GMO labeling bill, he will support its passage in the House.
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July 11, 2016
News

Michigan Sugar is county's biggest employer

Michigan Sugar Co. is Huron County’s biggest employer, with 550 employees.
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July 10, 2016
News

Halt sugar tax introduction, urges food and drink industry

The UK food and drink industry is calling for the sugar tax to be mothballed as manufacturers face a shortage of workers, cost inflation and weak consumer confidence since the Brexit vote.
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July 09, 2016
News

With Senate passage of GMO labeling bill, Big Food may be shooting itself in foot again

Thursday night, the Senate voted, 63-30, to approve a bill that would require that food and beverage companies disclose their GMO ingredients.
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July 08, 2016
News

Bull run in sugar likely to continue

After a four-year bear market, sugar has found its sweet spot.
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July 07, 2016
News

Senate passes GMO-labeling bill

The Senate voted to usher in nationwide mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.
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July 06, 2016
News

USDA announces $8.4M to support farmers and ranchers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $8.4 million in competitive grants to support the work of partner organizations.
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July 05, 2016
News

Senate faces historic debate over GMO labeling

The Senate this week will decide the fate of a landmark compromise on biotech labeling, with food and agriculture looking to preserve the large bipartisan majority that supported a pivotal procedural move to bring up the legislation.
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July 04, 2016
Video

DJI and Kansas State University partner to “Feed the World”

DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles, Friday released “Feeding the World,” a video about the company’s partnership with Kansas State University to utilize drone technologies in precision agriculture.
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July 03, 2016
News

Monsanto to collaborate with Nomad Bioscience, TargetGene

Monsanto Company and TargetGene Biotechnologies LTD, a pioneer in genome-editing technologies, have announced a license agreement to advance the application of the company’s proprietary techniques in global agriculture.
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July 02, 2016
News

EU officials to decide on Roundup herbicide after political impasse

An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto's Roundup and similar weed-killers to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue this week.
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July 01, 2016
News

Mahindra offers 7-year limited powertrain warranty

Effective July 1, Mahindra North America has strengthened its warranty program on sub-compact, compact and compact/utility models with the industry’s best 7-year limited powertrain warranty offering.
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July 01, 2016
News

DuPont and Bayer AG investing in fund for ag technology startups

DuPont and Bayer AG have teamed up to invest in a new fund that will back agricultural technology startups, becoming the latest companies to pile into the multibillion-dollar industry as farm profits shrink.
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