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February 3, 2011 Issue 240-15-03
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USDA OK of Roundup Ready Alfalfa Controversial
WHAT IF LOCALLY RAISED CATTLE WEREN’T THERE ANYMORE?
Special Features Heart City Bull Bash . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 10 Bull Sale Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 12 Cattlemen’s Classic . . . . . . . . . . . B - 1-24
Weather Al Dutcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 2
Country Living House Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 3 Quilt Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 5
The Lighter Side Lee Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 4
Markets Grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 7 Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 14
Government Report Government Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 6
Ag Management NRD to Change Rules & Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 15
Noah, 2, left, and Bethany, 3, children of Scott and Amanda Demars of Glasco, Kan., test drive a New Holland tractor Tuesday at the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in Kearney. Bellwood said Tuesday at Decision lifts uncertainty, provides the Mid-America Alfalfa in Kearney. option for NE growers Expo Wood said alfalfa generLori Potter, The Kearney Hub The debate about genetically engineered crops will continue, despite last week's announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture won't regulate Roundup Ready alfalfa. The decision was praised by farm groups and criticized by organic crop producers. For now, alfalfa growers planting new acres this spring can choose seed for plants with tolerance for the widely used Roundup herbicide. Much of Nebraska's corn and soybean plantings already are Roundup Ready hybrids. "It finally eliminates some uncertainty about what to plant or what the technology options will be going forward," Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association President John Wood of
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ally is planted in April and mature fields need to be replanted about every five years. Nebraska farmers have held up their 2011 planting decisions while awaiting the USDA decision. "There certainly is interest in our membership," he said, guessing that at least half of the new plantings will be Roundup Ready alfalfa. That still will be only a small part of all of Nebraska's alfalfa acres. Wood said the association supports the idea of giving growers more options, but it won't promote Roundup Ready alfalfa because it has organic producers as members. There was some Roundup Ready alfalfa planted - Wood has about 24 acres - before legal challenges pulled the seed off the market.
Livestock News Heartland Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 13
Production News Farmland, Water Right Values Rising ..............................A-7
Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A - 15
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MARKET GLANCE Livestock and Products, Weekly Average
Crops, Daily Spot Prices Year Ago 4 Wks Ago 1/21/11
Nebraska Slaughter Steer 35-65% Choice, Live Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .* Nebraska Feeder Steers, Med. & Large Frame, 550-600# . . . . . . . . . . . . .114.12 Med & Large Frame, 750-800 # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98.60 Choice Boxed Beef, 600-750# Carcass . . . . . . . . . .144.95 Western Corn Belt Base Hog Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.10 Feeder Pigs, National Direct, 50#, FOB . . . . . . . . . . . .* Pork Carcass Cutout, 185#, 51-52% Lean . . . . . . . .77.01 Slaughter Lambs, Ch. & Pr.,Heavy, SD Dir. . . . . . . . . . .* Nat. Carcass Lamb Cutout, FOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239.49
102.38
106.00
141.87 146.00 119.25 126.30 159.50 172.52 67.66 74.05 * * 77.50 85.52 * 159.50 353.23 344.95
Wheat, No. 1, H.W. Imperial, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.90 Corn, No. 2, Yellow, Omaha, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.41 Soybeans, No. 1 Yellow Omaha, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.29 Grain Sorg. No. 2 Yellow, Dorchester, cwt . . . . . . . . .5.45 Oats, No. 2, Heavy Minneapolis, MN, bu. . . . . . . . . . .2.33
6.85 5.93 13.43 9.73 3.99
7.41 6.28 13.50 10.54 3.86
140.00 70.00 * 182.00 62.00
140.00 88.00 * 195.00 66.00
Hay (per ton) Alfalfa, Lrg. Sq. Bales Good to Prem., NE Neb. . . . . .135.00 Alfalfa, Lrg. Rounds, Good, Platte Valley, . . . . . . . . .87.50 Grass Hay, Lrg. Rounds, Premium, Neb., . . . . . . . . . . .* Dried Distillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107.50 Wet Distillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.75 * No market.