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SD hog numbers up from last year

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The state’s September 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs was 1.32 million head, up 6 percent from one year ago and up 2 percent from June 1, 2011, according to the South Dakota office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Breeding stock totaled 170,000 head, up 6 percent from September 2010 but down 3 percent from June 2011. Market hogs totaled 1,150,000 head, up 6 percent from last year and up 3 percent from this June.

The June through August pig crop was 908,000 head, up slightly from 906,000 head last year. During the quarter 89,000 sows farrowed, up 1 percent from 2010 but down 2 percent from last quarter. Pigs per litter averaged 10.20, down from the previous year’s 10.30. Producers intend to farrow 86,000 sows during September through November, 2 percent below the actual farrowings a year ago. Intentions for December 2011 through February 2012 are for 84,000 farrowings, down from 88,000 actual farrowings one year earlier.

Source: USDA NASS SD Field Office

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Filed Under: Livestock, News, Regional News

AFBF President Stallman talks about US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Food Dialogues

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It’s been about a week since the US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance hosted a number of Food Dialogue town hall meetings across the country to start a discussion between agriculture and consumers when it comes to something we all have in common…food. Farm Broadcaster Rusty Halvorson spoke with Bob Stallman, AFBF President and Chairman of the US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, about the Food Dialouges.

Bob Stallman

While farmers and ranchers overwhelmingly share the same values as consumers, 42 percent of consumers say the U.S. is heading off on the wrong track in the way we produce food, 39 percent say we’re heading in the right direction and 19 percent did not know. These numbers are according to the results of a survey the USFRA conducted in July/August. Nationwide, they surveyed 2,417 consumers and 1,0002 farmers and ranchers.

To view a comprehensive summary of the survey results, go to this link.

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Filed Under: Innovations, National News, News

USDA announces millions in payments to spur biofuels production

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) on Tuesday applauded the Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it will award millions of dollars in bioenergy payments to spur the production of advanced biofuels such as biodiesel.

The payments, authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill, are going to more than 160 producers in 41 states, including dozens of biodiesel companies across the country.

“These payments will create jobs and economic activity while helping the biodiesel industry advance new technologies and improve efficiency,” said Anne Steckel, NBB’s vice president of federal affairs. “It’s another example of this administration’s strong commitment to boosting domestic production of advanced biofuels and securing our energy future.”

The payments are authorized under the Farm Bill’s Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels, which Congress created to ensure an expanding supply of domestic energy. Payments are based on the amount of biofuels a recipient produces from renewable biomass other than corn kernel starch. Eligible recipients include biofuels derived from vegetable oil and animal fats, cellulose, crop residue, animal, food and yard waste, and gases from landfill or sewage waste treatment.

Here are a list of recipients in nearby states:

South Dakota:

  • Hanson County Oil Producers, LLC.  -  $6,437.65  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Nugen Energy, LLC.  -  $71,191.13  -  Ethanol Production

Minnesota:

  • Cargill, Inc.  -  $1,988,625.98  -  Anaerobic Digester; Biodiesel
  • Ever Cat Fuels, LLC.  -  $98,507.21  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Fumpa Biofuels  -  $198,575.88  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • MN Soybean Processors  -  $2,267,925.96  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Riverview, Llp  -  $29,584.02  -  Anaerobic Digester
  • West River Dairy, Llp  -  $27,850.23  -  Anaerobic Digester

Montana:

  • Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation  -  $1,225,049.30  -  Ethanol Production
  • Global Fuels, LLC.  -  $14,454.16  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Me Bio Energy, LLC.  -  $26,032.96  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Mid‐America Biofuels, LLC.  -  $1,841,148.67  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Natural Biodiesel Plant, LLC.  -  $231,725.99  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Paseo Cargill Energy, LLC.  -  $2,229,241.21  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Prairie Pride, Inc.  -  $418,413.46  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification

Wyoming:

  • Bearlodge Forest Products, Inc.  -  $1,193.26  -  Pellets

Nebraska:

  • Ag Processing, Inc.  -  $2,177,107.98  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterificatio
  • Horizon Biofuels, Inc.  -  $1,843.66  -  Pellets
  • Kaapa Ethanol, LLC.  -  $1,028.45  -  Ethanol Production

Iowa

  • Clinton County Bio Energy, LLC..  -  $6,046.08  -  Biofuel From Waste Products (Biodiesel)
  • Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC.  -  $151,002.98  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Renewable Energy Group, Inc.  -  $6,174,285.19  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Sioux Biochemical, Inc.  -  $24,110.12  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC.  -  $456,363.79  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification
  • Western Iowa Energy  -  $698,622.94  -  Biodiesel Trans Esterification

 

A list of ALL recipients for the payments can be found here.

Source: National Biodiesel Board

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