Stripe Rust Alert for Fall-planted Winter Wheat

Juliet Marshall, University of Idaho. August 31, 2011

This year is setting up to be a lot like last year. We have a late harvest of spring wheat going, volunteer wheat growing under harvested grain, and some hail damage in winter wheat that has contributed to the “green bridge”. A green bridge is the overlap of different cropping cycles within a year, leading to the constant availability of living, green plants of a given crop.
Given the train wreck with the previous year’s stripe rust epidemic, we need to be vigilant about protecting this year’s grain.

Idaho Barley Marketing Report for August 25th, 2011

Idaho Barley Commission Marketing Report:  Click Here

IBC will host a Grain Market Outlook Webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 a.m. MDT to help Idaho malting barley producers prepare for the upcoming 2012 malting barley contract season.  To participate, simply log on to https://connect.cals.uidaho.edu/barley.  This webinar will be recorded and available to download later that day from the IBC website at www.idahobarley.org

Idaho Barley Commission Marketing Report for August 18, 2011

The August 18th Idaho Barley Marketing report is available on line.

IBCMR 081811

For more information about Idaho Barley and barley production go to idahobarley.org

Butte County Fair August 16-20th

Butte County Fair will be held in Arco from August 16th to the 20th.  Follow the link below for a complete flyer:

http://arcomoore.blogspot.com/2011/08/butte-county-fair-how-west-was-fun.html

Barley Commission Marketing Report for August 11th Now Available

Click on the link below to see the Idaho Barley Commission Barley Marketing Report for August 11th.

Marketing Report for August 11th

For more information on the Idaho Barley Commission and educational information go to the Commissions home page.

Barley Commission Market Report for August 4th

The Idaho Barley Commission Market Report for August 4, 2011 is available on line.
For more information about Idaho barley, see the Idaho Barley Commission webpage

Consumers Say Animal Welfare Labeling Important

A study shows mandatory labeling of animal welfare practices is important to more than 60 percent of consumers.

Grocery shoppers are increasingly interested in where their food comes from, and in the case of meat and eggs, they are also interested in how the live animal was treated. In fact, consumers may be so interested that they are willing to pay extra for meat and eggs with a mandatory label indicating animal welfare information, according to a university study.

Kansas State University assistant professor, Glynn Tonsor, who, along with Michigan State University professor, Christopher Wolf, conducted the study, said, "The analysis suggests there may be significant support by consumers for mandatory labeling of production practices impacting animal welfare."

The agricultural economists examined U.S. resident support for mandatory labeling of animal welfare information on pork and egg products. Data was collected in 2008 from 2,001 U.S. residents.

A fact sheet summarizing the study, a link to a full scientific article and corresponding videos are available online at www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/AnimalWelfare/default.asp .

When initially asked, 61.7 percent of survey respondents indicated they favored mandatory labeling of pork produced on farms using gestation crates/stalls, and 62.0 percent said they were in favor of such labeling of eggs produced using laying hen cages.

The typical U.S. resident was estimated to be willing to pay 20 percent higher prices for pork and egg products in exchange for mandatory labeling information conveying the use - or lack thereof - of gestation crates/stalls or laying hen cages. The economists believe, however, that the 20 percent estimate may overstate actual demand and note more work is needed. Demand was higher among females and younger consumers than in others involved in the study. The perceived accuracy of information from different sources was also an important demand driver.
Reprinted in part from TheMeatSite News Desk