Farm Bureau
delegate urges participation from more young people — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:47:00 -0000
Lexington County, South Carolina producer Carrie Dalton is a Farm Bureau voting delegate for that state who
attended the just-completed American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting. She says the policy setting session is an eye opener for her because of its lack of younger members.
Food price inflation
figure may be lowered again — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:35:00 -0000
Food price inflation in 2009 has been forecasted to be around 4 percent, which is lower than it was in 2008, but USDA economist Ephriam
Leibtag says that figure may be adjusted downward again.
AFBF to study federal dairy pricing policy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:26:00 -0000
Delegates to the annual American Farm Bureau convention have directed their board to study federal policy and then come up with recommendations for the next farm
bill.
