the u.s.d.a. will continue. the government expects overall prices to rise 3 to 4% next year. that's more than inflation. it all comes the price of corn that is close to a record high. this means products made from corn will cost more too. things like ketchup and noadls could cost another 4.5%. it doesn't stop there. animals eat corn sot price of meat is also rising. beef prizes are expected to rise the most, jumping as much as 5%. the u.s.d.a. said you will notice its increase in poultry because they are smaller, grow faster and get to market faster. they are expected to grow three to 4% and markets may not be the only place you will see it. we talked to a restaurant owner who said a lot depends on his supply prices. >> up for an extended period of time we may have to raise prices to the guests. however if prices go up for four weeks or eight weeks, we probably won't make a difference. >> reporter: it's to early to tell if customers will be affected but it's a possibility. safe to say, everybody i

the u.s.d.a. toured the drought impacted farms in ohio and indiana. it's a double problem for some. some have crop damage and were hit with structural damage from a powerful wind storm. the under secretary said he is confident agriculture will pull through this, but congress needs to take action to help. >> u.s.d.a. we will do all we can to help farmers and ranchers outo. provisions in -- last december 30th. we are asking for congress, to do a farm bill as quickly as possible. >> in ohio about a quarter of the corn crop is good to excellent. act a third is poor to very poor. >> with the poor outlook on crop food prices making headlines. with record corn prices and tighter beef supplies, economists expect food prices to spike higher. u.s.d.a. said while it's true consumers shouldn't feel the hit to their pocket immediately. >> if enyou look at the futures contract; all the nearby contracts for live cattle, lean hogs are all down. if you go out -- they are up and i think that -- tells you a little bit about how this filters in to the food situation. the prices -- we won't see the impa

in the latest conditions report u.s.d.a. said less than half of the nation's corn, soybeans and cotton crop are now rated good or better. the most recent progress report shows the nation's corn crops on eight point decline in condition rating last week. 40% is good which is down five points the last week. nationally soybeans dropped eight points and is now 45% good to excellent. 47% of the cotton crop is good to excellent. >>> as crops go down so do pasture and range land condition, 43% of the pasture and range conditions poor or very poor, up seven points last week. only a quarter is rated good or excellent. oklahoma state university's says because the drought is so widespread the impact will be more widespread as well. >> expectations now for corn yields have dropped from nine to 15 bush manies an acre depending on who you ask. that changes conditions now so we don't expect any feed market relief from the -- from the current corn crop that we see happening. instead we will remain tight and we have seen corn prices in terms

it has the establishment number -- inside the u.s.d.a. of inspection. >> the battle against the fruit fly got going today. worker was outsetting traps in fruit trees and in morgan hill. several have been found in the area and agriculture officials want to stop the pest there before it can spread. the owner of andy's orchards said it could hurt his business if the traps don't work and aequorin teen is ordered. >> we sale whole sale. we may not be able to do that. we sale -- our fruit nationally as wellw. very a mail order business. >> the play the flies could ruin local businesses, it's believe neda rifed in undeclared produce. >> federal figures show only 25% of americans with hiv have the virus under control. the cdc said part of the issue is that people don't know they are infected or they may not be getting care. about 200,000 are infected don't know if. the cdc said the younger parents more at risk with only 15% of those 24 to 34 having the virus under control . >>> we have i new i-pad app. you will find the most up to date news. tap

it has the establishment number -- inside the u.s.d.a. inspection. >> the battle against the fruit fly got going today. worker was outsetting traps in fruit trees and in morgan hill. several have been found in the area and agriculture officials want to stop the pest there before it can spread. the owner of andy's orchards said it could hurt his business if the traps don't work and aequorin teen is ordered. >> we sale whole sale. we may not be able to do that. we sale -- our fruit nationally as wellw. very a mail order business. >> the play the flies could ruin local businesses, it's believe neda rifed in undeclared produce. >> federal figures show only 25% of americans with hiv have the virus under control. the cdc said part of the issue is that people don't know they are infected or they may not be getting care. about 200,000 are infected don't know if. the cdc said the younger parents more at risk with only 15% of those 24 to 34 having the virus under control . >>> we have i new i-pad app. you will find the most up to date news. tap in a

recognition. >> i move to strike the last word. >> recognized two minutes. >> chairman, members, the u.s.d.a. is going to report to the committee on the necessary steps that the take because the wto ruling. i don't think there's need to put it into the farm bill. they're going to do that. you know, let's give them time to digest what this ruling means and not push some arbitrary deadline that may get a result that might be contrary to what some of the folks are pushing this are trying to do. the ruling found that the united states has the right apply country of origin labels. that the -- does not restrict trade. so that -- the law was upheld. all they said was that the imported livestock into the u.s. fashioned some disadvantage because of the way usda and the segregating and requiring recordkeeping. so that's the issue. they have to figure out a different way to deal with that or figure how to accommodate that. you know, they're in process of doing it, you know, i don't see any reason why we should put an arbitrary ninety day date on, you know, . >> gentleman . >> do it as soon as they can.

. >> sreenivasan: richard volpe, an economist at the u.s.d.a., thanks for your time. florida has recalled nearly... ford has recalled some of their escape s.u.v.s, their throttles can stick. the warning affects models from 2001 to 2004. most were sold in the u.s. just last week the automaker recalled 11,500 of its new 2013 escapes for fuel lines that can crack and start fires. investigators in the colorado shootings worked today on a package sent to the university of colorado-denver. the alleged gunman james holmes had been a grad student there. unconfirmed reports said the package held a notebook describing the impending attack. meanwhile, more than 1,200 mourners filled a denver church for the second funeral since friday's mass shooting in aurora, colorado. and in washington, the u.s. house adopted a resolution honoring the victims and first responders. >> as a father, i can't imagine the great loss of families, of friends, of victims of this horrendous crime. and our hearts, our prayers, our thoughts go with them as we build a stronger community going forward. >> we

coordinating these -- this export initiative by establishing an interagency task force between the u.s.d.a. and the export-import bank. it's encouraging cooperation that is not existing at the federal federal level and requires the s.b.a. in coordination with other agencies to conduct one outreach in each state per year which i think would help motivate our state governments and stakeholders at the state level to be helpful. so let me go back to the beginning. we have the success act amendments. i talked earlier, there are about 16 provisions in this amendment. we talked about the 100% exclusion of capital gains, we've talked about the increased deduction for start-up expenditures which is senator merkley's provision. now i want to talk about the s-corps holding period. this comes out of the finance committee, senator snowe and senator cardin have been strong advocates of this provision. under current law when a corporation becomes s corporation and there are of course benefits for becoming that type of corporation, it's required right now to hold its business assets for ten years or pay p

over the release of genetically engineered crops in the united states all right now when the e.p.a. and u.s.d.a. and f.d.a. don't do their job properly public interest groups have to take to the courts and sometimes we can get the courts to pay attention to the evidence and to basically injunctions to stop the planting of these crops until they've been properly safety tested well this rider to the twenty thirteen. hager cultural appropriations bill would eliminate the possibility of using the federal courts to slow down these hazardous genetically engineered crops so this is not only a threat to public health and the environment and biodiversity of course it's a threat to the constitution we supposedly live in a society where the balance of power between the legislature and the executive branch and the courts and this would basically say that the courts no longer have any say once the government decides to get into bed with the corporations they can do whatever they want and you had mentioned earlier they have a huge amount of lobbying power that these agricultural corporations have and congres

under drought conditions and considered disastrous drought consider conditions by the department of agriculture u.s.d.a. is estimating about a twelve percent decline in corn production which is one of our major crops there are some others that think that that's an underestimate could be as high as twenty four or twenty percent that's particularly crucial is it not because pretty much everything in america is made from corn and we use corn as the primary feedstock for all of our for most of our animal ripples through the economy i wish i wouldn't say everything more major wheat producers were major sort of producers so he was being affected by this well but corn goes in. two animal feed has a lot to do with meat prices great effect on and it's primary sugar high fructose corn syrup a big impact on what some people would call junk food a big concern in new york mayor bloomberg that that whole ripple effect is a major concern in terms of food prices on the other hand as a lot of people are pointing quick to point out right now the actual price of corn is only one component in a relatively small one in foo

but the full effect on next year. that's according to a u.s.d.a economist. this is the largest drought the nation has seen since the 1950's. it's prompted disaster declarations in 26 states -- and a series of emergency conservation measures. in indiana, state police are stepping up their "flick it and ticket" enforcement. they want to make sure cigarettes do not spark fires. anyone who tosses a lit cigarette from a moving car could be fined up to $10,000. pilots for united-continental have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. they're frusturated they haven't reached a deal on a new contract with management, despite two years of negotiations. the national mediation board will now look into the matter. if it believes the two sides can't reach a deal, the pilots could hit the picket line after a 30-day cooling-off period. a strike would mean about 13,000 pilots would walk off the job. a grand jury has indicted seven people ... on charges of trying to steal federal grant money. dean nichols ... a one-time campaign treasurer for former state senator rickey

doubling production line speed and instead of the four inspectors each looking at thirty five birds a minute there will be only one u.s.d.a. inspector per line looking at one hundred seventy five birds per minute. yeah they basically just want to get rid of the inspectors you tell me how comfortable or how comforting that is right as the sweet embrace of salmonella just works its way through your digestive tract i'm sure then you'd agree that self regulation is a pretty horrible idea now if these companies really mean when they say back off we can handle it as if they want to relax and force in it so rules can be broken even more so and they are already so basically self-regulation is a promise and promises are often broken and when it comes to drones doing god knows what above my head it's going to take a little more than a code of conduct written and enforced by the drug manufacturers and the operators to put me in. the last week south korea announced a plan to resume whaling despite a nine hundred eighty six moratorium on commercial whaling that was set by the international whaling commission this announcement sparked