all the doses will go to the usda, not to individual poultry producers. stephanie: and big merger in the beer world, has loyal fans has loyal fans hopping mad. after decades of has loyal fans hopping mad. after decades of rivalry among budweiser, coors, and miller -- all three beer brands are about to be united. anheuser-busch says it will buy its main rival, s- a-b miller. it's a deal that would create the world's largest beermaker - by far. but the news isn't sitting well with miller's hometown of milwaukee. (david brown/milwaukee resident) "miller has always been a milwaukee thing and i'm not sure about getting bought out by budweiser." (lucy cooper/milwaukee resident) "i think everybody in the state doesn't want miller to be bought by bud. it's like the baseball rivalry between st. louis and the brewers." stephanie: together, the makers of budweiser and miller include eighteen of the world's forty most popular beers. if they merged they would control close to a third of the world's beer market, but execs on both sides say it's a "possible deal", which

it is therefore the responsibility of usda and hhs to maintain the scope and level of the dga. and i've weighed in our concerns about the process of develop to developing the guidelines. i raised concerns about the committee's report shortly after its release and called on you to extend the comment period, which you did. i appreciate it very much. you received over 29,000 public comments to the committee's report. many of which were developed by nutritionists and other experts in the study of human health. included in the submitted comments available for public viewing on the dga website were scientific studies and other evidence that observers assert had been ignored by the committee. as a result i repeatedly requested that each and every comment be considered before the final guidelines are published. in may the ranking member and i saw in writing details on your plan to review the more than 29,000 comments. to make sure that the -- they were reviewed properly. your response to us on that plan, though, was less than sufficient so i look forward to hearing today on this matter

. >> the usda said they are establishing a three-part system to everyone sure that all chickens sent in for processing will be handled the same as it is in the. >> food has been commodetized, and the only thing that matters is price. >> reporter: paul howard says this plan, regardless of how much money it may save seems counterproductive especially at a time when customers are increasingly concerned about their food. >> flavor and condition and not being produced across the globe. >> reporter: for now only foods like chicken nuggets and wings will fall under the plan. feared consumers will not know it because it's not required to put it on the label. >>> we asked the usda for the names of the u.s. manufacturers senting chicken to china for processing, but none have started yet. >>> lonnie quinn is standing by, and it looks as if we are going to have cooler temperatures. >> it's going to be a staggered one, going down. the weather watchers right now, some temperatures. let's see if we can find the newbie out there 59 degrees for carl. welcome to the show. in new york city, look. the sk

sorghum harvest reached the half-way mark. usda's crop progress report shows it hit 51percent this week. that's seven points ahead of average. kansas leads the nation in planted acres with three-point-three-million acres. nearly 40percent is cut, running ahead of average. texas is second in acreage with harvested. both of those states saw big jumps in acreage this year. texas added 850-thousand acres from last year. strong demand -especially from china encouraged farmers to plant more sorghum. u-s sorghum growers are on pace to harvest one of the biggest sorghum crops in about a decade. and growers in the texas panhandle had good growing conditions right out of the chute. we head excellent moisture and got off to a great start. rains kept coming all the way to the first of august, then they turned off. dry the rest of august and september. record heat in september taht we hadn't had all summer. got into 100's. but still this crop held on, thrived and is going to be what looks like -for the county -a record sorghum crop in the wheat f

the usda is spending $100 million to help install nearly 5,000 additional pumps. matching grants bring the total public-private investment to $210 million to increase the availability of the corn-based fuel according to the usda. . iowa, the nation's top corn- prprucing state, pickckup $5 million for 187 pumps, a nebraska gets $2.3 million for 80 additional pumps. jenna: sioux city is being honored for encouraging business growth... through a skilled workforce. governor terry branstad was in sioux city at the convention center to formally announce that the city has earned the 'skilled iowa community' designation. the city completed a checklist of both business commitments and workforce certifications. the skilled iowa initiative aims to develop local economic benefits by creating more skilled employees. "sioux city is the largest city in iowa to recei this skilled iowa award, and it's a recognition that you have employers encouraging their applicants to get the national career readiness certificate and you have unemployed people that are upgrading their skills by d

do you think the usda gets pressured to change the way they value science.he food industry? >> i don't think they can be immune to lobbyists and interest groups like any other federal organization, i don't think they can. but, again, i feel a lot of doctors groups have come out in support of what they do and say that they are trying to do their best and using best science to make their recommendations. the court of public opinion as we all know and by the way, since 2010 to 2015, social media, you know, i'm not surprised we have that much more responsiveness at all. >> how about supplements? what is the latest on that? >> another territory hard to weigh into. this was interesting. from the new england journal of medicine. article that reported last week that said 23,000 hospital -- or er visits are due to supplements. putting that number, i'm not a friend or foe of the industry, but putting that number into per spective with the millions of users of supplements, that represents less than 1% of supplement users that end up in the er. people who use prescripti

one is the library of materials that people use. and that's housed at usda. think the second is -- >> is stuff excluded from the library? who makes the choice of what goes in the library? >> there's a process that the folks at the national -- >> that's what i'm asking. is the nih involved in that process? i'm surprised that nih funded studies, some of which are larger than the studies that you rely on for your data, contradictory studies, funded by the nih are not included in the data. i'm wondering why. >> if you can give me specific -- >> yeah. i can do that. >> i will be able to provide you a specific answer as to why that particular study or series of studies were not included or perhaps they were and we're having a misunderstanding. >> my understanding is they are not. that's why i'm concerned. it is leading to me, some of your comments suggested that with diabetes and prediabetes and obesity are major problems in this country. because of the cutdown on the fat portion of the diet, we're recommending more carbohydrates. that's exactly the problem that pr

but because all district lunches are made at the high school, the usda could re-classify that building as a food processing facility, and that could introduce a new set of regulatory concerns. nathan greenberg: our whole goal was to provide nutritious lunches at the high school for our students, give them choice, and limit the waste we saw last year. amy: the middle and elementary schools are still part of the national lunch program. the district will reach out to members of new hampshire' s congressional delegation to see if they can help get a waiver from the usda. three high schoolers in new york face criminal charges after hacking into school computers to change their grades. police say the juniors put hardware on a computer that let them collect passwords. computer tampering and trespassing. the alleged ringleader is also charged with burglary and identity theft. all three will be charged as adults. vintners in portland, oregon were not about to let thieves get away with stealing their wine barrels. these barrels were empty but with harvest time just around the corner, there wasn'

they' re hoping to obtain a waiver from the usda. erin: it has been seven years since the tornado tore through the state leaving miles of destruction in its wake. a family in deerfield lost hundreds of trees in the disaster and now the town is taxing their property for a view they never wanted. the russell' s say they love the privacy of being nestled in by old evergreens. the 2008 tornado decimated hundreds of trees and change to the character of their property. after years of discounted property taxes, a new assessment tacked on $70,000 in value for the panoramic view, adding more than $1600 annually to the tax bill. the russell' s savior being punished twice by the same tornado. should be taxed for it. in this case, i don' t believe it is just for this tax. erin: taxes are due in december. the russell' s were advised to file for a taxi bateman -- abatement. sean: a new poll of new hampshire primary voters shows a growing lead for donald trump. he is in front of the pack with 28% of support from likely voters. the previous: in augus

the usda has great conservation programs. participated in programs where they actually helped fun asrovements to your ranch long as it is done -- to help with conservation practices to to keep soilclean, erosion down, and those are great programs, because those

why did the usda reject it? was the real big change in these guidelines the sustainability thing. look, we're going to have 9 billion people on this earth before too long. and there's no way we can feed that population with a meat-based diet. i think it's influence of the meat industry. look, these guidelines are being run by the usda as well as the health and human resources department. and it's a very powerful industry. it's hard to sort of push back. and it's hard for them to accept people should be eating less meat and not more. >> michael moss, thank you so much. great to see you in person. >>> when we come back, ann romney will tell me what it felt like the day she was diagnosed with ms. and she says there's a positive sign to her living and fighting this disease. my interview with ann romney next. it's easy to buy insurance and forget about it. but the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. like how you thought you were covered for all this... when you're really only covered for

the usda has great observation programs that we have participated in, where they actually help fund improvements as it isanch, as long to help with conservation ksactices to keep that cree those are great programs because those programs -- there is an incentive for farmers to participate. it is nice when you have programs like that. too, isr thing, sometimes the rules and regulations are the same whether you are a small business or a larger business. when you are small, you cannot necessarily afford some of the changes or the new rules and regulations. you can do that as easily because of the burdensome financial

the opportunity both. it lessons up your exposure and gives you a quick, usda last week. we didn't see much adjustment in soybean yield. do you think that's coming next month? >> i do. i think the reality is if you look at the last ten years, in five of those years we've raised yield from september to october. every one of those years we've raised yield from october to november by an average of about .8 of a bushel, so i think there's more showing up in november for sure. >> okay, let's say we raise these soybean yields, what do you think the acreage is going t acreage mix is going to be next spring? you kind of alluded to it a little bit earlier, but this is a conversation that's never too early to talk about, right? >> yeah, absolutely. and i think, you know, we see a very sort of the need that we need to buy back some of these corn acres. because again, we have a second highest yield we have ever seen according to the usda, yet, we have a decline in carry over. so what were to happen if we were to have a mediocre year or a little bit of a problem situation for corn pret

harris says the contract to make the vaccines doesn't mean usda has decided to vaccinate birds for high path avian flu. iowa's third largest egg producer says it's going cage free. the des moines register reports rembrandt foods will make cage free the company's new standard, but didn't give a tmeline. the company says the move is prompted by more food companies wanting eggs produced this way the most recent government study says less than 10 percent of the nation's egg supply is raisecage-free. after a week-long firestorm prompted by the obama adminstration removing pork from the federal prison system, the government is putting the meat back on the menu. the administration said preferences. iowa senator chuck grassley is chairman of the senate judiciary committee, and oversees the federal prison system and expressed dismay. the national pork producers council battled back, saying they found it that hard to believe, and that while prisoners are denied certain rights, bacon should not be one of them. that's it for news...meteorologist mike hoffman joins us now with the long-range forecas

josh: londonderry schools have reached an agreement with the usda over classifications of the school's lunch program. the usda says the high school will not be identified as a food processing plant, it latest be considered a sub distributor. awe drink lunches are made at the high school. the district recently pulled the high school out of the national lunch program after seeing how much food wound up in the trash. jean: wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, pick a natural disaster and you'll find a ravaged landscape somewhere in america. the new plan to bring devastated earth back to life. reporter: it's a time critical job after a disaster, getting native plants 'the dprund before they get choked off by exotic species. the soda fire raged on for 13 days in august, destroying 280,000 acres of range land in idaho and oregon. next week a major restoration effort begins to restore the native grasses and plants that once thrived here. >> seeds essentially are, it's the foundation, right, it's what you start with to get the restorative effects that you desire. reporter: more than a million poun

now, because of the discrepancy, the usda may reclassify the high school, where all district lunches are made, as a food processing facility, which could trigger a cascade of regulatory superintendent nathan greenberg is hoping one of new hampshire' s senators or reps can obtain a waiver from the usda. erin: take a look at all this damage. it has been 7 years since a tornado tore through the state killing one person and leaving , miles of destruction in its wake. a family in deerfield lost hundreds of trees in the disaster and now the town is taxing their property for a view they never wanted. the russells say they loved the privacy of being nestled in by old evergreens. but the 2008 tornado decimated hundreds of the trees and forever changed the character of the property. after years of discounted property taxes in the wake of the tornado a new assessment this year tacked on $70,000 in value for the panoramic view, adding more than $1600 annually to the tax bill. the russells say they' re being punished twice by the same tornado. review, i believe we should be taxed for it. in this

the usda has great conservation programs. we have participated in programs where they actually helped fund improvements to your ranch as long as it is done -- to help with conservation practices to keep streets clean, to keep soil erosion down, and those are great programs, because those programs -- there is an incentive to participate. so it is nice when you have that. the other thing, sometimes the rules and regulations are the same whether you are a small business or larger business. when you are small, you can't necessarily afford some of the changes or new rules and regulations. you can't do that as easily because of the burdensome financial responsibility it takes to do that. i have 15 full-time employees. i hire additional seasonal help in the vineyards. one of the biggest challenges facing united states agriculture, whether california or texas or new mexico or new york, is that -- the immigration program, the fact that we don't really have a program that is -- allows for some type of guest worker program, entry level

one is the library of materials that people use. and that's housed at usda. the second is -- >> is stuff excluded from the library? who makes the choice of what goes in the library? >> there's a process that the folks at the national -- >> that's what i'm asking. is the nih involved in that process? i'm surprised that nih funded studied, some of which are larger than the studies that you rely on for your data, contradictory studies, funded by the nih are not included in the data. i'm wondering why. >> if you can give me specific -- >> yeah. i can do that. >> i will be able to provide you a specific answer as to why that particular study or series of studies were not included or perhaps they were and we're having a misunderstanding. >> my understanding is they are not. that's why i'm concerned that it is leading to me, some of your comments suggested that with diabetes and prediabetes and obesity are major problems in this country. because of the cutdown on the fat portion of the diet, we're recommending more carbohydrates. that's exactly the problem that predi

the usda has great conservation programs.have participated in programs where they actually helped fun d improvements to your ranch as long as it is done -- to help with conservation practices to keep streets clean, to keep soil erosion down, and those are great programs, because those programs -- there is an incentive to participate. so it is nice when you have that. the other thing, sometimes the rules and regulations are the same whether you are a small business or larger business. when you are small, you can't necessarily afford some of the changes or new rules and regulations. you can't do that as easily because of the burdensome financial responsibility it takes to do that. i have 15 full-time employees. i hire additional seasonal help in the vineyards. one of the biggest challenges facing united states agriculture, whether california or texas or new mexico or new york, is that -- the immigration program, the fact that we don't really have a program that is -- allows for some type of guest worker program, entry level wor

the usda says it would need to decide whether the treatment would be effective and weigh potential trade effects before using any vaccine. iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey says the weather was nearly ideal for harvest last week, with warm temperatures and dry conditoins allowing farmers to make significant progress in the fields. as of sunday, the corn harvest was 29 percent complete in iowa, 26 percent in nebraska and 21 percent in south dakota. those numbers are ahead of last year but behind the average in all three states. the soybean harvest was 65 percent complete in iowa, 57 percent in nebraska and 71 percent in south dakota. all of those figures are ahead of last year's pace. << >> stocks have given up an early gain and are moving lower in midday trading, led by declines in retailers after a disappointing forecast by wal-mart that its sales would be "relatively flat." two stories about weddings when we come back. get your kleenex ready for the first one.... and then.... look who made a surprise visit to this couple's nuptials! owen wilson and vince vaughn have nothing on

the report informs our work but certainly does not and should not dictate it. only hhs and usda can and should write the guidelines based on a variety of inputs. this has been an open and transparent process. questions were posed by and to the advisory committee. a number of studies, indeed thousands of studies and tens of thousands of documents were reviewed. those reviews went through a very strict and gold standard process for determining what is the strongest, best, and most available science. multiple public meetings took place. information was posted on the web. and we indeed received 29,000 comments as a result of the extended comment period of which 8,000 comments are probably considered unique. recognize our process here is probably to determine the best available science and based upon that the preponderance of that we formulate the guidelines. i believe i have the same goal secretary burwell has which is to finish our work on time before the end of the year so that we can use these guidelines as directed by congress. i, too, look forward to your questions and comments

the report informs our work but certainly does not and should not dictate it. only hhs and usdacan and should write the guidelines based on a variety of inputs. this has been an open and transparent process. questions were posed by and to the advisory committee. a number of studies, indeed thousands of studies and tens of thousands of documents were reviewed. very strict and gold standard process for determining what is the strongest, best, and most available science. multiple public meetings took place. information was posted on the web. and we indeed received 29,000 comments as a result of the extended comment period of which 8,000 comments are probably considered unique. recognize our process here is to determine the best available science and based upon that the preponderance of that we formulate the guidelines. i believe i have the same goal secretary burwell has which is to finish our work on time before the end of the year so that we can use these guidelines as directed by congress. i, too, look forward to your questions and comments and think this is an important opportu

. >> melamine spiked -- >> reporter: the usda told cbs 2 it is establishing a three- part system to ensure all chickens sent to china for processing will be handled the same way it would in the u.s. and added, all products will undergo reinspection at u.s. ports of entry. >> food has been commoditized over the last few decades. the only thing that matters is price. >> reporter: but the cofounder small food company that distributes the goods of 50 local farmers including chicken says this plan regardless of how much money it saves seems counterproductive especially at a time when consumers are increasingly concerned with the origin of their foods. >> food tastes good so like flavor and nutrition, um, not being trucked from halfway across the globe. >> reporter: as of now, only processed chicken like chicken nuggets and buffalo wings for example will fall under the plan but fears are it will eventually apply to all chickens and consumers won't know it because it's not required to be written on the label. [ rooster crows ] >> at every turn we have this industrialized food system that seems in

one is the library of materials that people use. and that's housed at usda. think the second is -- >> is stuff excluded from the library? who makes the choice of what goes in the library? >> there's a process that the folks at the national -- >> that's what i'm asking. is the nih involved in that process? i'm surprised that nih funded studies, some of which are larger than the studies that you rely on for your data, contradictory studies, funded by the nih are not included in the data. i'm wondering why. >> if you can give me specific -- >> yeah. i can do that. >> i will be able to provide you a specific answer as to why that particular study or series of studies were not included or perhaps they were and we're having a misunderstanding. >> my understanding is they are not. that's why i'm concerned. it is leading to me, some of your comments suggested that with diabetes and prediabetes and obesity are major problems in this country. because of the cutdown on the fat portion of the diet, we're recommending more carbohydrates. that's exactly the problem that pr

the usda loan, they have not applied for it," says brueggeman. tim: this is the last year that county officials can pass a "tif" to divert those revenues. an estimated 3.5 million dollars will be used for reconstruction and updates are set to begin next spring. tim on cam rep. paul ryan said that he's willing to run for the house speakership, replacing rep. john boehner, if he garners the support of three key republican groups. the wisconsin republican has given the republican study committee, the freedom caucus and a moderate group until friday to voice their support. ryan, the chairman and means committee, had been pressured by members to consider a bid after house majority leader kevin mccarthy dropped out of the race to take over from boehner several weeks ago. ryan insisted he was not running for speaker before returning home for a 10-day recess, but returned after the time with his family open to the idea. tim on cam as one democratic hopeful drops out of the race for president.... another may be getting ready to step up and run. andy rose e

it is therefore the responsibility of usda and hhs to maintain the scope and level of the dga. i've weighed in our concerns about the process of develop toing tto i developing the guidelines. you received over 29,000 public comments to the committee's report. many of which were developed by nutritionists and other experts in the study of human health. included in the submitted comments available for public viewing on the dga website were scientific studies and other evidence that observers assert had been ignored by the committee. as a result i repeatedly requested that each and every comment be considered before the final guidelines are published. in may the ranking member and i saw in writing details on your plan to review the more than 29,000 comments. to make sure that the -- they were reviewed properly. your response to us on that plan, though, was less than sufficient so i look forward to hearing today on this matter. uncertainty in the process leads to concern about whether the committee's recommendations will maintain the scientific integrity necessary to be actionable

. >> the usda says it is establishing a three part system to ensure all chicken sent to china is handled safely. >>> a shortage of air traffic controllers could put u.s. flights at risk for widespread delays. union officials say staffing hasn't been this low in nearly three decades. just since 2011, the number of qualified controllers who can work unsupervised dropped 10%. the faa says it's not all their fault. they say they had to close training academy awards for months due to government shutdowns and budget cuts. >>> let's check in with roberta on this hot forecast. >> it is warm today. you know what? it is cooler than yesterday but it feels warm or equally as warm because it's a bit muggy outside right now. let's go ahead and take a look at our weather watchers in and around the microclimates at this particular time. we have several people checking in all the way to the north. well, this one hasn't checked in, in quite some time. jim in napa, thank you for that report. scott in whispering pines. i love hearing from you scott. i'm so happy you're safe. scott had been evacuated from hi

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in the u.s., which is the world's largest producer and importer of beef in the world according to the usdaparate group of international researchers are putting the statistics into perspective. global burden of disease project estimates up to 84,000 global cancer deaths per year could be associated with diets rich in red and processed meats compared to a million deaths due to tobacco t smoking, 600,000 from alcohol, and more than 200,000 from air pollution. for "nightly business report" i'm courtney reagan. >>> xerox reports its first quarterly loss in years, and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. a big charge because of a disrupted project weighed on the company's results. lower printer sales and a stronger dollar didn't helpst either. xerox says it will conduct a review of its business operations but a sale of the firm is not being considered. shares fell 3% to $10.02. >>> another down day for valeant pharmaceuticals. that firm defended itself against allegations of fraudulent business practices, which we told you about last week. but the company also says it has named a commit

the zoo will have to pay the usda $1,750 for the death of the 16 month old. he was crushed under an electric door. they say the federal fine is meager for an endangered animal. the zoo says he unexpectedly darted under the door as it was closing. >>> imagine having all of your personal health information e-mailed to your co-workers by mistake. one woman said that happened to her. michelle roberts has her story. >> it's been hell. >> reporter: she says she's seven years away from retirement after working for santa clara county for 17 years. she says she can't face her co-workers in the social services department. >> they make fun of me. they're talking about me. they're saying don't hire her because she has got this condition or that condition. >> reporter: she's requested we not use her first name or show her face. but says she wants her story to be heard. in june she received this letter from the county notifying her her personal and medical information was accidently e-mailed to 100 of her co-workers. including her supervisors. >> my medication i'm on. my d

john: audience, look at these two pictures, which of these two is on the usda's low fat recommended diet? audience? which? i won't let you guess because it's a trick question. >> kind of a loaded question. on the left is this woman known as fat louisa, a pima indian in arizona in the early 1800s, junk food makes us fat, but there's no cheese doodles, twizzlers in the supermarkets near here but she's obese. she's eating a diet largely in grains carbohydrates low in fat. this guy on the right is a warrior in kenya, studied by scientists in the late 1970s. they found that the warriors had very low cholesterol, it did not rise with age, they had very low blood pressure. john: they ate meat, fat. >> two to four pounds of meat a day and two liters of milk, and the other things they ate were blood. so a diet of over 60% of their diet was animal food, and yet they were in perfect health. john: it turns out that coconut oil is good for you? >> that's another reversal. in the 1980s, we removed those from the food supply and instead we brought in -- john: here's a headline, movie theater popcorn de

my plate has been one of the more effective effort on the part of usda. we will refresh that, they choose my plate, super trucker, the snap education and nutrition information we provide to snap families. the work that we will continue to do on menus with the school lunch personnel. there's a variety of ways in which we can incorporate and assist folks and trying to follow these recommendations. >> think about again for being here, and i yield back, mr. guerre. >> i need to apologize. i was brusque and rude. i simply should of said your time has expired so please accept my apology. >> no problem, mr. guerre. >> mr. kelley, five minutes, four minutes. >> the dietary guidelines for americans have been published every five years since 1980. we're concerned the public at large has lost faith in the process to develop the dietary guidelines which will make -- with potentially costly effects on public health. in the military in my service would often say you could have and standard operating procedures but if your unit and your soldiers don't know them and use t

the yield was better than they expected. well, if it was better than what they told usda in the september survey or the october survey then the number goes up a little bit. >> okay. moving onto cattle. brian, we saw some strength in the cattle market this week, some nice strength. do you think that can last? >> probably not. i still think cattle are on the downward slope of a long term downward trend because i think we're getting further and further removed from the droughts of 2011 cocalf guys have had some pretty good years, and more importantly you're seeing confidence this year. you saw it last year finally by mid summer that, hey, we are going to have dependable feed and hay. and those are the qualities that eventually lead to expansion, especially when you have cheaper corn prices. so i think not only do you have cattle expanding, but you're looking at total red meat production, or total meat production including poultry, pork and beef this year up about 3.5%. they're eating something. they're eating corn because it's cheap, but we're expanding. throw on top of that some negative things like this last report. it doesn't

some of the higher elevations could get snow. usda releasing it's crop progress report a day late. corn harvest now at 42 percent. that's right on pace with the five year average. soybean harvest actually running ahead..this year. 62 percent of the nation's beans have been cut...the five year is 54. and 22 percent of cotton is cut across the country---most of the southern and southwestern states are on par with the average pace. (the i80 harvest tour -spnosored by enlist weed control system from dow agrosciences. combining the proven control of a new 2,4-d and glyphosate. take control of tough weeds like never before) like many states in the central and eastern corn belt, illinois experienced its wettest june on the state saw precipation 224 percent above normal! northeastern illinois was one of the areas hardest hit. for this week's i-80 harvest tour, betsy jibben makes a stop in the 'i' state to see how the crops clinton, variability is one word that just keeps popping up this harvest season, especially in northeastern illinois. now these farmers tell me too much rain in june hurt

the usda has great conservation programs.e have participated in programs where they actually helped fun improvements to your ranch as long as it is done -- to help with conservation practices to keep streets clean, to keep soil erosion down, and those are great programs, because those programs -- there is an incentive to participate. so it is nice when you have that. sometimes the rules and regulations are the same whether you are a small business or larger business. when you are small, you can't necessarily afford some of the changes or new rules and regulations. you can't do that as easily because of the burdensome financial responsibility it takes to do that. i have 15 full-time employees. i hire additional seasonal help in the vineyards. one of the biggest challenges facing united states agriculture, whether california or texas or new mexico or new york, is that -- the immigration program, the fact that we don't really have a program that is -- allows for some type of guest worker program, entry level workers who come int

september was a slowowmonth for the natiti's dairy herd. usda's monthly dairy production report shows u-s milk production was up just four-tenths of a percent. according to our partners at dairy today, that's the slowest rate of increase all year. the total herd population shrunk a bit from august. but it's still larger than a year ago. the top dairy producing state of california continues to lose milk produion. it was down ree-and-a-half percece. for ten straight months, dairy production in california has dropped. meanwhile, south dakota -which has been aggressive in attracting more dairies to the state -saw a 12-percent bump higher in milk p pduction due to a lalaer herd and individual cow production. michigan and wisconsin also saw an increase in their herds. in this morning's analysis tyne morgan (cut through the uncertainy in ththmarkets. give mike a call at 888-747-0843) (bean harvest is wrapping up in the u.s. atteteion now shifts to brazil. what does it mean to bean markets? we'll talk about it in the profarmer profit briefing, welcome bac

>> the american egg board is run by the usda, they paid someone, to block the initial distribution of influencing policy, they stood up to and good on the usda you might congratulate the obama administration for looking into it. of the when you are a vegan, the lookout for people like you. what does the egg board have a problem with, that you don't have eggs in your mail or can't have mayo without eggs? >> they are two things. not just a tiny company in san francisco, we are making a huge dent in making food better, how fast we are going and also we are using plants not because we are obsessed with plants and crops but we enjoy working with farmers to reduce cost of food to use less water and that is a threat to their business model, but senator mike lee from utah has spoken out against this is a free-market economy and made the best product win so we will keep pushing on. stuart: you are not a tiny company, you have considerable sales through wholefoods, i don't know if you are prepared to do this or not it can you tell me your gross revenue for the past year? >> one of the fast-grow

according to the usda and the supply and demand estimates.e in and being healed and history. that is typically a great saying. you can see the soybeans just come out of here. this is what the goal is. those are soybeans. i will show you. those little kernels right now. that is where the money gets made. i tell you with prices as low as they are right now, not a whole lot of money will get made. >> jeff flock, as always, right in the middle of the action. jeff, thank you so much. >> i think he had soybeans in his hair. that is what reporting does for you. we have a full two hours of varney and company now in the books. you have more varney just two minutes away. >> do you really want someone to walk into the oval office that has never ever held elective office? they be people do. i going to make them think about it a little bit. would you want a doctor to operate on you that has never been in an operating room. would you want a pilot to fly you that has never been in the cockpit? the republican field looks like a clown show. that is what we ar

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