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Yesterday’s election proved to be fairly positive for many of the House and Senate races NFU was keeping its eye on across the country. The makeup of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees will remain somewhat similar in the new Congressional session. Eight of the 46 House Ag Committee members lost their seats or retired, resulting in a 17.4% turnover rate on the committee. All Senate Ag Committee members who were up for reelection won their seats, although three members retired.

Golden Triangle award recipients of the past two years won with an 87.2% rate, and candidates endorsed by the National Farmers Union Political Action Committee (NATFARMPAC) had a 72.5% success rate.

Read more details on NFU’s blog.

Don’t forget to check out NFU’s blog at www.nfu.org/blog. We will use this space to encourage dialogue about Farmers Union events throughout the country, education and outreach, our members, cooperative development and issues that impact U.S. family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and their communities.

Nov. 7, 2012 Election Recap from NFU

All member-driven donations go to food banks that serve hungry people in their communities. Feeding America’s more than 200 member food banks serve 61,000 agencies across the United States that addresses hunger through emergency food assistance and programs.

Through Buffet’s challenge, every dollar donated helps provide $17 worth of food and groceries to Americans in need. With the Buffett Foundation’s matching grant, NFU members will see that number double to $34. If Farmers Union members can reach the goal set of $50,000, it will provide $1.7 million worth of food.

Click here to find out how you can help! The campaign concludes on Dec. 15, 2012.

NFU Partners with Home Grown Cow

NFU is teaming up with Home Grown Cow to provide farmers and ranchers with an opportunity to market certain products directly to consumers. Home Grown Cow also gives consumers an opportunity to browse products by location and farming style.

Visit Home Grown Cow’s website at www.homegrowncow.com.

Current Parity % of
Commodity Price Price Parity
Crops
Barley (bushel)……………..5.66………..12.80………48
Corn (bushel)……………….6.95………..12.10………57
Cotton, Upland (lb) ………0.726………..2.11……….34
Flaxseed (bushel)…………13.40……….32.20………42
Oats (bushel)………………..3.75………..7.70……….49
Peanuts (lb)…………………0.338………0.761………44
Rice (cwt)…………………..15.00……….42.70………35
Sorghum Grain (cwt)…….11.90……….21.30………56
Soybeans (bushel)…………14.20………29.30……..48
Wheat (bushel)……………..8.37……….18.60………45
Livestock
Cattle (cwt)………………121.00………296.00……..41
Hogs (cwt)…………………61.50……….162.00…….40
Dairy/Poultry
Eggs, (dozen)………………1.05………..2.66………39
Milk, All (cwt)……………..19.70……….52.70……..37
*Lamb and manufacturing milk prices are one month behind all other prices in this analysis.
** Egg Prices are Mid-month in this analysis.
Taken from “Agricultural Prices,” USDA/NASS.

Don’t forget to check out NFU’s blog at www.nfu.org/blog. We will use this space to encourage dialogue about Farmers Union events throughout the country, education and outreach, our members, cooperative development and issues that impact U.S. family farmers, ranchers, fishermen and their communities.

Oct. 24, 2012 Every Day is Food Day for Family Farmers and Ranchers

All member-driven donations go to food banks that serve hungry people in their communities. Feeding America’s more than 200 member food banks serve 61,000 agencies across the United States that addresses hunger through emergency food assistance and programs.

Through Buffet’s challenge, every dollar donated helps provide $17 worth of food and groceries to Americans in need. With the Buffett Foundation’s matching grant, NFU members will see that number double to $34. If Farmers Union members can reach the goal set of $50,000, it will provide $1.7 million worth of food.

Click here to find out how you can help! The campaign concludes on Dec. 15, 2012.

NFU Partners with Home Grown Cow

NFU is teaming up with Home Grown Cow to provide farmers and ranchers with an opportunity to market certain products directly to consumers. Home Grown Cow also gives consumers an opportunity to browse products by location and farming style.

Visit Home Grown Cow’s website at www.homegrowncow.com.

Current Parity % of
Commodity Price Price Parity
Crops
Barley (bushel)……………..5.76………..12.70……….51
Corn (bushel)…………….. .7.35………..12.10……….61
Cotton, Upland (lb) ………0.723………..2.10……….34
Flaxseed (bushel)………. .13.10……….32.10………41
Oats (bushel)………………..3.75………..7.66……….49
Peanuts (lb)…………………0.353………0.758………47
Rice (cwt)…………………..14.60……….42.50………34
Sorghum Grain (cwt)…….12.20……….21.20………58
Soybeans (bushel)…………16.30………29.10……..56
Wheat (bushel)……………..8.49……….18.50………46
Livestock
Cattle (cwt)………………120.00……….294.00………41
Hogs (cwt)…………………57.10……….161.00………35
Dairy/Poultry
Eggs, (dozen)………………1.23………..2.65………..46
Milk, All (cwt)………….. ..19.10……….52.50……….35
*Lamb and manufacturing milk prices are one month behind all other prices in this analysis.
** Egg Prices are Mid-month in this analysis.
Taken from “Agricultural Prices,” USDA/NASS.