Articles by Ed Maixner

Bird flu has poultry industry regrouping

Animal water and feed get tougher antibiotics

Silvopasture finds handy way to expand grazing areas

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2015 ` The U.S. pet industry is in the midst of a bullish expansion phase for both pet nutrition and care, following the recession slowdown, making dogs and cats rising consumers of livestock industry and other farm and fishery products.

A dispute between U.S. West Coast port operators and dockworkers will continue to cost American agricultural exporters millions of dollars a day because their containers, many with perishable products, are waylaid on jam-packed docks where ship loadings are weeks in arrears.

American wheat farmers are preparing to launch new initiatives to enhance wheat quality, production and their markets as well as pump up the political muscle needed for their efforts.

A battle looms on Capitol Hill over transportation: Where to get the revenue to build and maintain the nations highways, bridges, transit systems and how to divvy up those federal dollars?

An era of robust dairy farm expansion for the nationÐs top milk producing state has stalled out as producers in California face hefty constraints on output.

How is USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service getting its arms around Big Data, its ever expanding collection of electronic market information?

There is an increase in the production of new biobased products and expanding uses P everything from clothing, carpet, cleaners and cosmetics to computer and car parts.