Peggy Lowe

As Drought Turns To Flood, Farmers Get 'Weather Whiplash'

Peggy Lowe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:33:00 +0000

As Chris Webber checked the 40 acres of muddy field he wanted to plant on a recent morning, he worried about getting more rain, even as he worried about the lack of it.

"The drought is over at the moment," he says. "But in Missouri, we tend to say that in 10 days or two weeks, we can be in a drought again.

Will Chinese Firm Bring Home The Bacon With Smithfield Deal?

Peggy Lowe — Thu, 30 May 2013 07:07:00 +0000

There were questions Wednesday if U.S. regulators will approve the takeover of Smithfield Foods Inc., the company that sells all-American hams, hot dogs and bacon, by China's Shuanghui International.

It's being called the biggest such takeover of an American company by a Chinese firm.

Farmers And Their Cooperative Settle Lawsuit On Fixing The Price Of Milk

Peggy Lowe — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:33:00 +0000

Farmers who had hoped to get some answers on why prices for their raw milk went into free fall a decade ago were disappointed Tuesday by the settlement of a case accusing Dairy Farmers of America Inc. of creating a milk monopoly in the Southeast.

Dairy farmers and industry observers had hoped for their day in court after years of delays in the large class-action suit.

All Eyes Are On The Fiscal Cliff, But The Dairy Cliff Is Important Too

Peggy Lowe — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:12:00 +0000

Transcript

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

Amid all the talk of going over the fiscal cliff, we have a report now on another midnight deadline tonight. Few were paying attention when Congress failed to pass the Farm Bill last fall. But now lawmakers are scrambling to extend the law for a year, to dodge a spike in milk prices. While an agreement is in the works, another vote is necessary, and none is scheduled yet.