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Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Declines

Menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings dropped 4 percent in price this year. read more »

Exciting Lineup for AFBF Annual Meeting in Seattle

Climate change legislation, livestock care issues and social media tools will be at the forefront of topics discussed during conferences. read more »

Partisan Vote May Hamper Climate Bill

“The climate bill’s chances are looking worse by the day,” said Mark Maslyn, American Farm Bureau Federation public policy executive director. read more in FB News »

One More Thing to Be Thankful For

Declines in the retail cost of dairy products and whole turkeys account for most of the overall drop in the 12-item Thanksgiving dinner basket tracked by Farm Bureau. read more »

Meet a Sweet Potato Farmer

Stephen Bailey and his family run Bailey Family Farms, a unique full-service sweet potato operation in Vardaman, Mississippi. read more »

Current News
Farm Bureau Urges Timely Disaster Payments for 2009 Crops
Statement Regarding Permanent Extension of Charitable Food Donations
Statement Regarding Delay of Climate Change Legislation
Exciting Lineup for AFBF Annual Meeting in Seattle
Classic Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Declines for 2009

State Roundup

Thanksgiving Tables Still Well-Stocked
-Alabama Farmers Federation

Thanksgiving Feast to Cost Slightly Less This Year
-Arkansas Farm Bureau

The Price of Your Thanksgiving Meal is Lower
-Missouri Farm Bureau

Kansas City’s Farm to Market Bread Company
The Farm to Market Bread Company in Kansas City, Missouri thinks that creating distinctive breads is the ultimate homage to heartland wheat.

America’s Heartland is a public television show devoted to telling the stories of the people of agriculture. The American Farm Bureau is pleased to sponsor the program.

There’s much more to today’s farmers and ranchers than meets the eye. Begin re-discovering your agriculture.

Newsline is updated every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 p.m. Eastern.

The FBlog contains opinions and perspectives of some of the nation’s top producers. It is intended for the public as a whole to learn more about and discuss with producers today’s leading agricultural topics.

Since 1955, the National Farm-City Council has supported educational programming to build interdependence between rural and urban citizens, and the President of the United Sates has annually proclaimed the week leading to and including Thanksgiving Day as National Farm-City® Week.

Foodies, who generally are more discriminating than other consumers, continue to influence the food grown by America’s farmers and ranchers.

FBNews is published semimonthly, except monthly in August and December.

AgBites features video soundbites on agricultural topics.

These graphics highlight several aspects of the food price issue and the positive contributions of biofuels to the economy and the environment.

The Ag Agenda is a monthly column written by American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman.

Tune in to the public TV series celebrating agriculture.

Conversations on Animal Care is a comprehensive effort that supports farmers and ranchers who are eager to engage consumers in a positive dialogue about animal care.