11/10/08 Turkey News & Power Plant Troubles

Turkey News & Power Plant Troubles plus Food Forethought. I'm Greg Martin with today's Northwest Report. With Thanksgiving around the corner what is the prospect for the turkey. Dave Harvey, USDA economist, says that turkey producers are getting prices close to last year, helped along by higher exports. HARVEY: Turkey production is around 4.2 billion pounds and that's up about 6% from the previous year but whole bird prices have been pretty strong throughout most of the year. Over the last 6 weeks or so the gap between last year and this year kind of decreased so it's really about the same price right now but the export market has been good, very strong throughout the year. It's up about 20% so far this year. A planning and zoning commission in southern Idaho has recommended that 1,400 acres of farmland not be rezoned to allow the building of a nuclear power plant. The Elmore County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-2 Wednesday against rezoning the land where Alternate Energy Holdings wants to build a 1,600-megawatt nuclear power plant. If the Elmore County Commission rejects the application, the company says it will look at opportunities in Colorado and Mexico. Now with today's Food Forethought, here's Lacy Gray. They're at it again. Actually, they never really stopped; they just took some time to reinvent themselves. Scammers have jumped on the economic crisis with fervor, using Americans fears for the safety of their bank accounts and investments as a way to steal their personal information. Ironically, the scammers are issuing e-mails which tell possible victims that their "accounts" have been subject to unusual activity and to click on a link which will take them to a bogus website where they will be asked to update their account information, information that includes bank, PIN and Social Security numbers. These scammers too are vultures who will often feed on the good intentions of victims, such as with the millions of Americans who donate funds for national and world crisis. Know this; your bank will never e-mail you asking for updates to your account information. And while some e-mails from online investment groups are legit, many more are not and it is best to err on the side of caution. Hit the delete key. Thanks Lacy. That's today's Northwest Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.