Global Food Prices Rise in June

Taylor HillmanCattle, General

…was led by a surge in the price of sugar and more moderate increases for cereals(grains), dairy and meat. The dairy index increased 7.8 percent compared to May, but compared…

Agri View: Direct Marketing

DanAgri View, General

…Jill Burkharts’ 80-cow dairy in central Iowa left the farm in a bulk truck for processing and sale in the commodity markets. These days, however, the farm’s milk takes a…

Agri View: Golf Course Farming?

DanAgri View, General

…farm. And John Taylor is converting a frequently flooded golf course just outside Seattle back to the purpose it served before the course was built: a dairy farm. Read more….

Agri View: Farm Trends

DanAgri View, General

…Everything’s down: dairy, hogs, broiler chickens, corn, soybeans. The median income, an easier figure to understand, is down, too: $78,284 in 2015, down from $80,620 in 2014. A primary bit…