…broilers) was $37 thousand, 23 percent above the value of a year earlier. Average price for other chickens was 0.2 cents per pound, unchanged from last year’s price. Nationally, the…
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
…fits their unique needs.” The new resources will help farmers and ranchers make an educated choice between the new Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC)…
Daily California Eggs for Wednesday 05/28/14
Prices are steady. Trade sentiment is steady to higher. Retail demand is light to moderate with loose egg movement moderate to fairly good. Offerings and supplies are moderate. Market activity…
Agriculture Groups Urge TPP Deal Without Japan
…elimination of Japan’s gate price system and all tariffs. The TPP is a regional negotiation that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,…
The First Livestock and Dairy Outlooks for 2015
What can livestock and dairy producers expect in the way of production and price per USDA’s first forecasts for next year? Rod Bain reports. The First Livestock and Dairy Outlooks…
Talking With You About the Five W’s of Your Food
Here’s another part of ag business. Farm broadcasters, no matter the platform they use, are about telling you where your food comes from, and the price you pay for it….
Daily California Eggs for 05-23-14
Benchmark prices are steady. Asking prices for next week are 5 cents higher for Jumbo and 6 cents higher on the remainder of sizes. Trade sentiment is steady to higher….
Peanut Price Highlights
Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 23.9 cents per pound for the week ending May 17, up 0.3 cent from the previous week. Marketings of…
USDA Unrolling New Crop Insurance Policy Option
The USDA is unrolling a new crop insurance policy option, thanks to the 2014 Farm Bill. Called the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Policy, it will provide flexible coverage options for…
Grocery Prices Increase Again
Ricky Volpe USDA food price economist Grocery prices are going up once again. The latest index shows the prices overall went up 1/2 a percent just in April with some…
UC Davis Study Determines Preliminary Findings of Economic Impact of Drought in Central Valley
…households for a year. Fallowing of an additional 410,000 acres, representing 6 percent of irrigated cropland in the Central Valley. The loss of an estimated 14,500 seasonal and full-time jobs….
ARC and PLC Program Fruit, Vegetable and Wild Rice Provisions
…payment reduction for program participants,” said Val Dolcini , State Executive Director for the California FSA. Producers who intend to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss…
Peanut Price Report
Released May 16, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Peanut Price Highlights Peanut prices received by farmers for all…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…APRIL 2014 Mid-April prices received by California farmers were above March for alfalfa hay. Prices for all potatoes and fall potatoes were below the previous month. The mid-April price for…