…domestic prices and intense competition in world markets continue to draw products away from export sales. Domestic use grew at least as fast as production for most manufactured products, as…
S&W Seed Company Signs First U.S. Sorghum License Agreement
…in the United States as well as Mexico. The United States is one of the largest sorghum markets in the world with an estimated 597 million bushels harvested from approximately…
Agri View: Farm Vote
…other countries. I don’t mean guns, tanks and airplanes. I’m talking about wheat, rice and cotton. We export a lot of just about everything on our farms. But, it seems…
Lower Hog Prices
Record Pork Production Lowers Hog Prices Hog futures hovered near three-month lows at times late this (last) week as higher U.S. pork supplies coincided with weaker overseas export demand. Nasdaq…
U.S. Grains Council Elects New Chairman
…delegates the core mission of developing export markets for feed grains will continue to be at the heart of their efforts. They’ll also look to develop markets for U.S. ethanol,…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…also garnered the attention of international export trading firms including CAS InterGlobal, Ichiban Kan, Leron Trading, Paramount Export Company and more. Both international and domestic buyers also toured grower and…
Dollar General Buys Walmart Express Locations
…and were designed to appeal to shoppers looking for convenience, while Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Markets stock fresh meat and produce. In January, Wal-Mart announced it would close all 102 of its…
$1 Billion Ag Fund
…driving the investment. The end products for export to China are likely to include high-protein health supplements, tonics, pills and sports drinks, as well as vitamins. From the National Association…
California Citrus Challenges: Water Tops HLB
…early in the season like it and keep buying it. Nelsen says California supplies 85 percent of the United States’ fresh citrus. After the U.S., top markets for California citrus…
Tomato growers reduce acreage to match markets
…against the euro has hurt tomato paste exports, which dropped 14 percent last year, Montna said, but noted the world’s crop also fell about 3 million tons due to weather…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…decisions” should not be rushed. (The 2012 GOP platform said a Republican president should finish the trade talks begun in 2008 “to open rapidly developing Asian markets to U.S. products.”)…
Drought Resistant Plants
…USDA Zones 4-10 Also known as tunas in Mexican markets, this watermelon-colored fruit has a thirst-quenching tropical flavor, excellent for eating out of hand or for flavoring a drink. The…
Funding for Urban Ag Conservation
…District (CD) will use its $50,000 grant to provide technical assistance to a number of urban gardens, farmers markets, and community supported agriculture (CSA) projects in Middletown, Connecticut. ECCD staff…
Women-In-Ag Trade Mission to the Far East in September
…for starting or increasing sales in these markets. The trip also allows participants to understand the roles that women play in China’s agricultural industry. Hong Kong and Shanghai were picked…