…biogas digester at New Hope Dairy in Galt, Calif. began generating electricity in 2013. The system is capable of generating 450 kilowatts, enough electricity to power about 250 single-family homes….
Significant Growth Expected for Ice Cream Sales
…2014, surpassing the U.S., as consumers in China increasingly saw ice cream as a snack. The ice cream market is divided into impulse, artisanal and take-home categories. Impulse products include…
Study Of U.S. Grains Council ROI
…of those exports by an average of $1.71 billion per year from 2010 to 2014 and increased U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by an average of $5 billion per year,…
Highlights From the February 2018 Farm Income Forecast
…decline since 2014 and the lowest average since 2011, in nominal dollars. A 6.2-percent ($2,100) increase is expected for cattle and calf farm businesses. Average net cash farm income for…
New Records for U.S. Beef Export Value, Pork Export Volume in 2017
…of the post-BSE, or mad cow disease, era. Beef export value reached $7.27 billion, up 15 percent year-over-year and two percent above the previous high achieved in 2014 of $7.13…
The Western View: Temperance Flattened?
The staff of the California Water Commission sure burst a bubble this week. They told the voters that their voice isn’t very important to them. In 2014, the voters approved…
New U.K. Trade Commissioner to Focus on North America
…as soon as the U.K. is ready. Meanwhile, in 2014, the U.K. was reported to rely on the EU for 27 percent of its food imports. From the National Association…
Conaway Wants Cotton and Dairy Fix on Any Must-Pass Bill
…cuts, like the 2014 farm bill, noting farm bill spending has decreased $100 billion since 2014. Conaway says Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts would like to bring up the bill…
Ag Lending and Interest Expense Increasing for Farmers
…livestock loans increased almost 50 percent over the previous year, but they’re still below 2014 and 2015 levels. Large loans continue to make up the majority of farm loan volumes…
Dairymen Petition for Emergency Hearing on Pricing
…three months. Secretary Ross has also granted temporary price increases in the past. A four-month increase was granted in 2012 and a six-month increase was granted in 2013. While dairymen…
Super Bowl Sunday Chicken Wings
…eaten with wings and its popularity has been growing steadily, up from 51% in 2014** and 56% in 2015.*** Only one-third (33%) like to eat their wings with blue cheese…
USDA Investing Millions in Wildfire Mitigation and Water Quality Projects
…a local USDA Service Center to learn more. Since 2013, USDA has invested $176 million in 56 Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership (LRP) projects, which focus on areas where public…
Millennials Spend Less Per-Person on Groceries
Recent data released by the Department of Agriculture shows that millennials are spending less per-person at the grocery store. A recent analysis by USDA’s Economic Research Service of 2014 grocery…
CoBank: Expect more Farm Bankruptcies in 2018
…year. The number of Chapter 12 filings has been on the rise since 2014 when there were about 380 filings. That number spiked to just more than 500 in 2017….