Red meat production in the United Stated totaled 4.4 billion pounds last month, up three percent from December of 2015, according to The Department of Agriculture. Meat industry publication Meatingplace…
Inflation Up, Food Prices Unchanged
…U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index Summary-December, 2016 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in December on a seasonally…
State Water Project Allocation Increased
…45 percent as reservoirs rose from December storms. Today’s increase to 60 percent of collective delivery requests is due to the atmospheric river storms that have filled many reservoirs and…
Rains Don’t Damper Citrus Harvest
…soak in, and everybody gets ready for another series of rain.” December brought a few periods of freezing temperatures, but none of them stuck around very long. “We did have…
Importation of Hass Avocados From Colombia
…as well as comments received between the time the comment period closed for the first time in December and the date of this notice. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by…
Regulating Egg Safety and Quality
…001, the Julian date for December 31 is 365).*Must be printed in font ź inch or larger Quality: All shell eggs shall be graded and sized. The established grades of…
Ad Recognizes Trump Leadership on Biofuels
…noting that his leadership will support jobs and bring America closer to true energy independence. The ad launch follows a letter of congratulations sent to Trump in December by leaders…
January Crop Production Report
The USDA-NASS, Pacific Regional Office released the California crop production forecast for January. The latest survey, conducted during the last week of December 2016, and the first week of January…
New Board Appointees Will Join The Cotton Board
…term expiring December 31, 2018. The re-appointed members are: Walter L. Corcoran, Producer – Eufoula, AL; David J. DeFelix, Producer – Campbellton, FL; James L. Webb, Producer – Leary, GA;…
Tractor Sales Up Slightly in 2016
U.S. farmers bought more tractors in 2016, compared with 2015, according to the latest report from the Association of Equipment Manufactures. Through December, AEM says 2016 tractor sales were up…
California Citrus Crop Forecast Increased
…million boxes in December to 9 million boxes in January. Non-Valencia oranges also increased from 42 million boxes to 44 million boxes. Grapefruit increased from 4 million boxes to 4.1…
Ag Producer Sentiment Improves in December
Producer sentiments took a post-election jump in the month of December. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer December reading of 132 marked the second straight monthly increase. That’s also…
November Pork Exports Set Record
…and the highest amount since December of 2014. USMEF President and CEO Phillip Seng says, “With recent increases in both pork and beef production, the U.S. industry faces a significant…
Smithfield Cutting Back on Gestation Crates
…gestation crates, Smithfield Foods / Murphy Brown pig breeding facility, Waverly, Virginia, United States. November / December 2010. Source Humane Society of the United States. From: Smithfield Foods Smithfield Foods…