…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…
Crops Benefit from Holiday demand
…sales, however, typically drop off in November and early December, and tend to pick back up by the end of December, Mattos said, noting that January is usually “a huge…
Snowpack’s Statewide Water Content Below Average
…about half of California’s annual rainfall occurs in December, January and February and about two-thirds of the annual total arrives during December through March. Total precipitation so far this water…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for December 30
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
National Bacon Day
…at any time of day. It’s only fitting that every year on December 30th, during the holidays when we all tend to eat more, that Bacon gets its very own…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for December 29
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National Champagne Day
…on This Land of Ours. National Champagne Day Every year on the evening of December 31st we say goodbye to the last year and ring in the new year at…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for December 28
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South American Soybean Harvest Underway
…the next ten days. South American Crop Consultant Michael Cordonnier notes that rainfall increased during early December, leading to concern that wet weather could cause disease issues like mold, potentially…
Poultry and Egg Production Report
…eggs, and 3.49 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on December 1, 2016, averaged 77.9 eggs per 100 layers, up 3 percent from December 1,…
December Dairy Market Report
U.S. dairy exports continue to improve. Export volumes were up during August–October compared to a year earlier for most major product categories. Nonfat dry milk and dry whey prices have…