…the U.S. all-milk price fell to $14.50 per hundredweight in May, the lowest level since 2009. In addition, he told USDA, dairy farm cash receipts from milk sales have fallen…
Cargill Full Year Earnings Down 11 Percent
…between adjusted and net earnings included gains on sales of businesses and other assets, asset impairment charges and a LIFO inventory adjustment. Revenues totaled $107.2 billion, an 11 percent decline…
Agri View: Voice Command
Everett Griner talks about tractors that will respond to voice command in today’s Agri View. Voice Command You watch one of those giant new tractors that can plant a dozen…
USDA Celebrating Farmers Market Week
…than $12 billion dollars per year in sales. A recent survey by USDA shows that 56 percent of local markets were able to increase their product variety because of vendor…
Make Plans to Talk with Lenders before Machinery Purchases
…farmers will have to convince lenders that a new tractor, combine or planter has good potential for return on investment. However, it’s a good time to buy, if it’s affordable.Loans…
Dollars Spent at Farmers Market
…of local food marketing in the Sacramento Region (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties). Our key findings indicate that, for every dollar of sales, Sacramento Region direct marketers are…
China Extends Cotton Stockpile Sales
…could exceed the two million metric tons originally slated for sale. China has already sold 1.7 million metric tons of cotton reserves so far. The sales started in May as…
CME ‘Enhancing’ Live Cattle Markets
…just 20 percent of cattle sales negotiated in cash markets across the U.S., CME Group will delay listing any additional contract months beyond October 2017 to evaluate ways to improve…
July Dairy Market Report
…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…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…Celebrity Judging Panel, including world-renowned chef Erna Kubin-Clanin, owner of 5-star Erna’s Elderberry House and Chateau du Sureau; Co-Founder and CEO, Forager Ventures, LLC, Harvinder Singh; Sales Manager – Pacific…
Farmers Increasing Rye Plantings
North American Farmers Increasing Rye Plantings on Higher Whiskey Sales Farmers in North America are turning back to what Reuters calls a neglected crop, sowing fields with the largest rye…
Farming Game Story
…of Ours. The Farming Game® Story The Farming Game® and The Farming Game Folks The Farming Game ® really was invented on the seat of a tractor. It happened in…
California Citrus Challenges: Water Tops HLB
…California orange growers who feared the mandarins would cannibalize their sales took action to attract and keep consumers, Nelsen says. They increased orange maturity standards so consumers who buy fruit…
Agri View: Farmers Benefit from Oil Prices
…use of feedstocks for biofuels) means that production cost savings are likely to be offset by reduced sales revenues, leaving the average producer facing greater challenges in raising finance and…