…to potentially force changes to systems of production, such as environmental stewardship and sustainability. Analysts are predicting that Amazon’s move into the food business will address the demand for affordable,…
Wholesale Chicken-Wings Hit Record High Prices
…wings. Buffalo Wild Wings says costs are at a “historic high” and the company’s earnings have dropped 60 percent while menu prices remain steady. Demand for chicken wings usually takes…
Agriculture Looks for Ways to Boost Exports
…Russia and India. Warner says export sales remain the answer to boosting domestic prices. Exports The same demand-price boost for grain that faces GMO barriers in the EU and China….
NIFA Invests $35 Million in Specialty Crop Research
…industry-driven needs. The University of Arkansas is leading a multi-state and multi-agency collaboration to meet growing consumer demand for spinach by developing new, disease-resistant cultivars, and conducting outreach to industry…
NFU Hires Steckel to Make Push for Biofuels
…will continue its avid support of the RFS and pursue innovative policy solutions that expand renewable energy demand, development, and infrastructure.” The effort follows a special order of business that…
South American Palm Weevil Makes Headway into California
…dollars in 2015 and date production has continued to expand since then. “The demand for dates as a healthy, nutritious food is increasing and people like California dates,” Hoddle stated….
Ethanol Production May Outpace Demand in Future
…next few years without a substantial increase in domestic demand or a boost in exports to clear out extra supplies. Demand for the product has been solid recently as low…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…focused on long-term demand.” Before passing the gavel to LaCour, outgoing Chairman Janet Ydavoy, an importer from Portsmouth, NH, said “We have made great progress for the stakeholders of the…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
…would greatly suffer from disruptions to trading relationships developed over the last 23 years. Farmers have increased productivity and improved their competitiveness to address the rapidly growing demand worldwide for…
Update: Landowner Settles Wetlands Case
…when Duarte, president of Duarte Nursery in Hughson, bought the property in Tehama County. He decided to plant wheat because the commodity was in global demand and hired a family…
U.S. Feed Grain and Ethanol Exports Up
…new areas of near-term demand. U.S. ethanol exports have already reached a new all-time high at 1.15 billion gallons this marketing year, according to data collected by the U.S. Census…
U.S. Beef Products Struggling in China
…isles. China, the world’s largest pork producer, and the consumer has seen beef demand climb as incomes increase, prompting people to spend on new and varied types of food. Imports…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…he said. “When the market is completely empty, you can almost name your price. That’s not happening anymore.” Despite these market pressures, Denevan said demand for fresh apples from California…
August USDA WASDE Report Released
…outlying quarters. Pork production is reduced on lower expected slaughter in the third quarter. Forecast turkey production is reduced on a slower-than-expected recovery in demand and relatively poor returns to…