…to consider constantly rising food prices. So while all income groups keep increasing their food expenses you can see where the less the income the higher the percentage that it…
Growth of U.S. Dairy Exports
…and prices. In 2015, as global conditions changed, the value of U.S. dairy exports fell by almost 30 percent. The United States, as both a top producer and exporter, has…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…agroecosystem projects include a research and education initiative by North Carolina State University that investigated how farming practices such as tillage, pesticide and fertilizer use can affect beneficial soil organisms…
Agri View: Chicken Prices
Everett Griner talks about chicken prices following other meats in today’s Agri View. Chicken Prices For the past three or four years statistics show beef and pork prices climbing higher…
Agri View: Farm Income Outlook
…and crop prices to even break even this year. Those $7.00 corn and $15.00 soybean prices were 2014. But then according to my latest report prices and net farm income…
Almond Board: A Thanksgiving Message
…market prices. The Board is composed of 10 members. The more than 6,000 almond growers and 104 almond handlers elect the five growers and five handlers in an annual election…
2016 Supermarket Food Prices Will Average Lower than 2015
For the first time in almost six decades average grocery store food prices this year will be lower than the year before. lower-than-2015…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…production growth since 2012 according to forecasts released in October 2016. Through September, 2016 prices for whole birds at wholesale remained above the trend prior to the 2015 HPAI outbreak….
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…prevented planting payment is made to compensate for the producer’s pre-planting costs generally incurred in preparation for planting the crop. These costs can include purchase of machinery, land rent, fertilizer,…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…He says lower milk and turkey prices led to the decrease in this year’s survey. “We’ve seen milk prices come down quite a bit from where they were in 2014….
Agri View: Food Cost
…But is a fact that it is more years than not. It has been the fact for the past seven to nine years. Now in most years meat prices have…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…reduction in inflation-adjusted farmland prices in 2018, the first significant correction since the ‘80s. Recent data shows farmland prices in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana dropping three percent from July-September of…
Mexico Loaded Up on Corn Ahead of U.S. Election
…Pro Farmer says the move proved prudent, since the results of the U.S. election sent the peso to an all-time low against the dollar, increasing corn prices in pesos ten-fold….
Rural Mainstreet Index Still Weak for November
…Rural Mainstreet economies. Over the past 12 months, livestock commodity prices have tumbled by 27.2 percent and grain commodity prices have slumped by 16.6 percent. The economic fallout from this…