…pay a heavy price in other ways. With no way to control bugs, insects, and weeds. The production of just about every food item grown on the farm would come…
Pork Industry Expanding
…among processors may lead to a tightening of packer margins and give producers much more favorable prices in the months ahead. CoBank economist Trevor Amen says, “U.S. pork processing capacity…
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…days, but those headlines faded quickly. Many people outside of agriculture had no idea just how unbelievably huge the fires were. The losses were terrible; entire ranches burned, cattle killed…
Agri View: What Impacts Farmland Value
…is looking for the best price, it may take a little time. That is because land prices follow market levels. When commodity prices are high, land values go up. And…
USDA Releases Latest WASDE Report
…billion bushels. The season average corn price estimate received by producers is unchanged from last month at $3.00 to $3.80 per bushel. The season-average price for soybeans was forecasted at…
Global Food Prices Rebound in May
A measure of global food prices increased in May, after a decline in April. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its monthly Food Price Index Thursday….
Agri View: Food Cost Drops in 2016
…America pay for food we consume. The Consumer Price Index is the most accepted source for yearly spending. For instance, we paid less for the foods consumed at home in…
Healthy Diet with Affordable Produce
…spotted, since green and bright yellow bananas can cause indigestion and bloat. Green Apples. Not just low in price, but low in sugar and high in fiber. They also contain…
Secretaries Perdue and Zinke Stress Inter-Departmental Collaboration as Wildfire Season Approaches
…and the management tools available to us. By keeping our employees and the public safe from harm or loss, by effectively suppressing an unwanted fire, and by doing everything we…
Agri View: Good Vidalia Onion Crop
…a big price. Other farmers, who through the Depression years hadn’t been able to get a fair price for their produce, thought Coleman had found a gold mine! They began…
May Dairy Market Report
…up inventories and putting some pressure on cheese prices. Still, exports of most products showed strong year-over-year growth during the first quarter of 2017. Federal order Class prices have dropped…
Citrus Disease HLB Detection and Quarantine in Orange County
…disease in 2005, and the two have now been detected in all 30 citrus-producing counties in that state. The University of Florida estimates that the disease causes an average loss…
Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
…once a month or as needed to make important decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs, county office employment, and other agricultural issues. Members…
NPPC White Paper Details Benefits Of NAFTA
…$14 per hog, or a nearly $1.7 billion aggregate loss to the industry. “A loss in exports to Mexico of that magnitude would be cataclysmic for the U.S. pork industry,”…