…prices paid for different bottles of wine through online retailers. They also compared various wine characteristics to get the price effect of organic certification and labeling. Data was collected from…
NM Attorney Launches Probe of U.S. Beef Processors
…record profits at the expense of local residents, who are seeing their paychecks shrink and the price of meat rise. The news release from the attorney general’s office says the…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…prices due to pressured supply. This situation will continue towards summer, with record piglet prices during Q1. Exports remain the wild card for the market’s price top, with high prices…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…larger share of respondents expected higher prices (24 percent) than expected lower prices (16 percent) in 12 months. Figure 5. Share of producers rating used farm machinery price as low…
Olive Oil for More Than Cooking or Eating
…clean and smooth shave and cost half the price. Got chapped lips? Olive also great for getting those lips back to kissable. Olive oil can also remove paint, remove stickers,…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…land-use patterns, ERS researchers use an economic model of global markets to identify how potential international trade policies could affect tropical forest loss. Two policy options are examined: (1) removing…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…state’s limited water supplies, to loss of habitat and wildlife, California’s environment continues to face big challenges,” said Ashley Boren, Executive Director of award co-sponsor Sustainable Conservation. “More than half…
Tight Fuel Ethanol Supplies in Brazil Boost U.S. Exports
…can be traced to an increase in the price of sugar in Brazil, which comes from stronger export demand for Brazilian sugar products. As a result of that higher demand,…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
…the growers who paid a higher price for the bigger colonies got to see the benefit,” Wardell said. The average honeybee colony for almonds is an eight-frame hive. For anything…
Farmers Share of the Food Dollar is Still Low
A Farm Journal report says some consumers may still look at grocery store prices and think farmers are making a lot of money off the commodities they produce. A U.S….
Possible Changes in Cotton and Dairy Policies Ahead
…with congressional appropriators for some time. Adjustments to the programs in the 2014 farm bill through the appropriations process now mean a Congressional Budget Office score of the 10-year price…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…index was at or above growth neutral was August 2015. “Weak farm commodity prices continue to squeeze Rural Mainstreet economies. Over the last 12 months, livestock commodity prices have tumbled…
Trump Administration Imposing Tariff on Canada Lumber Products
…lumber the country’s suppliers can sell in the U.S. and at what price. Canada has vowed to sue the U.S. over the tariffs, if needed. From the National Association of…
Tulare County Celebrates Farm Bureau Leaders
…for their many years of service and support of the agriculture community. Patrick and Paul are loss control consultants to State Fund and have been local foot soldiers working with…