Everett Griner talks about the current Food Price Index costs trends in today’s Agri View. Download Food Price Index Our Department of Agriculture maintains a Food Price Index. It is…
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…or mieliepap. While the United States had plenty of corn available for export at a reasonable price, lagging biotech trait approvals limited the amount of possible exports to South Africa….
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…coupled with India’s reduced exports is helping to support current prices. In addition, unfixed on-call sales are providing support to futures prices. However, the struggling global economy and man-made fiber…
California Preliminary Grape Crush Report
…percent from 2015. The 2016 Chardonnay price of $880.51 was up 11.7 percent from 2015, and the Cabernet Sauvignon price of $1,432.73 was up 8.8 percent from 2015. The 2016…
USDA Announces Recommended Decision on California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…uniform order provisions contained in the 10 current FMMOs. These uniform provisions include, but are not limited to, dairy product classification, end-product price formulas and the producer-handler definition. The proposed…
Rural Hospitals Fear Cuts
…part of recruiting new businesses to their area. The loss of a hospital in a small town often leads to a reduction in property values in rural communities. Association leaders…
Tyson Foods Tied to Price-Fixing Lawsuit
…lawsuit accused Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride and other poultry producers conspired to fix and maintain poultry prices since 2008. The suit says their primary method of fixing prices at certain levels…
USGC, RFA, Growth Energy Urge Administration to Address China Trade Tariffs on Ethanol, DDGs
…worth more than $300 million were shipped to China last year. As the letter explained, China’s recent actions have contributed to lower prices for ethanol and DDGS. Ethanol prices have…
U.S. Trends in Food Availability
…loss-adjusted food availability data are derived from the food availability data by adjusting for spoilage and other losses at the primary, retail, and consumer levels to more closely approximate actual…
January Dairy Market Report
…U.S. milk prices as 2016 drew to a close. The all-milk price hit a high for the first 11 months of the year in November, while the Margin Protection Program…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…commodity prices. Prices for key commodities, including soybeans, cattle and hogs, were increasing during much of the fall. For example, from mid-October to mid-January futures prices for CME February lean…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
…industry parity with Australia in the Japanese market. Japan’s tariffs on pork, which are determined through a so-called gate price system, would have been substantially reduced as part of the…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…down 9 percent from last year. Inventories of tomato products have risen, due in part to record harvests in 2014 and 2015. Rominger said growers are earning a break-even price…
Pork Industry Says No Bacon Shortage
…million pounds last month, the lowest number since record-keeping began back in 1957. Wholesale prices are already showing an increase. While retail prices aren’t increasing yet, they could rise as…