…price. With a few it’s brands and labels. If you’re one of the “best price” group, the federally funded Women’s, Infant’s and Children’s program, known as WIC, would be a…
Market Rallies Lifting Farmers Spirits
…prices for corn and especially soybeans this fall. Importantly, the price rally included not just nearby futures contracts, but extended to prices for both the 2017 and, to a lesser…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…are published in the Sheep and Goats report in January. Goat inventory by type, breeding and market goats, mohair production, and mohair price and value are published. Death loss estimates…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
…once again drop to loss levels.” Beyond just low prices, farmers also noted the challenge posed by volatile prices – wild jumps and dips in milk prices that make it…
Agri View: Plastic Challenge
…now the problem is to create these products in a more affordable price range. This effort will require an unspecified time but it is going to happen sooner or later….
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…ahead. Cattle producers have recently seen higher prices after a two-year price drop of more than 40 percent. An Ag Web dot com article says 750-800 pound steers brought $125.19…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…on multiple occasions, I can assure you that it’s not easy to settle the estate of a loved one while coping with the loss of that loved one. To add…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…said. “Prices are OK but business is pretty quiet,” Hirasuna said. “You can have prices be really high, but if there’s not a whole lot of demand and business is…
Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…for a “magic weight loss cure” after he was brought before a U.S. Senate consumer protection panel to be questioned about the scientific evidence behind the supplement. The Federal Trade…
FTC Says Ethanol Industry Still Competitive
…Trade Commission (FTC). The agency’s annual update concluded: “The exercise of market power to set prices or coordination on price and output levels, is unlikely.” Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today…
Agri View: Hard Work
…a hundred pounds in just one season. Not just milk but cheese, butter, ice cream prices. All have impact on the price farmers receive. And then feed prices can, and…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…watering lawns. Technical assistance and financial incentives for water suppliers to implement leak prevention, detection, and repair programs. Collecting information about innovative water conservation and water loss detection and control…
November Dairy Market Report
…individual states accelerating their production than it is a gradual recovery from extended losses by several states with large production volumes. Extended losses in those states had held down growth…
Black Friday
…when they’re presented with the right product at the right price with the right level of convenience and the right kind of experience.” So you may have to wait a…