…Poultry and Egg Prices The July market egg price, at $0.36 per dozen, increased 13.1 cents from June but is 143.9 cents below July 2015. The July broiler price, at…
World Dairy Expo Kicks off in Madison, WI
…industry, World Dairy Expo attracts more than 70,000 attendees from over 90 countries to Madison, Wis. each year. AgNet West’s coverage of World Dairy Expo is sponsored by SCR Dairy….
USDA to Require Meat Packers to Report Online Cattle Buys
…in weekly price reports. The price reports are used by companies like Tyson Foods and Cargill to determine prices to pay ranchers for animals. USDA noted participation in the cash…
Agri View: Food Prices
Everett Griner talks about America, still number one in food prices, in today’s Agri View. Food Prices We are still the best fed nation in the world, at the best…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…Another SCRI grant helped a research team led by the University of Georgia to develop an advanced sensor system to help harvest and process blueberries at high-speed with low loss….
Citrus Crop Forecast Live Coverage Wednesday, October 12
…new premier sponsor for this crop forecast coverage series, OnlyMoso USA, will host AgNet’s Gary Cooper to anchor the broadcast from a related bamboo business headquarters in Italy, which has…
Sacramento Valley Rice Harvest Accelerates
…prices. This comes as state rice inventories have been building. Marketers say lower prices now allow them to sell more rice and win back price-sensitive markets that had largely turned…
Apple a Day
…prevent memory loss. Eating an apple a day, with one teaspoon of honey and one cup of milk, is recommended in the treatment for loss of memory and mental irritability….
USDA Launches Cage-Free Egg Report
…transparency to the cage-free shell egg market. The new monthly report includes wholesale price information for cage-free shell eggs traded on a contract basis and negotiated spot market basis. The…
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…8 percent compared to a survey conducted a year ago. Of the 16 items surveyed, 13 decreased and three increased in average price. Egg prices dropped significantly due to production…
Agri View: Bee Survival
…losses to about ten percent annually. The general loss range is about thirty percent. His method of saving his colonies is not a simple effort. It requires a whole new…
FWS Proposes Endangered Species Act Protections for Bumble Bee Species
…lists stressors to bumble bees as pathogens, pesticides, habitat loss and climate change. The Service points specifically to neonicotinoids use in agriculture that correlates with the decline in populations. The…
Duarte Nursery Stands Up to Federal Regulators
…in a legal battle with federal regulators over whether he violated federal law by plowing his land. Duarte is facing fines of $8 million, and potentially the loss of his…
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…the price of chemicals and seed for farmers.” He warned that price increase would be ultimately passed on to the consumer. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….