…new bill will make the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program easier to navigate and has also expanded funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)….
California Table Grape Industry Gets $10 Million in USDA Relief
…negative impact on overall prices for table grapes. USDA numbers show the average shipping point price for all varieties and sizes of domestic table grapes was 22 percent lower than…
USDA Highlights Benefits of Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
…net program or to increase their coverage. “Dairy producers have long been battling low prices, high input costs, and a surplus in the global market. Unfortunately, the 2014 Farm Bill…
Groups Respond to House Passage of Farm Bill
…The bill will reduce the cost of $5.00 margin coverage by roughly 88 percent. This aids larger producers and is critically important in times of catastrophically low milk prices. Greater…
Roughly 11 Percent of the Thanksgiving Food Dollar Goes to Farmers
…Agriculture Prices report compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. That data is compared to average prices for grocery items from Safeway supermarkets. About the…
Turkey Prices at a Ten Year Low
…be due to turkey prices hitting a ten-year low. A report by Purdue University estimates turkey prices this year for Thanksgiving will average $1.45 per pound which would put a…
Farm Bureau Survey: Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Down for Third Straight Year
…milk, onions, eggs, sugar and flour) was also up slightly, to $3.01. There was no change in price for a half-pint of whipping cream at $2.08. The stable average price…
USDA, Dairy Farmers Mark Start of the California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…(AMS). Federal milk marketing orders are voluntary, industry-initiated, industry-driven marketing tools intended to prevent damaging price competition inherent in the marketing of highly perishable commodities. FMMOs establish the terms of…
A Quick Recap of California Propositions and Their Standing
…pass PROP 6 Fuel tax repeal: Did not pass PROP 7 Daylight Saving Time: Passed PROP 8 Kidney Dialysis Price Setting: Did not pass PROP 10 Rent Control: Did not…
Industry Seeks Additional Tariff Relief as USDA Reports Increased Milk Production
…increased from the month prior on a more rapid pace of growth in milk per cow. The 2019 milk price forecast has also been raised, however, dairy farmers are looking…
USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables
…post online tables containing long-term supply, use, and price projections to 2028 for major U.S. crops and livestock products and will include supporting U.S. and international macroeconomic assumptions. The short-term…
The Western View: A Fix for California Water Problems?
…the environmental lobby, forcing the state to release water to flow into the ocean at the price of farmland. This increased flow was due to what is called “biological opinions”….
Bankers Expect Farmland Prices to Continue Decline
Rural bankers expect farmland prices will continue to decline. In the latest Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index, Midwest lenders on average estimated that farmland prices declined by 4.0 percent over…
Agri View: Farm Labor Cost More Today
Everett Griner talks about farm labor costing more in today’s Agri View. Farm Labor Cost More Today No matter where the crop is grown, and what the price is that…