The Global Food Price Index has increased two percent since this time last year. Released last week, the monthly record of global food prices by the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Analyst: Labor Shortages and Volatile Feed Prices Ahead for Meat Industry
…Meat Institute this week there are implications for the meat industry, including a pending labor shortage and possible volatile commodity prices ahead, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. Close warns…
Farm Bureau to Offer Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance
…available to dairy farmers was inadequate and we saw a clear opportunity to help by specifically addressing the impact of milk price volatility on a dairy farmer’s revenue,” said AFBF…
Rabobank: Corn Prices Could Exceed $4 a Bushel
…drive price volatility and potentially sustain elevated grain prices through the 2018/19 season. The report explains that while demand is staying firm, the projected corn acres and current global corn…
Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Slips in April Report
…agriculture sector, along with a decline in their expectations for future economic conditions. Respondents indicated they are becoming more pessimistic about agricultural trade, citing the declining price expectations for soybeans….
NFU Board of Directors Opposes Current House Farm Bill
…the improvements needed to help farmers cope with continued low commodity prices. The bill fails to provide farmers with the tools they need to be the best possible stewards of…
Groups on House Agriculture Committee Approving 2018 Farm Bill
…price risk management. “It’s important that the Farm Bill process continue moving forward,” said NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern. “As U.S. dairy farmers weather a fourth-straight year of depressed…
Argentina Market Now Open To U.S. Pork
…to the price we received for each animal marketed. “The United States can’t sit on its hands when it comes to trade. Opening new markets, such as Argentina, and expanding…
Great Reasons for Growing a Garden
…are able to grow local, organic vegetables right in our own yard for the same price of some seeds. You’ll get physical exercise from the amount of squatting, bending, picking…
GOA Issues Report on Cattle Markets
A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows supply and demand factors, such as a drought that affected the price of cattle feed, affected changes in prices of fed…
World Food Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in March
The United Nations food agency says world food prices rose during March, driven by increases in grains and dairy costs. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index measures monthly…
USDA Reopens Enrollment for Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
…(MPP-Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed prices. With changes authorized under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
Agri View: Bad Trade Deal for Agriculture
…buy their wheat from us. It will put wheat growers at a distinct price advantage. It may create a $200 million dollars a year gap. Japan alone imports over 3…
USDA Decides on California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…the national system. These uniform provisions include, but are not limited to, dairy product classification, end-product price formulas, and the producer-handler definition. The proposed order would recognize the unique market…