…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…
California Cattlemen File Lawsuit Against Fish and Game
…the price. So, we really just want to have the species delisted. It’s not so that we can have open season on wolves, but so that we can have reasonable…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
Newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump has already followed through with key campaign promises related to trade policy – moves that have caused concern among grain farmers whose price is being supported…
U.S. Ag Group Signs $300 Million Algeria Deal
…by adding farm products and getting away from oil and gas products after a drop in the price of oil hit state finances. The company also approved a new law…
EU Dairy Farmers Spray Milk Powder in Price Protest
…the move would depress prices throughout Europe. A spokesperson with the European Milk Board says “only a real price increase and long-term stability on the market can save milk production…
Inflation Up, Food Prices Unchanged
Overall inflation over the last 12 months increased 2.1 percent, but food prices remain unchanged. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers was up…
Agri View: A Clear Misunderstanding
…are not rich. The retail price is not what goes into the farmers’ bank account. So, things are not likely to change. Being a farmer is being misunderstood, by most…
Role of Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Food System and the American Diet
…and changing energy prices (such as through a CO2 emissions tax on fossil fuels) relate. Our research addresses limitations of previous studies by examining the relationship between energy prices and…
Minimum Wage, Truck Exemption Among New Laws
…be adjusted according to the Consumer Price Index. One potential pitfall awaits businesses whose payrolls hover around the 25-worker border: which wage applies and when. The state Department of Industrial…
2017 Crop Price Outlook Still Below Average
The U.S. grain price outlook and crop demand won’t see a lot of major changes in the coming year. That prediction comes from Dr. Pat Westhoff, Director of the Food…