…production and 21.5 percent for muscle cuts – up from 24.2 percent and 20.8 percent, respectively, in 2015. December ratios were 28 percent for total production and 23 percent for…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…is up by 2.2 percent, with the largest increases for farms specializing in cotton (up 34 percent) and dairy (up 47 percent). These strong gains are offset by a forecast…
U.S. Trends in Food Availability
…data track the amount of food available for human consumption in the United States by measuring the movement of food supplies from production through marketing channels for domestic consumption. The…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…Brazil (Region 2); Eddie S. Schaap (Region 4); and Cheryl L. Chapin (Region 9). The Dairy Board was established under the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to develop and…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…the future. When asked about corn, soybean, wheat and cotton prices 12 months ahead (January 2018), the percentage of producers expecting higher prices was, with the exception of wheat, only…
U.S. Rejection of TPP Creates Opportunities for Canada
…pork market. 20 percent of U.S. pork is exported and pork industry leaders in Canada speculate they need 60 to 70 percent of production exported to sustain current production levels….
Pork Industry Says No Bacon Shortage
…the industry works to catch up. Steve Meyer, a pork industry economist for Express Markets, says he isn’t concerned about the shortage in pork belly stockpiles as pork production likely…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
…improve human health through, for example, new insights into antibiotic resistance, and may contribute to discoveries of new bioactive compounds and the development of more efficient and sustainable food production.”…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…office will be involved in the relaunched Blum Center, too, through projects such as the community garden, the Sprouts Program, which teaches younger children about food production and nutrition, and…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…these dedicated advocates,” Conaway said. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Jurisdiction: Policies, statutes, and markets relating to commodities including barley, cotton, cottonseed, corn, grain sorghum, honey, mohair, oats, other…
Vilsack Endorses Agriculture Secretary Nominee Sonny Perdue
…he’s had the opportunity to work with Governor Perdue, in detailing Perdue’s commitment to farmers and ranchers, “regardless of size of production method.” President Donald Trump selected Perdue as his…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…income of $721.2 million. In 2012, corn production was down more than 29 percent, and soybean production was down six percent. The low yields were coming on a year that…
Unified Bee Health Data Key to Finding Trends
…the tech transfer teams is based in California. The team works a lot with commercial beekeepers in Chico, which vanEngelsdorp said is a really important region for queen production. Yet…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…In 2015, California exported approximately 26 percent of its agricultural production by volume, accounting for $20.69 billion in value. California’s leading agricultural export products by value are almonds ($5.14 billion),…