…exports accounted for 28 percent of total pork production and 23.3 percent for muscle cuts only, up from 25.4 percent and 22 percent, respectively, last year. First-quarter ratios were also…
Agri View: Imported Heart Healthy Foods
…read that any crop grown anywhere in the world could be grown somewhere in America. Well I often wondered ever since why we don’t grow tea or coffee. Well, we…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…of the U.S. wine market. The U.S. Wine Market Wine shipments to the U.S. from all production sources — California, other states and foreign producers — grew to 399 million…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
…crop insurance, he said he’d be “real stressed out and a mess right now,” as the indemnity helps pay the rent when he can’t grow a crop. In a down…
Almond Board: Upcoming Workshops
…Board: Your crop is set, but now, hungry pests are poised to move in. Spider mites, ants and navel orangeworm are three primary pests that can do serious damage to…
Soil Health Partnership Urges Farmers to Take USDA Survey
Whether you are a longtime advocate of cover crops—or have never even considered using them—the Soil Health Partnership is encouraging all farmers to participate in the USDA’s 2017 Cover Crop…
Response to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s paper on Clean Fuel Standard
…of the U.S. experience with its Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The U.S. and Canadian renewable fuels industries have much in common. Ethanol production in both countries is largely from corn…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…include: China: production relocation continues The steady, regulatory driven relocation of pork production will support good price levels and stabilize imports in the coming months. Local supply will start to…
Dow/DuPont Merger Gets Conditional China Approval
…example, Dow and DuPont will have to divest parts of DuPont’s crop protection portfolio. Dow and DuPont have also made commitments within the Chinese market, including the supply and distribution…
Agri View: Changing Farm Technology
…report to farm technology. Anything new that helps a man produce a bigger and better crop quickly finds a place in agriculture. It is an industry that consistently under change…
Agri View: Outlook for 2017
…cost of producing those crops. For the past three years those prices have dropped a little every year. The cost of production has not declined. Well, maybe a little but…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…127 in April, topping its previous high of 125, which was set in December 2015. Crop Price Expectations Weaken On the April survey, producers were queried regarding their expectations for…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
The National Cotton Council (NCC) has scheduled tour dates and locations for the 2017 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program. The P.I.E. program’s goal is helping U.S. cotton producers maximize production…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…crop for sugar production because of recent higher sugar prices. Less of the product is going into the Brazilian ethanol industry. Ethanol imports grew five times larger in the first…