…the Chinese market combined with competition from other producing regions have created an atmosphere that could push prices down. “This year we had optimum growing conditions, so we had a…
Pumpkin Production Strong for Fall Holiday Season
…of fun because of our volume so no one will be left without a pumpkin!” USDA Agricultural Marketing Service figures indicate that during the first week of September, retail prices…
Only Out of Control African Swine Fever Will Hurt U.S. Prices
A handful of economists tell Politico that the African Swine Fever outbreak in China and parts of Europe won’t have a major impact on U.S. exports. That’s due in large…
Fall Garden Transition Do’s and Don’ts
…quite yet – wait until later in the winter; and, don’t fertilize. Fertilizer, added in fall, encourages plants to produce heavy top growth that will be more subject to winter…
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…
EPA Chief Says E15 Expansion Doesn’t Need Congress
…to help farmers struggling with low commodity prices. An Agriculture Dot Com article says the oil industry calls the move a violation of the nation’s biofuel law and threatened a…
Conaway Determined to Complete Farm Bill
…stressors, such as low commodity prices and trade issues, are driving anxiety. Add to that, a rising suicide rate among farmers, Conaway says “I feel really badly about that, saying…
Study: E15 to Provide Limited Ethanol Market Impact
…that would have a limited impact on the depressed U.S. ethanol market, with record supplies and prices for the fuel hovering near the lowest in a decade. There are more…
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…which coupled with high U.S. beef prices, led to the volume of imports of U.S. beef reaching unusually low levels. Beef exports to Korea have since improved, increasing rapidly since…
Rising Output Compressing Ag Margins
…from CoBank indicates that any significant farm price improvements over last year’s prices will be limited, particularly with record U.S. yields for many of the major crop commodities adding to…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…they experience a substantial drop in revenue or prices for their covered commodities. “These program payments are mandated by Congress, but the Department has taken measures to ensure we meet…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…U.S. corn and wheat is highly dependent on domestic supplies and global prices. The 2016/2017 marketing year saw U.S. wheat at highly competitive prices due to problems with the European…
Stabenow: Commodity Title a Political Issue in Farm Bill Talks
…view. She noted that cotton prices are up 20 percent, while all other commodity prices are down 50 percent, adding: “We just can’t do a political play that rewrites the…
2018 Farmland Sales Increasing
…land or have owned it for years, but sellers have watched the land market, and some want to take advantage of the still historically good land prices. Some sellers are…