…the buying and selling of livestock, lead to consolidation of the livestock industry – putting farmers out of business – and increase consumer prices for meat.” A notice in tomorrow’s…
Wheat Growers: Prospective Plantings Report Alarming
…year, but it is one percent higher than the previous estimate. The estimates represent historically low levels of wheat plantings that the Association says the U.S. hasn’t seen “since a…
Hog Prices Expected to Increase in 2017, Despite Challenges
…Prices are expected to be $3 to $4 higher this year. Live hog prices averaged about $50 per hundredweight in the first quarter of 2017. Prices for the second and…
Ag Confidence Grows as Latest DTN/PF Survey Suggests Strong Future
Farmers, ranchers remain concerned on current conditions; optimistic about future Despite continued flat commodity prices, attitudes of U.S. farmers took a solid leap into positive territory, according to the most…
March FAO Food Price Index Slips
…in the northern hemisphere and prospects for higher-than-earlier anticipated milk production in Oceania. Combined, these factors fuelled expectations of increased supplies of milk powders and cheese. Conversely, butter prices rose,…
USDA: Agriculture a $992 Billion Economic Factor
…figure because related sectors rely on agricultural inputs like food and materials used in textile production to contribute added value to the economy. In 2015, farming’s contribution to GDP fell…
Funding to Repay Educational Loans for Veterinarians
…2014 Farm Bill. “Many veterinarians are facing insurmountable student loan debt, and they choose to work in urban locations that offer higher pay. This is causing a critical shortage of…
Avoiding Mistakes in Lawn Care
…at a higher height of cut. Consider raising the height of cut in shaded areas of your lawn by half an inch compared to the rest of your yard, to…
Agri View: Peach Crop Outlook
…is now the number 2 peach producing state. Right behind California. You might notice a slightly higher price this year. Who knows? That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
March Dairy Market Report
…production to overtake consumption growth, boosting inventories and putting pressure on prices. Commercial Use of Dairy Products Fluid milk sales dropped by 1.2 percent from a year earlier during the…
Farmers and Ranchers Need Comprehensive Tax Reform
…by one or more years of low prices, poor yields or even weather disaster,” Wolff said. Farmers, she added, depend on flexibility and benefits in the tax code that allow…
Agri View: Cattle Grazing Cost
…beef. It is back at the top of meat consumption list. That stabilizes prices. And it pays the extra pasture rent. That is good for everybody involved. That’s Agri View…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…with ethanol plants where 2012 cropland was higher than the amount of cropland recorded in 1997, 2002, or 2007, the increase in cropland was minor (3.1 percent on average) and…
House Agriculture Committee Leadership Calls for Swift Confirmation of Governor Sonny Perdue
…farm income has collapsed by 50 percent over the past four years and unemployment rates in rural America remain higher than in urban areas. Earlier this month, highly pathogenic avian…