…Farm Bureau Annual Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. On April 25, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the task force “to ensure the informed exercise of regulatory authority that…
Organic Milk Sales Lower
Organic milk sales are dropping, but sales of so-called plant-based milk are rising. The Wall Street Journal reports organic milk sales fell 2.5 percent in 2017, slightly less than traditional…
New Zealand Production Drop Causes Dairy Prices to Rise
…and creating an increase in dairy prices. Fonterra announced that the dry weather is expected to continue, and cut its collection forecast for the 2017-2018 season by nearly 3 percent. The…
Dairy Farming Desperate for Immigration Reform
…Instead, it’s the lack of available people to work. The industry worked throughout 2017 to bring forward immigration reform that would work for dairy farmers because they don’t have access…
CDFA Awards Funding to Support Ag Education Through California Agriculture License Plate Program
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has awarded $260,000 for six projects that enhance agricultural education and leadership opportunities for students, teachers and youth under the 2017 California Special…
Almond Board: 2018 Research Funding
…sustainability and commitment to continuous improvement, while shining a spotlight on key Almond Board programming supporting those goals. Key points of interest from the 2017 publication include: 50 percent of…
Celebrating One of the Most Loved Pastas
…meat sauce, bolognese, Alfredo sauce, clam sauce and many others. Pasta existed for thousands of years before anyone figured out it goes well with tomato sauce. in the year 2000,…
Demand Supporting Hog Prices
…of 2018 and by near four percent in the last-half of 2018. The theme for the pork market in 2017 was higher production and higher prices when pork production rose…
Agri View: California Disasters
Wine rack from the now burned down Signorello Estate winery in Napa, CA. Apparently glass will melt at 2,600 to 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. by GoldenWupper/October 11,2017 Everett Griner talks about…
Report Shows 2014-15 HPAI Impact
…poultry commodities, but the overall market impact differed for each commodity. Meat industry publication Meatingplace points out that the effects of the trade disruptions also lasted longer than the direct…
USDA Survey Shows Millennials Prefer Fruits, Vegetables
…the smallest share of their food budgets on grains, white meat and red meat. Millennials, those born between 1981 and the mid-2000s, are now the largest, most diverse living generation,…
2018 Crop Prices Outlook
…markets continue to respond to the growing demand for meat globally and lower feed costs. Prices in the livestock sector look to level out after declining from the highs seen…
Agri View: Meat Exports
…talks about 2018 meat exports in today’s Agri View. Everett gives us the numbers for what beef, pork, and poultry exports are projected to be for this year. Meat Exports…
America Has Plenty of Apples This Winter
…year, the five-year average harvest number is 257 million bushels, two million higher than the previous five-year average of 255 million. Washington was the top apple-producing state in 2017, with…