…time. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports that since December, the H5N6 strain of avian influenza has been reported in Hong Kong, the Netherlands, South Korea and Taiwan, in addition to…
2017 Farm Equipment Sales Up
…tractors in the U.S. in December 2017, were up 18 percent compared to the same month last year. For the twelve months in 2017, a total of 220,500 tractors were…
Key Risks Keep Ag Outlook Cool
…income are significantly lower than in previous years, the farm income forecast for 2017 was relatively unchanged from the 2016 estimate. Although farm income was expected to stabilize, growing inventories…
Almond Board: Sanitation a Must for NOW
…Almond Conference and said the 2017 season was a stark reminder about the need to get those mummies out of the trees. From the UC IPM website: NOW Management Two…
November 2017 Pork Exports Set Value Record
…large volume of November 2016, but still the second-highest monthly total of the year. Export value was also the second-largest of 2017 at $666.4 million, up eight percent year-over-year. January…
Canada Launches WTO Trade Disputes Against U.S.
…of the rest of the world, since it cited almost 200 examples of alleged U.S. wrongdoing, almost all of them concerning other trading partners, such as China, India, Brazil and…
Livestock Outlook Positive for 2018
…Bureau national convention. Domestic demand for beef has increased, with Americans expected to consume about 219 pounds of red meat and poultry this year. That’s the largest amount since 2007….
Farmers Are Becoming Less Optimistic About the Future
…last year and the second-lowest of 2017. The decline is driven entirely by producers becoming less optimistic about the future. The Future Expectations Index was recently at 137 in October,…
U.S. Crop Prices Forecast to Remain Stable
…ahead. Unless some kind of a major market disruption occurs, such as intense weather damage or overseas market changes, 2018 will likely look a lot like 2017. “We really aren’t…
Whole Foods Moving Away from Local Products
…throughout the country. When Whole Foods Market Inc. was acquired by Amazon in August 2017, the brand traditionally had an image of being overpriced. The Washington Post reports that a…
U.S. Pork Farmers Get Outstanding Return on Checkoff Investment
A 2017 study says U.S. pork farmers get a very positive return on their checkoff investment. The study was done by Harry Kaiser at Cornell University. 91 percent of the…
Natural Disasters Cost the Ag Industry Over $5 Billion in 2017
The House of Representatives recently approved $81 billion to provide relief to areas affected by more than 16 natural disasters that occurred in 2017. However, the H.R. 4667 bill only…
Perdue Presents Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force Report to Trump
…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…