…competing crops and improved expectations for water.” Meanwhile, world cotton mill use is expected to exceed world production in 2017, and global cotton stocks are projected to decline by 7.7…
Agri View: Food Price Index
…prices will go unchanged through next spring. Meat prices will depend on production, and both beef and pork production is expected to rise. Now that is according to the Food…
Dairy, Ag Groups Urge President Trump to Raise New Canadian Milk Pricing Scheme Issue in Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau
The U.S. dairy sector is urging President Donald Trump to discuss Canada’s protectionist milk pricing policy during Monday’s meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF),…
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…today that, “World mill use is expected to exceed world production in 2017, and global cotton stocks are projected to decline by 7.7 million bales in the 2017 balance sheet.”…
Midweek Valentine’s a Boon for Growers
…roses nowadays come from Colombia and Ecuador, where production costs are lower, he said. “We’ve been able to pivot toward other crops that continue to be successful for us and…
USDA Announces Recommended Decision on California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…impact of regulating California milk handlers under a FMMO on the milk supply, product demand and prices, and milk allocation in California and throughout the United States. The entire hearing…
February WASDE Report Released This Week
…largely from decreased pork and poultry forecasts, but beef production is expected to rise. The milk production forecast for 2017 is higher than it was last month, as milk output…
Tyson Foods Tied to Price-Fixing Lawsuit
…was “limiting their production.” The suit was filed by Mapleville Farms of New York, stating that methods of limiting production included the “unprecedented” destruction of breeder hens in 2008. The…
Slump in Farmland Values Continues
…help alleviate some pressure on profit margins because cash rents account for a large share of production expenses.i Farm Income Farm income also weakened in the fourth quarter. In fact,…
Strong Finish for 2016 Red Meat Exports: New Volume Record for Pork
…production and 21.5 percent for muscle cuts – up from 24.2 percent and 20.8 percent, respectively, in 2015. December ratios were 28 percent for total production and 23 percent for…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…drop in net cash farm income for cattle/calf operations (down 12.9 percent). After declining for 2 consecutive years, the forecast for 2017 total production expenses is flat, with farm-origin expenses…
U.S. Trends in Food Availability
…of all milk and milk products increased 9 percent, from 563.9 pounds per person (milk equivalent) in 1970 to about 614.3 pounds per person in 2014. On average, Americans consumed…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…Brazil (Region 2); Eddie S. Schaap (Region 4); and Cheryl L. Chapin (Region 9). The Dairy Board was established under the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to develop and…
January Dairy Market Report
…U.S. milk prices as 2016 drew to a close. The all-milk price hit a high for the first 11 months of the year in November, while the Margin Protection Program…