…increase “created additional grower and processor spending of more than $513.8 million on these bearing acres.” California pistachios also generated $98.8 million in sales taxes and $81.3 million in property…
First 2023 House Agriculture Committee Hearing Focuses on Challenges
…Corey Rosenbusch, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Fertilizer Institute, Arlington, VA Michael Twining, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Willard Agri-Service, Worton, MD Mike Brown, President, National Chicken Council,…
Biggest U.S. Farms Obtaining More Land
…size of the largest farms, by sales, was 2,927 acres or 4.6 square miles in 2022. In 2012, farms with $1 million in sales were an average of 2,481 acres…
Wings on the Menu for the Big Game
…wing sales grew double digits in both dollars (+11.5%) and pounds sold (+13.5%) within the Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Cincinnati markets. (Source: IRI OmniMarket Integrated Fresh) So how…
State Unveils Roadmap for Reducing Pesticide Use
…of pesticide sales. Urban areas are also where as much as 75 percent of pesticide-related illnesses are reported. Several keystone actions are identified in the Roadmap as being critical for…
Substantial Consolidation in Retail Food Market Since 1990
…food sales that are likely substitutes for each other: supermarkets and other grocery and warehouse clubs and supercenters. Although the national market is less concentrated than the average State level,…
Farm Group Wants Investigation into Egg Prices
…Cal-Maine Foods controls 20 percent of the retail egg market and reported a quarterly sales increase of 110 percent. Gross profits are 600 percent higher than the same time last…
Opportunities and Challenges of Electric Farming Equipment
…challenging than it would be to just take a fuel truck to fill up a diesel tractor in the field.” She explains that these tractors have been beneficial in opening…
NASS 2021 Organic Survey Results
…results of the 2021 Organic Survey. The survey showed total sales of $11.2 billion in organic products, which is an increase of $1.28 billion, or 13%, from 2019. There were…
Fighting Hunger During the Holidays
…sales of limited-edition hot chocolate beverage collection by spice master Chef Lior Lev Sercasz will support Feeding America. Quaker. Quaker believes that the circumstances of life should never be a…
California Chill Report: Progress Thus Far This Season
…the Almond Conference this week, we had the opportunity to speak with the Director of Sales and USA Agriculture for Alzchem, John Meyer. In talking about the importance of chill…
Winegrape Market in Balance After Three Short Crops
…industry. Bitter said that overall wine consumption remained relatively the same. However, sales of wine off-premise versus on-premise changed substantially. “[COVID] definitely shifted where consumers were buying wine, but also…
Combine Sales Rise While Tractor Sales Drop in October
…Equipment Manufacturers says all tractor sales fell in the U.S. and Canada. The latest AEM report says total U.S. ag equipment unit sales stayed above the five-year average for the…
Export Exchange Success
…the event, they bought $225 million worth of grain and ethanol co-products. In addition to that total, another $128 million in potential sales is under negotiations. That equates to almost…