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New Global Energy Announces Tilapia Production In Progress
Mar 15, 2016New Global Energy, a public company focused on aqua-farming, agriculture, and health & wellness, has announced that its tilapia season is in full swing and on schedule for increased revenues. At Aqua Farming Tech, NGE's wholly owned ...
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Pilgrim's Pride Invests $190m to Expand Its Chicken Brand
Feb 18, 2016US-based chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride has announced to invest $190m in a strategic growth plan to expand production of Pilgrim’s Pierce Chicken brand. The growth plan, which was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Tags: Pilgrim's Pride, prepared foods
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Hog Markets Are Profitable and Herd Disease Levels Low, at Least for The Time Being
Jan 30, 2015Producers are in high spirits at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines today. Hog markets are profitable and herd disease levels low, at least for the time being. The deadly PED virus, which infected about 60% of the nation's sows last ...
Tags: Pork Congress, Agriculture
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A Big Way at The Start of What's Likely to Be a Year of Major Growth for The U.S. Hog Herd
Jan 7, 2015The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
Tags: hog industry, Agriculture
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The Hog Market Has Been a Good Place to Be in The Last Year
Nov 26, 2014The hog market has been a good place to be in the last year. Live hog prices in the last few months have trended almost $20 a head higher than the same period in 2013. So, what's the outlook heading into winter? Feed supplies remain low, ...
Tags: hog market, Agriculture
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U.S. Dairy Producers Faced Rapidly Changing Milk Prices and Input Prices
Mar 11, 2014Over the last 20 years, U.S. dairy producers have faced rapidly changing milk prices and input prices, primarily for feeds. The monthly average U.S. all-milk price has been highly volatile since 1990, particularly in more recent years. ...
Tags: dairy producers, Food
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Maple Leaf Foods' Results for Fourth Quarter 2013 Was Reported
Mar 4, 2014Maple Leaf Foods Inc. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Adjusted Operating Earnings(1)(2)(3) for the fourth quarter was a loss of $21.7 million compared to Adjusted ...
Tags: Maple Leaf Foods, Food
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Increasing Demand Is Expected to Strengthen Broiler Prices
Feb 26, 2014The U.S. livestock sector is slowly recovering from high feed prices and drought in the Southern Plains of the United States over the last few years. Improving returns have provided incentives for increased production in the livestock ...
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Soybeans and Corn Were Higher on Commercial and Technical Buying
Feb 26, 2014Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. USDA’s outlook forum projects soybean planting at 79.5 million acres, less than what many private firms were expecting, so it looks like beans are trying to buy some acreage. ...
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Hormel Foods Corporation Reported Its Performance for The Fiscal Year 2014 First Quarter
Feb 25, 2014Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2014 first quarter. All comparisons are to the first quarter of fiscal 2013. The company reported fiscal 2014 first quarter net earnings of $153.3 million, up 18 ...
Tags: Hormel Foods, Refrigerated Foods
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In a Quarterly Pork Report,The PEDv Continues to Weigh on Potential Herd Expansion
Feb 25, 2014Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
Tags: lower feed costs, the pork market, PEDv
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Dairy Farmers Have a New Opportunity to Protect Farm Income with Dairy Margin Insurance
Feb 17, 2014Dairy farmers have a new opportunity to protect their farm income with dairy margin insurance. The dairy safety net in the new farm bill takes a new approach. Margin insurance, and the nuts-and-bolts decisions to be made, will be ...
Tags: Dairy, Agriculture, Food
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Organic Farmers in California Face Unique Issues in This Devastating Drought
Feb 17, 2014Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic Dairy
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Beginning Farmers Often Start out with Soils in Need of Improvement
Feb 7, 2014By Jim Isleib, Michigan State University ExtensioninShare New farmers can benefit from careful assessment of their farm’s soils and planning for crop rotations and use of cover crops. Beginning farmers often start out with soils ...
Tags: USDA, PH, Cornell University, Michigan State University
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Pork Industry Has Started a Slow Expansion Driven by Lower Feed Costs
Jan 21, 2014The U.S. pork industry has started a slow expansion driven by lower feed costs, which should lead to more rapid growth of pork supplies in the latter half of this year, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. That could ...
Tags: pork, Agriculture, Food, Meat
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