The report shows recent change in farm income over the past five years. For the future, it focuses heavily on the threats posed by climate change issues including to agriculture.Last week the White House released the Economic Report of the President, the annual report on the economy written by the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors. This is a means for the White House to present the administration's domestic and international economic policies and an overview of the nation's economic performance of the previous years. According to this year's report, economic growth in 2014 was volatile with some of the key events being:
exceptionally severe weather in the first quarter that slowed transportation, manufacturing and consumer spendi...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
Let’s return briefly to the fake meat hype cycle, now sitting somewhere in a dusty corner of your mind, not entirely forgotten. What happened to all those products, known as plant-based alternative proteins? They were supposed to be as good as real meat—cheaper, more environmentally...
