The U.S. farm sector is nervous about Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal laborers. Those workers may account for half the labor in sectors such as dairy. War on Food University of Sussex researchers found that each parent contributed 20 percent of the correlation of a child’s BMI, regardless of national origin or economic class. In essence, the combination of genetics and environment contributed by parents accounts for 40 percent of the risk of obesity. Critics note that risk need not define outcome.Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conclude that Mexico’s tax on sugary soft drinks and other nutrient dense foods has resulted in an average 7.6 percent reduction in consumption with more impact on the lower econo...
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...