Farm policy and food manufacturer practices are evidence that the agrifood sector is a mature industry existing on tight margins.
Farm policy and food manufacturer practices are evidence that the agrifood sector is a mature industry existing on tight margins. Farmers made good money during the recent bear market, but the policies they demanded in the 2014 Farm Bill – insurance that includes "shallow loss" protection – revealed their more typical experience of a thin line between profit and loss. In the same vein, food processors are consistently tweaking their current product lines while promoting the next "super" grain like quinoa or "super" fruit like baobob.Marketers now pushing insects for their oil and protein may have p...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
