Potash Industry Consolidation and Rising Prices
Global Potash Industry Consolidation (by Tony D’Altorio, Investment U Research) EXCERPT: In mid-2008… potash prices spiked to nearly $1,000 a ton. Yet just two years [...]
Statistics and Trends
I often post articles and opinion pieces that discuss new trends in agriculture and farming. You will usually find excepts with links to the articles.
Organic Farm Performance Research Results from OFRF
EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECT RESULTS – FROM THE ORGANIC FARMING RESEARCH FOUNDATION Minnesota Reports Provide Real-World Data on Organic Farm Performance Project [...]
Food Prices Will Continue To Rise
U.N. Food Price Index Jumps in December (by William Neuman, New York Times) EXCERPT: World food prices rose sharply in late 2010, bringing them close to the crisis levels [...]
USDA Secretary Vilsack Urges GE and Non-GE Coexistance
USDA Press Release No. 0674.10; Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Open Letter to Stakeholders from Secretary Vilsack to Urge GE and non-GE Coexistence Click to [...]
Dirty hippies with power tools: Farmer-scientist group wants to ‘hack society’ through open-source technology
by Bonnie Azab Powell, Grist EXCERPT: One of the most frequent criticisms leveled against the sustainable agriculture movement is that its proponents want to send farmers [...]
Farm Bill Expenditure & U.S. Feed Grain Production Charts
They say “a picture is worth 1000 words”. I’m not sure that’s always true – I’m rather pro-words, myself. But these two pie charts from [...]
USDA Wants Nutrition Labels on Raw Meat, Poultry
by Helena Bottemiller, Food Safety News EXCERPT: The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday morning that 40 of the most popular cuts of meat and [...]
Webinar Discussion of Rising Farmland Prices
Webinar to Probe Why Farmland Prices Defy Odds (Announcement From National Hog Farmer) SUMMARY: A panel of Purdue University experts will discuss factors behind the steady [...]
Young Farmers, Beginning Farmers, and the Next Farm Bill
Young farmers need help from the USDA—and the next Farm Bill (click here to read full article) (by Lindsey Lusher Shute, Grist) EXCERPT: Unless an agricultural revival and [...]
FDIC Chair Warns of Possible Farmland Price Bubble
Sheila Bair says U.S. farmland prices could be the next financial market bubble at risk. By John Hawkins (FarmWeekNow.com) EXCERPT: U.S. farmland could be the next asset [...]
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