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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil and What it Means for The World’s Largest Net Exporter of Agricultural Goods
From April 24 to May 4th, Rio Grande do Sol received 16.5 inches of rain. The estimated $600M of losses to the agriculture sectors...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 12, 20241 min read
June 2024 Average Retail Fertilizer Prices Move Lower
Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were down from last month. DAP had an average price of $781 per ton, MAP $827/ton, potash...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 10, 20241 min read
International Freight Prices Are On the Rise Again - Up 12% Last Week Overall
The latest Drewry WCI composite index of $4,716 per 40ft container is 232% more than average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rates of $1,420...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 10, 20242 min read
June USDA Ag Lending Rates
Last week, the USDA announced loan interest rates for ag producers, effective June 3, 2024...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 5, 20241 min read
2024 California Processing Tomato Report
California’s tomato processors reported they have or will have contracts for 11.5 million tons of processing tomatoes for 2024, 1% below...
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by Sara VanderPoel
May 7, 20241 min read
2024 CA Tomato Price Agreement Reached Between All Processors- Price Set at $112.5/ton
"CTGA considers $112.50 to be a fair and reasonable Base Price for this season. The Board also felt it was important to establish...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 29, 20241 min read
The 2023 California Almond Nursery Sales Report
Since June 1, 2022, there were at least 4.02 million almond trees sold by California nurseries. Trees per acre of new plantings from 2019...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 29, 20241 min read
USDA and USAID to Spend $1B from Commodity Credit Cooperation for International Food Aid
“An initial tranche of approximately $950 million will support the purchase, shipment and distribution of U.S. wheat, rice, sorghum, len...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 24, 20241 min read
2023 California Grape Acreage Report
California’s wine grape acreage is estimated at 610,000 acres. Of the total acres, 570,000 were bearing and 40,000 were non-bearing. While..
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 22, 20243 min read
National Hemp Report
According to the National Hemp Report released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, prices and acreage in the hemp industry...
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Allison Hall
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Commodity Prices Report 4/15 - 4/19
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 10, 20242 min read
NCGA Opposes Corteva’s Petition for Duties on Herbicide Imports From India and China
“Farmers are price takers, not makers in selling our commodities, and closely managing our production costs is crucial to our success...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 8, 20242 min read
U.S. Farmers to Plant 90M Acres of Corn - Down 5%, and 86.5M Acres of Soybeans
Acreage decreases of 300,000 acres or more from last year are expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dak...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 8, 20242 min read
U.S. Agricultural Import Values Outpaced Export Values in Fiscal Year 2023 by $16.7B
According to the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), the deficit in FY 2023 amounted to $16.7 billion, primarily driven by increased...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 1, 20242 min read
2022 Ag Census Statistics by California County
The 2022 Ag Census, created by the USDA, collected 6M data points on producers, production, economics, and almost every aspect of agri....
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Allison Hall
Mar 20, 20241 min read
CA Commodity Prices Report 3/18 - 3/22
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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Allison Hall
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Commodity Prices Report 3/11 - 3/15
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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by Sara VanderPoel
Mar 4, 20243 min read
Brazil’s Soybean Exports More Than Doubled U.S. Exports in 2023
Over the last two decades, Brazilian soybean exports jumped fourfold (431%), from 705 million bushels in 2004 to 3,744 million bushels in...
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Allison Hall
Feb 21, 20241 min read
CA Commodity Prices Report 2/19 - 2/23
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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Allison Hall
Feb 7, 20241 min read
CA Commodity Prices Report 2/5 - 2/9
Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!
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