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Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil and What it Means for The World’s Largest Net Exporter of Agricultural Goods

Jun 241 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...

June 2024 Average Retail Fertilizer Prices Move Lower

by Sara VanderPoel

Jun 121 min read

TOP POSTS

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...

International Freight Prices Are On the Rise Again - Up 12% Last Week Overall

by Sara VanderPoel

Jun 101 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

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...

by Sara VanderPoel

Jun 102 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

June USDA Ag Lending Rates

Last week, the USDA announced loan interest rates for ag producers, effective June 3, 2024...

2024 California Processing Tomato Report

by Sara VanderPoel

Jun 51 min read

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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...

2024 CA Tomato Price Agreement Reached Between All Processors- Price Set at $112.5/ton

by Sara VanderPoel

May 71 min read

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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...

The 2023 California Almond Nursery Sales Report

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 291 min read

NUT CROPS

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...

USDA and USAID to Spend $1B from Commodity Credit Cooperation for International Food Aid

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 291 min read

AGRIBUSINESS

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...

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 241 min read

FRUIT CROPS

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..

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 223 min read

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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...

Allison Hall

Apr 171 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

Commodity Prices Report 4/15 - 4/19

Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!

NCGA Opposes Corteva’s Petition for Duties on Herbicide Imports From India and China

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 102 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

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...

U.S. Farmers to Plant 90M Acres of Corn - Down 5%, and 86.5M Acres of Soybeans

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 82 min read

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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...

U.S. Agricultural Import Values Outpaced Export Values in Fiscal Year 2023 by $16.7B

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 82 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

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...

2022 Ag Census Statistics by California County

by Sara VanderPoel

Apr 12 min read

AGRIBUSINESS

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....

Allison Hall

Mar 201 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

CA Commodity Prices Report 3/18 - 3/22

Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!

Allison Hall

Mar 131 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

Commodity Prices Report 3/11 - 3/15

Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!

Brazil’s Soybean Exports More Than Doubled U.S. Exports in 2023

by Sara VanderPoel

Mar 43 min read

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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...

Allison Hall

Feb 211 min read

COMMODITY REPORTS

CA Commodity Prices Report 2/19 - 2/23

Your California Commodity and Market Price Update for the Week!