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Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Economic Research Service publishes its price forecasts in the monthly Food Price Outlook report.  The FPO forecasts food-at-home prices will increase by 8.6% in 2023, with a prediction interval of 5.6%-11%.  Forecasts now include a midpoint and a prediction interval to represent the expected price change and range of likely prices. The pred...
USDA: Electric Vehicles Force Ethanol Demand Lower
USDA: Electric Vehicles Force Ethanol Demand Lower
USDA: Electric Vehicles Force Ethanol Demand Lower
A new report from USDA's Economic Research Service suggests ethanol demand may decline with the rise of electric vehicles.  The Global Demand for Fuel Ethanol Through 2030 report suggests that global gasoline demand is expected to stagnate over the next decade, leaving changes in blend rates as the main determinant for future changes in fuel ethanol demand. ...
ERS Study Looks At Challenges For New Farmers To Get Land
ERS Study Looks At Challenges For New Farmers To Get Land
ERS Study Looks At Challenges For New Farmers To Get Land
“We find that the percentage of socially disadvantaged and the percentage of getting farming operations are negatively correlated with things like average lease size," noted Scott Callahan with ERS.  "And positively correlated with the percentage of rented farmland.”    ...
Cow-calf Producers with Larger Paddocks Rotate Cattle Less Often
Cow-calf Producers with Larger Paddocks Rotate Cattle Less Often
Cow-calf Producers with Larger Paddocks Rotate Cattle Less Often
According to ERS, as average paddock size increases, farmers and ranchers tend to rotate their cattle less frequently.  Rotational grazing systems rotate animals among a series of paddocks, or fenced pasture areas, allowing forage to recover before returning the cattle to graze in that spot again.   ...

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