Global Economy
Economists see interest-rate increases raising likelihood of recession to 44% in coming 12 months.
Dive into these 13 trends that could impact your farm.
Despite COVID-19 variants, inflationary pressures and supply chain limitations, consumers will continue to power the economic rebound,
The Chinese pork industry has been transforming — with the shift from backyard farms to megafarms — ASF accelerated the change.
Seeking to bolster America’s economy amid growing fears over the coronavirus, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday by half a percentage point.
A new report from CoBank says 2020 will have its challenges, but there are reasons for optimism.
More than 85% of grains, oilseeds sent by dry-bulk carriers.
Both sides urge open markets amid U.S. protectionist tilt.
Lower prices for corn, wheat, and soybeans will push down the value of American exports in 2015, according to the quarterly forecast released Thursday by the USDA.
World food costs fell for the first time in three months in April as dairy, sugar and vegetable oil costs declined, the Food & Agriculture Organization said.
Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef AgriMarketing and Bob Utterback of Utterback Marketing say global recession, African Swine Fever (ASF) and a quickly resolved trade war could be black swans in 2019.
South Africa’s driest weather in more than a century has destroyed more than 5 percent of the nation’s cattle and pork-breeding herds, fueling food prices and hitting jobs, lawmakers heard on Tuesday.
Cargill Inc., one of the world’s biggest agriculture companies, posted a 77 percent gain in net income in the fiscal second quarter after the $1.45 billion sale of its U.S. pork business.
Vietnam plans to sow genetically modified crops for the first time as demand for corn to fatten hogs expands in the country where pork consumption climbed 80 percent in the past decade.
Cotton, grains and oilseeds are the worst-performing commodities this year in the Bloomberg index.
Chip Flory breaks down this week’s potential headline makers with a new “risk rating” system.
It’s no surprise the 2012 drought left pork producers with short, and expensive, feed supplies. The pork sector will not see much relief until mid-2013.
The decline was driven by sharp falls in international prices of cereals, sugar and oils.
Jerry Gulke provides the rest of the story behind some of the issues in agricultural commodity markets in hopes it will provide information to help readers make better management decisions.
There is a distinct possibility that we have entered a new “cold tariff-war” that lingers for perhaps years?
Steady inflation. Low unemployment. Strong consumer spending. Increasing wages. Several key factors are propelling the U.S. economy.
Soy agreement is latest China-U.S. agreement in 100-day round.
Pork eating at 11-year low among Germans, EU’s top consumers.
Russia will ban billions of dollars worth of food imports from the U.S. and other nations in retaliation for sanctions over the turmoil in Ukraine.
Stocks fall to start new week as agricultural economists look for indicators of a new recession.