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Published four times a year, “Winescape” offers comprehensive analysis of the wine and grape markets as well as trending topics. Download current and previous issues of
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Colorado peaches have been a national phenomenon since local settlers first planted the fruit in the 1880s. Here on the Western Slope of the Rockies, peach…
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Market Implications of Federal Order Reform
By Ben Laine, Senior Dairy Analyst Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs) are set to change the way milk is priced. After receiving proposals, hearing testimony, making
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Supply Is Stuck; Demand Is Dictating
The price story for beef is all about consumer demand, not supply. Ranchers have not yet begun to rebuild the U.S. beef herd, so the supply
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Effects of Federal Order Reform Go Beyond Milk Prices
Milk will soon be priced differently than it is today. Before the end of the year, milk producers pooled in the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs)
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Beef Demand: Envy of the Protein Markets
By Dave Weaber, Senior Animal Protein Analyst Beef demand so far in 2024 has been nothing short of amazing. This is despite talk in the livestock
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Almond – Travaille and Phippen
The journey of an almond from a sunny California orchard to a grocery store shelf often begins at a family-owned operation like Travaille and Phippen in…
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News Worth Knowing – July 22, 2024
Terrain analysts dissect news topics important to agriculture and weigh their significance for the sectors relevant to our Farm Credit customers. In this issue, our analysts
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Three Hurdles to Heifer Retention and Rebuilding
By Don Close, Chief Research & Analytics Officer In my conversations with cow/calf producers over the past year, they have voiced three primary explanations or concerns
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Look Beyond the Headline Milk Production Number for Inspiration
Milk production has been essentially flat for the past three years, and 2024 is on track for another year at the same level, if not less.
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Look Beyond Headline Milk Production for Inspiration
“Milk production has been essentially flat for the past three years, and 2024 is on track for another year at the same level, if not less.
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Can Processing Tomatoes Stay Red-Hot?
Juiced-Up Prices After many years of low returns for processing tomato growers, the combination of higher at-home food spending during the pandemic and lower-than-typical inventory pushed
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Is a Correction Coming for Class III Milk Prices?
After a slow start to the year, milk prices got a welcome boost after bottoming out in April. These prices are a big improvement from earlier
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The Fast and Furious Corn Weather Market
Situation The 2024 new-crop corn market rode a strong run from early March through May that was partly fueled by two types of weather concerns: not
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Avocado Prices Stable for California Producers
Situation Avocado demand has seen an incredible boost in the last decade. Most of this increased demand, however, has been fulfilled by a surge in imports.
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Export Strength Could Be Too Good to Last
Persistently tight milk supply created an opportunity for strong exports to drive prices to new heights for the year. But the new price level could be
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Navigating the North Coast Transition
Following a period of steady expansion in the mid-2010s, vineyard values have flattened throughout much of the North Coast in recent years. Over the past year,
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Record Carcass Weights Won’t Stop Record Prices
Situation Carcass weights began to climb during the first quarter of 2024 as Midwest cattle feeders held cattle to replace the weight lost during severe weather
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Brazil Weaves Past U.S. as World’s Top Cotton Exporter
In September, I wrote a Quarterly Outlook titled “Brazil Is Cotton’s Heir Apparent” that described the merits of Brazil overtaking the U.S. as the world’s largest
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The Rising Cost of Inventory in 2024
Situation: The realities of “higher for longer” interest rates have significantly added to the cost to carry inventory (inputs and outputs like grains). At the same
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Positive Margins Likely to Stick Around, for Now
Situation Weekly barrow and gilt slaughter totals continue to trend lower from the peak set in late January. By late May, they were smaller by about
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