It was one of the first things former USDA chief economist Seth Meyer spoke about with the then new Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins when she arrived in early 2025.
The Center for Environment and Welfare launched a new educational campaign urging Congress to stop the far-reaching consequences of California’s Proposition 12. The Center calls it an “overreaching law” that’s driving up U.S. grocery prices. The “Food...
The USDA’s April Prices Received Index fell 3.6% from March but was 12% higher year-over-year. The livestock production index fell 8% in April compared to the prior month but was still 18% above last year. The crop production index rose 4.9% from March but was dow...
Food-at-home prices increased in April at a 2% annual pace, down from 2.4% in March, according to Consumer Price Index data. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, across-the-board inflation ticked down last month to 2.3%, its lowest rate since February 2021. It’...
According to the latest numbers from USDA, U.S. egg production totaled 8.63 billion in March 2025, a 7% drop from the same month last year. That figure includes 7.35 billion table eggs and 1.28 billion hatching eggs, with 1.18 billion from broiler-type hens and 104 million from egg-type hens. The ave...