fertilizers

According to new data from USDA’s Economic Research Service, Organic dairy farm production growth is slower than conventional operations. Productivity is measured as total factor productivity, the ratio of the total amount of goods produced relative to all the inputs—such as labor, fertilizer, and other costs—used to produce those goods. USDA researcher ...

The USDA is projecting a 5% increase in farm production expenses this year. And as USDA chief Economist Seth Meyer pointed out, its not just one, or two items going up. "Most every line within those production expenses showing year-over-year increases ...

Data from USDA’s Economic Research Service details the increase in fertilizer prices. According to estimates from USDA, fertilizer represents an average of 36% of a farmer’s operating costs for corn, 35% for wheat, and 30% for sorghum. Fertilizer ...

The latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand report largely focused on global market conditions. The outlook for U.S. wheat this month is for stable supplies, lower domestic use, reduced exports, and higher ending stocks. The projected season-average farm price increased $0 ...

What can be done about the sky rocketing prices of fertilizers and other inputs? "There's no silver bullet and I wish there were; we certainly would be on top of it," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently told lawmakers. He said farmers are seeing are the result of many different situations coming together ...

The Latest Rural Mainstreet Index shows rising input prices as the top threat in 2022 for farmers. Released Thursday, the index declined in January, though it remained above growth neutral for the 14th straight month. Overall, the region's reading for January fell to 61 ...

Oregon has fined the Port of Morrow, in the NE corner of the state, $1.3 million for repeatedly over-applying agricultural wastewater on nearby farms in an area that already has elevated levels of groundwater nitrates. The state Department of Environmental Quality made the announcement last week ...

USDA will issue commodity outlooks for 2022 at its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in February. "The people that are, I think, primarily interested in this information are the folks who buy and sell these commodities and create these commodities ...

Is there an actual shortage of fertilizer, meaning farmers won't get what they need for the 2022 growing season? USDA's Chief Economist says "no, not really". "When I hear somebody say "shortage", I tend to think that means they're paying more than they want to pay for it ...

Fertilizer prices have risen as much as 300% in some areas, making 2022 preparations more difficult. Shelby Myers, economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said those skyrocketing prices are among the top concerns for farmers and ranchers ...