World Agricultural markets

The Trump era trade war impact on the U.S. agricultural economy, what a world population of 8 billion means for food production and distribution, how cattle are being used to create fire breaks to assist in wildfire fighting, and why lettuce growers in the southwest are harvesting lettuce a little early this year.

An August 14th Wall Street Journal article points out the environmental problems that occur when a large number of livestock are confined to a small area.…

While U.S. hog producers are facing increasing competition in the world pork trade from the European Union and Canada, China has been a strong market for…

The truism that we need to double food production by 2050 to feed the world's growing population may need to be revisited. Research by Penn State agronomy…

Low crop, dairy and livestock prices are plaguing farmers around the globe. U. S. farmers are now facing competition from some of the same countries that…