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Young adults face higher rates of food insecurity – July 18, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 18, 2022 July 18, 2022 Farm Report

Young adults face higher rates of food insecurity Gen Z adults were nearly twice as likely to have experienced food insecurity in the first half of 2022 than other adults, according to a report by Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability. Among these adults — born after… Continue reading

Grasslands enrollment in Conservation Reserve reaches 7 million acres

  By The Farm Report July 15, 2022 July 15, 2022 Farm Report

(AG Insider) The Agriculture Department said it would enroll more than 3.1 million acres of grasslands — the largest amount ever — in the Conservation Reserve Program this fall, underlying the transformation of the reserve into a working lands program. The CRP was created in 1985 during an agricultural recession… Continue reading

Food is a factor in inflation, double whammy – July 15, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 15, 2022 July 15, 2022 Farm Report

(AG Insider) Wholesale prices rocketed by a near-record 11.3 percent for the year ending in June, said the Labor Department on Thursday, a day after it reported that consumer prices had soared 9.1 percent during the same period. Food was an inflationary factor in both reports, although some analysts saw… Continue reading

House votes to ban sale of U.S. farmland to Russia and China – July 14, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 14, 2022 July 15, 2022 Farm Report

House votes to ban sale of U.S. farmland to Russia and China Companies from Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran would be barred from purchasing U.S. agricultural land under language approved by the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday. School nutrition bill back to House for final approval The House and… Continue reading

Anxiety grows among farmers over proposed pipeline – July 13, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 13, 2022 July 13, 2022 Farm Report

(AG Insider) One farmer dogged pipeline surveyors as they traversed his southwestern Iowa fields, peppering them with unwelcome questions about their proposed project. Another cornered Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds at a fundraising event. A third painted “No Carbon Pipeline” on a semi-trailer and parked it at the intersection of two… Continue reading

Growth slows as world population nears 8 billion – July 12, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 12, 2022 July 12, 2022 Farm Report

Growth slows as world population nears 8 billion The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, less than 1 percent a year, said the United Nations on Monday, with the population forecast to pass the milestone of 8 billion on Nov. 15. India was expected to surpass… Continue reading

Global food prices moderate after hitting all-time high – July 11, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 11, 2022 July 11, 2022 Farm Report

Global food prices moderate after hitting all-time high The FAO Food Price Index, a barometer of prices for food commodities, rocketed to a record high immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine and disrupted food supply chains. Now it is down for the third month in a row, with large global harvests… Continue reading

Commodity prices soften, although still elevated – July 8, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 8, 2022 July 8, 2022 Farm Report

Commodity prices soften, although still elevated Steered by fears of recession and a clearer picture of this year’s global grain harvest, the sky-high commodity prices fueled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are losing momentum, analysts said on Thursday. The USDA was likely to scale back its estimates of record-high farm-gate… Continue reading

World hunger rate rises quickly as global economy stutters – Jul 7, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 7, 2022 July 7, 2022 Farm Report

World hunger rate rises quickly as global economy stutters Nearly one in 10 people worldwide suffer from hunger, an increase of 150 million since the pandemic struck in 2020, and the numbers are sure to worsen, said the annual UN hunger report on Wednesday. “The global price spikes that we… Continue reading

Farmer confidence is second-lowest in nearly six years – July 6, 2022

  By The Farm Report July 6, 2022 July 6, 2022 Farm Report

Farmer confidence is second-lowest in nearly six years Seven out of every 10 large-scale farmers and ranchers expect high inflation to persist into 2023 and 51 percent anticipate their operations will be worse off financially next summer than they are now, said Purdue University on Tuesday. Its Ag Economy Barometer,… Continue reading

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