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Agriculture
Intelligence Report

Paul Kindinger

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Aug 18, 2021

The Chicken Folks Want More Beef

Sales volume for beef products at Tyson Foods Inc. jumped 24% for third-quarter 2021. And, while most consumers think of Tyson Foods Inc. as "those chicken folks," a third-quarter report from the food giant signaled it plans to continue prioritizing its focus on beef.

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Aug 18, 2021

Higher Fertilizer Prices Could Be Coming – Why Should CAD Members Care?

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) recently determined that there is a reasonable indication that imports of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago materially injure the UAN industry in the U.S. and are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States...

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Aug 18, 2021

Fewer Tracts of Land for Sale Plus Cash-flush Buyers Cause Cropland Prices to Soar

The land market is hot. With few properties available and cash-flush Americans in a buying mood, landowners are cashing in on record-high prices for farmland and recreational properties.

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Aug 18, 2021

Hard-Hit Ranchers Buy Hay to Hold Herds in Drought

As drought worsens, emergency measures are taking place, and cattle producers have begun to ship in hay to survive. Big rigs stacked high with hay rolls are headed to the High Plains and other Western states, as ranchers in drought-stricken areas try to hold on to their herds a little longer.

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Aug 18, 2021

Pork Groups Help USDA Block African Swine Fever Entry into the U.S.

New cases of African Swine Fever (AFS) in the Dominican Republic have state and national pork groups assisting the USDA to prevent entry into the U.S.

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Aug 11, 2021

Year-to-date Tractor & Combine Sales Continue Strong

According to the latest report by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), sales year-to-date are up in every category! Total 2WD tractors increased by 13.5%; 4WD tractors by a whopping 38.2%; and combine sales were up by12.6%. Comparing July 2021 with 2020, only the sales of 2WD tractors...

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Aug 11, 2021

What Does Luke Bryan, ACM Entertainer of the Year, Know About Farming? Actually, a Lot!

Luke Bryan is a farmer. He is also this year’s American Country Music Entertainer of the Year. And while he clearly has a passion for both occupations, there is also a deep devotion to his agriculture roots and the next generation of farmers and ranchers.

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Aug 11, 2021

CoBank Says Change Is Coming for U.S. Food and Agricultural Businesses

The widely anticipated summer economic boom is well underway and U.S. consumers are spending on services again. Jobs are abundantly available, but workers are scarce as the labor market is healing more slowly than most economists expected. According to a new Quarterly report from CoBank’s Knowledge...

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Aug 11, 2021

The Shipping Container Shortage is Getting Worse

Concerns that the international shipping crisis will get worse for U.S. agricultural exports before it gets better are being raised again. Shipping container costs continue to rise and incentives to "dead-head" empty containers to Asia for quicker turnaround are at the root of these concerns.

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Aug 11, 2021

Cannabis Bill Would Pave Way for CBD

A landmark new bill that would legalize marijuana would also create a legal pathway for the use of cannabidiol, or CBD, in dietary supplements. That would open up a commercial opportunity for industrial hemp producers.

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Aug 11, 2021

AquaBounty Plans Large-Scale Ohio Farm

AquaBounty Technologies has settled on Pioneer, Ohio, as the location for a large-scale farm to raise its genetically engineered Atlantic salmon. The 479,000-square-foot operation will be able to produce 10,000 metric tons of fish a year. It’s eight times the size of AquaBounty’s farm in Albany,...

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Aug 4, 2021

Court Prop 12 Ruling Likely to Cause Severe Pork Shortages and Soaring Bacon Prices

A decision that many producers around the country were dreading was recently made when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) seeking to challenge Proposition 12 in California. This...

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Aug 3, 2021

Farmer Sentiment Steady in July

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer leveled off after two months of declines, down just 3 points to a reading of 134 in July. Both producers' sentiment regarding current and future conditions also dropped slightly. The Index of Current Conditions was down 6 points to a reading of...

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Aug 3, 2021

Social Media Post:  Watch AgRally Anytime

Many people have contacted your CAD team saying they had been too busy to watch AgRally live. Well, they are in luck! The good news is there is a way to see it now! We have a connection to the recorded version of AgRally 2021 that can be accessed on our social media page. But better yet, why not...

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Aug 3, 2021

How the Chicken McNugget Changed American Agriculture

Source: blog by Gary Truitt, Hoosier Ag Today radio networkIt was 1979, and the hamburger was safely secure atop the fast food menu. While there were many variations, all hamburgers began with ground beef. If you wanted chicken, you had to visit Colonel Sanders, who had the only major fast-food...

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