The super pig population in Canada has blown up to unmanageable levels and threatens to expand into the United States. What is a super pig? “Super Pigs” are hybrids of huge domestic hogs and the best specimens of the wild boar. The genetic combination of the best of both worlds makes these species survive better than typical pigs. While...
UK’s pig prices are in free-fall amid rising carcass weight and falling pork demand in the third week of November. Pig carcasses lost 0.9 pence to settle at 213 .48 pence per kg on 18th November for the standard pig price (SPP) category. The price for the previous week ending 11th November was 213.57 pence a kg. All Pig Price (APP)...
U.S’. grain markets closed on a lower note before Thursday’s Thanksgiving Holiday, while groceries eased prices this Black Friday. In Chicago, wheat edged up by a paltry 3/4 ¢ for the December contract, for an evening best of $6.14 1/2 a bushel. This slight back-to-back improvement from the previous day follows supply gap after recent sales of...
U.S. corn and soybean prices rebounded November 21 due to weather even as winter wheat lost only to recover dramatically. This at a time when dry weather across northern Brazil and wet conditions in the south are determining U.S. agricultural futures. Chicago welcomed a 2% rise in soybean prices on the wings of unequal weather...
Plenty of rain and sunshine in the past week promises a bumper 2024 cocoa bean crop in Ivory Coast ahead of the dry season. This news uplifts September 2023 projections of a 20% fall in Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa supplies for the 2023/24 crop. This is happening as the 2023/24 cocoa beans’ planting season picks from October to March. Even...
Smart farming is going the extra mile for a graying population in Japan, even as the youth shun farming careers. With the average Japanese farm worker aged 67, the state is turning to smart farming technology to make agriculture productive. Since 2019, Japan has been tapping the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to collect...
Production of eels in Japan has got a boost after Kindai University became the world’s second ever facility to artificially breed eel. In mid-November 2023, the Osaka-based university announced a full cycle hatching innovation of this scarce species. The campus facility harvested eggs from a female eel and hatched them through artificial insemination. After the resulting offspring had...
The U.S. Congress has voted a one-year extension to key nutritional, crop and conservation programs of the 2018 Farm Bill through the stopgap funding bill. The stopgap funding bill is a resolution that aims to prevent government shutdown due to lack of funds. Lack of extension to the farm bill, which expired on September 30, 2023, could...
Costlier than a hamburger but solid and crispier on the inside, the smashburger is trending in London and New York. In London, select food joints are selling them by the pound, halves and quarter of pound measures to satiate the population. With a pounder costing below £15 in the UK, the smashburger is relatively accessible for a beef roll,...
The 2023 California wine grape harvest is turning up late but promises to be the best yet in years. The late harvest follows a chilly winter, then an early spring, tailing off with a relatively cool summer. The vineyards took long to bud and ripen after weather events including Tropical Storm Hilary delayed planting. All in all, some...