Journals By Industry - Agricultural Sector Performance

Over the next five years, Hershey will expand and accelerate programs to improve cocoa communities by investing $10 million in West Africa and continuing to work with experts in agriculture, community development and...

HEADNOTE On November 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference to explore what has been driving the large and rapid increases in Midwest farmland values. Academics, industry representatives, and...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

Hailstorms in Australia, tornadoes in the southeastern U.S. and windstorms in northern Europe: We're in the second month of the year and already receiving hints that 2012 may be shaping up to equal...

The UK pig industry may be facing a brighter future than it did a year ago. In January 2011, ex-farm feed wheat was trading at an average of £196/t, compared with £138/t today....

BUSINESS BUSINESS dairy farming Key findings Cost of production is biggest factor in profitability Scope for many to improve net margins Milk can be produced efficiently from any of the major systems in...

- Fourth Quarter Agriculture Revenue Increased 18% Compared to Fourth Quarter Last Year - - Generates Net Income of $1.6 Million and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.4 Million in Fiscal 2011 - - Fiscal...

For decades, Hamilton County development has marched relentlessly north, turning farmland into housing developments and strip centers. Until now. A once-in-a-generation combination of strong grain prices, high farm incomes and unprecedented interest in...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/aa9fb4/ready_meals_in_pol) has announced the addition of the "Ready Meals In Poland" report to their offering. Canned/ preserved ready meals has grown dynamically for many years. However, at the...

Former Secretary of Agriculture and past Governor of North Dakota, Ed Schafer provides insight on better ROI through farm technology FORT ATKINSON, Wis. -- IDEAg Interconnectivity Conference, a first-of-its-kind event where interconnected ag...

Enters into Lease Agreements for an Aggregate 1,000 Acres SANTA PAULA, Calif. -- On January 6, 2012, Limoneira Company (NASDAQ: LMNR), a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and...

Plans Include Working with Land O'Lakes Purina Feed's Renowned Research Center to Explore Opportunities to Upgrade Value-Added Applications in Animal Feed Products ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a renewable chemicals and...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings assigns its 'AA' rating to the following San Luis Obispo, CA bonds: --$6.3 million series 2012 water revenue refunding bonds. The bonds are scheduled to be sold via...

DULUTH, Ga. -- AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, today announced that it has agreed to acquire 60% of Santal Equipamentos for $31 million, subject to...

All the forecasts for 2012 are for current beef prices to be sustained. Trade looks set to remain strong across livestock sectors in 2012, as Jeremy Hunt reports The livestock sector is bucking...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term and short-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of CoBank, ACB (CoBank) at 'AA-' and 'F1+', respectively, following its acquisition of U.S. AgBank. At the same...

By Wong Lei Lei SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Asia's oleochemical prices are likely to remain volatile in 2012 because of the unpredictable fluctuations in feedstock crude palm oil (CPO) and crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) prices...

For the last three decades, Paul Polak has dedicated himself to an idea that many find radical: the proposition that corporations can help the 2.6 billion people in the world living on less...

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture reported that farm profits are expected to rise 28 percent to $100.9 billion this year and the amount of cash farms have also is expected to rise. New...