Produce marketers are working to increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables among younger consumers. Also, down for the 10th straight week is fuel prices.
U.S. farmland prices increased 12.4% over the last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. California Ag seen a drop in production as water supplies diminish.
The rise in Canadian farmland prices will slow in 2016, thanks in part of softer commodity prices. Farm Credit Canada said that growers should prepare for a possible easing in land values after prices rose at a slower rate in 2015. Prices rose ten percent in 2015, and should rise between 2-4 percent in 2016 thanks to ample supplies of grains and oilseeds pressuring commodity prices...