By John DePutter & Dave Milne – January 21, 2020
The News:
“The US hog industry has achieved a third consecutive quarterly litter rate of 11 or more pigs per litter.”
USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, January 16, 2020
“The US hog industry has achieved a third consecutive quarterly litter rate of 11 or more pigs per litter.”
USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, January 16, 2020
“Brazil will top the U.S. as the world’s largest soybean producer in 2019-20, according to a new USDA report.”
Syngenta Market News, January 6, 2019
Empty Planet makes the case that the world’s population will peak sometime between 2040 and 2060, level out and then begin a long-lasting decline.
This book makes a compelling case that population growth will be significantly less than has been predicted. It suggests that the world’s population may never grow from its current 7 billion to anywhere near the 11 billion which the United Nations forecasts will be reached by 2100.
From the standpoint of economic well-being and growth, the agricultural industry currently has two sides: one encountering a slow down and another in the early stages of a strong and exciting upswing that has lots of time ahead of it before it peaks.
“Realized net income of Canadian farmers declined 41.0% from 2017 to $4.2 billion in 2018 on sharply higher costs and a slight increase in receipts.”
Statistics Canada, November 26, 2019