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By Whitney McFerron and Elizabeth Campbell |
April 17, 2013
U.S. hog farmers are poised to produce a record amount of pork at a time when exports are slumping the most in more than a decade, prolonging a global glut into a fifth consecutive year.
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By Jeff Wilson and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
September 11, 2012
The smallest U.S. soybean harvest in nine years will leave inventories in the world’s largest exporting nation at the lowest in four decades.
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By Whitney McFerron, Tony C. Dreibus and Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
August 23, 2012
The worst U.S. drought in a half century and record feed prices are spurring farmers to shrink cattle herds to the smallest in two generations, driving beef prices higher.
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By Tony C. Dreibus and Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
August 9, 2012
Stockpiles of the biggest crops will decline for a third year as drought parches fields across three continents, raising food-import costs already forecast by the United Nations to reach a near-record $1.24 trillion.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
June 12, 2012
The U.S. cattle herd has shrunk to the smallest since three years before Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s Corp. hamburger stand, reducing supply and raising prices even as domestic demand sinks to a two-decade low.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 1, 2012
The heaviest and most numerous U.S. pig population on record and rebounding Chinese output are creating a surplus that is poised to halt a four-year rally in prices.
