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Agriculture is particularly exposed to rail stoppages due to robust fertilizer and other agricultural input trade and a sizable livestock industry that depends on rail for the timely delivery of feed grains, dried distillers grains, and further feed ingredients.
Leave livestock and bison to graze marginal soils and native grasslands and upcycle food waste and byproducts into animal feed. Currently, the Farm Bill works to maximize income from commodity crops and livestock production, with the goal of maximizing economic efficiency.
For livestock producers, lower prices for corn and soybeans reduce feed costs, offsetting price and demand challenges. FAPRI’s annual outlook provides projections for agricultural and biofuel markets and serves as a point of reference for food and farm policy. per bushel in 2022-23 fall to a projected $4.39 per bushel.
In the States, Sorghum is currently used mainly for creating biofuels and feeding livestock, but incorporating it into the American diet could have a long-lasting positive impact on our environment. is primarily turned into ethanol fuel and livestock feed—two of the most fossil-fuel intensive agricultural products. “If
The outlook summarizes baseline projections for agricultural and biofuel markets using information available in January 2023. Net farm income reached a record level in 2022, as sharply higher crop and livestock receipts more than offset reduced government payments and increased production expenses.
This gives a blueprint of the situation and provides an opportunity to consider mitigation strategies such as changing the rotation of livestock, cleaning up the water, or trying a different crop.” This year,” says Stanley, “We’re sending samples to the University of Minnesota to test breaking [the hemp] down and turning it into biofuels.”
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