Wednesday, March 22
?Farming companies powered last year’s big jump in grain and bean production
Thursday, February 7, 2019
?Farming companies powered last year’s big jump in grain and bean production, the Statistics Service reports. Production by agro businesses increased by nearly 17%. Family farm production was flat. Overall, production rose by 12.7% to a record 70 million tons. Year over year, the big gainers were: corn – up 44% to 36 million tons; barley – up 11% to 7 million tons; rye — up 23% to 400,000 tons; and rice – up 8% to 69,000 tons. The big loser was wheat – down 6% to 25 million tons.
