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Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Food-at-Home Price to Increase Almost 9%
Economic Research Service publishes its price forecasts in the monthly Food Price Outlook report.  The FPO forecasts food-at-home prices will increase by 8.6% in 2023, with a prediction interval of 5.6%-11%.  Forecasts now include a midpoint and a prediction interval to represent the expected price change and range of likely prices. The pred...
Efforts Continue To Use Machines During Fruit & Vegetable Harvest
Efforts Continue To Use Machines During Fruit & Vegetable Harvest
Efforts Continue To Use Machines During Fruit & Vegetable Harvest
Thanks to increasing labor costs, more and more fruit and vegetable growers are looking to rely on mechanical aid when it comes to harvest and improving efficiencies.   “A good example is in the Washington state apple industry growers are using platforms now where there are teams of workers could ride on the platform between orchard rows and move up and down that we don't have to lug around ladder