http://www.headspringfarm.com Supporting Agriculture and Environment on the Web Copyright 2007, Head Spring Farm (TM), LLC, All rights reserved. For personal use only. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:32 EDT en-us http://www.headspringfarm.com/fnan_news.html Market reports page has been updated with new CME Group linked reports. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:32 EDT http://www.dailylivestockreport.com/documents/dlr%2012-27-10.pdf Retail ham and turkey inventories are by now depleted and retailers are in full gear preparing for post-holiday protein features. From ground beef and beef roasts to pork chops and chicken breasts, retailers tend to have a pretty well-honed script of items that will be on the weekly circulars between Jan 2 and President's Day. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:32 EDT images/pic3.jpg http://www.headspringfarm.com/blog/?p=198 More than half of America’s farmers work a job off the farm to make ends meet, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 9:20 EDT 8500 Tough Times http://www.rjofutures.com/newsletter/20101214/index.php#agriculturalsSD There are bread riots in Mozambique. Price controls are being placed in China. In South Korea, a slashing of cabbage import tariffs is trying to keep the fiery national dish of kimchi on family tables. Here in the west we are getting warnings from consumer companies that our evening supper, weekend pint and cotton shirt are all going to cost (give or take) 6-8 percent more next year. Food and clothing inflation is back with a vengeance. Wheat has risen in price by nearly two thirds in the past six months and cotton by almost three quarters. Wed, 15 Nov 2010 9:42 EDT images/pic2.jpg http://www.headspringfarm.com/blog/?p=185 As more states move to ban restrictive livestock cages, the campaign to free egg-laying hens from cramped cages and shift them to pens animal rights advocates call more humane could be poised to unintentionally boost deaths among those birds. Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:55 EDT 8500 Killer Chickens