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Agri View: Shipping Affects Food Prices

Dan February 15, 2018 Agri View, Exports/Imports

Everett Griner talks about how shipping cost affects the prices consumers pay for food in today’s Agri View. Shipping Affects Food Prices Now anybody who reads a paper or watches the news on TV knows that vast amounts of every crop farmers grow is exported. It keeps American farmers in business. It takes a lot of big ships to transport …

Mounting Concern for American Tariffs on South African Citrus
The Citrus Growers Association (CGA) of South Africa expressed concern about newly proposed U.S. tariffs that threaten the viability of South African citrus exports to America. According to the association, a 30% tariff rate placed on South African citrus would put the industry at a significant disadvantage, since some other citrus-exporting countries face only a […]
Cold-Hardy Citrus Production: A Learning Process
Production in the cold-hardy citrus region continues to be a learning process for growers. Producers in North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama are learning this year the price of alternate bearing for their satsuma mandarin crop. After a heavy crop load last season, production is expected to taper off quite a bit this season […]

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