Boar’s Head, a large producer of deli meats and other food products, has recently announced that it will close its facility in Jarratt, Virginia, following a listeria outbreak.
According to the USDA’s September release of the 2024 farm income data, the U.S. net farm income value (in nominal terms) would fall 4.4% to $140.0 billion year-over-year and down about 23% from the record-high estimate in 2022.
As of January 2024, the U.S. has 56 active biodiesel plants with a combined annual capacity of 2.09 billion gallons per year. This biodiesel is typically blended with petroleum-based diesel at a 5% to 20% inclusion rate. If blended at the 5% rate, this would make 40 billion gallons of B-5 blended diesel fuel.
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Stochastic Modeling reduces risk in management decisions by adequately characterizing the variables associated with a project. Find out more next month at the Solutions blog.
The day has officially arrived to launch the 2011 Northeast Iowa Biomass Asset Map, a project we've been working on with many partners over the last few months. Text to the press release follows: Des Moines, IA, February 10, 2011 - Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), an economic research company focused...
Recently, John Urbanchuk of Cardno Entrix released his annual assessment of the impact of the ethanol industry. In the past Mr. Urbanchuk has done similar work for the state of Iowa where he has come up with similar results. We at Decision Innovation Solutions agree that the ethanol industry, both...
"Pork, the Other White Meat" has been around since 1987. For some, this statement has been around longer than they have been alive and for others, they might remember when this ad campaign hit the air waves. The Pork industry has recently released its newest ad campaign of "Pork: Be...
The Consumer Price Index Data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for February 2011 has been making quite a stir in the news the past few days. It states that the index for food rose 0.6 percent in February and 0.5 percent in January. This is a major concern...
