Soil Health Isn't a Buzzword and Tariffs and Price Concerns
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Soil health isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the foundation of productive farms, resilient crops and long-term sustainability.
With unpredictable weather, water restrictions, rising input costs and shifting regulations, soil management feels like one more hurdle directly impacting yield stability, disease resistance, water efficiency and overall farm resilience.
The California Bountiful Foundation, a research affiliate of the California Farm Bureau, administers the Healthy Soils Block Grant Program, which helps farmers implement soil health practices.
**While inflationary concerns have been persistent in recent years, the back-and-forth tariffs have prompted additional concerns about prices.
Results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey find most consumers across both political parties expect tariffs to increase the prices for food.
85.4% of Democratic voters expect prices to increase, while 74.6% of Republicans and 74% of Independents also expected prices to rise.
Results show consumers are bracing for the impact.
**All cattle and calves in the U.S. and Canada combined totaled 97.6 million head on January 1st, down 1% from a year earlier.
All cows and heifers that have calved inventory was 41.6 million head, also down slightly.
All cattle and calves in the U.S. totaled 86.7 million head, 1% below last year’s 87.2 million head.
All cows and heifers that have calved was down slightly at 37.2 million head.
