PeachyBlue Takes Off and AFBF Annual Meeting
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Eugene, Oregon’s Fall Creek Farm & Nursery’s PeachyBlue blueberry variety has delivered outstanding retail results at Sprouts Farmers Market stores nationwide.
www.morningagclips.com reports PeachyBlue’s drove a 6% increase in total blueberry category sales last summer ranking among the top 1% in sales dollars compared to other niche and innovative items.
The PeachyBlue program, which began with a pilot in Northern California in summer 2024, quickly expanded nationwide in response to strong consumer demand.
www.morningagclips.com/fall-creeks-peachyblue-blueberry-drives-category-growth-at-sprouts-showcasing-power-of-breeding-to-shelf-collaboration/
##USDA’s December Crop Production report forecasts 2025-26 cotton production at nearly 14.3 million bales, 1.1% over last month’s forecast.
However, that’s 140,000 bales below the 2024-25 crop.
Harvested area in 25-26 is estimated at 7.4 million acres, below last season’s 7.8 million.
USDA data also showed global cotton projections for 2025-26 forecast global ending stocks to rise 1.4 million bales, or 2% from the previous year to 76 million bales.
**This week’s American Farm Bureau Convention in Anaheim included a rare joint appearance of all four leaders of the congressional ag committees.
Senate Ag Chair John Boozman, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, House Ag Chair GT Thompson, and Ranking Member Angie Craig, were all on hand.
They covered priority issues like passing a new farm bill, developing domestic and international markets, providing access to a stable workforce, and the importance of grassroots advocacy.
**Farmer sentiment weakened slightly in December as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index dropped three points to 136.
Weakness was attributed to a modest decline in producers’ long-term outlook, as Future Expectations fell to 140, four points lower than the previous month.
The Current Conditions Index was unchanged at 128.
Angst about the prospects for U.S. soybean exports contributed to a slightly weaker outlook for the future.
