Week of March 8 – 14

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from March 12th, 2020 out of the Daily Times. It is a chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $4.02
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.77
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $0.95
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $3.00
Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $2.26

Agriculture:

Cattle(lb) – decreased $2.01
Coffee (lb) -decreased $0.20
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.23
Cotton (lb) – increased $1.40
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $1.51
Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.60
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $1.80
Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.07

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $1.05
Silver (oz) – decreased $1.14
Platinum (oz) – decreased $4.04
Copper (lb) – decreased $1.80
Palladium (oz) – increased $0.11

Our second article is from March 4th, 2020 out of The Daily Times. This is another chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $4.49
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $3.36
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $6.32
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.97
Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $19.17

Agriculture:

Cattle(lb) – decreased $2.91
Coffee (lb) -decreased $2.86
Corn (bu) – decreased $2.60
Cotton (lb) – decreased $3.01
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $11.62
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.06
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $1.47
Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.74

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $3.17
Silver (oz) – decreased $4.59
Platinum (oz) – decreased $9.95
Copper (lb) – decreased $1.25
Palladium (oz) – decreased $13.38

Week of March 1 – 7

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from March 4th, 2020 out of the Daily Times. This is a chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $10.07
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.27
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $6.94
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $3.61
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $8.73

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $2.67
Coffee (lb) – decreased $3.55
Corn (bu) – decreased $1.89
Cotton (lb) – decreased $0.88
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $1.74
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $0.53
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.65
Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.57

Metals:

Gold (oz) – increased $0.26
Silver (oz) – decreased $0.74
Platinum (oz) – increased $3.55
Copper (lb) – decreased $0.37
Palladium (oz) – decreased $1.21

Our second article is from March 3rd, 2020 out of The Daily Times. The title of the article is, “Alcoa Elementary library hatches Chickens.” This article talk about how Alcoa elementary school did something different in their school and hatched chicks in their library. They used an incubator and wanted to give the kids real world experience to go along with the books they were reading. The librarian bought 6 eggs off of Amazon, and a friend gave her 6 more. The eggs were in the incubator for about three weeks. The chicks new home will be at the librarians farm along with goats, donkeys, and a tarantula.

Week of February 23 – 29

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from February 25th, 2020. This article is a chart from The Daily Times about the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $3.65
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $0.38
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $4.35
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased 4.09$
Unleaded gas (gal)- decreased $2.51

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $2.27
Coffee (lb) – decreased $3.04
Corn (bu) – decreased $1.26
Cotton (lb) – decreased $2.03
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $3.86
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $2.37
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $1.82
Wheat (bu) – decreased $2.86

Metals:

Gold (oz) – increased $1.69
Silver (oz) – increased $1.87
Platinum (oz) – decreased $0.19
Copper (lb) – decreased $0.97
Palladium (oz) – decreased $3.20

Our second article is from February 23rd, 2020 put of The Daily Times.

This article basically talks about how companies are going to stop hiring people who use tobacco products or nicotine products. The new law policy, which takes effect this month, is expected to cut the company costs. There is little evidence that wellness plans will improve employee health, or lower health care costs. Smoking-related medical expenses add nearly $120 billion a year to an employer. Employers also suffer $150 billion in lost productivity due to smoking and related health issues. About 10% of employers provide other infinitives as well.

This relates to agriculture because with the employers trying to get rid of the use of tobacco products, this means the demand for farming tobacco products will go down.

Extra add-on to the week of February 16-22

Yes, I have already done article from the week of this article i’m about to talk about, but I feel like everyone should know about this article.

This article is from February 20th, 2020 out of The Daily Times. The title of this article is, “A Walk in the Park.”

This article in specific is so special to have its own post because it is inspired, and the idea of my agriculture teacher, Mia Sullivan, and the FFA at my school (which I am a part of)

This article introduces the idea of putting benches, trees, and dog waste receptacles along the Townsend Green way.

The commissioners are taking it into consideration, but have not approved it yet. This is kinda out of the every week schedule, but I feel like everyone should know about this!!!

Week of February 16 – 22

Here is whats going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from February 19th, 2020. This article is a chart of the stock market price changes from the business section of The Daily Times.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – no change
Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.52
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.52
Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $7.84
Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $1.99

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – increased $0.50
Coffee (lb) – decreased $2.25
Corn (bu) – increased $1.39
Cotton (lb) – increased $0.73
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $1.73
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $0.45
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.17
Wheat (bu) – increased $4.42

Metals:

Gold (oz) – increased $1.09
Silver (oz) – increased $2.35
Platinum (oz) – increased $2.59
Copper (lb) – increased $0.17
Palladium (oz) – increased $7.74

Our second article is from February 21, 2020. This is also a chart from the Daily Times that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – increased $0.90
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.77
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $0.54
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.79
Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $0.38

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.99
Coffee (lb) – decreased $3.72
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.52
Cotton (lb) – increased $0.31
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $0.70
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.86
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.50
Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.93

Metals:

Gold (oz) – increased $0.57
Silver (oz) – increased $0.09
Platinum (oz) – decreased $2.54
Copper (lb) – decreased $0.67
Palladium (oz) – increased $0.10

Week of February 9 – 15

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is a chart from the business section of The Daily Times. This chart is from February 10th, 2020.

Here are the results..

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – increased $0.75
Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.15
Heating oil (gal) – increased $0.88
Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $1.25
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $0.47

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $1.02
Coffee (lb) – increased $0.44
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.52
Cotton (lb) – increased $0.06
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $1.19
Orange juice (lb) – increased $1.12
Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.06
Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.81

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $0.58
Silver (oz) – decreased $1.04
Platinum (oz) – increased $0.68
Copper (lb) – increased $1.21
Palladium (oz) – increased $0.70

Our second article is from February 14th, 2020, in The Daily Times. The title of the article is, “Three seeds to add to your kitchen repertoire”. The article basically wants to inform readers that just because seeds like cummin seeds, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds aren’t mentioned in the ingredients , that doesn’t mean you can’t add them for flavor. The article ends by explanation how to take care of the seeds, and the benefits of eating them.

Week of February 2-8

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from February 4th, 2020. The article is from the Business section on The Daily Times. It is a chart that shows the changes in commodities on the trade market.

Here are the results:

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $2.81
Ethanol (gal) – no change
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $3.11
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.20
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $2.04

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – increased $0.25
Coffee (lb) – decreased $4.48
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.66
Cotton (lb) – decreased $0.98
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $3.03
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.41
Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.52
Wheat (bu) – increased $0.32

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $0.36
Silver (oz) – decreased $1.85
Platinum (oz) – increased $0.91
Copper (lb) – decreased $0.28
Palladium (oz) – increased $0.39

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Our second article is also a chart from the business section of The Daily Times. This article is from February 7th, 2020.

Here are the results:

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – increased $2.88
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $2.88
Heating oil (gal) – increased $3.88
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $0.59
Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $2.99

Metals:

Gold (oz) – increased $0.48
Silver (oz) – increased $0.23
Platinum (oz) – increased $2.17
Copper (lb) – increased $1.24
Palladium (oz) – decreased $0.38

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.72
Coffee (lb) – decreased $0.50
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.39
Cotton (lb) – increased $0.24
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $3.51
Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.27
Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.06
Wheat (bu) – increased $0.85

In conclusion, it is quite obvious that most of the products are still decreasing, but slowly, more are increasing.

Week of January 26- February 1

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

We have one article from January 26, 2020 by The Daily Times. The title of this article is, “House-plants become active as days get longer.” This article talks about how your houseplants are quick to tell you when they need help. It explains what the plants look like when they are dying, and what you can do to help them. Some ways to help your plants is to: change their soil, change how often or how much you water them, or trim the plant stems. In conclusion, the purpose of this article is to inform readers on what they can do to keep their house-plants alive during winter.

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Our second article is from January 31st, 2020. The article is from the money section of The Daily times, and the title of the article is,”Let the rigs roll at first Food Truck Festival.”

This article is more informational than anything. You might be thinking to yourself, how does a food truck have anything to do with agriculture? Well, Agriculture is a wide variety of things, including literally almost anything that has to do with food. Because if you think about it, where do you think the food is coming from that they are selling from these food trucks? Either a garden, animal, or a farmer, and all of those are the heart of agriculture!

So back to the article…

The article starts off by talking about how, “If the mountains will not come to the foodies, the food trucks will come to the mountains.” On March 27-28, Simply Greater Design and Events is hosting the inaugural Great Smoky Mountain Food Truck Festival at the Little Arrow Outdoor Resort. There will be nearly 40 food trucks in attendance. The festivals site will include a play-ground for children and games like corn-hole and horseshoes. The Smoky Mountain Tourism Development Authority and food truck caterers hope that the event will boost tourism in the area. Tickets to the festival are $5 and that ticket will include parking. The article ends by saying that you can find more information on their Facebook page @ GSM food truck festival.

Week of January 19 – 25

Here is whats going on in the agriculture industry this week…

The first article we have is from January 22nd, 2020. The The article is a chart of changes in the stock market prices from the business section of The Daily Times.

Here are the results:

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $0.50
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $0.59
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.61
Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $5.39
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $0.25

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – increased $0.02
Coffee (lb) – decreased $0.96
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.45
Cotton (lb) – decreased $2.82
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $1.35
Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.79
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $1.48
Wheat (bu) – increased $1.93

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $0.15
Silver (oz) – decreased $1.45
Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.71
Copper (lb) – decreased $1.79
Palladium (oz) – increased $0.35

Our second article is also a chart about changes in stock market prices from January 23rd, 2020.

Here are the results:

Fuels:

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $2.81
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.19
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.59
Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $0.53
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $3.48

Agriculture:

Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.16
Coffee (lb) – decreased $0.09
Corn (bu) – increased $0.32
Cotton (lb) – increased $2.73
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $0.09
Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.52
Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.25
Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.64

Metals:

Gold (oz) – decreased $0.07
Silver (oz) – Increased $0.11
Platinum (oz) – increased $1.38
Copper (lb) – decreased $1.13
Palladium (oz) – increased $4.58

In conclusion, from looking at both of these charts we can tell that most of our trade products continue to decrease in price.

Week of January 12-18

Here is what’s going on in the Agriculture Industry this week…

We have one article from January 16th, 2020 by The Daily Times. The title of this article is “Money & Markets.” This article is just a little chart out of the newspaper. The numbers on the chart show the prices of fuels, metals, and agriculture.

Here are the results:

Fuels-

Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $4.93
Ethanol (gal) – decreased $1.33
Heating oil (gal) – decreased $3.65
Natural Gas (mm btu) – decreased $0.97
Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $4.26

Metals-

Gold (oz) – decreased $0.92
Silver (oz) – decreased $1.24
Platinum (oz) – decreased $0.72
Copper (lb) – increased $0.53
Palladium (oz) – increased $2.34

Agriculture-

Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.13
Coffee (lb) – decreased $2.66
Corn (bu) – decreased $0.07
Cotton (lb) – increased $ 0.19
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $0.66
Orange juice (lb) – decreased $0.69
Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.35
Wheat (bu) – increased $0.45

In conclusion, as the article says, “Oil and gold prices dropped sharply as tensions between the U.S. and Iran eased overnight. Other commodities like natural gas and silver also fell.”

Our second article is from January 17th, 2020 by The Daily Times. The title of this article is “Agriculture trade in Mexico.” This article basically talks about how trade all year of 2019 was difficult because of the weather. Hundreds of thousands of acres of crops were destroyed either because of flooding or drought. The head of the trade market believes that these weather conditions could be the cause of these huge decrease in the price of the trade products. We are expecting this to change since we recently signed an agreement with Japan that will provide improved access to the Japanese market. The article continues to go on by saying, “Canada and Mexico are among the most important markets for the U.S. Ag exports, and these exports are also expected to increase.” In conclusion, with the new agreement signed, our trade market is expected to increase greatly for the better.