Lettuce inflation traced to tiny white fly damaging crops
The Country Today reports that a small white fly is decimating California winter lettuce, cutting yields by over 50 percent and pushing store prices above a dollar per head. Bud Antle Co. sales director Leon Wood notes reduced acreage, with 27 000 acres planted this year, and forecasts four to six weeks of higher prices as growers struggle to supply demand.
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Cabbage Gains as Lettuce Tops A Dollar a Head
Grocery stores advertise cabbage prices rising amid lettuce selling above one dollar per head. The shift in produce pricing reflects broader cost pressures and consumer substitution patterns observed by shoppers and grocers alike.
Sparta farm wife becomes Wisconsin ASCS county chair
Lois Andersen of Sparta is elected chairwoman of Monroe County ASCS, the first woman to head a Wisconsin county ASCS committee. The 36-member panel oversees dairy, hog, crop and tobacco programs involving about 2,600 farmers, with Andersen citing her ASCS office experience and maps knowledge as keys to her leadership.
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Iowa
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Country Today
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United States
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Wisconsin Winter Forecast From NWS Delivers Cold Wakeup
In west central Wisconsin the National Weather Service predicts a grim January pattern. Thursday brings cloudy skies with highs of 5 to 10 below zero and lows of 10 to 15 below. Friday and Saturday follow with continued clouds and chances of snow. temperatures range from 10 to 15 below with subzero to five below overnights.
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