15 July 2024 - Macchine Trattori

The harsh law of the honey market

15 July 202415 July 2024 Redazione

According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in March 2024, honey production in the United States increased by 11 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, despite a six percent decrease in bee colonies. Each colony produced an average of 17 percent more than the previous year, providing about 25 kilograms annually on average. Meanwhile, as per the law of supply and demand, honey prices decreased by 16 percent, falling to just over five dollars per kilogram compared to over six dollars in 2022. Additionally, American beekeepers…

Fendt haymaking range: experience factor

15 July 202419 July 2024 Redazione

On November 11, 1918, in a train carriage stopped in the French forest of Compiègne, the armistice that ended World War I was signed. Over four years of battle then gave way to a slow reconstruction process that impacted a European continent exhausted and worn out by a bloody conflict that had caused millions of deaths. An entire generation of young people was almost completely lost, which dramatically resulted in a labor shortage that agriculture had to address with a significant increase in the demand for machinery. It was in…