Sentences with phrase «input costs»

The high diversity together with the lower input costs of organic agriculture is key to reducing production risks associated with extreme weather events.

And rising energy prices, of course, also mean higher input costs for all consumer goods.

The increased input costs get passed to consumers with higher resale prices = consumer inflation.

These practices have obvious benefits for farmers — reduced input costs, greater autonomy from corporations, diversified income streams, risk management for crop failures and varied produce to improve nutrition.

However, expected increases in input costs as well as falling exports and flat overall turnover could impact the recent turnaround.

Topics included: market pressure on input costs, regional competition, and credit and rating implications for key issuers.

The difference comes from input costs, especially labor.

In addition, there are significant input costs varying from labor to fuel.

This is compounded by the nature of the key input costs — you're essentially investing in a mining industry, that's also v heavily dependent on energy!

These include the general background of strong demand and tight capacity, as well as rises in global commodity prices that have added to business input costs.

Input costs decrease, boosting profits, and lower gasoline prices make buying a car more attractive.

Rising input costs coupled with other factors like continued high exchange rate has been impacting the bottom - line, making a price revision inevitable.

For example, an increase in the price of oil may contribute to higher input costs for a company and could lead to higher inflation.

Earnings have accelerated lately because of low input costs (natural gas, mostly), and management recently expanded into the maple syrup business with an acquisition.

He has been stepping up pressure on suppliers to reduce wholesale prices or to absorb rising input costs so the retailer can pass savings to consumers by «permanently» reducing shelf prices.

But with its big debt load and increasing input costs (read: higher oil prices), that's easier said than done.

The industry used to link its alumina pricing to the LME aluminum contract, an unsophisticated but largely effective way of cushioning input costs against the sort of metal price blow - out we've just seen.

Milk Link will lower its member milk prices by another 1.5 ppl from June, a decision that Bell said the board took with «great regret» given its understanding of the financial burden on farmers and rising farm input costs.

We've faced significant input cost pressures throughout the year, as well as some unexpected items in the fourth quarter, which Don will detail in a minute.

These savings have partially offset higher input costs including milk at the UK dairy group.

The industry used to link its alumina pricing to the LME aluminium contract, an unsophisticated but largely effective way of cushioning input costs against the sort of metal price blow - out we've just seen.

The cost of funds is one of the most important input costs for a financial institution, since a lower cost will generate better returns when the funds are used for short - term and long - term loans to borrowers.

Are input costs falling?

Pressure from soaring input costs and retailer pricing has intensified on Britain's dairy industry over the last year.

Further promoted advantages and promises by the industry include that RR crops create more yield than conventional crops, decrease farmers input costs by reducing the amount of herbicides sprayed and are safe for humans, animals and the environment.

Prices of coal and natural gas are key input costs at electric power plants in Pennsylvania and have taken different trajectories in the last couple of years.

The Austin, Minnesota - based meat processor's stock is up 52.9 % due to cheaper input costs and improved plant efficiencies.

All the while, the industry thrived financially under a combination of high oil prices, low natural gas prices (a major input cost), recession - induced relief from cost inflation and a reduced cost of capital as majors and foreign national oil companies gobbled up wobbly juniors.

It's going to be what the bailout Troika and everyone else have been looking for: a phenomenally profitable export product with minuscule input costs and unlimited potential.

The travel and entertainment tool lets employees on the road directly input costs as they happen.

From Adidas to GE, companies are producing closer to their markets, since labor is becoming a much smaller input cost in total production.

«But because you don't know whether oil is going to go up or down one week to the next, or how high it might go, it's very difficult to run your business when your biggest input cost is fluctuating so wildly.»

Meantime, most Federal Reserve Districts reported modest to moderate price growth in this survey, with some Districts seeing increases in manufacturing, construction, and transportation input costs.

Meanwhile, a robust pace of input cost inflation persisted in February, while factory gate charges increased for the second month running.

Manufacturers in all regions reported a sharp and accelerated rise in their average input costs

Said Barden: «Continuing to stimulate investment in site modernisation is critical particularly in light of mounting input cost pressures.»

Operational efficiencies and selling price increases have allowed Dairy Crest to broadly offset higher input costs during its first half trading period ending September 30th 2011.

«While the Irish and UK consumer foods markets remain highly competitive with heavy promotional activity which delayed input cost recovery, Kerry's leading brands maintained good growth in the UK market and stabilised market shares in Ireland,» it said.

«This is the dance they are all trying to play, everyone wants the industry to grow, but the game of minimising input costs is inevitably going to lead to a loss of farm milk supply,» Mr Hauser said.

One estimate of the negative environmental externalities from conventional agriculture in the United States is derived from Pimentel et al. (1993) who estimated total indirect private and external (off - farm) costs of the use of synthetic pesticides at US$ 12.1 billion annually: this included the private input costs of US$ 4 billion and US$ 5 billion in environmental and health costs.