High Prices Offer Mixed Blessings with Future Low-Price Problems
The high prices being fetched this year for corn and soybeans this year may turn out to be a mixed [...]
View ArticleUSDA Weekly Grain Market Review
Compared to last week grain and soybean bids were lower with wheat trading higher. Soybeans posted sharp losses as pressure [...]
View ArticleDrought Still On and Threatening Winter Wheat
As some areas of the country slowly recover from this summer’s drought, some other areas still struggle as drought becomes [...]
View ArticleDrought: Crop Insurance and Crop Prices Keep Farmers Afloat
Modern droughts may wreak havoc on the livestock sector, but they just aren’t as financially debilitating to crop producers as [...]
View ArticleGood on Grain: Crop, Livestock Price Prospects for 2013
This is a presentation summary from the 2012 Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES) which occurred December 10-14, 2012 at locations [...]
View ArticleKeith Good Farm Policy: Ice Now Reducing Flow on Mississippi River
Agricultural Economy The AP reported yesterday that, “The Mississippi River level is dropping again and barge industry trade groups warned Thursday that [...]
View ArticleTennessee: Crop Market Comments
There has been very little bullish news in recent weeks for crop prices and probably some news considered bearish.
View ArticleFarm Owners Advised Not to Borrow to Credit Limit
Rising profit margins, appreciating grain inventories and ultra-low interest rates have nearly doubled the borrowing capacity of many farms since [...]
View ArticleGood on Grain: New Era of Crop Prices — a 5-Year Review
In a 2008 report and a 2009 article we addressed whether the trend towards higher crop prices that started in [...]
View ArticleCommodity Classic Concerns: Lower Prices and Continued Drought
At this stage, the 2013 growing season is shaping up too much like early 2012, and that is striking two [...]
View ArticleImplications of Persistent Low and High Prices for Row Crops
This article examines the occurrence of multiple years of low prices and multiple years of high prices over the period [...]
View ArticleManaging Risk, Farm Policy Against Persistent Low, High Crop Prices
Overview This article examines the occurrence of multiple years of low prices and multiple years of high prices over the [...]
View ArticleAnalysis: Prices Paid for Farm Inputs vs. Prices Received for Crops
The prices that U.S. farms receive for crops have increased far less than have the prices U.S. farms pay for [...]
View ArticleComparing Current and 1970s Farm Prosperity: Crop Prices
Overview It is common to hear references to the farm prosperity of the 1970s during the current period of farm [...]
View ArticleKeith Good: Land Values Soaring in Midwest; Cattle Numbers Decline
Agricultural Economy- Trade Christopher Doering reported in yesterday’s Des Moines Register that, “Record-high prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and other commodities [...]
View ArticleKeith Good: Livestock Disaster Assistance Gets Attention in Congress
Farm Bill, Policy Issues Several lawmakers highlighted farm policy-related legislation this week. A news release from Rep. Kristi Noem (R., S.D.) yesterday indicated that, [...]
View ArticleHigh Prices Offer Mixed Blessings with Future Low-Price Problems
The high prices being fetched this year for corn and soybeans this year may turn out to be a mixed [...]
View ArticleFactors to Consider in ACRE Program
Farmers and landowners have until June 3rd to enroll their Farm Service Agency (FSA) farms into the Average Crop Revenue [...]
View ArticleKansas: Deforestation a ‘Serious Threat’ to Water Quality
High crop prices are great for the Kansas economy, but the conversion of trees along streams and rivers into cropland [...]
View ArticleKeith Good: Survey Shows Corn, Soybean Acres Nudging Out Rice, Cotton
Agricultural Economy A recent Economic Research Service (ERS- USDA) update by Mark Jekanowski and Gary Vocke (“Crop Outlook Reflects Near-Term Prices and [...]
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