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Tag: crop prices
Farmland Values Still Healthy – Recent Sale at $10,750 an Acre Apr 28, 2020
Although farm finances are tight for the fifth year in a row and the cash flow outlook is grim, farm tenants are generally honoring their leases this spring, real estate […]
Weather-Based Price Premiums Will Be Limited Help – Commentary Jul 18, 2019
We want to examine some of the financial issues facing farmers in a year with widespread flooding, fields that won’t dry out, and prevented planting, all taking place in the […]
Ag Economy: Feb. Observations from the Fed Reserve Beige Book Mar 12, 2019
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Board released its February 2019 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. The report included several observations pertaining […]
Georgia Crop Price Survey: County Agents Collect Real Farm Data Mar 7, 2019
Determining the value of Georgia’s agricultural commodities is on University of Georgia agricultural economist Kent Wolfe’s list of job responsibilities. He does it every year, but it’s not a one-man […]
Louisiana: Crop Acreage Mix Expected to Change in 2019 Mar 1, 2019
Projections indicate that corn and cotton acreage will increase this year but less grain sorghum and soybeans will be grown, an LSU AgCenter economist said at an AgCenter crops and […]
USDA Projections: Corn and Cotton Up; Soy Declines 8% – DTN Feb 26, 2019
USDA sees higher corn acres, production, exports and prices for the 2019-20 crop as well as lower ending stocks at the end of the year. It’s a different story for […]
USDA: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates at a Glance Apr 4, 2018
This visualization is prepared by the Economic Research Service. The visualization is based on the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). The WASDE is prepared by USDA’s Interagency Commodity […]
Ag Economy: Farmers Still Caught in Economic Squeeze Mar 13, 2018
A news release last week from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri indicated that, “The latest analysis of national and global agricultural trends from […]
South Carolina Crops: Peanuts May Lose Ground in 2018 Dec 6, 2017
Big crops in 2017 means South Carolina producers will have to adjust their budgets in 2018 to account for lower prices. This was the message Clemson agricultural economists Nathan Smith […]
Crop Choices, Farm Size: Changes in a Time of Low Corn, Soybean Prices Nov 8, 2017
Recent news articles have documented that lower crop prices for commodities such as corn and soybeans have caused some producers to make changes to their traditional crop rotation, or to consider organic crop production […]
