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Tag: Michael Langemeier
Distiller’s Grains: Explaining Fluctuations in Prices Jun 8, 2022
Distiller’s dried grains (DDGs) are a co-product of dry-milled ethanol production. U.S. ethanol plants have the capacity to produce more than 17 billion gallons of ethanol and 35 million tons […]
Wheat: How Does U.S. Production Stack Up Globally? May 13, 2022
Examining the competitiveness of wheat production in different regions of the world is often difficult due to lack of comparable data and agreement regarding what needs to be measured. To […]
Webinar: Monthly Corn, Soybean Outlook Update, May 16 May 9, 2022
Purdue ag economists Michael Langemeier, Nathanael Thompson, and James Mintert will broadcast the May outlook monthly webinar at 1:00 p.m. EDT, May 16, 2022. The webinar will take place following […]
Livestock: Impact of Higher Corn Prices On Feeding Cost of Gain and Net Returns for Cattle Finishing May 5, 2022
Corn price futures for the July 2022 contract (December 2022 contract) increased from $6.00 per bushel ($5.55 per bushel) in early January to $7.75 ($7.30) in mid-April. Moreover, using the iFarm […]
Producer Sentiment Improves With Commodity Prices; High Cost Inflation a Worry – Ag Barometer May 4, 2022
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer improved in April to a reading of 121, which was 8 points higher than a month earlier. Despite this month’s increase, the ag sentiment index […]
How Has General Inflation Impacted Input Prices? Apr 26, 2022
Most of the recent discussion involving input price changes in U.S. production agriculture has focused on fertilizer prices. For example, a recent farmdoc daily article discussed high fertilizer prices in the […]
Soybeans: How Competitive Is the U.S. in Global Production? Apr 7, 2022
Examining the competitiveness of soybean production in different regions of the world is often difficult due to lack of comparable data and agreement regarding what needs to be measured. To […]
Webinar: Monthly Corn, Soybean Outlook Update – April 12 Apr 6, 2022
Purdue ag economists Michael Langemeier, Nathanael Thompson, and James Mintert will broadcast the April outlook monthly webinar at 1:00 p.m. EDT, April 12, 2022. The webinar will take place following […]
Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lower, Concerns About War’s Impact on Input Prices Apr 5, 2022
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped to a reading of 113 in March, the weakest farmer sentiment reading since May 2020 which was in the early days of the […]
Corn: How Competitive Is the U.S. in International Production? Mar 7, 2022
Examining the competitiveness of corn production in different regions of the world is often difficult due to lack of comparable data and agreement regarding what needs to be measured. To […]
