CoBank is forecasting a nearly six percent increase in U.S. soybean acres this year. Economist Tanner Ehmke says low crop prices and high production costs leave farmers with few options. “Margins are slim, often negative. So what it comes down to obviously for so many producers is what is the least bad option? Or what […]
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