A crop insurance agent who farms in southeast Iowa suggests commodity prices are not what’s sinking farmer profitability. Logan Lyon tells Brownfield USDA’s projected spring prices of $4.62 for corn and $11.09 for soybeans resemble their respective 10-year averages. “So when we talk about the farm economy, I have a hard time blaming the price […]
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The United Dairy Industry of Michigan says farmers are helping strengthen food security in rural communities across the state. Cortney Freeland,
An ag economist says a new tool from Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture could help producers calculate the cost of production. Chad Fiechter says the
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The USDA is projecting increased milk supplies and declining cheese prices to overhang the market this year and next. In its
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A crop protection specialist expects this summer’s El Nino to influence crop disease pressure. Tyler Harp with Syngenta says conditions in
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, adding to the week-to-week decline. Development conditions continue to look favorable in much
