corn prices

2013 A Disaster for Corn

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Futures for corn, the most valuable U.S. crop sold on the Chicago Board of Trade, slumped 40 percent last year. It was the steepest price tumble since the 1960s. “We’re looking at an era of about three, four, five years…

Tagged with: corn prices
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk

Land Report August 2013 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Land Report Editors

One of the focal points of our August Newsletter is the continued interest in land as a productive asset, especially given the solid returns investors have been realizing. So many drivers are powering this upswing: lackluster yields in the bond…

Record 17% Jump in Farmland Values

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Federal Reserve’s Seventh District climbed a record 17 percent during the second quarter of 2011, according to the Chicago Fed’s Farmland Values and Agricultural Credit Conditions Report. This economic shot in the arm marks the largest…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, corn prices, David Oppedahl, farmland, Indiana, Iowa, soybeans, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Midwest, News Desk

High Price of Corn Means Less Land for CRP

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Driving today I tuned into C-SPAN Radio on my XM dial looking for something better than the latest Top 20. I caught the tail end of a conversation, Congressional testimony it sounded like, regarding the current food crisis that is…

Tagged with: corn prices, CRP, ethanol, food crisis, public policy
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Midwest

Corn Profits Sky High

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Corn revenues could easily surpass $40 billion in the United States this year as farmers rush to take advantage of rising interest in ethanol, according to a recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.