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…
corn prices
Land Report August 2013 Newsletter
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…
Tagged with: BLM, corn, corn prices, Ken Mirr, Mirr Ranch Group, Paul Allen, Trees Ranch, Utah
Posted in Agriculture, Alaska, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
Posted in Agriculture, Alaska, Auctions, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
Record 17% Jump in Farmland Values
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
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Midwest, News Desk
High Price of Corn Means Less Land for CRP
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
Posted in Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Midwest
Corn Profits Sky High
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.
Tagged with: corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, farm policy, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, South, Southwest, West
News By Region
