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Decide On A Farm Bill And Get It Over With. 26 Aug 2013 | 10:33 am
The 2008 Farm Bill, which expired nearly a year ago, and extended through the end of next month, will likely expire again before the Congress resolves the lack of federal farm policy for October 1 and...
Cornbelt Update: August 19th Issue 20 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
Farmgateblog.com today is pleased to offer an introduction to a sister media publication, Cornbelt Update. Cornbelt Update is a weekly digest of marketing, agronomic, and farm management information ...
Land Values: Are They Nearing Their Top? 19 Aug 2013 | 10:38 am
Has the pause button been pushed on the rapid ascent of farmland values? That may be a reasonable question when examining the recent trends throughout much of the Cornbelt, as recorded by the regiona...
Certified Acreage Report Surprised The Market, But Not Farmers 16 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
December corn futures closed 17 cents higher on the CME Thursday, only the third such gain of that magnitude in the past 14 months. It was spurred by the release of USDA acreage data that nearly all ...
An Alternative To Higher Cash Rent For 2014 15 Aug 2013 | 10:37 am
If you are renting farmland, have you opened up the discussions with your land owner about rental arrangements for 2014? If that has occurred, did the land owner express expectations for more cash re...
The Financial Impact of the 2012 Drought (Will Continue Through 2016) 12 Aug 2013 | 07:53 am
The 2012 drought impacted about every producer and consumer of the major commodities, including feed grains, forages, and livestock. While amounts of crop insurance indemnities were the major yardsti...
RINs: The answer to more E-85 fuel pumps and the “blend wall.” 7 Aug 2013 | 09:50 am
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced its 2013 target for ethanol production, siding with the corn and ethanol industries and rebuffing the oil lobby and others speaking out against the cur...
You or Dad: Who Was More Profitable Raising Corn? 6 Aug 2013 | 09:07 am
When you eliminate inflation, does an acre of corn cost more to produce now than it did for the prior generation on your farm? In other words, who is making more revenue from an acre of corn, you or ...
2014 Crop Budgets Are Squeezing Cash Rent and Family Living Expenses 2 Aug 2013 | 09:11 am
With December corn at $4.67 and November beans now under $12 dollars, many farmers are beginning to wonder how many bushels they will have to produce this year to generate enough revenue per acre to p...
Out of Curiosity, Have You Changed Lenders Lately? 1 Aug 2013 | 08:29 am
What are the current dynamics in farming? Farms are getting larger and operators are managing more acreage. To manage more acreage, farm operations require more and larger equipment. And with many p...
