Favorable Growing Season Forecast
Mid-month forecast updates from public and private sources point to no major threat to U.S. crops in the summer of…
Revised 2019 ARC and PLC Payments Due to Lower 2019 Market Year Average Prices
Recent declines in corn and soybean prices will result in lower marketing year average prices (MYA) prices, increasing the probability…
April Rural Mainstreet Index Collapses to Record Low
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) plummeted in April to its lowest level since beginning the survey in January…
Spring Freeze May Cause Corn Emergence Problems
Freezing temperatures in spring can present problems for wheat and early-planted corn. Last week’s cold spell saw overnight lows in…
USDA Announces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new U.S. Department of Agriculture…
USDA Prepares Aid Package
Anticipating that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will soon provide details of an aid package to farmers, rural lawmakers and…
10 Factors Affecting Farm Commodity Markets
It is a desperate time for global markets as already sluggish economies take a gut punch from the unprecedented impact…
Federal Reserve-Observations on the Ag Economy-April 2020
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Board released its April 2020 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions…
Cold Soil and Seeds-This is Not a Love Story
Kris Ehler is a big proponent of planting soybeans early. As a sales agronomist for his family seed and consulting…
An Update on How Many Days It Takes to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop
The large size of modern planters obviously implies that a planter today can cover many more acres per day than…