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Federal Reserve-Observations on the Ag Economy-February 2020
Last week, the Federal Reserve Board released its February 2020 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions…
Profitability and Acreage Shifts between Corn and Soybeans in Illinois
At its recent Agricultural Outlook Forum, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released estimates of 2020 planted acres in the United…
March WASDE Held Few Surprises With Little Reaction
The March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, as expected, had zero changes in U.S. ending stocks, while…
Iowa Leaders, Farmers Tour Levee Repairs to Reassure Crop Insurance Officials
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig met with USDA officials from different agencies and local farmers Friday at the Silver…
The Pace of Soybean Use
USDA’s soybean ending stocks forecast of 425 million bushels for the marketing year may show little if any change in…
Will 2020 Rice Markets Repeat 2019?
The U.S. rice market could be setting itself up for a repeat of 2019 when prices fell in the spring…
Trump to Appeal RFS Waivers Ruling
The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal appeals court decision that delivered a major victory to biofuels producers and…
Farm Economy-Debt to Income Signals Caution
Over the last few years we have documented a number of important trends in the financial condition of the U.S.…
Multiple Dynamics at Play as Observers Assess Trade One Commitments by China
Bloomberg writer Isis Almeida reported last week that, “Crop traders obsessing over the deadly coronavirus in China may be overlooking another key challenge to the…
Farmers Harvesting Corn in North Dakota Happy with Stand, Yield
Source: article by Mikkel Pates, (Grand Forks (ND) Herald HORACE, N.D. – Larry Richard remembers when he used to listen…