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Ag Barometer Dips Slightly
Farmers Optimistic About the Future, Even as Their Perception of Current Economic Conditions Drops The Ag Economy Barometer drifted sideways in December,…
Ag Credit Survey-Fourth Quarter 2019
Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its Agricultural Survey for the Fourth Quarter of 2019. In part, the update…
ARC-IC in 2019
Release of a 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) should be considered as a…
Senate Committee Advances USMCA
Taking another step to completing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Senate Finance Committee voted 25-3 on Tuesday to advance the trade…
2019 Tough Year for Wisconsin Dairies
10% of Wisconsin Dairy Operations Exited the Business in 2019 Wisconsin lost 10.7% of its licensed dairy farms in 2019.…
2020 Hogs-More Supply, Profitable Prices?
The USDA’s December Hogs and Pigs report indicates that producers continue to expand, with the December 1 inventory of all hogs and…
Another Major U.S. Dairy Files for Bankruptcy
The U.S. dairy industry, the largest in the world, is under severe pressure as the consumption habits of Americans shift.…
2019 Corn Harvest-Will it Ever End?
As the calendar turned to 2020, corn harvest in the U.S. was not 100% complete. In the last weekly Crop…
Hypothetical Ethanol Plant Margins Improve Despite Higher Corn, Lower Fuel Price
Heading into the new year ethanol margins continue to improve at DTN’s hypothetical ethanol plant, as a higher price received…
Chinese Officials Will Travel to Washington, Sign Phase One Trade Deal
A Chinese delegation will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to join President Donald Trump in signing the phase one…