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The basic law of supply and demand suggests that farm rents and values should react to changes in commodity prices. However, looking at trends in farmland value, it is apparent that prices are...
Solar farms are large-scale sources of power that sell power to utilities versus commercial or residential customers. As the installed cost for photovoltaic (PV) solar continues to fall, landowners...
With the U.S. in turmoil over COVID-19-related economic distress and political unrest, logic and analytics would likely point to uncertainty with regard to farmland values. However, farmland values...
Nearly every person in the U.S. is impacted by COVID-19. Farmers, consumers and processors are struggling to make sense of the new reality. Food distribution in the U.S. involves retail (grocery),...
Join Purdue Extension as we host industry leaders in this 4-part web series! The discussion will be based on commodity marketing strategies, the direction of land values, and securing farm revenue.
Amazingly adaptable, industrial hemp works well for products as diverse as the original US flag, rope, and other fiber-based products. Recently legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill, industrial hemp took...
If you are a farmer, you probably know that finance and underlying economic factors are as important to the success of your operations as growing crops. The concept of a crop basis is one of those...
An extraordinary transformation is quietly taking place among row crop growers in the US. The change relates to the most elementary input for farming: soil. Adopting a position of less is more, even...
With pandemic coping strategies on the minds of everyone, including farmers, it can be easy to lose sight of important principles related to soil management and best practices for ensuring your farm...
