This is a very interesting graphic that gives you a nice visual of how much farmland has been turning over by county. The study done at the University of Illinois suggests that while the amount is [...]
Rabobank has published a new research report on the global urea industry, forecasting structural change in the global urea market due to capacity expansion by key importers and low-cost players in the Middle East and [...]
U.S. agricultural banks increased farm and ranch lending by 13.9 percent, or $10 billion, in 2012 and held $81.8 billion at the end of the year, according to the American Bankers Association’s annual Farm Bank Performance [...]
Two tracts of cropland in Spink County, South Dakota set a new record yesterday. Located near Mellette, the tracts sold for $8,200 an acre. According to Aberdeen News, Spink County director of equalization Kim Markley says [...]
Anngie Steinbarger, a soybean and corn farmer from Edinburgh, Ind., testified this morning on the importance of crop insurance and risk management for soybean farmers as part of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry’s [...]
Farmland, Nebraska farmland in particular, is in a bubble and is vulnerable to a 30% setback, warns Bruce Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ag economist. “One lesson to be learned from economic history is this: that real [...]
To encourage and support higher education for relatives of FCS Financial members, FCS Financial will again offer up to 35 scholarships valued at $1,000 each. The scholarship deadline is March 1 and recipients will be notified [...]
