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Farmland Values And Interest Rates: Where Are They Headed?
2010-09-07 23:57:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Land values continue to rise in a large chunk of the Corn Belt, particularly where the Chicago Federal Reserve District asks bankers to report on land prices. The Chicago Fed monitors farmland values and credit conditions in Iowa, the northern two-thirds of Illinois and Indiana and throughout Michigan and Wisconsin. The bottom line is that the value of good farmland held steady between the first and second quarter of the year, but compared to the same period of 2009, land values are 6% higher.
Category:Agriculture and Forestry
Lender Economic Storm Clouds: Part 1
2010-09-07 23:52:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
This summer I have been very active conducting ag banker and lender schools throughout our great nation. I have to admit: There are some less-than-stellar lending practices being discussed by attendees
Category:Agriculture and Forestry
Understanding WTO Trade Agreements
2010-09-07 23:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
In the past couple of decades, agriculture interests have frequently heard a new line of terminology: WTO, amber box and green box
Category:Agriculture and Forestry
VeraSun Bankruptcy: Attempts Being Made To Recover Amounts From Corn Suppliers
2010-09-07 23:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Category:Agriculture and Forestry
USDA Sees US Agricultural Exports Rising
2010-09-07 23:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
USDA has forecast that the value of U.S. agricultural exports will rise $5.5 billion in fiscal 2011 to $113 billion, the second highest annual total on record behind 2008 due in large part to reduced grain export competition from the Black Sea Region
Category:Agriculture and Forestry