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15 May 2020
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Market Facilitation Program payments were generally larger than the short-term price effects of the trade war, according to a new economic analysis by a pair of Kansas State University economists in a paper titled "Are Farmers Made Whole by Trade Aid?"While corn was a notable exception, ag economists Joseph Janzen and N...
14 May 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A recent rash of flooding in the Mississippi River basin could have been avoided had the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers better managed a 195-mile stretch of the river from Cairo, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, a handful of conservation groups allege in a new federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.The Mississippi River has experienced a ...
14 May 2020
Cattlemen and analysts are a lot alike -- we love it when the market is healthy, cringe when it's compromised, hate being caught blindsided by something we didn't foresee coming and often fall short as our human nature wishes for quick-fix solutions to our problems.As my time increases as both an analyst and cattleman, I realize there isn't much as...
13 May 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- With the United States biofuels industry on the ropes, agriculture and ethanol industry groups are asking Congressional leaders to include biofuels in any future COVID-19 relief package.Since the economic shutdown, about 130 ethanol plants have either fully or partially idled operations in response to falling demand for gasoline.The ...
13 May 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- As many land auctions have moved online over concerns of the spread of COVID-19, prices for quality farmland have appeared to remain strong.Last week, R.D. Schrader, president of Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company based in Indiana, shared real-time sales results, to help indicate how the pandemic is affecting farmlan...