Machinery costs on the rise as commodity prices fall

During the agricultural boom that started in 2006, farm income zoomed and many producers upgraded their equipment. Data from two major farm states, Illinois and Kansas, shows the impact of the expenditures. In Kansas, equipment investment equals $250 an acre, double what it was a decade earlier, write economist David Widmar at the blog Agricultural Economic… » Read More

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