Outlook for corn and soy farmers in 2019 ‘simply is not good’
Midwestern farmers will likely need large reductions in rental rates on cropland in 2019 to have a chance of making money on corn or soybeans, said economist Gary Schnitkey of the University of Illinois. A $20-an-acre payment from the Trump administration’s farm bailout package “is not projected to cause profitability for either corn or soybeans… » Read More
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