by Travis Martin | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Honey, I shrunk the…corn pile. Last Friday’s WASDE report for the month of April projected U.S. corn supplies or carryover to be lower than expected, which drove futures for the grain to prices not seen in eight years. So are they hiding it under a bushel basket...
by Travis Martin | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yeah, the above is farmers everywhere reading deeper into proposed tax changes coming out of D.C over the past few weeks. Senate Democrats have introduced a tax proposal poised to prevent the estate tax from dying out. The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion [STEP]...
by Travis Martin | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Wednesday’s release of the USDA’s Prospective Plantings report left many in the ag industry with a furrowed brow. Backstory Each March, the USDA sends out surveys to 80,000 farmers with the hope to better understand their planting intentions for the upcoming growing...
by Travis Martin | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a pair of bills aimed at providing legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants. And the ears of farmers, agribiz leaders, and ag policy gurus perked up across the country. Every “dreamer” gets his...
by Travis Martin | Mar 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Oh, snap. With planting season just around the corner, farmers might be experiencing a bit of “sticker shock” when making their crop insurance decisions this month.Up, up, and away: According to ag economists, crop insurance prices have experienced the...
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