Federal Reserve contacts report that agricultural conditions continue to soften. The Kansas City Fed notes that farmland price appreciation is moderating from the rapid pace seen in the past few years. Farm-level crop prices fell from a year earlier for … Continue reading →

The Federal Reserve’s January Beige Book of current economic conditions reports that that while crop yields and growing conditions were generally strong and improving at the close of last year, corn and soybean prices remain very low across the country. … Continue reading →