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Cash rent negotiations for 2015 are still in flux in many areas as landowners contemplate $3.80 per bushel for next year’s corn crop and farm tenants seeking to leverage the current weak prices into lower rents. Farm tenants are even … Continue reading

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USDA’s August forecast for the 2014 farm sector economy is more optimistic than the one issued last February. Forecast net cash income for 2014 has been revised upward, due to improved prospects for the value of both crop and livestock … Continue reading

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Since corn and soybean prices took off in 2006, there has been much written about how landowners have hiked cash rents via open-bid lease offerings. Yet, recent research on crop input expenses suggests that farm machinery manufacturers and seed companies … Continue reading

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