What You Need To Know About Crop Insurance
For young growers, securing crop insurance can seem like a daunting task with all of the information available. Fortunately, there…
Free Web Tools for Farmland Management
Will online farm real estate sites make appraisers as obsolete as travel agents? Not yet, but the online robots are…
Durum Wheat Growers Having Second Thoughts
Durum is a type of wheat that is very dense and high in protein. Approximately 80% of the nation’s nearly…
How Will Cold Snap Affect Planted Crops?
With this week’s forecasted low temperatures projected to dip into the high 30s (°F) with potential rain events, growers have…
Mental Health in Rural America
One in five residents of nonmetropolitan counties in the United States had some sort of mental illness in 2015. That’s…
Fertilizer Costs in 2017 and 2018
Fertilizer prices have fallen in recent years, leading to lower fertilizer costs, major costs of producing corn and soybeans that…
Seed Costs for Corn in 2017 and 2018
Per acre seed costs for corn likely will not significantly decrease until corn acres decline. Seed companies have little incentive…
New Tax Bill Would Hit Landowners That Lease Farmland
The House tax-reform bill meant to lower taxes could lead to a self-employment tax hitting every landowner who leases land…
Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices and Costs Lower for 2018
Nitrogen fertilizer prices are averaging lower now than in any time since September 2008. These lower prices could translate into…
Fertilizer Prices Higher for 2019 Crop
August and September fertilizer prices confirm expectations of rising fertilizer costs for 2019. So far, anhydrous ammonia prices are close…