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Join us in this Purdue Commercial AgCast episode as we dive into the latest USDA farm income forecast released in August 2023. Discover the factors behind a notable 23% drop in net farm income and gain insights into the impact on various commodities, from corn and soybeans to wheat, and even cow-calf operations.
Read More about USDA Farm Income Forecast, August UpdateDry and hot conditions this year are again contributing to lower than normal river levels and, as a result, increasing barge rates. This is certainly something producers will want to pay attention to this fall.
Read More about Déjà vu: Low Mississippi River Levels and Rising Barge Rates May Affect Grain Markets Again this FallFarms with succession plans tend to use financial ratios and standard operating procedures, evaluate crop pricing performance, operate larger farms, are more resilient to strategic risk, and their operators are more highly educated. Overall, farms that employ better management practices tend to have greater implementation of succession plans.
Read More about Factors Impacting Succession PlanningPurdue ag economists James Mintert and Michael Langemeier share some insight into the results of the August 2023 Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer survey. Producer sentiment was notably lower in August, as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index dipped 8 points to a reading of 115. This month’s Ag Economy Barometer survey was conducted from August 14-18, 2023.
Read More about Farmer Sentiment Dips Amid Weaker View of Current ConditionsComparing crop yields, gross revenue, total expense, and net returns for conventional and organic alfalfa, corn, oats, soybeans, and winter wheat using FINBIN data.
Read More about Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net ReturnsDiscover how interest rates impact farming decisions, machinery choices, and the value of farmland. In this ag credit update podcast, Purdue ag economists Brady Brewer and Michael Langemeier discuss recent inflation trends, interest rate trajectories, loan markets and the ripple effects at the farm.
Read More about Financing Amid Rate Ripples, an Ag Credit UpdateIndex Numbers of Indiana Farm Real Estate Values, August 2023 update. Compiled by Todd Kuethe, Craig Dobbins and J.H. Atkinson, Purdue Agricultural Economics.
Read More about The Index of Indiana Farm Real EstateMichael Langemeier introduced the types of leases (cash rent, flex rent, and share rent) and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each leasing arrangement during the August 2, 2023 Side By Side Digital Webinar. A comparison with risk/return tradeoffs between lease types was also included in the webinar discussion.
Read More about Farm Lease Types, Side X Side Digital WebinarWe are now in the final weeks of the 2022-2023 crop marketing year, and after what has been a wild year for corn and soybean basis, basis bids for old crop corn and soybeans have largely settled and are in alignment with historical values for this time of year in most regions across the eastern Corn Belt.
Read More about Forecasting New Crop Basis Bids for Fall 2023Purdue ag economists Todd Kuethe, James Mintert and Michael Langemeier discuss cash rental rates for Indiana farmland in this, the second of two AgCast episodes discussing the 2023 Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey results.
Read More about (Part 2) Indiana Farmland Cash Rental Rates 2023 Update