Farm Business - General
Here we go again. Some farmers and at least one farm-state lawmaker want to move back to payments based on planted and not base acres.
Just as your crops will be doing soon, financial risks are growing this year.
Art Johnson’s farm has been in the family for nearly a century. What was once a tobacco farm in Kernersville, NC, is now a thriving agritourism business that attracts up to 1,000 people each day during the spring.
Solar has sparked many producers’ interests. But they first need a crash course in understanding solar contract ins and outs, according to Brianna Schroeder, partner at Janzen Schroeder Ag Law. Here are her tips.
Farmers are facing a headwind other than the weather heading into the spring planting sesaon. Credit is tightening as farmers finalize or renew operating notes or loans for capital purchases.
If weather conditions allow crop yields to return to trend-line levels in 2023, prices for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and many other crops are likely to fall.
According to USDA, this funding was made available to help struggling rural communities “recover economically” and offer more market opportunities, improve infrastructure and protect farmland.
With nitrogen prices increasing, growers have their minds squarely on fertilizer costs. But perhaps a better consideration for growers is how to maximize the efficiency of the nitrogen they do put down.