Farm Economy
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Recent declines in grain and oilseed prices and the strengthening U.S. dollar might start to put a damper on escalating farmland prices.
The seed treatment provided visible response in the first, second and third crown roots, with more root mass and root hairs.
Farmers anticipated to plant up to 2.5 million more soybean acres than in 2012.
The run of near-record crop prices might be about to end, if not this fall then by harvest 2014, analysts say.
If this year’s corn, soybean and wheat yields approach anything resembling a normal trend line, farm income for crop producers is likely to fall lower, potentially near break-even by year’s end.