Items Tagged with 'corn prices'

USDA lowered its forecasts for the soybean and corn harvests based on the latest conditions, but the cuts weren’t enough to raise the department’s price estimates for this year’s crops. The FAO Food Price Index hit 127.4 points last month, 2% above September and 5.5% above the level a year ago. 

While some farmers are likely to see negative net cash farm incomes this year, many should have cash reserves from strong recent years to help carry them forward, a top ag economist says.