Economics

CropVillage 0169 Show Notes:

• An examination of how the oil, ethanol and grain price linkage is holding up

CropVillage 0156 Show Notes:

• Jonathan Campaigne, CEO of PRIDEAFRICA in Kenya describes key issues in African agriculture development and an evolving solution known as DRUMNet.

CropVillage 0146 Show Notes:

• Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute's (FAPRI) Dr Patrick Westhoff goes in-depth on their recently released report which anticipates lower farm income and why

CropVillage 0144 Show Notes:

• Vice President of Market Segments for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, Bill Medley, reviews "How Wall Street Is Impacting Credit To Farmers".  Link to full presentation with charts. 

CropVillage 0142 Show Notes:

• Ag Economist Allen Featherstone looks at factors responsible for current economic scenario and discusses the impact he sees on agriculture at large

CropVillage 0141 Show Notes:

• Economist Mark Edelmann looks at the current economic landscape and the forces which conspired to land us here
• Transition to ethanol economy.  Not positive currently but long-term the outlook is hopeful
• A new use for an old gene 'amps up' the productive capability of a corn plant.  Not for grain, but biomass and silage producers can see benefits

CropVillage 0134 Show Notes:

• Art Barnaby reviews key elements and dates for ACRE/SURE programs
• Shares, cash rent or flex lease.  All work in tandem with landowner communication, but some should be reconsidered in light of today's volatile ag markets

CropVillage 0131 Show Notes:

• USDA says producer outlook for 2009 is positive
• What rural America needs from the stimulus package
• Looking at low pH.  How it happens... what should be done

CropVillage 0127 Show Notes:

• Presentation on the unsustainability of current U.S. fiscal policy from the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention...  The Deficit Wakeup Tour

CropVillage 0124 Show Notes:

• Ag economy positioned well in comparison with general world-wide issues might indicate.  Informa Economics says outside factors should bode well for profitable grain production