Focus On Agriculture 

Kent Thiesse, Vice President, MinnStar Bank

Crop Report Summary
The latest USDA Crop Supply and Demand Report, released on Jan. 12, gives another indication of...

Market News 

Richard Brock

Ethanol To Boost Equipment Sales
Growing farmer confidence that the rapidly expanding ethanol industry could sustain high commodity prices may ...

The Road Warrior of Agriculture 

Land Value Has Less To Do With Agriculture
At a recent seminar in St. Louis, Professors Terry Kastens and Kevin Dhuyvetter of Kansas State University presented...

Focus On Agriculture 

Counter-Cyclical Payments For 2006
USDA made no advance counter-cyclical payment (CCP) on either the 2006 corn or soybean crop in October, 2006, and will not...

Market News 

Larger Soy Crop, Smaller Corn Crop Seen
USDA’s estimate of the 2006 U.S. corn crop is expected to shrink a bit further, but soybean production...

5 Market Issues To Watch In '07 

By Alan Kluis

I spent the end of 2006 conducting 18 seminars across the Midwest, and during that time I learned a lot from Central and Western Corn Belt farmers...

The Road Warrior of Agriculture 

By David Kohl

Rearview And Windshield Views Of Agriculture
Wow. 2006 has been an interesting year in agriculture and the economy. What lies around the corner in 2007?...

Focus On Agriculture 

By Kent Thiesse, Vice President, MinnStar Bank

Policy Positions For The Next Farm Bill
Most farm organizations, commodity groups and other organizations interested in agriculture policy have developed some type of policy position ...

Market News 

By Richard Brock

Mexico Repeals Sweetner Tax
Mexico has repealed a controversial tax on soft drinks containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)...

The Road Warrior Of Agriculture 

By David Kohl

Cycles Of Extremes
The other day I presented a webinar sponsored by the Canadian Farm Business Management Council. This event was broadcast live across Canada and was very interactive with many excellent questions ...