Financial

The Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University and the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri recently published their Representative Farms Economic Outlook for December 2010. This baseline report offers an assessment of farms, crops and their financial outlook.

Feed grain producers across the nation should increase the financial strength of their operators over the next five years, helped by strong commodity prices. Farms that have been in marginal or poor financial position in the last several years because of lower grain prices should recover and climb into stronger financial positions.

Some highlights include:

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• In this conversation with Jim Kielkopf, economist for AgriBank, we look at how economic uncertainty has impacted producer decisions and what role speculators and hedge fund industry play in agriculture along with the global increase in commodity prices. 

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• From the recent Leman swine conference, keynote presentation featuring Ms. Farha Aslam of Stephens, Inc.  How Wall Street views the protein markets and what it means in the greater picture for the industry future.
• Link to full video presentation here.

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• Ken Auer, President of the Farm Credit Council, explains the availability of credit to agriculturalists during this economic recession.

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• Vincent Amanor-Boadu, economist, shares his thoughts on what has lead our nation into a recession and what actions should be taken to get us out of it.

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• How the current national economic situation resembles the challenges that agriculture faced in the 70's and 80's, Allen Featherstone shares his thoughts.

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• What effects will the current economic crisis have on your ability to secure credit when you need it?
• How do consumers feel about animal welfare and what attributes are they willing to pay more for in the grocery and restaurant?

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• Roger McEowen, Director of the Center for Agricultural Law & Taxation, helps simplify the current financial crisis

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• Jim Harvey, President of the Heartland Financial Resource Group, offers his advice about how to successfully transition your operation to a future generation of operators

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• How can bring RFID technology into your operation make life easier? Phil Anderson, IDology, tells you how.
• Getting your spring calving cows into proper condition will make calving season and breeding season more successful.
• USDA may have new opportunities for young and new farmers and ranchers.