Rising household incomes, increasing production and favorable trade policies have led to major growth in U.S. agricultural exports in the past several decades.
“I’m in a heavier corn-on-corn area, and it’s often hard to break that cycle,” says Adam Mayer, Golden Harvest agronomist. “A lot of times the economics don’t allow that, but this year it looks like soybeans could provide good opportunities.”
Peter Martin explains although interest rate swaps have been around for years, they’re attracting more attention from farmers these days as interest rates hover near zero.
