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Grain storage decisions more complex than pure economics

Trying to save tax by delaying sales can be a treadmill you can’t get off

By Ed White May 22, 2024

A paper, titled “Commodity Storage and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Illinois Grain Farms,” says higher capital costs — mostly made up by the interest on borrowed money that could be covered by grain sales — affect the storage decisions of some but not all farmers.

The current food system’s bedrock assumption requires three conditions to function well. However, they do not always cooperate.

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Arrell Family Chair to focus on the people side of agri-economics

New research position to make connections

By Diana Martin June 20, 2023

Dr. Tongzhe Li is the inaugural Arrell Family Chair in Behavioural and Experimental Economics. The $1 million, five-year research chair position represents an emerging field at the University of Guelph […] Read more

Commodity groups and sector advocates recognize business risk management can realistically be changed.

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Opinion: Business risk management reform remains possible

By D.C. Fraser June 22, 2020

Among the long list of complaints to government from producers in recent months, their concern over business risk management programs has been the most consistent. Other grievances remain. The carbon […] Read more

Despite projected increased sales, commodity prices are expected fall which will put renewed pressure on farm incomes.

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U.S. cash farm income expected to slump as government aid drops

Crop farmers are expected to face continued pressure from low prices

By P.J. Huffstutter March 3, 2020

Reuters – U.S. net cash farm income will fall 11 per cent this year as production costs rise and government aid programs set up to assist producers during the U.S.-China […] Read more

U.S. farmer debt-to-asset ratios are steady due to farmland keeping its value.

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Economic challenges mean U.S. farm bankruptcies are up but land prices hold steady

USDA says farm real estate prices holding up, but the potential for a fall is there

By Humeyra Pamuk, Julie Ingwersen March 20, 2019

Reuters – The United States Department of Agriculture is concerned about a potential decline in farmland real estate prices, but has seen no sign of that happening so far, said […] Read more

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CAPI Report: New report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute calls for ‘quality growth’ strategy as Canada eyes roughly doubling export share by 2027

By Lorraine Stevenson July 12, 2018

Going beyond Barton When consultant Dominic Barton recommended to the federal government in 2016 that agriculture be one of the leaders in the growth of the Canadian middle class it […] Read more

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Grain storage decisions more complex than pure economics

Arrell Family Chair to focus on the people side of agri-economics

Opinion: Business risk management reform remains possible

U.S. cash farm income expected to slump as government aid drops

Economic challenges mean U.S. farm bankruptcies are up but land prices hold steady

Yes, we can

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