Batten Down the Hatches

Prep for Years of Narrow Margins, Ag Economist Advises

Elizabeth Williams
By  Elizabeth Williams , DTN Special Correspondent
A number of farm borrowers risk failing credit standards if cash rents don't come into alignment with lower prices, Purdue economist Mike Boehlje warned a Kansas City Federal Reserve meeting. (DTN file photo by Marcia Taylor)
A number of farm borrowers risk failing credit standards if cash rents don't come into alignment with lower prices, Purdue economist Mike Boehlje warned a Kansas City Federal Reserve meeting. (DTN file photo by Marcia Taylor)
Purdue economists forecast multiple years of negative or narrow margins for corn and soybean producers. Farmers heavily reliant on cash rent risk failing credit standards, Purdue simulations show.

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Elizabeth Williams

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