Land Rents: How High Will They Go and Who Gains?
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2015-07-21
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Babcock, Bruce
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Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
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The outlook for corn and soybean farmers looks exceedingly bright because of continued strong growth in U.S. ethanol production. December corn futures contracts are trading above $3.80 through 2010. Soybean futures are trading above $7.50 through 2009. The reason for this price strength is that U.S. corn plantings are projected to exceed 93 million acres from 2008 and beyond because of strong demand.