This is
the time of year when farmers are spending time learning and planning for the
coming crop year. Last week farmers gathered in Paullina to hear three speakers talking about topics ranging from
the outlook for ethanol, transitioning the farm to the next generation and the
price outlook for 2015. There was good news and not so good news.
Randy
Ives, the ethanol services director for Gavilon, told the audience that ethanol
exports may be the key to supporting corn prices.
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David
Baker, Farm Transition Specialist at the Beginning Farmer Center shared the keys to
transitioning the farm operation from one generation to the other. He also is working with an organization to bring the new generation of veterans into agriculture.
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And the
final speaker was Chad Hart, Extension Economist with his outlook for farm
prices for 2015. His outlook was not optimistic. His figures and Extension
Climatologist Elwin Taylors forecast point to a 2015 corn crop identical in
size to the crop from 2014, 171 million bushels. That will put pressure on corn
prices,
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