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“We Need Higher Prices”

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Federal Shutdown Muddies Ag Markets

January 21, 2019

With the central Illinois prairie covered with snow, Trent sat down in his warm office to look back and ahead. 2018 “was a decent year, but not a record-breaker. We had good weather and good production, but the markets were not friendly.” Trent continued by observing that the federal government shutdown has stopped USDA crop reports so the markets have no current information about final yield figures, export sales, status of various inventories, and similar information which ordinarily moves the market. Without the current reports, the markets are in a holding pattern, unsure of direction.

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Trent Brandenburg has completed his harvest. He is happy for the excellent yields, “not quite as good as ’14.” The harvest went smoothly. “Nobody got hurt.” Trent regards 2016 as “a good year.”

Looking ahead to next year, Trent plans to continue with his present corn-soybean crop rotations. “We need higher prices,” Trent stated. He is examining various marketing opportunities to improve the profitability he earns from the good yields.

The Brandenburgs are thankful for the good year and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

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