Farmer sentiment improves despite rising input cost concerns
Longer-term optimism supported by stronger expectations for farmland values, though livestock producers remain notably more optimistic than crop producers.
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Longer-term optimism supported by stronger expectations for farmland values, though livestock producers remain notably more optimistic than crop producers.
Longer-term optimism supported by stronger expectations for farmland values, though livestock producers remain notably more optimistic than crop producers.
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A southeast Kansas farmer says he’s optimistic about his soft red winter wheat crop. Ben Bellar says he’s battled on-going drought, but it’s not as bad as it could be. “In a great...
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