Pic-of-the-Week: Farm Boom Rolls On (07/28/2014)
STRENGTH IN THE FARM SECTOR REACHES NEW HEIGHTS. A boom in agriculture has been underway in the U.S. since 2009. The breadth and strength of the ongoing expansion in the farm sector isn’t widely recognized outside the Plains states. Crop prices have reached remarkable levels relative to prices from only a decade ago. And it is not just the price for ethanol-driven corn.