{"id":5570,"date":"2014-08-03T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T04:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2014-08-03T22:06:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T04:06:33","slug":"pic-of-the-week-farm-boom-rolls-on-07282014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/pic-of-the-week-farm-boom-rolls-on-07282014\/","title":{"rendered":"Pic-of-the-Week: Farm Boom Rolls On (07\/28\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

STRENGTH IN THE FARM SECTOR REACHES NEW HEIGHTS.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0A boom in agriculture has been underway in the U.S. since 2009. The breadth and strength of\u00c2\u00a0the ongoing expansion\u00c2\u00a0in 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\u00c2\u00a0ethanol-driven corn.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The price of\u00c2\u00a0nearly\u00c2\u00a0every\u00c2\u00a0major crop is elevated. The index of prices received for crops shown in this week’s graph is up by nearly 50 percent since just 2010.<\/p>\n

Livestock is on an even greater roll. Livestock prices have moved up by more than 50 percent since 2010, including a\u00c2\u00a020+ percent gain so far in 2014.<\/p>\n

Although\u00c2\u00a0the farm sector is adding significantly to GDP growth, consumers continue to report offsetting pain at the grocery store!<\/p>\n

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STRENGTH IN THE FARM SECTOR REACHES NEW HEIGHTS.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0A boom in agriculture has been underway in the U.S. since 2009. The breadth and strength of\u00c2\u00a0the ongoing expansion\u00c2\u00a0in 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,1],"tags":[17,27,47],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-5570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic","category-pic-of-the-week","category-uncategorized","tag-agriculture","tag-commodity-prices","tag-farm","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t