Farmers' Risk Grows with Gain; Commodity Prices Are Good, but Costs Are Up, Too
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › April 27, 2008
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Dairy farmers Lloyd and Daphne Holterman are like poker players pondering their next hand of cards.
With record-high commodity prices, you might think every cut of the deck would bring prosperity.See the full content of this document
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Farmers' Risk Grows with Gain; Commodity Prices Are Good, but Costs Are Up, Too
There's strong demand for corn and other grains, coupled with an increased global appetite for dairy products.
Good times for farmers should continue, at least for a while.But when all of the cards are on the table, it may end up costing farmers more to raise grain and produce milk than they'll get paid for it at the markets.Soaring l...See the full content of this document
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