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  • US Farmers Expected to See 32 Percent Drop in Income in 2015

    02/11/2015 5:33:15 AM PST · by bestintxas · 42 replies
    newsmax ^ | 2/11/15
    Net income for farmers is expected to fall by nearly 32 percent this year as corn and soybean prices remain low and expenses creep higher, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a report. While some farmers renting land at higher prices will find it an unprofitable year, the statistics are not as dire as they may sound for farmers in general, since just two years ago income was at a record high, farm economists said. "It's neither happy times nor is the sky falling in terms of agriculture incomes," said Scott Irwin, an agricultural economist at the University of...
  • U.S.-Mexican Talks Focus on Migration

    11/22/2002 1:49:21 PM PST · by madfly · 36 replies · 276+ views
    Austin American Statesman ^ | Nov. 20, 2002 | George Gedda
    WASHINGTON (AP)--After a 14-month impasse, U.S. and Mexican officials will see if they can establish common ground on ways to revamp laws governing Mexican migration to the United States. Migration issues is one of the topics Secretary of State Colin Powell and five other senior Bush administration officials will deal with Monday and Tuesday during talks in Mexico City. Powell and his colleagues will be looking for progress in persuading Mexico to repay a huge water debt based on a 1944 treaty. Mexico's inability to pay the debt has angered many Texas ranchers. A major concern for Mexico is the...
  • Soy Samba: Brazilian Farmers To Win Soybean Race?

    10/12/2002 7:35:29 PM PDT · by shrinkermd · 4 replies · 188+ views
    Barron's ^ | 14 October 2002 | Alastair Stewart
    <p>Brazilian soy farmer Moises Bocchi couldn't be reached at his farm in the southern state of Parana, said his nephew, as the senior Bocchi was busy buying up more cheap land in the agricultural-frontier state of Mato Grosso to increase his soy output.</p>