Source: PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 4/13/18


Agricultural lenders appear to be more cooperative than Mother Nature this spring as cold, wet weather delays fieldwork but, for the most part, farmers are finding the financing they need to plant a crop. For the past three years, DTN has heard various rumors of farmers not being able to get operating money and tenants not being able to farm leased ground. However, that does not seem widespread this spring, even as profit margins dip below breakeven.

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