Cost of production’s sole purpose is to account for all expenses associated with growing the crop and everything the farm pays for, such as labor, equipment replacement and buying a boat. Then ...

Lauer reports that the "cost of production in 2018 is predicted to be $645 per acre. The breakeven price for corn at a yield level of 200 bu/A is $3.23 per bushel, at 180 bu/A is $3.58 per bushel ...

Global corn production remains solid. In the 2023/24 marketing year, production was 5% higher than the previous year, reaching 48.34 billion bushels. However, forecasts for 2024/25 project a ...

In 2023, U.S. corn production fell 13% to 14.2 billion bushels, with weeds contributing to losses in Iowa, despite yields of 185 bushels per acre. Soybeans averaged 52.5 bushels per acre, but ...

So far, corn and soybean prices have covered higher costs. That will change, though. 'There's a cliff out there,' Iowa's agriculture secretary says.