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Coronavirus Impacts on Midwest Row-Crop Agriculture.

Gary D SchnitkeyNicholas D PaulsonScott H IrwinJonathan CoppessBruce J SherrickKrista J SwansonCarl R ZulaufTodd Hubbs
Published in: Applied economic perspectives and policy (2020)
Impacts from the coronavirus pandemic have depressed market returns to corn and soybean farmers in the Midwest, extending pressures that have existed since 2013 and which were made worse by trade disputes with China. Without large ad hoc Federal aid, income on Midwest grain farms would have been quite low and the ongoing cash flow crunch much worse. Farmland prices have not adjusted downward, in part due to continuing ad hoc Federal aid, but also because interest rates have been historically very low. The financial (solvency) position of Midwest grain farms is surprisingly strong because of the strength in land values. However, the financial condition of Midwest row-crop agriculture could deteriorate markedly if recent and large infusions of ad hoc Federal aid dissipates or if interest rates rise sharply.
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