by Mike Lear | Dec 31, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The Director of the Food and Agricultural Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri says the fiscal cliff was at one time thought to be a driver that might get a Farm Bill done quickly. That didn’t happen, and now Pat Westhoff says the next...
by Mike Lear | Aug 14, 2012 | News
The Department of Agriculture’s latest grains forecast confirms what analysts expected: the drought has decimated the nation’s corn crop. The latest USDA report says the nation’s corn crop could be down 13 percent from last year and the lowest since...
by Mike Lear | Jul 20, 2012 | Weather
Corn and soybean market prices have hit record highs this week due to the Midwestern drought, but so far the impact on consumer prices is just beginning. Pat Westhoff is the Co-Director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University...
