Ag Lenders Take Caution

Another Cautious Year for Ag Lenders

Elizabeth Williams
By  Elizabeth Williams , DTN Special Correspondent
Ken McCauley, farmer and president of the Kansas Corn Growers, said soybean prices and lower input expenses helped keep farmers in the black in 2016, though 2017 prices are a concern. (Photo by Elizabeth Williams)
Ken McCauley, farmer and president of the Kansas Corn Growers, said soybean prices and lower input expenses helped keep farmers in the black in 2016, though 2017 prices are a concern. (Photo by Elizabeth Williams)
There are pockets of more severe financial strain, such as dryland wheat country in the western Plains and in the Southeast U.S., although lenders at last week's the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual Ag Symposium did not report an excessive amount of...

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Elizabeth Williams

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