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Decline and Fall of Crop Prices; Perspectives for Policy Design, Not Panic

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The marketing year for corn and soybeans is ending with steep declines in market prices, falling due to the expectations for bumper crops (see, farmdoc daily, August 19, 2024; USDA, August 12, 2024; Hanrahan, August 13, 2024; Hanrahan, July 10, 2024). Farmers have been here before; low crop prices are one of the primary risks that farmers must manage to survive and succeed. Because declining crop prices present real challenges to farm income, panic is not an option for farmers. Panic is, however, a worn-out ploy of political actors that might tempt some because Congress is unlikely to reauthorize the Farm Bill this year. This article offers perspectives on falling prices for reasoned policy design and deliberation, neither downplaying nor diminishing the real-world challenges that result from falling crop prices.

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  • Coppess, Jonathan, 2025. "Decline and Fall of Crop Prices; Perspectives for Policy Design, Not Panic," farmdoc daily, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, vol. 14(155).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:illufd:358451
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358451
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