Big Crop Coming:Managing Turning Points

摘要

How to identify and meet customers' needs under changing market conditions.Dt has been quite a run for U.S. crop agriculture. With strong demand and erratic global production, grain prices have remained strong for an extended period of time, grain farm incomes have been at or near record levels, and the industries that supportcrop-based agriculture have (overall) enjoyed strong sales and profitability. In Indiana, for example, net farm income on grain farms from 2007-2013 exceeded $2 billion in every year except 2009, hitting a high in 2011 at $3.4 billion.