DROUGHT'S SILVER LINING: PRODUCERS WHO EKED OUT A CROP IN 2012 HAVE AMPLE MARKETING OPTIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S CROP. 2013 OFFERS HOPE TO ALL.

摘要

This has been a rough year for producing a crop. Between frosts last spring and the drought over the summer, U.S. producers have been challenged. But some things actually do grow well in a drought: crop prices, for example. As temperatures soared lastsummer, so did grain prices. Both corn and soybean crops achieved record-setting prices. At harvesttime, the markets were providing prices that will establish records for national average cash prices.