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Corn And Soy Farmers May Not Benefit From Bumper Crops
ResumeCorn and soybean farmers harvested a bumper crop in 2014 -- a record 14.2 billion bushels of corn and a record 3.97 billion bushels of soybeans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson spoke with Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University, about what the record crop means for the farmers' revenue, since they're selling the crops at a lower price.
Guest
- Chad Hart, agricultural economist at Iowa State University.
This segment aired on January 16, 2015.