Big Ben - 11/13/2024 15:12
Little papa - 11/13/2024 10:40
I believe we are more in the late 70s and early 80s era. At that time I heard many a time as long as his blood is warm fed land bank and some banks would borrow them money. Now will we go into the mid 80s crisis. In the mid 80s lock in interest wasn’t heard of. At least for me. So if interest goes up and no more lock rates we may. Most farmers during that time had livestock and only sold their wheat and bean crops. Oh and gov payments were much higher during that time frame. But corn prices were below $2. Two things that made me really nervous was Volker and bank examiners. Hopefully something was learned from that time frame but a 50-70% reduction of farmland values would well bring us into a mid to late 80s situation.
You old guys need to get over the idea that prices were low in the 80’s. We have seen lower prices in every decade since then. $2 corn in 1980 would be $7.66 today. Blame interest rates, blame low yields, but you can’t blame low prices for the 80’s being a hard time on the farm.
corn loan rate was $2.56 and beans were $5.96, IIRC. Not bad floors for the time. Problem was terrible weather events for my area, ‘82, non stop rain the whole month of May. Coined the 40-40-40 phrase that fall, followed by epic drought in ‘83. Coupled with no modern crop insurance as we know it today with long time proven yields. It was the old Federal Crop insurance with just very meager county average guarantees. Tough times indeed.