Updated Supply/Demand/Price Prospects for Corn and Soybeans
The webinar will review USDA’s June 28 Grain Stocks and Acreage reports and considers balance sheet and price implications for both old and new crop corn and soybeans. The USDA’s estimate of June 1 stocks of corn and soybeans will provide a clearer picture of total 2018-19 marketing year consumption, ending stocks, and price prospects. The magnitude of planting acreage will clarify prospects for the size of the 2019 corn and soybean crops with implications for the 2019-20 balance sheets and price prospects.
April 17, 2019: Webinar Video ‘Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century’
- Recorded April 17, 2019
- Presented by Robert A. Easter, PhD., President Emeritus University of Illinois
Most predictions suggest that the population of the earth will likely increase by about 2 billion people by 2050 and prompts the question, “Will there be enough food?” This typically leads to a discussion of the need to grow more plant-based foods. Although clearly necessary that in itself will be insufficient if current trends continue.…
Presentations Available for the 2018 Illinois Farm Economics Summit
Watch a complete set of YouTube videos and download the presentation slides from 2018 IFES meetings held December 17th-21th, 2018. A complete set of slides is offered in both print-ready PDF and Powerpoint formats.
Visit the 2018 IFES Presentations page to find videos and downloads.…