Volatile prices, uncertain demand push some farmers into the red
(NEWSER) - Volatile commodity prices and uncertainty about future demand are nurturing growing concern among American farmers as revenues sink—even as demand sprouts in emerging energy markets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Costs of doing business—namely seed, machinery, and fertilizer—are riding high alongside transportation costs, and commodity prices are fluctuating faster than farmers can figure out what, and how much, to grow. More»
