AgribusinessK-State farm economist Gregg Ibendahl says diesel is about $2.25 a gallon higher than earlier this year because of a global shortage, adding roughly $10 an acre to corn and $20,000 for a 2,000-acre farm.
LivestockFed-cattle slaughter fell nearly 16% on Thursday as ICE operations in Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal kept packing-plant workers away, cattle groups say.
The John family near Thayer, Kansas, moved its bin site off the farmstead to leave room to grow, and university economists list the fixed and variable costs any farmer should count before building.
Land appreciation over the past decade has beaten inflation-adjusted 10-year bond yields by about 3.5 percentage points, and farmers remain the main buyers, while Kansas auctions ranged from $1,900 to $3,304 an acre for dryland in August and September.
