date:Dec 28, 2012
Crop insurance and high grain futures prices combined to kick general farm incomes higher in 2012. Now, as the page turns to 2013 on the calendar, what can we expect in the next 12 months?
It's a foregone conclusion that the answer to that question lies in the drought and whether it continues to gain strength or fade. But a lot of the groundwork for 2013 farm incomes may already be laid, one economist says.
The drought in 2012 caused grain prices to surge, boosting incomes to levels higher tha