Wall Street Journal writers Laura Kusisto and Christina Rexrode reported this week that, “More Americans are stretching to buy homes, the latest sign that rising prices are making homeownership more difficult for a broad swath of potential buyers. “Roughly one in five conventional mortgage loans made this winter went to borrowers spending more than 45% of… Continue Reading
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Consumers More Optimistic About the Economy, But Less So on Home Purchases
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The Economics of Home Buying are Getting Interesting
Neil Irwin reported last week at The New York Times Online that, “This spring’s home sales season is shaping up to be the most interesting one in years. “The housing market will depend on which opposing force proves more powerful: long-term fundamentals of supply and demand, or near-term ripples emanating from Washington and Wall Street…. Continue Reading
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Unlikely Candidate for Tech Disruption: Agriculture, Livestock and Virtual-Fencing
Mike Cherney reported today at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “The fences that crisscross the vast ranches of the U.S. and Australian Outback seem like an unlikely candidate for tech disruption. “But several startups are betting that high-tech collars for cattle, goats and other livestock could render the fences obsolete, enabling farmers to round… Continue Reading
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Home Prices Continue to Grow at a Rapid Pace
Laura Kusisto reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “Home prices continued to grow at a rapid pace in the first month of 2018, as a new tax law and rising mortgage rates made little dent in demand in the early weeks of the year. “The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index,… Continue Reading
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Fewer New Houses are Being Built in America
Laura Kusisto reported earlier this week at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “America is facing a new housing crisis. A decade after an epic construction binge, fewer homes are being built per household than at almost any time in U.S. history. “Home construction per household a decade after the bust remains near the lowest… Continue Reading
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Spring Home Sales Could Weaken
Laura Kusisto reported earlier this week at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “The economy is booming, take-home pay is rising and millennials are getting married and having children. Despite all those homebuying catalysts, real-estate agents said this could be one of the weakest spring selling seasons in recent years. “The culprits: rising mortgage rates,… Continue Reading
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Rabobank- Growing Ideas: How to start up in Agrifood
A column today from Rabobank, by Martijn Rol, stated that, “Consumers are showing increasing interest in sustainable and healthy food. No wonder that start-ups see opportunities in this area. But, warns Martijn Rol, it takes a lot more than an appealing product to be successful. “Martijn Rol is Sector Specialist Food at Rabobank. He has… Continue Reading
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Challenge to Iowa “Ag Gag” Law Moves Forward
Des Moines Register writer Donnelle Eller reported earlier this week that, “Groups challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s so-called ‘ag gag’ law said they received an important legal green light this week with a U.S. district court ruling that lets the lawsuit proceed. “A federal judge Tuesday denied Iowa’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the state’s ag gag law… Continue Reading
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Judge Rejects Challenge to Trump’s ‘Two-For-One’ Regulatory Rule
An update on Wednesday from DTN reported that, “A federal judge has rejected a court challenge to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump requiring agencies to cut or revise two regulations for every new regulation written. Federal District Judge Randolph Moss said the groups ‘fail to allege facts sufficient to show that the… Continue Reading
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Stabenow, Grassley Press USDA on Farm Payments to Deceased Farmers
A news release yesterday from the Senate Agriculture Committee indicated that, “Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and senior Agriculture Committee member U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) regarding farm program payments that are made… Continue Reading
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