That's the largest increase in a year since the survey was established in 1994. Corn and Soybean Land Prices on Rise. By Ashley Hinson, Anchor/Reporter.

Mr Hyslop said the rain would assist with feed in the future, but for now they would continue to hand feed stock. Farmers have been jumping on their tractors across the region with the weekend's rain starting the cropping season. Campbell's Bridge farmer Ian Hyslop moved into action after 52mm of rain fell on his property last weekend. The weekend deluge was predicted and some farmers like Mr Hyslop decided to have faith the rain would come and dry sow. Around two-thirds of the Hyslop's...

Kennedy and other farmers are trying to salvage what they can, but most still are reeling from some of the most widespread crop damage in at least 50 years. Most of the remainder of his planted crops wheat, field and sweet corn, watermelon and cantaloupes were hurt in varying degrees. The wood line surrounding Kennedys field provided some protection from a devastating Easter freeze that wiped out most of the small grain, peach and blueberry crop in the Sandhills. Sweet corn got hurt, he...

Skyrocketing demand for corn to make ethanol has jacked up corn prices and caused farmers to say they plan to plant their most corn acres since 1944. Last week's persistent rains put Wohlford behind schedule, as he and his sons have only planted 700 of the 1,100 acres of corn that they intended to put in the ground. He said that corn markets are more fickle than they've been in a long time because of the uncertainty over this spring's weather and the need for a large crop. The Wohlfords...

Fragrant locally grown produce has been the mainstay of farmers markets, but organically produced meat and cheeses antibiotic-free, hormone-free and free-range are jumping into the vending pot. Son, William, was at his father s side, explaining the product and the process to shoppers. These light green eggs are said to be a bit lower in cholesterol than other eggs, said Valentine Miller, a soft-spoken four-year veteran of Nottoway s market. Westmoreland Produce, coming back for its seventh...

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Still, food prices -- particularly poultry and beef -- will be "slightly higher" in coming years as a result of increased biofuels production, Collins said. After hovering around $2 a bushel for a decade, corn prices have nearly doubled in the last year, pumped to near records by the ethanol plants that have sprouted up around the country amid new enthusiasm for alternatives to foreign oil. But Collins said the increase is mainly due to other factors, including bad weather that harmed...