Research Nebraska IANR Staff Newsletter IANR Newsletters World Ag News Daily Nebraskan UNL News Releases Policy Brief Vol. By Roy Frederick Public Policy Specialist Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln Corn. Nebraska's largest crop is often the focal point of any assessment of agriculture in the state.
Producers always hope for a large crop and high prices.
But it almost never turns out that way. In six out of the last seven years, we've had generally good crops but low prices. The one year of excellent prices the 1995-1996 marketing year occurred after harvesting a poor crop in the fall of 1995. Now another growing season is underway. By the time the crop is harvested next fall, all kinds of official and unofficial assessments will be made of the crop's progress.