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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is the brand leader for Farm Journal’s Top Producer and The Daily Scoop, specializing in business reporting for CEO farmers and agricultural professionals. She provides actionable intelligence to help operations navigate farmland dynamics, diversified revenue streams and overall profitability. Margy’s expertise spans regulatory and EPA issues, ag retail trends and tech innovations – topics she explores in depth on The Scoop podcast. Her nuanced analysis of modern business management ensures agricultural leaders are equipped to make informed decisions in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

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Industry analysts expect the move could ease phosphate pricing pressure, though not necessarily return the market to “normal.”
Farmers hoping for rent relief in 2027 may face a tough reality: land values are holding firm, and cash rents are slow to follow margins lower.
As input costs remain elevated, fall lease deadlines are putting renewed focus on cash rents and farmland values.
New state restrictions and a proposed AFIDA overhaul could reshape land deals, reporting, and due diligence for farmers.
Analysis of 2023–2025 prices found U.S. growers paid more for nearly every seed and crop protection category examined.
As leader of Wells Fargo’s newly formed Food, Beverage and Agribusiness division, Brad Matsik says the bank is “tripling down” on financial tools, wealth management, and estate planning.
The central foundation for those against the merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is if the new entity would in fact enhance competition.
As a ‘disconnect’ grows between macro-economic data and farm-level decisions, lenders urge transparency and proactive planning to bridge the gap in the current downturn.
A first-ever focused vote on E15 has eyes on The Hill. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says, “There’s mounting pressure to get something done and take action.”
New research reveals two eye-catching farmland value takeaways and more shifts in the market.