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• 2011 Agricultural Symposium

  The 2011 Agricultural Symposium brought hundreds of banking and business leaders, government officials and academics together to explore the risks to agricultural profits in the 21st century. Access materials from the 2011 Agricultural Symposium.

  2010 Agricultural Symposium.

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  Speeches

  • Is This Farm Boom Different?
    Jason Henderson (1/27/2012)
  • Monetary Policy and Food Prices
    Jason Henderson (11/16/2011)
  • Is This Time Different?
    Jason Henderson (10/18/2011)

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  Congressional Testimony

  • Statement before House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operation, Oversight and Credit
    Jason Henderson (4/14/2011)
  • Statement before Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
    Kansas City Fed President Tom Hoenig (2/17/2011)

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  Related News Releases

  • Agricultural Credit Survey reports farm sales rise with land values
    (02/15/12)
  • Is this farm boom different? Kansas City Fed research explores agriculture's boom and bust cycles
    (02/13/12)
  • Large banks cut rates and boost farm lending according to Agricultural Finance Databook(10/21/11)

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Recent Research

• Farm Sales Rise with Land Values

  By Jason Henderson and Maria Akers
  Robust bidding by farmers spurred record high Tenth District land values in the fourth quarter, which enticed more landowners to place farmland up for auction, according to the Bank's quarterly Agricultural Credit Survey.

• Agriculture's Boom-Bust Cycles: Is This Time Different?

  By Jason Henderson, Brent Gloy and Michael Boehlje
  This fourth quarter Economic Review article explores the foundations of U.S. agriculture's boom-bust cycles and investigates the relationship between debt, leverage and farmland values.

• Rising Farm Income Boosts Farmland Values & Bank Profits

  By Jason Henderson and Maria Akers
  Strong farm income propelled farmland values to record highs and strengthened loan portfolios at agricultural banks at the end of 2011, according to the Federal Reserve System's Agricultural Finance Databook.

• Is This Farm Boom Different?

  By Jason Henderson
  This issue of the Main Street Economist explores the foundations of the current and past farm booms, as well as the subtle differences that suggest that this time could be different.

• Nebraska Profits from the Farm Boom

  By Jason Henderson and Maria Akers
  A booming farm economy fueled economic gains in Nebraska during the third quarter.

• Building U.S. Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time

  By Jason Henderson
  This first quarter Economic Review article explores the future of agricultural export markets in Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

• The Importance of Off-Farm Income to Servicing Farm Debt

  By Brian Briggeman
  This first quarter Economic Review article explores the effect of labor market stress on a farmer's ability to service debt.

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Regional Affairs staff at the Kansas City Fed, including Omaha Branch Executive Jason Henderson, specialize in tracking agricultural and rural economies.

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  The Kansas City Fed is part of the nation's central bank. We foster the stability, integrity and efficiency of the nation's monetary, financial and payments systems to promote a stable, healthy economy. We have Branch offices in Denver, Oklahoma City, and Omaha.