December 18, 2023
Professor Chad Hart spoke with Mid-West Farm Report for the article "'The Challenge Is Demand' In 2024," which focuses on the challenges farmers may face when marketing crops in 2024. Hart said that "The challenge is demand. It’s trying to figure out how we’re going to utilize all of this corn throughout not only the nation, but the world. We tend to feed a lot, but we’ve seen some shrinkage in our cattle herd. When we look at the ethanol picture, well, that’s been hit and miss over the last few years. And the last piece tends to be our international markets, that’s where we’ve seen the biggest pull back."