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While we may be slowly working our way out of the global recession here in the second half of 2009, it just won’t feel like it in many areas of the economy. Productivity is up, balance sheets are being de-levered, and we continue to work our way through excesses in areas like housing. The job markets, however, are tough, and will continue to be so as consumers are more cautious and confidence is still precarious. An increase in government regulation and oversight and intervention into the markets will also mute some of the economic recovery, at least here in the United States.
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AgStart Jump-Starts Young Farmers

by Mark Parker

Andrew and Emily Schrader were up against a cold hard fact that everyone in agriculture knows all about:

Getting a start in farming or ranching is a mighty tough row to hoe for a young person. Andrew had the skills, he had the desire and he had the commitment. What he and Emily lacked was the capital necessary for a traditional loan down payment.

And that’s where Frontier Farm Credit’s AgStart program offered a leg-up. “It’s a great program,” Andrew says. “Frankly, I don’t think we could have done it any other way. We save what we can, but it would have taken a long time to come up with the money for this particular opportunity and by that time, it would have been gone.” Continue Reading>>