The relationship between current grain prices and forage/pasture prices in western Nebraska is creating a scenario where forage crops may provide an economically viable alternative to a cash grain crop, says University of Nebraska Extension.

With U.S. production outpacing usage for corn, soybeans and wheat, Purdue ag economists predict low prices will continue next year.

Harris-Mann Climatology has discovered a long-term climate cycle to the current severe drought in the central U.S. and sees higher grain and soybean prices later in 2013.