The recent rapid increase in commodity prices is not an unique event. It has happened several times in the past. Commodity prices have always dropped, returning to a more normal level. Production costs, on the other hand, follow commodity prices up but do not follow them down. Net farm income...

Net farm income in North Dakota was at near record levels for most representative farms in 2011. However income in 2021 is projected to be lower than in 2011. Commodity prices are expected to decrease slowly from current levels. Commodity yields are projected to increase at historical trend-line...

The growth and composition of the North Dakota economy have been measured by using economic base analysis. Economic base (sales for final demand) has been estimated for sectors corresponding to the North Dakota Input-Output Model and for industrial categories. These two measures produce the same...