…on to make ends meet. At a time when farm incomes have decreased, while global supply is increasing, it’s important to not take any actions that would result in reducing…
Trump Budget Proposal Considered “DOA”
…benefits. The budget also proposes eliminating premium subsidies, commodity payments, and conservation program eligibility for farmers with Adjusted Gross Incomes (AGI) of more than $500,000. It also proposes many other…
Millennials Spend Less Per-Person on Groceries
…store data found that compared to older generations, millennial-headed households spent the least per person on food at home. However, like the other generations analyzed, millennial households with higher incomes…
CCOF Annual Conference to Focus on Organic Hotspots
…Jaenicke have shown that median household incomes increase while poverty rates decrease in direct response to the amount of organic food and crop production in a given county. The data…
NASS Research, Survey, and Technology Advancements in 2017 Serve U.S. Agriculture
…annual Honey report in March 2017. New data included prices for queens, expenditures, and estimates on pollination and other incomes. Additionally, NASS has combined the annual Colony Loss and the…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Grain, Ethanol Markets
CoBank says rising incomes around the globe will help push demand higher and create more opportunities for U.S. exports in grains, oilseeds, and ethanol. A new report from CoBank’s Knowledge…
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Farm Groups Support Modernized NAFTA
…of the agreement, says that “NAFTA has boosted the incomes of millions of farmers and has facilitated the development of profitable export markets.” Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture statement….
U.S. Beef Products Struggling in China
…isles. China, the world’s largest pork producer, and the consumer has seen beef demand climb as incomes increase, prompting people to spend on new and varied types of food. Imports…
Poll: Tax Reform Needed for Farmers and America
…five voters (58-19 percent) said farmers and ranchers should be allowed to average their incomes for tax purposes due to wide variations in annual income. Morning Consult conducted the online…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Proclaims National Farmers Market Week
…neighborhoods across the country. Buying directly from farmers and ag-entrepreneurs has an outsized impact by helping diversify farm incomes and supporting other businesses by keeping more money in the local…
Global Food Insecurity Expected to Drop
…evaluates the food security status and outlook over the next ten years for 76 low-and-middle-income countries that either were or are still recipients of food aid. Projections show rising incomes…
Farmland Market Trend Hard to Define
…farm incomes remain bottomed-out. Interest rate increases, small tax law changes, and world economic challenges will likely keep the pressure on farmland prices over the next year. The report says…
Farmland Values Expected to Decline
Experts expect farmland values to decline as agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes. Agricultural real estate business Farmers National Company says agricultural land values in most…
Agri View: Big Farm, Small Farm
…had gross annual incomes of 1 million dollars or more. They contributed 42 percent of total farm production. But here is the bottom line. It takes all size farms to…