…that will drive increasing demand for beef over the next several years. Increasing disposable incomes in expanding markets around the globe are also driving demand for more beef, especially compared…
Report on Investments to Grow the Rural Economy
…Bureau of Labor Statistics. Median household incomes in rural areas increased by 3.4 percent in 2015, and rural populations have stabilized and in some areas are beginning to grow. The…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…bottom next year, but the lower trend likely hangs on through most of 2017 because of record crop production this year. MetLife added lower cash incomes will lead to a…
Cash Rents Still Went Up This Year
…for producers to remember the impacts of the ag economy slowdown and resulting lower farm incomes will vary across the country,” said Purdue Ag Economist David Widmar. He added that…
Funding to Help Agricultural Producers / Small Rural Businesses
…incomes rose 3.4 percent last year. Small business entrepreneurship, which Value-Added Producer Grants support, is a major reason why rural America is a making a comeback.” Vilsack VAPG grants can…
U.N. Official Says Lower Food Prices Threaten Anti-Hunger Efforts
…fair incomes and livelihoods for small farmers. That’s seen as a move to prevent setbacks in reaching international goals of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty, according to Politico. An FOA…
Groups Support Heritage Foundation Farm Bill Report
…and not to guarantee a level of income that’s well above incomes in average American households.” He said the EWG doesn’t support all the recommendation in the Heritage Foundation report,…
Heritage Foundation Looking to the 2018 Farm Bill
…higher incomes and wealth than non-farm households. Even very small farms with less than $10,000 in sales are also generally doing well financially. That is because while their farm income…
China Plans to Dramatically Increase Soybean Acres
…the world, while rising world incomes are driving the demand for meat higher as well. The country has an oversupply of corn stocks as production has grown every year but…
USDA Sharply Revises Farm Income Forecasts
…average net cash incomes in 2016 due to lower cash expenses—primarily fertilizer and fuel—offsetting declines in cash receipts. Average NCFI for most farm businesses specializing in livestock production are forecast…
Co-ops and Ag Retailers Face Economic Challenges
…incomes and tightened up on-farm cash flows. The ag industry has seen a downturn in fertilizer prices as well as mergers in the seed and fertilizer industries. “The drop in…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…could cost the industry up to $2.5 billion in yield losses and increased production costs, all at a time when incomes are down sharply. A 2012 University of Chicago study…
NMPF Asks USDA for Assistance
…hundredweight over the course of a year, increasing the incomes of all U.S. dairy farmers by approximately $380 million. Global dairy demand has sagged in the past two years, due…