agricultural economy

Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its Agricultural Survey.  In part, the quarterly report stated that, "Bankers responding to the second-quarter survey reported overall weaker conditions across most regions of the Eleventh District."

Last week, the advance of a locust cloud put the Brazil and Argentine authorities on alert. According to a bulletin released by the National Service for Health and Agrifood Quality (Senasa), the locust cloud came from Paraguay, where it destroyed…

On Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a Legislative Hearing to Review S. 3894, The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020.

Last week, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, which included updated information regarding meat production.

On Tuesday, the University of Missouri's Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released its June Baseline Update for U.S. Agricultural Markets.   The update incorporates government payment programs that were announced before June 1, 2020 and analyzes some of the market…

On Thursday, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Kansas City released updates regarding farm income, farmland values and agricultural credit conditions from the first quarter of 2020.  Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis released its first quarter…