agricultural economy

Last week, New York Times writer John Schwartz reported that, "Brace for another flooded spring — but not one as bad as last year, forecasters from the National Oceanic and…

Last week, the Federal Reserve Board released its February 2020 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. The report included several observations…

Bloomberg writer Brian K Sullivan reported on Friday that, "For the second year in a row, much of the U.S. is primed to suffer multi-billion dollar flood losses, with farmers…

Speaking on Thursday at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia, USDA Chief Economist Robert C. Johansson provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture.  Today’s update provides an overview of…

Last week, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Kansas City released updates regarding farm income, farmland values and agricultural credit conditions from the fourth quarter of 2019.  And earlier this…

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its 10-year projections for the food and agricultural sector. Today’s update highlights aspects of the report that focused on corn and soybeans.

The USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) indicated on Wednesday that, "Net cash farm income is forecast to decrease $10.9 billion (9.0 percent) to $109.6 billion in 2020, relative to the…

In a recent update from Iowa State University Extension ("Estimating costs of crop production vital for 2020 farm businesses"), Alejandro Plastina explained that, "Thin profit margins in corn and soybean production…

In an update last week from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City ("Farm Lending Declines at End of 2019"), Nathan Kauffman stated that, "The volume of agricultural lending at commercial…

Last week, the Federal Reserve Board released its January 2020 Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. The report included several observations…

Last week, Financial Times writers Emiko Terazono, Andres Schipani and Jamie Smyth reported that, "China’s African swine fever epidemic has dramatically reshaped the global meat market and its trade patterns…

Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released its Agricultural Survey for the Fourth Quarter of 2019.

A recent report from USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) stated that, "Brazil is forecast to overtake the United States as the leading soybean producer in the world during the 2019/20…

News articles continue to point to various market disruptions caused by the ongoing African Swine Fever outbreak in Asia and beyond.  Today's update looks at a few of these items…

A news release Wednesday from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach indicated that, "It’s been a difficult year…

Bloomberg News reported last week that, "China’s hog population has stopped shrinking and is starting to rise, after months of decline because of African swine fever, and the recovery should…