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USDA Sets New Research Priorities to Strengthen American Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a significant shift in its research and development focus following the signing of a new memorandum by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. The memorandum establishes updated priorities for USDA-funded research, emphasizing national security, the protection of U.S. agriculture, and stronger support for …
Fertilizer Decisions Play a Critical Role in Farm Profitability Agricultural producers make thousands of decisions each year that directly impact their farm’s bottom line, and few choices carry as much weight as fertilizer decisions. With rising input costs and tighter margins, making the right fertility investments can be the difference between profit and loss. To learn more about what producers …
Analyzing profitability is critical on the farm. But studying profits and production can cost producers time. Syngenta offers the AgriEdge Excelsior® whole-farm management program to help speed up that process. Joe Goodman, a Syngenta AgriEdge® specialist explains. Speed The program offers an in-depth economics component for growers. Economics Through the examination of the farm, AgriEdge Excelsior can help growers increase …
Following years of decline, net farm income in 2017 for the U.S. farm sector as a whole is forecast to be relatively unchanged at $63.2 billion in inflation-adjusted terms. The figure is up about one half billion dollars, or .8 percent. Meanwhile, inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income is forecast to rise almost $2.0 billion, 2.1 percent, to $96.9 billion. …
A new survey of bankers shows 82 percent of agricultural lenders reported a decline in farm profitability in the last 12 months. However, the pace of the decline has slowed. The survey produced by the American Bankers Association and Farmer Mac shows 51 percent of agricultural lenders noted an increase in the demand for agricultural operating loans, while there was …
ABA and Farmer Mac release first biannual survey of agricultural lenders Nearly 90 percent of agricultural lenders have seen an overall decline in farm profitability in the last 12 months, according to a joint survey by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac; NYSE: AGM and AGM.A). The survey of more than 350 agricultural lenders …
