USDA slashes 2025 net farm income by $25B and forecasts continued pressure in 2026 as rising costs, weak commodity prices and ...

Following several years of high input costs, declining crop prices and stagnant congressional investments in critical farm programs including risk management tools, trade promotion programs, marketing ...

U.S. farm bankruptcies rose to 315 in 2025, up 46% year over year, as declining farm income, rising debt, and higher costs ...

The letter proposes many solutions, including immediately exempting all farm inputs from tariffs and repealing tariffs that are disrupting agricultural export markets. Other solutions include passing ...

Government shutdown — 30 days and counting and its impact on WIC and SNAP funding. Farm economy, including aid for farmers. Today’s trade deal with China that includes 12 million metric tons (mmt) of ...

The letter K has become popular lately when describing a U.S. economy where the wealthiest Americans are thriving while everyone else is struggling to survive. But another K shape has gripped the farm ...

Making the same screw up twice and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity, the old saying goes. A fitting example? Try two chaotic, trade-busting Trump administrations that twice ...

Agricultural lenders surveyed in the new 2025 ABA/Farmer Mac Agricultural Lender Survey expect only 52% of U.S. farm borrowers will be profitable this year, signaling a sharp decline from recent years ...

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