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Farm Costs Stay High: Why the Fed’s September Meeting Matters
Southeast Regional Ag News
Even with a slight dip in 2024 spending, rising interest, weak exports, and lower crop prices keep pressure on producers.
Costs Keep Climbing: Farmers Face Rising Interest, Lower Prices
California Ag Today
Even with slightly lower overall expenses in 2024, producers across California and the U.S. are still feeling the pinch of high input costs, rising interest rates, and falling commodity prices.
California Leads Nation in Rising Farm Bankruptcies
California Ag Today
U.S. farm bankruptcies surged 55% in 2024 after years of decline, with California at the forefront. Lower commodity prices, high input costs, and mounting debt are pushing family farmers to the brink.
Ag Markets and the US Economy
Line on Agriculture
Market Analyst, Bryan Irey shares his perspective on the ag markets, interest rates and the US economy as a whole.
Conditions & Trends in American Agriculture
Southeast Regional Ag News
Rabobank’s RaboResearch team recently released its bimonthly North American Agribusiness Review.
A Squeeze on Agriculture by Interest Rates
California Ag Today
Rabobank’s RaboResearch team recently released its bimonthly North American Agribusiness Review.
Managing Through A Tough Ag Economy
Farm of the Future
AEI's David Widmar says he doesn’t think it’s realistic to expect low interest rates any time soon, but we have seen cycles like this before.
High Interest Rates are Not Affecting Land Sales
California Ag Today
With harvest wrapping up many producers experience a fluctuation in yield totals. Doug Hensley with Hertz Farm Management says it's been an overall solid year.
Worried About Your Interest Rate?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Last week, the Federal Reserve decided to pause interest rate increases while publicizing that there would be two more interest rate hikes this year.
Interest Rates and Farmland Demand
Farm of the Future
High interest rates are starting to affect farmland demand.
Inflation, Interest Rates, Labor Shortage All Taking Their Toll
Farm of the Future
With Inflation still high and interest rates on the rise, another issue businesses are finding is lack of workers.
Inflation and High Fuel Prices Pressures Rural Mainstreet Index
California Ag Today
The June Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University sank into negative territory for the first time since September 2020. RMI co-creator Dr. Ernie Goss says June’s reading of 49.8 is below growth neutral.
Interest Rates Rise and Move Move the Grain Market
Stocks Fall and interest rates rise after the largest rate hike the feds have done since 1994. The rate hike played into the grain markets.
0321 Federal Reserve Interest Rates Hike Part 2
California Ag Today
The Federal Reserve increased nation-wide interest rates by a fourth of a percent. Thanks for joining us for part two of this story. At the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Business Conference, Mike North of EverAG says the increase was unavoidable. He expects the current environment to continue.
Federal Reserve Interest Rates Hike
California Ag Today
The Federal Reserve increased nation-wide interest rates by a fourth of a percent this week. At the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Business Conference, Mike North of EverAG says the increase was unavoidable.