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Farm Income Outlook for 2025 

Trimble Agriculture

Farm income is expected to take a turn in 2025, after two years of consecutive decline. agricultural economy faced financial headwinds in 2024, but new USDA farm income projections indicate that net farm income will increase in 2025, largely due to the substantial rise in government payments.

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Misused farm income data threatens need for strong safety net

Western FarmPress

USDA's Net Farm Income data is misused and abused. Significant losses in crop agriculture are being masked by the recent boom in profitability of livestock operations.

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Farm Income Continues to Fall

Agwired

While the report compares different measures of farm income, the bottom line is that, adjusted for inflation, net farm income is forecast to decrease by $9.5 Net cash farm income is forecast to decrease by $5.7 That compares to a 19 percent decline in net farm income last year and a 23.5

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Farm Income News: Net Farm Income Falls Below the 10-Year Average 

Trimble Agriculture

This is the largest year-over-year decline in income the agriculture sector has ever seen. If realized, net farm income would fall to $116.1 In this article, we’ll dig into what factors are influencing farm income in 2024 and what farmers can do to weather it. billion, placing it below the 10-year average.

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Protect Your Farm with Integrated Risk Management 

Trimble Agriculture

In 2025, net farm income is expected to decline , continuing a softening trend after record highs in 2022. Farm debt levels are projected to rise due to increased borrowing and high interest rates, though asset appreciation has kept debt-to-asset ratios relatively low. There are several ways you can do this.

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Letter Urging Congress to Pass a Bipartisan Farm Bill in 2023

NASDA

To manage risk, it’s important for America’s farmers, growers, and ranchers to be supported by strong farm bill programs as they face extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, high supply costs and inflationary pressures – all of which farmers, growers, and ranchers are facing right now.

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Report Recap: Four Factors Impacting Farm Income in 2023 

Trimble Agriculture

In 2022, landowners experienced record high farm income, with net farm income reaching $183 billion. Net Farm Income and Cash Farmer Income, Inflation Adjusted (billion dollars) Note: F = forecast. percent due to high prices for crops in 2022. percent from its previous estimate.

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