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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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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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FAPRI forecasts falling prices for producers

Todays Farmer Magazine

Higher fertilizer, fuel and feed costs contributed to a sharp increase in farm production expenses in 2022. Crop insurance accounts for 45% of projected spending on major farm-related programs over the next decade. Projected net income declines in 2023 and 2024 as receipts and payments fall.

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Industry Ag News 2/9

Agwired

Farmers can expect the largest recorded year-to-year dollar drop in net farm income in 2024. Income is estimated to be nearly $40 billion lower this year compared to 2023, down more than 25 percent. American Farm Bureau Federation economists analyzed the latest USDA data in a Market Intel.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Throughout the life of the current farm bill, producers across the country have experienced powerful headwinds, ranging from extreme weather to high input costs to uncertain global demand to supply chain disruptions. Farmers are struggling, and the decline in the farm economy is real. Estimated 2024 net farm income for U.S.

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Eight Challenges for U.S. Agriculture in 2024 and How to Mitigate Them 

Trimble Agriculture

In 2023, inflation-adjusted net farm income is forecasted to decline 20 percent, falling from several years of record highs. This trend is expected to continue into 2024, albeit at a slower pace, with income falling close to the five-year average. Net farm income is nearing the five-year average.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. Conservation and Climate The benefits of on-farm conservation programs are widespread.

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