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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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WASDE numbers again dampen returns on grain

Western FarmPress

Ag Marketing IQ: Regardless of whether the Fed lowers interest rates, global production and tariff turmoil spill numbers that drive down net farm income by another $1 billion.

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2024 Agricultural Commodity Prices and Market Outlook 

Trimble Agriculture

Lower agricultural commodity prices are contributing to a decline in net farm income in 2024. This, combined with higher input costs, fewer government payments, and rising interest rates, is leading to a drop in net farm income. In 2024, net farm income is predicted to follow a similar pattern of decline.

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Why Ag Land Values Have Been Strong: 9 Images

Agricultural Economics Insights

The first graph – from U.S.D.A – shows how net farm income has had two periods of very strong farm profitability during the last 20 years. agriculture has experienced the strongest income period since World War II, which is a fundamental reason for higher land prices today. Figure 1 – U.S.

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Letter Urging Congress to Pass a Bipartisan Farm Bill in 2023

NASDA

As a result of persistently high input costs and rapidly declining commodity and food crop prices, the USDA now projects that this year’s drop in both net farm income and net cash income will be the largest decline of all time, down $42 billion and $54 billion, respectively.

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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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Five Ways To Increase Farm Profitability 

Trimble Agriculture

The USDA expects a decrease in farm sector profits this year. Net farm income is forecast at $136.9 For example, grain operators may find post-harvest as the most accurate time, while cow-calf operations may choose when calves are born. billion—a decrease of nearly 16 percent compared to last year.

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