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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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Planning Ahead: Insights from the 2024 Farm Income Report 

Trimble Agriculture

Read key takeaways for farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners from the USDA’s September 2024 farm income forecast. Rural community stakeholders across the U.S. use the USDA’s farm income forecast to guide financial decisions for the coming year. In 2024, it is projected to fall $6.5 billion (4.4

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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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What a Trump or Harris Presidency Will Mean for Farmers and Eaters

Modern Farmer

The bulk of farm policy is controlled at the congressional level, so the president can only have a limited role in planning what will ultimately end up in a farm bill.” Net farm income hit $165 billion between 2021 and 2023, compared with $94 billion between 2017 and 2019. for the bottom half.)

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