Source: USDA by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, and Adriana Valcu-Lisman The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for April 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates”...
Source: FCC Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has released an analysis of the rent-to-price ratio for cultivated farmland in Canada. The rent-to-price ratio is obtained by crossing cash rental rates and the Farmland Values Report data.  A ratio trending lower suggests that...
Source: USDA by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, LaPorchia A. Collins, and Amber K Oerly The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for March 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s...
By Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau Federation Chapter 12 was introduced in bankruptcy law as a temporary measure in 1986 and became permanent in 2005. With 169 filings, farm bankruptcies in 2022 were the lowest since Chapter 12 became permanent...
  Source: USDA news release The number of on-farm anaerobic digester systems has steadily increased since 2000, according to AgSTAR, a collaborative program sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and USDA. An anaerobic digester is an airtight vessel in which bacteria digest,...
Source: Iowa State University All hay prices in Iowa averaged $169.00 per ton in January. This was $4.00 below the December price but $12.00 above the January 2022 price. The January 2023 alfalfa hay price, at $178.00, was $8.00 below...
Source: USDA, by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, and Adriana Valcu-Lisman The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for February 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates report on domestic and international markets...
Source: USDA news release U.S. farm output-the total amount of livestock, crops, and other farm-related outputs produced in a year-tripled in the seven decades from 1948 to 2019. At the same time, the total amount of inputs used in U.S....
  Source: USDA news release Overall U.S. dairy consumption rose slightly from 1981 to 2021, but daily cheese consumption more than doubled and consumption of yogurt grew fivefold, according to loss-adjusted food availability data from the USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS). In...
Source: IFCN 1. Macro-economic developments are pressuring dairy industry Long-lasting slowdown in global economy is foreseen by World Bank at the start of 2023, affecting all global regions. Income levels are reduced by inflation and currency devaluation. Many countries are experiencing...