The Agriculture Department is lowering its forecast for farm earnings in 2025 as declines in the crop sector more than offset soaring incomes for cattle producers. Net cash farm income, a measure of ...

USDA is projecting that net farm income will increase sharply this year, largely due to an infusion of $31 billion in disaster aid and market relief assistance provided by Congress in December. Net ...

OMAHA (DTN) -- With an injection of government payments and strong livestock prices, USDA reported net farm income is projected to increase nearly 41% in 2025 despite financial challenges facing crop ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Net farm income in 2024 is forecast to be $6 billion less than last year at $140.7 billion, USDA's Economic Research Service said. The year-to-year decline is significantly ...

Various farm programs as established by the Farm Service Agency have various limits based on the farmer’s adjusted gross income (AGI). However, some of these programs also allow for either a double ...

The University of Minnesota and the Southern MN Agricultural Center of Excellence released the 2024 Farm Business Management Summary for southern Minnesota earlier this spring. The summary showed that ...

In early February, USDA released the latest “USDA Farm Income Forecast,” which appears to show some concern regarding prospects for 2025 and 2026 U.S. farm income. As you drill deeper into the latest ...

USDA–Economic Research Service (ERS) has released updated projections for 2024 farm income, and though it’s still anticipated to decline, the outlook doesn’t look quite as dim as it did earlier this ...

USDA projects net farm income will slip lower in 2026 and remain roughly $48 billion (24%) below the record highs reached in 2022, underscoring a generational downturn in the farm economy. Strength in ...

When most people picture a farmer, they don’t envision someone teaching math, driving a school bus or managing a bank branch. Yet for the majority of U.S. farm households, income from these off-farm ...