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In a few days, when producers close the books on the 2021 year, most of those farmers and ranchers will consider it a, "pretty good farm income year," according to USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer. Meyer noted 2021 looks to wrap up as one of the best years in the past eight ...

Texas A&M University has completed a comprehensive report on the U.S. cattle and beef markets in response to a bipartisan request from the House Agriculture Committee. Among its key findings is that proposals increasing government intervention and mandates will cost livestock producers billions of dollars. ...

For farm, meat packing, and grocery store front line workers who incurred expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the USDA is out with a variety of assistance programs. "Well it's important for us to give recognition to these incredibly hard workers ...

USDA has re-opened the application period for the Coronavirus Food and Assistance Program or CFAP 2. "That was re-opened on April 5th for at least 60 days and the original sign up period ended December 11th," said Zach Ducheneaux, FSA Administrator ...

While Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, did not make a formal announcement about USDA latest edition of CFAP, or additional assistance to farmers it is expected to provide, he provided insight earlier this week. "I expect and anticipate in the next week or so that we're going to be able to lay out the plan in terms of what we're going to try to do over the course of the next several weeks a

While the U.S. farm sector is expected to generate less income overall this year compared to 2020. "I think both the prospects for crops and livestock are good based upon continued strong domestic demand and good exports," said USDA Chief Economist, Seth Meyer ...

The USDA is forecasting net farm income to decrease $9.8 billion, or 8.1% in 2021, to $11.4 billion. The decline is largely driven by less expected government assistance to producers. In inflation-adjusted 2021 dollars, net farm income is forecast to decrease $12 billion in 2021 after increasing $37 ...

Despite the pandemic, the disruption to supply chains, struggles with trade as well as everything else 2020 threw at the American farmer, the past year was a fairy good one for Idaho farmers. Sean Ellis with the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said while the situation looked dire for potatoes and milk early on, both commodities bounced back nicely, and reported average, and in some cases above avera

With the end of 2020, farmers net income is expected to be up almost $120 billion dollars. A year over year increase of $36 billion. But, the news isn't all good. "I think it's clear that 2021 is going to see a much lower farm income than 2020," said USDA Chief Economist, Robb Johannson ...

Even with a variety of problems and struggles for USDA employees caused by the pandemic, USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey said they delivered ad hoc programs very quickly. Many of those programs have turned out to be vital for farmers, such as CFAP and CFAP2 ...