U.S. farm income could decline by $1.2 billion this year compared to 2025 according to a USDA estimate.

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 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 ...

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

USDA’s chief economist says 2026 brings moderating costs, slightly higher crop prices and shifting acreage, but he warns ...

USDA’s September 2025 net farm income forecast, released Sept. 3, projects net farm income will rise sharply from 2024. While stronger performance in some sectors is a factor in the increase, much of ...

New data from USDA showed that farmers and ranchers continue to face an economic storm. Chad Smith has details. Smith: The USDA projects that net farm income will slip lower in 2026 and remain about ...

CHICAGO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. farm incomes are forecast to fall sharply for a second consecutive year, as direct government payments shrink, production costs surge and growing supplies of grains and ...

By Abhinav Parmar Feb 19 (Reuters) - Farm-machinery maker Deere & Co raised its annual profit forecast and beat first-quarter ...

Reuters’ P.J. Huffstutter reported that “in a sign of growing stress for U.S. farmers, the Agriculture Department forecast on Thursday that U.S. net farm income would fall 0.7% this year, despite near ...

Net farm income in Missouri is expected to increase this year and exceed the forecasted gains projected earlier in the year. According to a report from the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis ...

A full U.S. Congress is back in session this week after senators passed a legislative package to fund most of the government through Sept. 30, though not in time to avoid what’s expected to be a brief ...