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Tag: farm debt
Rising Cost of Credit Impacting Farmers Nov 28, 2022
Earlier this week, Reuters writers P.j. Huffstutter and Bianca Flowers reported that, “Montana farmer Sarah Degn had big plans to invest the healthy profits she gleaned for her soybeans and wheat this year into upgrading her […]
U.S. Farm Sector Balance Sheet Markedly Improved Over 2020 Oct 10, 2022
U.S. farm equity in 2022 is 27.7% higher than it was in 2017 and 42.7% higher than it was in 2012. During the last 10 years, net farm income was […]
Farm Finances: Increasing Interest Rates Likely to Pressure Ag Income Mar 22, 2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve has begun to raise interest rates to dampen inflation. Higher rates imply higher interest expense, assuming no other change. This article explores the role of farm […]
Illinois Corn, Soybeans: Impact of Increasing Ag Debt on Farms Feb 23, 2022
Agricultural debt on a nominal basis in Illinois has been increasing since 1991. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) are shown […]
Farm Business: Debt Financing and Timing Farmland Purchases Sep 25, 2021
Farmland returns have averaged around 10%, particularly when holding periods exceed 20 years. Even given this 10% average return, financing farmland is difficult because capital gains make up a large […]
Ag Economy Strong in 1st Half of Fiscal Year – Kansas City Fed Sep 21, 2021
In an update from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City earlier this month (“Financing of Ag Production Loans Eases Further”), Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman stated that, “Farm debt at commercial banks continued […]
Farm Debt Declines, Loan Performance Improves – Kansas City Fed Jul 2, 2021
Last week, Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, penned an update titled, “Farm Debt Declines Further and Credit Stress Eases,” which noted that, “Agricultural debt at commercial […]
Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2021 1st Quarter Farm Economy Conditions May 17, 2021
Last week, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis released updates regarding farm income, farmland values and agricultural credit conditions from the first quarter of 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of […]
Illinois: Ag Debt Continues to Increase Feb 23, 2021
Agricultural debt on a nominal basis in Illinois has been increasing since 1991. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) are shown […]
Kansas City Fed: “Pullback” in New Farm Loans Continues Feb 2, 2021
A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (“Ag Lending Update: Fewer New Loans to Farmers,” by Ty Kreitman and Cortney Cowley) stated that, “Lending activity at commercial banks continued to slow in […]
