Posts By: Betsy Urso

Could 2021 Net Farm Income Really Drop? Here’s Why USDA’s First Forecast May Be Too Low Drovers By: Tyne Morgan Friday marks one week since USDA released its first net farm income forecast this year. The initial look showed farm income could fall 8%, which would be a $10 billion drop from 2020. However, the… Read more »

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.: You Can Bet the Farm on This 4% Dividend Income Investors By: John Whitefoot, BA Federal Agricultural Mortgage Stock Provides Strong Dividend Growth Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) capitalizes on the fact that people love to eat, and American farmers grow what we eat. The company, also known as Farmer Mac,… Read more »

Will China’s Record Purchases Set Sail? Here’s Why Economists Think Shipments Will Happen AgWeb By: Tyne Morgan AgDay 02/10/21 When Will They Ship? China’s hunger for U.S. corn looks to be substantial in 2021. The U.S. Grains Council says corn sales are surging past trade expectations, and as of this week, corn sales are at… Read more »

With Fewer Government Payments, USDA Forecasts Farm Income to Fall in 2021 AgWeb By: Tyne Morgan USDA’s first look at farm income shows without continued ad hoc government payments, which reached a record last year, net farm income will drop this year. In its February 2021 Farm Income Forecast released Friday, USDA said it expects… Read more »

With fewer government payments, USDA forecasts farm income to fall in 2021 Agropages By: Tyne Morgan USDA’s first look at farm income shows without continued ad hoc government payments, which reached a record last year, net farm income will drop this year. In its February 2021 Farm Income Forecast released Friday, USDA said it expects… Read more »

Incoming Chairwoman Stabenow Announces Agriculture Committee Agenda for the Beginning of the 117th Congress By: Hoard’s Dairyman U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), incoming Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced her agenda for the beginning of the 117th Congress. “From the ongoing pandemic to the devastating climate crisis –… Read more »

Senate Ag Can Get to Work Progressive Farmer, Powered by DTN Stabenow to Focus on Vilsack, Climate, Child Nutrition By: Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) — Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., incoming chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said Tuesday she hopes that a Senate organizing resolution will be completed within the next days… Read more »

Credit Quality Remains Top Ag Lender Concern ABA Banking Journal By: Tyler Mondres As the farm economy continues to work through a prolonged downturn amid a global economic slowdown, agricultural lenders remained primarily concerned with the same factors for themselves and their borrowers as they did last year, according to the joint ABA-Farmer Mac 2020… Read more »

Farm Hands West: Newsom appoints Baghdassarian to deputy secretary of agriculture Agri-Pulse By: Hannah Pagel Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Haig Baghdassarian as the deputy secretary and chief counsel at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Baghdassarian has been principal for the Law Office of Haig Baghdassarian since 2009. Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement… Read more »