Posts By: Betsy Urso

Ag Industry Resilient Amid Seismic Shifts The Business Journal By: Edward Smith Now that the dust from pandemic uncertainty appears to be settling and growers have a better idea of what to expect, the outlook of experts and growers alike in the agricultural industry has shifted from extreme pessimism to hesitant optimism for the future…. Read more »

Investment Science Denial – Revisiting My Farmer Mac Long And Zillow Short Seeking Alpha By: Gary J. Gordon Summary I believe that Farmer Mac has a more than 100% upside and Zillow an 80% downside. I use actual investment science to make my case. Farmer Mac’s news remains constructive while market and competitor trends are… Read more »

CalCPA 2020 Farmers Tax and Accounting Virtual Conference to Focus on Impact of the Pandemic, Wildfires, Regulation and Economic Outlook on $50 Billion Agriculture Sector on October 1, 2020 CISTON PR Newswire News Provided by California Society of CPAs BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — WHY: COVID-19 and the wildfires have significantly impacted California’s… Read more »

Global factors forecast to suppress exports Agri-View By: Gregory Lyons, Farmer Mac Agricultural prices are predominantly driven by exports. Exports led price surges in the 1970s, 1990s and late 2000s. The spikes were caused by a series of macro-economic factors in addition to changes in agricultural production. While these periods weren’t identical they shared many… Read more »

Difference Makers: How to Run Your Farm Like a Business ILSOY Advisor By: Laura Hahn The first week of the Agribusiness Management Program (AMP) Summer Webinar Series featured Jackson Takach and Zack Carpenter from Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac is a mission-based organization committed to building a vital rural America by providing credit and other financial… Read more »

Chip Flory and Jackson Takach Talk Economic Conditions and the Rural Banking System AgriTalk Radio By: Chip Flory U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-8) joins us to discuss what getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 may mean for farmers and other topics. Jackson Takach, chief economist and head of strategy, research, and analytics at… Read more »

USDA Not on Track to Hit $16 Billion in CFAP Payments Drover By: Tyne Morgan As of last week, USDA paid out just over $6 billion of the $16 billion in CFAP payments. One agricultural economist says with USDA not on track to release the full $16 billion, lower CFAP payments could also change 2020… Read more »