Agricultural Lender Survey Report – Fall 2019

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We firmly believe that sharing information and insight is extremely important, particularly in changing economic times such as these. To that end, for the last three years, we have teamed up with the American Bankers Association to survey a broad number of ag lenders regarding their local economic and lending conditions. Through the questionnaire, ag… Read more »

Financial Conditions in the U.S. Agricultural Sector: Historical Comparisons

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Financial Conditions in the U.S. Agricultural Sector: Historical Comparisons USDA – Economic Research Service – Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-211) 36 pp By: Greg Lyons (Farmer Mac), Nigel Key, and Christopher Burns This study compares recent aggregate and farm-level measures of financial performance to historic levels to better understand the severity of the current downturn… Read more »

Should You Rent Out Owned Acres?

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Should You Rent Out Owned Acres? AgWeb Powered by Farm Journal By: Sara Schafer Many farmers plan to rent out their ground to fund retirement years. But, should you do so now to improve your financial standing? In most areas, average operator returns exceed rental returns for farmland. But, with declines in farmer profitability, the… Read more »

Darrell Anderson’s Farm to Fork Broadcast, featuring Jackson Takach: Notes on the Census of Agriculture

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In the Summer 2019 edition of The Feed, Farmer Mac’s quarterly perspective on agriculture, Farmer Mac’s Chief Economist Jackson Takach notes some highlights from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, including the number of farmers who spend 200+ days a year working off-farm. Listen in to this broadcast as Jackson discusses the Census of Agriculture with… Read more »

Darrell Anderson’s Farm to Fork Broadcast, featuring Jackson Takach: Farmers’ Off-Farm Income

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In the Summer 2019 edition of The Feed, Farmer Mac’s quarterly perspective on agriculture, Farmer Mac’s Chief Economist Jackson Takach notes some highlights from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, including the number of farmers who spend 200+ days a year working off-farm. Listen in to this broadcast as Jackson discusses farmers’ off-farm income with Darrell… Read more »