USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts inflation-adjusted net cash farm income (NCFI) to increase by $19.8 billion (17.2%) from 2020 to $134.7 billion in 2021.
Inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI)—gross cash income minus cash expenses—is forecast to increase $23.4 billion (21.1%) to $134.1 billion in 2020.
Inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI), defined as gross cash income less cash expenses, is forecast to increase $4 billion (3.6%) to $115.2 billion in 2020.
Back in February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was projecting a $3.1 billion increase in net farm income this year. Then COVID-19 emerged. Now, a private forecast from the Food & Agriculture Policy Research Institute estimates farm income to drop roughly 11% from the USDA's original projection.
U.S. net cash farm income (gross cash income less cash expenses) when adjusted for inflation is forecast to decrease $13.1 billion (10.7%) to $109.6 billion in 2020.
In this week’s episode of On the Record we discuss a “youth movement” among Deere & Co.’s senior leadership. In the Technology Corner, Jack Zemlicka discusses broadband barriers to telematic transformation. Also in this episode: grower sentiment falls, but USDA’s Economic Research Service reports net farm income is forecast to increase 8.1% in 2019; Alamo Group’s 2018 hit $1 billion for the first time and Ag Growth International acquires IntelliFarms.
While farm equity is only down 5% since 2014, farmers are tapping into their real estate equity to run operations and real estate debt hit a record high in 2018.
In inflation-adjusted 2018 dollars, net farm income is forecast to decline $10.8 billion (14.1%) from 2017 after increasing $13.0 billion (20.2%) in 2017. If realized, inflation-adjusted net farm income would be 3.3% above its level in 2016, which was its lowest level since 2002.
Even though Minnesota farmers have typically seen their gross incomes notably increase since 2002, the money they end up taking home has taken a hit in recent years. A University of Minnesota economist says the amount they are spending on equipment is a big reason for this.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.