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'AEI.ag Presents' Podcast Launches Season 3
Nothing Borrowed, Nothing Gained
Sarah Mock, Brent Gloy, and David Widmar are back to shine a spotlight on the world of ag lending. How does a farm loan work? Where, exactly, does the money that farmers borrow come from? Farmers, agribusiness leaders, farm policy wonks, and students are each sure to glean insights.
'AEI.ag Presents' Podcast Launches Season 3
Nothing Borrowed, Nothing Gained
Sarah Mock, Brent Gloy, and David Widmar are back to shine a spotlight on the world of ag lending. How does a farm loan work? Where, exactly, does the money…
Weekly Insights
September 25, 2023
A Warning Sign? Farm Interest Expenses Jumps 34%
While digging through the USDA’s latest estimates on the health of the U.S. farm economy, we stumbled across a trend that made us do a double-take. While we anticipated farm interest expense to increase meaningfully, the $8.4 billion jump from 2022 levels, a 34% increase, will leave a dent in…
How Hot and Dry? Reviewing Summer 2023 Drought and Weather
With the proverbial dust settling on the 2023 growing season, we wanted to review the drought and weather data to size up conditions. If you’re like us, you’re tired of seeing all the drought maps and weather models, so we promise to take a different approach. In full disclosure, the…
Update the Record Books: Net Farm Income in 2022 Was All-Time High
We spent last week updating and creating several charts to summarize and break down the USDA's latest farm financial data. There are always a few surprises, such as nonreal estate debts in 2022 jumping higher while real estate debt slowed. There are things we anticipated but missed the magnitude of,…
While digging through the USDA’s latest estimates on the health of the U.S. farm economy, we stumbled across a trend that made us do a double-take. While we anticipated farm interest expense to increase meaningfully, the $8.4 billion jump from 2022 levels, a 34% increase, will leave a dent in farm budgets. A Look Back…
How Hot and Dry? Reviewing Summer 2023 Drought and Weather
With the proverbial dust settling on the 2023 growing season, we wanted to review the drought and weather data to size up conditions. If you’re like us, you’re tired of seeing all the drought maps and weather models, so we promise to take a different approach. In full disclosure, the post summarizes work done throughout…
Update the Record Books: Net Farm Income in 2022 Was All-Time High
We spent last week updating and creating several charts to summarize and break down the USDA's latest farm financial data. There are always a few surprises, such as nonreal estate debts in 2022 jumping higher while real estate debt slowed. There are things we anticipated but missed the magnitude of, such as farm interest expense…