Ag Industry Trends & Outlooks

Discover insights, trends, ag market outlooks and other topical information as it relates to the Northeast's diverse agricultural industries. Brought to you by Knowledge Exchange from Farm Credit East.
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2025 Dairy Market and Policy Outlook

This month's Knowledge Exchange Partner article contributed by Dr. Christopher Wolf of Cornell University, reviews 2024 industry trends and discusses 2025 pricing projections and feed costs. It also explores potential impacts of weather risks, disease, and policy changes, including Federal Milk Marketing Order modernization and the extension of The Farm Bill, on farm milk prices and dairy policy.

January 7, 2025

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Business Tips and Tools
2025 Grain and Oilseed Industry Outlook Summary

With record soybean and corn harvests, profitable storage options and recovering export demand, the landscape is shifting for U.S. grain and biofuel markets. How are ethanol production, renewable diesel demand and challenges from trade policies and global competition influencing the market?

January 14, 2025

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Ag Economy
2025 Grain and Oilseed Industry Outlook

In the recent webinar, Farm Credit East, Horizon Farm Credit and CoBank Lead Economists, Tanner Ehmke and Jacqui Fatka, explore the latest insights on U.S. grain and biofuel markets. With record soybean and corn harvests, profitable storage options and recovering export demand, the landscape is shifting.

January 6, 2025

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U.S. Economic Forecast

One of the key factors affecting the U.S. economy today is inflation. Read about price increases and capacity constraints across the country, as well as an economic outlook for the coming months.

May 03, 2022

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U.S. Maple Syrup Outlook

In this month’s second article, Mark Cannella, Extension Associate Professor at the University of Vermont, gives an outlook of the maple syrup industry for 2022.

May 03, 2022

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Wet Planting Season? Consider Prevented Planting
If 2022 is a wet planting season, Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) policies have a prevented planting provision that might come in handy. Read on for more information, and as always, keep in touch with your local Crop Growers agent to see if prevented planting is something you should consider.

May 03, 2022

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Farm Credit System Reports First Quarter 2022 Combined Results

The Farm Credit System today reported that combined net income increased 3.8% to $1.8 billion for the first quarter of 2022, as compared with $1.7 billion for the same period of the prior year.

May 03, 2022

Northeast Economic Engine

Download Farm Credit East’s Northeast Economic Engine report, which analyzes the economic impact of the Northeast agriculture, forest products, commercial fishing and food manufacturing industries. This report was released in October 2024. 

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