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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Seismic Shifts are Taking Place within Dairy

Farm Credit East's 2023 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary and 2024 Mid-Year Outlook contains data and analysis from the prior year and forward-looking discussion and analysis from Corey Geiger, Lead Economist for Dairy at Farm Credit East's funding bank, CoBank. 

There have been a number of structural shifts in our industry that appear to have some staying power. It’s important to gain a better understanding of these changes to implement on-farm strategies to capitalize on the market opportunities.

August 5, 2024

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Navigating Charitable Contributions Post-TCJA

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) enacted in 2017 and in effect from 2018 – 2025 has had a substantial effect on itemizing deductions. The resulting changes have impacted the tax consequences of making charitable contributions, especially for senior citizens. A remedy to this can be to use Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) from an IRA account.

August 28, 2024

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2024 Virtual Customer Appreciation Meeting

Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EST

Join us for the 2024 Virtual Customer Appreciation Meeting. This 45-minute program will provide cooperative updates from CEO Mike Reynolds and Board Chair John Knopf.

November 12, 2024

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Three River Farmers Alliance: Connecting farmers with expanded markets

Today’s blog kicks off a series that will focus on Farm Credit East’s ESG efforts by highlighting organizations we have supported and the positive impact they have had in developing agriculture’s next generation, increasing access to fresh, healthy food options, and revitalizing rural communities. In this first installment, meet Three River Farmers Alliance based in New Hampshire's Seacoast Region.

January 13, 2022

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Your Partner into the Future

As of January 1, 2022, Farm Credit East and Yankee Farm Credit have officially merged with overwhelming stockholder approval. CEO Mike Reynolds outlines his optimism and plans for the future of the Northeast cooperative in today's blog. 

January 04, 2022

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Committed to Agriculture and Rural Communities

As part of Farm Credit East’s stewardship strategy, it has established a number of programs over the years to contribute to industry support organizations and the communities where our customers and staff live. In 2021, we celebrate milestones for a few of these stewardship programs.

December 22, 2021

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Showing Appreciation for Customer Owners

As a cooperative, our customers are at the core of everything we do. To celebrate our loyal customer-owners, Farm Credit East held a virtual Customer Appreciation Meeting as well as several in-person events across the Northeast over the summer and fall.

December 07, 2021

Northeast Economic Engine

Download Farm Credit East’s Northeast Economic Engine report, which analyzes the economic impact of the Northeast agriculture, forest products and commercial fishing industries. This report was released in November 2020. 

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