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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Farm Credit East Knowledge Exchange Industry Snapshots

This month's Knowledge Exchange Partner highlights a series of Industry Snapshots, compiled by Farm Credit East's Director of Knowledge Exchange, Chris Laughton. In addition to a summary of the national economy, northeast farm economy sectors such as dairy, timber and forest products, cash field crops, livestock, fruit, vegetables, greenhouse and fishing are included.

September 5, 2024

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Business Tips and Tools
Beneficial Ownership Information: Who is Required to Report?

Earlier this year, Farm Credit East held a webinar reviewing The Corporate Transparency Act and the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements that went into effect on January 1, 2024. Several webinar attendees asked questions about how these requirements apply to different business structures.

September 24, 2024

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Farm Credit
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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Crop Insurance
The Importance of Dairy and Other Livestock Insurance

With severe weather and natural disasters becoming increasingly common, safeguarding your agricultural investments is more crucial than ever. Discover how Crop Growers, Farm Credit East’s insurance provider, is empowering farmers with innovative insurance products like Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), Livestock Risk Protection (LRP), and Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP).

September 03, 2024

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Ag Economy
Dairy Industry Snapshot

Read our latest analysis of the current state of the dairy industry.

September 03, 2024

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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 05, 2024

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Business Tips and Tools
Northeast Dairy Farm Summary & Market Outlook

Farm Credit East and Horizon Farm Credit reviewed the recently released "Northeast Dairy Farm Summary" report, which covered last year's financial results for 283 Northeast dairy farms and discussed the dairy market outlook for the year ahead with Corey Geiger of CoBank.

August 01, 2024

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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