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.
Farmer hands using smartphone

Knowledge Exchange Partner

Knowledge Exchange Partner

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

Latest From Today's Harvest Blog

Austin Weaver on a dairy farm visit
Farm Credit
The Value of Connections

As a relationship lender, connecting with our customers and our communities is at the heart of everything we do. It’s those relationships that we’ve had with customer businesses for generations that have allowed Farm Credit East to be successful for more than 100 years. CEO Mike Reynolds reiterates the importance of these connections in today's blog.

January 7, 2025

Featured Webinar

Soybean field at sunset
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

All from Knowledge Exchange

Search articles
Filter by category
Filter by year
close up of green stalks of young corn plants in a field with cracked wet soil
Business Tips and Tools
Crop Insurance: When and How to File a Claim

Crop insurance is one of the most important tools you can have in your proverbial “toolbox.” There are many types of policies that can be tailored to your operation and what you’re growing. Crop insurance can provide coverage on a variety of naturally occurring peril. And when one of these perils occurs, you need to know how and when to file a claim.

September 26, 2022

close up of multiple black and white dairy cows in a row eating chopped feed
Business Tips and Tools
9 Numbers to Manage your Dairy Operation

Managing a successful dairy farm means managing a lot of information. One of the things we work with clients on is collecting numbers from your farm, comparing those metrics to industry aggregates, and helping producers understand what that comparison means. Learn the nine numbers we talk to our consulting clients about. 

September 12, 2022

Knowledge Exchange Partner
Tax Strategies for 2022

In this month’s Knowledge Exchange Partner, Farm Credit East Tax Consultant, Edward Maxwell, explains the importance of understanding your operation’s tax liability and how to tax plan for cash basis reporting.

September 07, 2022

rectangular word bubble outlined in green on a grey background with the word Tax inside the bubble and the word Talks, under the bubble
Tax Talks
Tax Strategies for 2022: Tax Planning for Cash Basis Reporting

In the last Tax Talks, “Tax Strategies for 2022: Understanding Your Tax Liability,” we began to understand the importance of record keeping and tax planning early in the year. In today’s blog, we’ll continue to build upon that foundation as we discuss tax planning for cash basis reporting.

 

September 06, 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. 

*Required

Error Please enter a valid email address

Success! Check your email for a copy of your download, or you can click here to see it.

Cover of the 2024 Economic Impact report