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A declining graph overlaid on an image of a cornfield
Farm finances weakened during growing season
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
September 30, 2024
Article
Photo collage featuring a farmed field with an inflation graph overlaid on the left and a portrait of Joe Mahon on the right.
Regional Economic Conditions: Agriculture
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on May 13, 2024
Event
chart indicating rising interest rates, overlaying farm field
Outlook pessimistic as Ninth District farmers head into planting
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 10, 2024
Data
Ominous financial graphs overlaid over an image of a cornfield with silos and a red barn
Challenging agricultural markets put highly leveraged agricultural producers at risk
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
May 8, 2024
Article
Farmer standing beside a cornfield is looking towards a red interest rate graph looming in the sky
Agricultural producers paid over $840 million in interest expenses in 2023
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
April 19, 2024
Article
Farmer in a field
Agricultural credit conditions: Fourth-quarter 2023
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
April 19, 2024
Data
Beef cow transposed over rows of soybeans and corn
Ag exports fell in 2023, and the Ninth District may have been hit especially hard
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
February 29, 2024
Article
Farmers herding cattle in a pen
Farm hands needed
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach
December 15, 2023
Data
portrait of Joe Mahon next to an image of a combine havesting a field
Regional Economic Conditions: Agriculture
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on November 16, 2023
Event
Combine harvesting a field overlaid with a chart graphic representing a downturn in incomes
Farm incomes fell going into harvest, but finances remained solid
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
November 15, 2023
Data
Tractor driving through a farm field
Farm incomes flattened heading into summer
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 29, 2023
Data
Aerial view of a tractor tilling a field
Elevated interest rates: How they impact producers’ cash flow and profitability
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
July 28, 2023
Article