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Tractor planting a field
Farm sentiment leaned pessimistic in the region as spring planting got underway
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 16, 2025
Article
A tired farmer wiping his brow with a downward trending graph in the background
Farmers limped across the finish line at year-end
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
February 21, 2025
Article
Minneapolis Fed Quarterly Review
Capital Requirements and Bailouts
Fabrizio Perri | Monetary Advisor & Deputy Director Georgios Stefanidis | York University
February 12, 2025
Research
A farmer standing in a field checking a loan balance, with an interest rate chart and balance sheet superimposed in the sky above
Repayment risks grow as farm income declines and farmland loans reprice
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
December 4, 2024
Article
Mapping Native American Financial Institutions
November 25, 2024
Data
Image of a midwestern farm, overlaied with bank and interest rate icons
Over $4 billion of farmland loans will reprice at higher interest rates in 2024
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
November 21, 2024
Article
A harvester harvesting wheat during sunset with an overlaid graph showing decline
Despite generally good harvests, farm incomes declined
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
November 15, 2024
Article
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
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Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives: Banking, Regulation, and Macroeconomic Outcomes
Event on October 17, 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