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Sharpen Your Pencils

Published January 28, 2026

Farmers faced a tough year in 2025. According to NDSU Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryon Parman, 2026 isn’t looking to be much better. "The margin is looking pretty tight, mainly because we haven't seen really any decline in production costs…

2026 Farm Income Forecast

Published January 4, 2026

The combination of high input costs and low prices has been a cloud over 2025. "We still had elevated production costs, pretty much start to finish, and that included most categories," said NDSU Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryon Parman. "Then…

Farmers Brace for Higher Costs

Published November 11, 2025

Production costs are climbing again as farmers prepare for the 2026 crop year. North Dakota State University Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryon Parman says fertilizer, seed, and chemical prices are all trending higher, tightening margins for growers. "Some of it’s…

Well Grounded

Published April 27, 2025

In the latest Well Grounded podcast, Acres and Shares President Jayson Menke and RRFN Farm Broadcaster Randy Konen visit with NDSU Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryon Parman about the recent North Dakota Land Values Survey. Gain insight by listening to…

ND Farmland Values Climb Over 10% for 4th Year

Published April 18, 2025

A report released by NDSU Extension showed farmland values throughout North Dakota have increased by more than 10% each of the last four years. Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryan Parman was surprised by those numbers. "I expected land prices to…

Most Active Ingredients Sourced Overseas

Published April 7, 2025

There’s one category that will be impacted by tariff increases that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention and that’s the active ingredients in crop protection products used on the farm. NDSU Extension agricultural finance specialist Bryon Parman says most of…

Government Payments Drive Farm Income Boost

Published March 15, 2025

The USDA is forecasting a significant rise in farm income for 2025, with net farm income projected to increase by 26.4 percent and net cash farm income by nearly 19 percent when adjusted for inflation. However, NDSU Ag Finance Specialist…

The Challenge of the ‘Average’ Farm Year

Published November 14, 2024

Describing an average year for farming is not an easy task. “The challenge with agriculture is that rarely do we ever hit the average year,” says Bryon Parman, agricultural finance specialist, North Dakota State University. Farmers are entering a new…

Fertility Decisions

Published October 18, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer products have been on a downward trend. “They’re basically down 50 percent across the board from where they were the spring of 2022,” said Bryon Parman, agricultural finance specialist, North Dakota State University Extension. Phosphorus and phosphate fertilizers…

Is the Decline of Net Income Softening Farmland Values?

Published September 20, 2024

As net farm incomes climbed to new highs in the early 2020s, so did farmland values. With 2024's farm income reversal, NDSU Agricultural Finance Specialist Bryon Parman expects farmland values to follow that downward trend. "There's been a pretty rapid…

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Sharpen Your Pencils

2026 Farm Income Forecast

Farmers Brace for Higher Costs

Well Grounded

ND Farmland Values Climb Over 10% for 4th Year

Most Active Ingredients Sourced Overseas

Government Payments Drive Farm Income Boost

The Challenge of the ‘Average’ Farm Year

Fertility Decisions

Is the Decline of Net Income Softening Farmland Values?

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