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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…

Squeezed by Rising Input Costs

Published October 26, 2025

Land rent negotiations will be particularly challenging going into 2026. Green Solutions Group Farm Management Analyst Kent Thiesse says high crop input costs further complicate the situation. "It looks like fertilizer costs are going to be up anywhere from 15…

Farmers Urged to Know Costs, Manage Risk

Published April 11, 2025

With these volatile markets, SDSU Extension Livestock Business Management Specialist Heather Gessner wants farmers and ranchers to pay attention to the numbers. "It's the part that they hate the most, but I truly believe when things are this crazy and…

ND Dept. of Ag Offering Letters for Essential Businesses

Published April 19, 2020

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is providing letters to critical and essential agriculture businesses for verification purposes. “With more requests coming in from agribusiness and ag sectors asking for proof of being a critical and essential business, we are making letters…

2019 AgCentric Reports Now Available

Published March 23, 2020

According to the 2019 AgCentric Farm Business Management reports, median net farm income increased slightly for Minnesota farms last year. "However, if you take net farm income, start looking at depreciation added back in, take out family living, healthcare and…

MN Dairy Numbers Continue to Dwindle

Published January 22, 2020

In Minnesota, 315 licensed dairy farms exited the industry in 2019. That’s according to data released by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. This is the second year in a row the state has lost more than 300 dairies. 2,448 licensed…

TransFARMation: Honor the Family by Being a Business-First Family

Published July 15, 2019

One of the biggest sources of stress in agriculture is transitioning the farm from one generation to the next. Farmer, author and speaker Jolene Brown encourages farmers to operate as a business-first family. "What that means is you honor the…

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2026 Farm Income Forecast

Squeezed by Rising Input Costs

Farmers Urged to Know Costs, Manage Risk

ND Dept. of Ag Offering Letters for Essential Businesses

2019 AgCentric Reports Now Available

MN Dairy Numbers Continue to Dwindle

TransFARMation: Honor the Family by Being a Business-First Family

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