Additional Coverage Insights: Agriculture - Agency Forward®

Economic commentary

Net farm income up despite high input costs

September 30, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including: California’s unplanted acres are up due to intense, longstanding drought conditions and Ukrainian wheat planting expected...

Agriculture

Most crop prices drop sharply this summer

August 24, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including: Ukraine resumes grain shipments for the first time since Russia’s invasion, hot, dry weather is affecting crop conditions in western Corn Belt and $20 billion within climate and health care bill set aside for agriculture.

Agriculture

EU farmer protests could impact U.S. ag trade

July 26, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including: USDA lowers projected soybean production due to decreased acreage, corn and soybean crop condition is close to what it was last year and the ag barometer falls to lowest level in nearly six years.

Agriculture

Tight labor market leaves farms in need of workers

June 17, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including: U.S. wheat crop is in poor shape, farmland sale activity and values are up and corn planting progress improves; corn crop condition off to a promising start.

Agriculture

The chicken or the egg? Bird flu is driving up the prices of both

May 24, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including the war in Ukraine is the latest factor driving up vegetable oil prices.

Agriculture

Current readings show poor crop condition for winter wheat, driving prices even higher

April 26, 2022

This month's issue features U.S. commodity prices, energy forecasts, and relevant industry news, including no current plans for direct payments to farmers for high fertilizer prices, annual California snowpack measurements were far below normal levels and Ag Barometer shows farmer sentiment is at its lowest level since May 2020.

Agriculture

Efficiency is just one benefit in using telematics technology

April 15, 2022

Benefits stretch across the agriculture business sector for adoption of telematics. Early adopters of telematics on the farm are seeing benefits like improved production and operation efficiencies gained.