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• Which FSA Farm Loan Borrowers Filed Bankruptcy between 2015-2025?
  Bankruptcies have peaked and ebbed in relation to movements in farm income and government payments. Over the past decade, they have tended to cluster in specific states or regions, Wisconsin and Arkansas for example, and in specific sectors, particularly dairy, rice, cotton, and beef cattle. Bankruptcies are more likely to have a greater impact on […]
• Comparison of Long-Run Rates of Return for Crop and Livestock Farms
  A structural shift in global grain markets that started in 2007 had major impacts on both crop and livestock prices as well as enterprise net returns. Did this structural shift result in differing rates of return for crop and livestock farms? This article uses aggregate commodity price indices for crop and livestock enterprises, and rates […]
• The Unfinished Farm Bill Remains Unfinished and Sends a Warning
  The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee appears to have driven another nail in the coffin of the Farm Bill. It remains to be seen if it was the final…