Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse shares a summary of current and potential farm program payments for 2026.

Net farm income in Arkansas will rise slightly to $3.38 billion this year, up from $3.32 billion last year, according to a ...

USDA–Economic Research Service (ERS) has released updated projections for 2024 farm income, and though it’s still anticipated to decline, the outlook doesn’t look quite as dim as it did earlier this ...

The Agriculture Department is lowering its forecast for farm earnings in 2025 as declines in the crop sector more than offset soaring incomes for cattle producers. Net cash farm income, a measure of ...

USDA is projecting that net farm income will increase sharply this year, largely due to an infusion of $31 billion in disaster aid and market relief assistance provided by Congress in December. Net ...

Based on the Spring 2026 Farm Income Outlook reports from the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF), new net farm income projections for 2026 are giving producers an early read on what ...

The year 2025 is seeing one of the highest spikes ever in both United States and Kansas net farm incomes. That’s mostly thanks to a combination of insurance payouts, high ad hoc government payments ...

In the recent farm income report, USDA estimated total U.S. net cash income for 2024 at $121.7 billion, which is a decrease of $38.7 billion or 24% from a year earlier. Farm businesses in all regions ...

Farmers have felt the crunch of higher expenses and lower farm-gate prices in the past year, and a study affirms those views. Scott Brown, an Extension associate professor at the University of ...