Kansas City

Strong agricultural prices continue to support the farm economy, but the rapid rise in production expenses could pressure profit margins.  That’s pushing the demand for farm financing higher.  Larger-sized operating loans are continuing to boost farm lending activity.  The Kansas City Fed sai...

The American Farm Bureau Federation is celebrating a successful Federal Milk Marketing Order Forum held over the weekend in Kansas City, MO.  The National Milk Producers Federation, dairy cooperatives, processors, state dairy associations and dairy farmers joined AFBF for the event.  The thr...

The agricultural economy is still quite strong in 2022, but how long will it last?  Nate Kaufman, vice president and Omaha bank executive for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said farm incomes are still in good shape.   “Economic conditions in agriculture are remarkably strong.  And I want to star...

The Kansas City Fed says agricultural credit conditions remained strong in the second quarter, but slower improvement is expected during the months ahead.  Those bankers who responded to the Federal Reserve Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions said farm income continued to increase.  However...

Consumer prices for cereal products as measured by the Consumer Price Index rose about 11% from January through June of 2022 compared to the same time last year.  It’s the largest year-over-year increase during those six months since 1981.  The USDA...

Farm real estate debt at commercial banks grew modestly in the first quarter, while production loans remained steady. The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank said alongside soaring farmland values, real estate loan balances increased at the fastest pace in four years and drove an increase in the overall amount of agricultural lending ...

Agricultural credit conditions improved in the first quarter of 2022, and farm real estate values continued to increase alongside strength in the American farm economy. Following a year of accelerating increases, the value of non-irrigated cropland across much of the country has soared through March of this year ...

Farmland values continued to increase at a rapid pace through the end of 2021. Alongside sustained strength in farm income and credit conditions, the Kansas City Fed said the value of all types of farmland was over 20% higher than last year ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said farm lending activity at commercial banks increased during the first quarter of 2022 due to a significant increase in the size of operating loans. With some input costs surging in recent months, the volume of operating loans increased sharply from a year ago, and non-real estate lending increased on a rolling four-quarter basis for the first time since

Several analysts agree that agriculture and the ag economy has undergone a reset associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and it's impacts. But does that mean a positive economic outlook for ag in 2022 and beyond? "We may not see conditions on '22 be particularly concerning," said Nathan Kauffman of the Federal Reserve in Kansas City ...