Roger Cryan

The American Farm Bureau Federation expects a major hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Order this year.  The Federation recently set its policy priorities for the year, at the 2023 AFBF Annual Convention.  The Farm Bureau was armed with the outcome of the AFBF Federal Milk Marketing Order Forum that took place last fall in Kansas City, MO.  AFBF Economist Da...

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 37th annual Thanksgiving Dinner survey, which looks at the cost of the meal for ten, this year’s turkey dinner will cost roughly 20% more than last year, and 36% higher than 2020.  This year’...

Year-over-year consumer inflation in July was 8.5%, down from the 9.1% we saw in June.  The month-over-month inflation was 0%, though that was largely the result of a 4.6% drop in energy prices.  Food prices reported a nearly 11% year over year increase in July, with a 1% month-over-month jump.   ...

The top economist for the American Farm Bureau predicts fuel and fertilizer prices will stay high the next couple of years as commodity prices further squeeze farm margins.  Roger Cryan said input inflation spurring higher interest rates will make farming more expensive, and may stick around into 2024. “...

The American Farm Bureau Federation is out with some dramatic new figures on the toll fuel inflation is taking on producers and consumers.  AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan said the cost of growing food and fiber is soaring. “At the retail level, gasoline is up 50% from a year ago and fuel oil is up 100% from a year ago, quite a high-cost increase for farmers," with diesel up 74% from a year

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Basket Survey, the average cost of a summer cookout for ten people is $69.68, which breaks down to less than $7 per person. AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan said the overall cost for the cookout is up 17% year over year, for a variety of reasons. “One o...

While it may not have been a “normal year”, 2021 was good for farmers, according to American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist Roger Cryan. And Cryan said 2022 is continuing with the “not normal” theme, as issues from the past two years pour into the New Year. “The pandemic is no ...

Ongoing supply chain challenges that have plagued the U.S. economy can be traced back to stay-at-home orders put in place at the start of the pandemic. Dr. Roger Cryan, Chief Economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said consumers clogged supply lanes with purchases of goods rather than services ...