USDA’s Outlook Forum Looks To Cover A Variety Of Topics This Year

This is the USDA's 98th year hosting the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum.

"We will obviously talk about current market conditions, livestock, dairy, poultry, grains, oil seeds," said USDA chief economist Seth Meyer. "All the important factors in here.  What the market looks like and what production might look like in the coming year.

"This year will be very interesting in terms of the outlook for acreage for the coming year.  We'll talk about things like rising relative input costs, is the increase, perhaps, in fertilizer expenditures shifting acres between corn and beans."

Other issues include supply chain challenges and demand.​

"I think we'll hit all those important topics which are on our constituents minds.  Everything from the producers input costs to get the crop in the ground, to consumers' purchase costs when they go to the grocery store."

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