The Cost of Raising a Child and 2017 Farm Economy Outlook
If you’ve been blessed with starting a family in recent years, a fair warning that it’s going to cost you.
That's apparent from USDA's latest “Cost of Raising a Child” report, which estimates that for a child born in 2015, a middle-income married couple will spend $233,610 (in 2015 dollars) on child-rearing expenses until the child turns 18...