The February Farm Income Forecast, showing net farm income, a broad measure of profits, at $136.9 billion in calendar year 2023, a decrease of $25.9 billion, or 15.9% from last year.
2020 was a pretty good year for retail potato sales, according to Potatoes USA data showing retail potato dollar sales for all categories increased 16% over 2019.
Virtual events and e-commerce have become more important to wineries during the pandemic, and agricultural business experts say wineries have been working to transition their marketing plans.
The USDA Economic Research Service updated their net farm income forecast for 2019, now expects net farm income to increase $4.0 billion or 4.8% from 2018 to $88 billion.
The U.S. and Guatemala are working on a program to boost H-2A workers from that country, to stem what the Department of Homeland Security calls irregular migration patterns.
The Wisconsin Dept of Ag reports the loss of another 212 dairy farms in the first quarter of 2019. On April 1, the number of licensed dairy farms in Wisconsin stood at 7,898.