Tag: economy
5 tips to recognize and deal with farm stress
With low prices affecting most grain and livestock operations, it’s easy to find yourself financially stressed. Here are tips from experts to manage it.
Farmers learn to cope with financial stress
During a farm financial stress workshop, experts outlined a number of ways farmers can cope with this difficult time in their lives.
Ag barometer points toward tough times
A survey of U.S. farmers finds many are concerned about the current and future commodity markets.
Ag trade remains a huge part of farm economy
For better or worse, the U.S. farm economy is deeply tied to trade.
Stress management during tough financial times on the farm
There is no doubt the production agriculture sector is going through a tough financial period. In particular, low crop prices and low milk prices are severely impacting row crop and dairy producers.
This is what ‘feed the world’ looks like today in the...
We may still feed part of the world, but it’s more likely we’ll do it to honor a contract, not our conscience. This should not be news to anyone who has been paying attention.
Oil and gas downturn may not be all bad
The oil and gas slow down in the United States may provide the chance to get ready for the next boom in the shale region.
China sees woe, US ag sees red
Three weeks into calendar year 2016, however, key elements in China's economy -- its wildly speculative stock markets, less-than-transparent currency, sagging heavy industries -- have gone boom.
We knew this was coming, right?
All of agriculture is a cycle, reminds Editor Susan Crowell in her column this week. And we knew the current economic downturn was coming, right?
Farm equipment manufacturers optimistic about continued sales growth
Manufacturers of agricultural machinery are optimistic about near-term business expectations in most parts of the world.
