farm economy

North American growers are entering spring with a survival mindset as million-dollar combines get passed over, $100,000 implements look more realistic and machinery buying shifts from wants to needs in one of the grimmest sales seasons seen in years.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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April 6, 2026

North American farmers are slamming the brakes on big machinery buys as a potentially profitless 2026 growing season nears, with March tractor and combine sales down 30% to 40% and million-dollar machines suddenly looking impossible to justify.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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April 5, 2026

A fresh USDA prices bombshell is turning heads across farm country after February beef cattle soared to $239.00 per cwt, hogs climbed to $65.90, soybeans reached $10.60 and the overall Prices Received Index surged 12% in just one month.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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April 1, 2026

A huge U.S. crop shift is brewing as analysts say the Iran war could push corn plantings down to 94.371 million acres while soybeans jump to 85.549 million, turning the March 31 USDA report into one of the wildest farm market moments of 2026.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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March 31, 2026

The 2026 FAPRI outlook is turning heads because it sees row-crop profits staying under pressure even as cattle producers cash in on record returns, with new uncertainty from Middle East energy and fertilizer shocks hanging over the whole picture

By Juan Manuel Garro

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March 30, 2026

A major White House farm announcement just landed as Trump offered SBA-backed loan guarantees to farmers and food suppliers while saying $12 billion in aid is already flowing, even though recent farm losses have climbed past $30 billion.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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March 29, 2026

America’s spring planting outlook just got a lot messier after the February 28 start of the Iran war rattled fertilizer markets, leaving traders bracing for fewer corn acres, more soybeans and spring wheat plantings at the lowest level since 1970.

By Juan Manuel Garro

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March 29, 2026

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farm economy

North American growers are entering spring with a survival mindset as million-dollar combines get passed over, $100,000 implements look more realistic and machinery buying shifts from wants to needs in one of the grimmest sales seasons seen in years.

North American farmers are slamming the brakes on big machinery buys as a potentially profitless 2026 growing season nears, with March tractor and combine sales down 30% to 40% and million-dollar machines suddenly looking impossible to justify.

A fresh USDA prices bombshell is turning heads across farm country after February beef cattle soared to $239.00 per cwt, hogs climbed to $65.90, soybeans reached $10.60 and the overall Prices Received Index surged 12% in just one month.

A huge U.S. crop shift is brewing as analysts say the Iran war could push corn plantings down to 94.371 million acres while soybeans jump to 85.549 million, turning the March 31 USDA report into one of the wildest farm market moments of 2026.

The 2026 FAPRI outlook is turning heads because it sees row-crop profits staying under pressure even as cattle producers cash in on record returns, with new uncertainty from Middle East energy and fertilizer shocks hanging over the whole picture

A major White House farm announcement just landed as Trump offered SBA-backed loan guarantees to farmers and food suppliers while saying $12 billion in aid is already flowing, even though recent farm losses have climbed past $30 billion.

America’s spring planting outlook just got a lot messier after the February 28 start of the Iran war rattled fertilizer markets, leaving traders bracing for fewer corn acres, more soybeans and spring wheat plantings at the lowest level since 1970.

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Ground beef hit $6.86/lb in March, and ranchers say prices won’t fall soon

Corn doubled to 25% in one week, the fastest spring planting surge in years

The House froze Tuesday and a King’s visit made everything worse

Phosphate up 200%, nitrogen up 30%: Rollins bets big on US fertilizer

$9.6 billion sent to farmers, and all 9 major crops are still losing money