Posts By: Betsy Urso

AgWeb As Interest Rates Rise, Beware of Increased Delinquency Rates By: Ashley Davenport The Federal Reserve was in action Wednesday and raised the key interest rate up 0.25 percent to 1.75 percent. This is the highest level it’s been since 2008. Former chair of the Fed, Janet Yellen, left her position in February, and this… Read more »

AgWeb 4 Drags on Farmland Values By: Sara Schafer The average value of farm real estate increased by 47% between 2009 and 2017, according to the 2018 U.S. Baseline Outlook compiled by Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri. Average U.S. farmland values are expected to soften over the next… Read more »

AgWeb Farmer Mac: Cautious Optimism on the Farm Economy By: Ashley Davenport South America’s weather problems have given U.S. farmers a reason to show more enthusiasm about prices. This price rally In grains is “beneficial from a cash flow perspective” to Jackson Takach, economist with Farmer Mac. “Excellent for the economy, excellent for the farm… Read more »

Choices Magazine, a publication of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Farmers Aren’t Immune to Interest Rate Risk: A Duration Gap Analysis of Farm Balance Sheets Jackson Takach Jackson Takach, (jtakach@farmermac.com), is Director of Economic and Financial Research, Farmer Mac. Acknowledgments: The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the… Read more »

Choices Magazine, a publication of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 1st Quarter 2018 • 33(1) Understanding Farmland Values in a Changing Interest Rate Environment Bruce J. Sherrick Bruce J. Sherrick (sherrick@illinois.edu) holds the Fruin Professorship in Farmland Economics and is Director of the TIAA Center for Farmland Research, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University… Read more »

Choices Magazine, a publication of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 1st Quarter 2018 • 33(1) How Sensitive is the Farm Sector’s Ability to Repay Debt to Rising Interest Rates? Ryan Kuhns and Kevin Patrick Ryan Kuhns (rkuhns@farmermac.com) is an Economist at Farmer Mac. Kevin Patrick (Kevin.Patrick@nass.usda.gov) is a Statistician at the United States Department of… Read more »

Choices Magazine, a publication of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 1st Quarter 2018 • 33(1) Monetary Policy and Agricultural Commodity Prices: It’s All Relative Jason Henderson Jason Henderson (jhenderson@purdue.edu) is Associate Dean and Director of Extension, Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. U.S. macroeconomic policy is in transition. After the recent “Great Recession,” the Federal… Read more »