An associate professor with Ohio State University says farm income is expected to increase this year for the first time in four years.
Ani Katchova says there are many reasons for the forecasted increase.
“Commodity prices have stabilized and, especially from last year, we’re expecting to see some sale of inventory,” she says. “This is mixed news for some of the commodities- crops are stable to slightly increasing, whereas we see a large improvement to livestock.”
She tells Brownfield farm assets and equity is also expected to improve.
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