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• Setting the Holiday Tables: How Do Consumers Say Food Prices Will Affect Their 2025 Holiday Meals?
  The holiday season is in full swing. In this article, we discuss how US consumers say they’re setting their holiday tables this year, using results from the 15th wave of the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, conducted in November 2025. We find that 69% of respondents who typically celebrate a winter holiday meal expect […]
• Should US Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? Selected Import Markets for Soybeans, Meal, and Oil
  This third and final article about Africa as a potential export market for US soybeans discusses four specific country examples - Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania - touching on their imports of soy and soy products, logistics infrastructure, and existing policies on genetically modified soybean imports. The African market presents a very complex landscape. While […]
• The Current Grain Farm Financial Position in a Longer-Term Perspective
  Overall, 2024 was the lowest income year since the 1990s. While profitability currently is low, the liquidity and solvency positions of most grain farms remained strong at the end of 2024. However, continued low profitability will result in deterioration of liquidity and solvency. There is a need to lower operating expenses relative to gross farm […]