McLean County Farm Bureau

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• Farm Machinery Demand Remains Weak as Manufacturers Manage Production
  The U.S. farm machinery and equipment market continues to face weak demand despite some improvement in manufacturing production. Together, these indicators suggest that progress in adjusting production and inventories has not yet translated into a sustained recovery in equipment purchases. A stronger recovery will likely depend on improved farm profitability and greater confidence in committing […]
• Agricultural Conservation: Is Measurement the Missing Link to Increased Investment and Adoption?
  Over the last three decades, there has been substantial change in ag production practices. Currently, information and communication technology-enhanced methods and practices are being developed and tested that have the potential to substantially impact adoption of conservation practices. Could these and their associated advances in measurement foster similar levels of change in the adoption of […]
• 2026 Area Add-On Insurance Purchases by US Farmers
  Over the last two years, administrative actions and the 2025 Farm Bill have raised to 80% the federal premium subsidy rate for area insurance added on top of individual farm insurance. Farmers responded. For the crops that USDA reports a cost of production (barley, corn, cotton, oats, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, wheat), all acres insured […]