Farm bankruptcies on the rise--COVID 19
Idaho Farm Bureau's Podcast
English - August 05, 2020 03:00 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsNews idahofarmbureaupodcast idahoagriculture idahocattle idahofarms Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Washington—Farm bankruptcies continue to rise, but the rate of new filings is slowing. Chad Smith says bankruptcy filings up eight percent from last year.
The Senate introduced legislation last week that includes additional coronavirus relief funding for the Department of Agriculture. Funding that’ll help farmers and ranchers.
Consolidation in the dairy industry has been ongoing for some time and with related trends the recent focus of USDA economic research. Rod Bain reports.