At their January meeting, the Federal Reserve did not cut rates, leaving farmers feeling squeezed by their operating loans.

As we head into 2025, many farm operations are coming off a relatively poor profit year in 2024. Some farmers had very small profit levels last year, while others had extremely poor results in 2024.

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The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has disclosed that more than 70 percent of loans by farmers are yet to be returned due to the fragmentation of the agricultural sector that stalls ...

Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. (Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota ...