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  • Ag lenders across different regions of the country see producer profitability declining in 2024 and 2025. The ninth annual survey of agricultural lenders shows they anticipate 42% of their farmer borrowers this year will not be profitable. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    Bankers See Ag Profit, Loan Concerns

    A decline in producer profitability overall concerns bankers, though that varies by region and commodities. Lenders to livestock producers are more optimistic than bankers lending to crop producers. Overall, lenders also are concerned producers' credit will deteriorate in...

  • Ed Elfmann (left), senior vice president for Agricultural and Rural Banking with the American Bankers Association, talks to Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, at the Ag Bankers Conference in Milwaukee. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)

    AFBF: Disaster Relief a Priority

    The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging Congress to prioritize a disaster and economic aid package for farmers over passing a new farm bill, citing urgent financial needs and expected delays in policy implementation.

  • A picture is worth a thousand words. One look at the current CPI readings compared to the 1970s, and it's vividly clear why some are concerned about a repeat, especially given the crushing interest rate increases required to halt the advance. (DTN chart; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis data)

    Canada Markets

    The message U.S. Treasury markets are trying to send us is still not certain, but the field of likely possibilities has narrowed. Recent developments suggest we better brush up on our 1970s inflation cycle history lesson.

Ag Interest Rate

DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
TODAY - LAST YEAR
as of: 11/14/24 11/14/23
BENCHMARKS
Prime Rate 7.75 8.25
30-Day Libor 5.19
1-Year Libor 5.91
10-Yr. Treasury 4.48 3.73
CCC Loan Rate 5.125 5.750
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