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Ag producers in worst 3-month cost-price gap since 2015, new USDA data shows

  • Late 2025 marked the most severe three-month cost-price gap for agriculture producers since 2015, according to USDA data released on January 30.
  • U.S. farmers have faced a cost deficit every month since at least January 2015, based on Investigate Midwest's analysis of federal price indexes.
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that farm costs have consistently exceeded prices received for over a decade.
  • In October, the gap reached-34.1, indicating the largest deficit between farm costs and prices received in more than a decade.
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Ag producers in worst 3-month cost-price gap since 2015, new USDA data shows

Late 2025 marked the most severe three-month stretch in more than a decade for the gap between what agriculture producers pay to operate and what they receive in return, according to an analysis of USDA data released Friday, Jan. 30. The latest data builds on a pattern that’s existed for years: U.S. farmers have faced a cost deficit every month since at least January 2015, according to an Investigate Midwest analysis of federal price indexes. Da…

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