Officials from the Farm Credit System testified before a House Ag subcommittee Tuesday, telling the panel the ag lender is so far weathering the farm income difficulties.
Large payouts to farmers under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) are providing help, officials said, but they noted that farm debt has grown some $41 billion in the last three years. The farm bill safety net programs are working as they should, officials said.
USDA next week will update its farm income forecast for 2019 and issue its outlook for 2020 and that is expected to continue to show that government payments are making up a greater share of U.S. farm income. But, conditions remain better than those seen in the 1980s.
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