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New forecast: Farm earnings to plunge without additional aid

06/10/20 6:40 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS beef broilers cattle chicken corn cotton ethanol fapri farm income hogs pork soybeans wheat
Farm earnings are likely to fall sharply this year despite the $16 billion in COVID-19 assistance payments now being distributed, and farmers’ income is likely to drop again in 2021 without additional government aid, according to a widely followed forecast of the agricultural economy.
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