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347. Farm Credit Mid-America's Natasha Cox on the speed of change + prioritizing smart bets for innovators and farmers alike
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:26:30
Publish Date: 2025-02-17 10:00:00
Description:

New data from USDA shares that net cash farm income decreased roughly 3.5% from 2023 into 2024 and we’re looking at inflation adjusted numbers. But here’s the piece of the silver lining that may be untold: that number – net cash farm income – is still above average when we look at the last 20 years from USDA data. This week, Natasha Cox, Senior Vice President of Farm Credit Mid-America, joins us to help make sense of the numbers, what it means to producers and to the broader agbioscience economy. We get into:  

  • The macro perspective on the health of farm balance sheets across the Midwest 
  • Big trends that she’s looking at from a financial health standpoint of farms and agribusinesses 
  • Consolidation – from both the farmer and innovator perspective – as a factor in the economic system of agriculture in the US 
  • New investments being made on farm or within agribusinesses to better connect to the end market of food is health 
  • Natasha’s perspective as a farmer and how she prioritizes where to place her bets for her operations 
  • The criticality of surrounding yourself with good partners, knowing your options when it comes to strategic planning and investments and asking the right questions for your operations or business 
  • The innovation she’s most excited about in 2025 
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