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Farm Economics, with the source dates attached.

Crop budgets, breakevens, feed margins, input pressure, insurance context, and farm income signals. See what is current, what is latest available, and what still needs local confirmation.

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Updated 2026-09-04. Missing observations stay visibly unavailable.

Latest available

Current readings

PPI - All Commodities (ag input cost proxy)national · 2026-07-01 · fred
284.1 index
PPI - Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicalsnational · 2026-07-01 · fred
460.1 index

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Sources behind Farm Economics

Cadence and latest run are shown plainly. Cataloged does not mean a current observation exists.

State Extension Crop BudgetsLand-grant university extension programs · Annual/Seasonal · availability probe
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Monitors source availability; no market observation is ingested from this lane yet.

Last completed 2026-09-03T06:03:58.051681+00:00
USDA RMA Crop Insurance PricesUSDA Risk Management Agency · Annual/Seasonal · static fallback
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May use a dated published fallback when the primary public pull is unavailable.

Last completed 2026-09-03T06:02:35.306765+00:00
USDA ERS Agricultural BaselineUSDA Economic Research Service · Annual/Reference · availability probe
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Monitors source availability; no market observation is ingested from this lane yet.

Last completed 2026-09-03T06:03:44.059053+00:00
USDA AMS Livestock and Dairy PricesUSDA Agricultural Marketing Service · Daily/Weekly · observation
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Ingests normalized market, weather, logistics, policy, or economic observations.

live cattle, feeder cattle, hog, dairy and feed-margin context

Last completed 2026-09-03T06:04:23.318834+00:00
FRED Market SeriesFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · Daily/Monthly · observation
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Ingests normalized market, weather, logistics, policy, or economic observations.

fertilizer PPI, natural gas, crude oil, diesel proxies

Last completed 2026-09-03T06:01:29.065487+00:00
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