Data Harvest Ag producers in worst 3-month cost-price gap since 2015, new USDA data shows The analysis of federal price indexes also shows agricultural producers have consistently paid more to operate than they have received in return, with costs outpacing prices in every month since at least 2015. By Lauren Cross, Investigate Midwest / 30 Jan 2026
Data Harvest The gap between farm costs and prices received hits a decade high U.S. farmers are facing one of the widest gaps in a decade between what they pay to produce food and what they earn from selling it. New USDA data By Lauren Cross, Investigate Midwest / 29 Dec 2025
