Farm Income and Safety Net Updates with Brad Lubben

13/05/2021 14 min

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Episode Synopsis

With Brad Lubben, associate professor and extension policy specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
As commodity prices have risen in recent months, so have farm income expectations, driven by these rebounds in market prices as well as recent government assistance paid to cover losses associated with weather disasters, trade conflicts and COVID-19 disruptions. A new article on our website, farm.unl.edu, offers analysis of farm income and safety net programs to provide insight on the current ag economy and potential directions for ag policy and farm economics.

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