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Economists in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment shared their predictions for the Kentucky agriculture and forest economies during the annual Kentucky Farm Bureau meeting.  University of Kentucky agricultural economists are predicting the state’s 2021 agricultural receipts will exceed $6.7 billion. If realized, this will be a new record, surpassing the previous record of $6.5 billion in 2014 and the $5.5 billion average over the past five years. They expect net farm income to approach $2.5 billion, which is the highest since 2013. 

University economists say Kentucky agriculture appears poised to reap record-setting cash receipts this year. The University of Kentucky ag economists said

Reconciliation bill includes $28 billion for conservation, $2 billion for ag research and $12 billion for farmer debt relief.  

Even more rare are MacArthur Fellows with ties to farming and food. Before this year, only 12 or one percent of all grantees, have had any connection to agriculture.

We seem impervious to the clarifying truth that our relentless focus on the bottom line is dragging us to the bottom.