Administrative Publication No. (AP-118) 34 pp

September 2023

COVID-19 Working Paper: The Evolution of U.S. Farm Sector Profitability Forecasts in 2020

by Tatiana Borisova, Carrie Litkowski, Jonathan Law, and Okkar Mandalay

This report discusses the evolution of the 2020 farm sector income forecasts, illustrating how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and related economic uncertainty affected the forecasts.

How to Cite:

Borisova, T., Litkowski, C., Law, J., & Mandalay, O. (2023). The evolution of U.S. farm sector profitability forecasts in 2020 (Report No. AP-118). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2023.8134357.ers

Keywords: farm sector, calendar year forecast, estimate, archive, deviation, absolute percent deviation, COVID-19, net cash farm income, net farm income

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