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2020 was a remarkable year for the nursery, sod, and greenhouse industries. After initial disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, customer demand for lawn and garden products surged, and sales were generally up overall for the green industry. Entering 2021, there is optimism, but a great deal of uncertainty as well. Dr. Charlie Hall of Texas A&M University gave a 2021 outlook.

Farm Credit East hosted a green industry outlook webinar March 18, 2020. Dr. Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University, presented an overview of the general U.S. economy, talked about consumer trends and gave an overall forecast for the coming year's nursery, greenhouse and landscape sectors.

The New York Farm Viability Institute held the second of four sessions exploring the factors that influence a farmer’s decision to adopt a new practice. This session included a presentation by Cornell’s Dr. Terence Robinson about the transformation of New York’s apple orchards as well as results from a grower survey.

Farm Credit East’s Northeast Dairy Farm Summary is the most comprehensive economic analysis of the region’s dairy industry. The 2020 edition marks the 41st year of the report, which looks at the financial results of 204 Northeast dairy farms. Chris Laughton, editor of the report, reviewed and discussed the year that was for dairy. Jeremy Forrett, manager of Crop Growers LLP, discussed risk management options for current market conditions, and finally, Catherine de Ronde, of Agri-Mark delivered a price and market outlook for the second half of 2021.

Farm Credit East hosted a discussion with Dr. Chris Wolf, Cornell University, in which he reviewed dairy markets in 2022, as well as provided an outlook for 2023. Wolf gave an overview of the economy, changes to milk production and sales, dairy markets around the world and other factors that may influence the coming year for dairy producers in the Northeast.

As we begin a new year, producers need forecasts and strategies in order to solidify their 2023 risk management strategies. Crop Growers LLP, in conjunction with Watts & Associates Economic Consultants, are hosting a webinar providing a market outlook, March 15 Farm Bill decisions and ERP payments.

While Northeast businesses and employees have benefited from loans approved through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the second critical step is to achieve maximum forgiveness of the loan. Farm Credit East hosted a webinar on July 23, to provide a top-to-bottom guide on preparing for PPP loan forgiveness.

2021 was a remarkable year for the nursery, sod and greenhouse industries. After initial disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, customer demand for lawn and garden products surged, and sales were generally up overall for the green industry. As we enter 2022, there is optimism, but a great deal of uncertainty as well. Dr. Charlie Hall, of Texas A&M University, gave an overview of the Green Industry outlook for 2022.

Farm Credit East hosted a webinar August 7 that reviewed the 2019 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary and looked at how dairy farms are doing as of mid-2020.