By: Skye Root
January 13, 2026
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General
Recent USDA data highlights a growing imbalance producers are feeling every day in the field. By October 2025, the Prices Paid Index climbed to 154.6, while the Prices Received Index fell to 120.5. Put simply: • It now costs producers ~50% more to grow crops than it did in 2011 • Yet commodity prices are… Producer’s Seeing Negative Variance in Commodity Prices vs. Growing Costs
