{"id":7285,"date":"2026-07-22T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:04:42","slug":"federal-reserve-beige-book-summary-on-the-ag-sector-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/2026\/07\/22\/federal-reserve-beige-book-summary-on-the-ag-sector-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve Beige Book Summary on the Ag Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#RightRisk #RiskInAg #AgRiskMgt<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_001\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 350px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/rightrisk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RRNR_20260722_RRNewsrelease.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-001\" title=\"RightRisk Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/rightrisk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/RRNR_20260722_RRNewsrelease_FCBK.png\" alt=\"Graphic of RightRisk Media Post\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Get an update on the agricultural sector by the Federal Reserve in the RightRisk Newsrelease at: <a href=\"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/category\/rightrisk-news-release\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RightRisk.org\/news<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nECONOMIC ACTIVITY increased at a slight to moderate pace in eleven of twelve Federal Reserve Districts in late May and June, while one District reported no change. The pace of growth was quite close to that of last period, when activity expanded in ten Districts, was flat in one, and down in one. Consumer spending edged up as higher prices, particularly for fuel, dampened sales in other categories. Several Districts noted declines in spending on discretionary items or trading down to more affordable varieties. Tourism was up, with some Districts receiving a boost from World Cup visitors. Auto dealers reported little change in sales, but spending on repairs grew as consumers held onto vehicles for longer. Agricultural conditions deteriorated due to lower commodity prices, higher input costs, and tighter credit &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#RightRisk #RiskInAg #AgRiskMgt Get an update on the agricultural sector by the Federal Reserve in the RightRisk Newsrelease at: RightRisk.org\/news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ag-finance-update","category-rightrisk-news-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7287,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285\/revisions\/7287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}