The American Farm Bureau Federation has calculated crop- and rangeland-damage estimates since 2021 to provide a window into the impacts of natural disasters on domestic food production. This Market Intel updates total crop-loss estimates across major weather events for 2024. Federation methodologies changed between 2023 and 2024 to cover more cause-of-loss types. Therefore totals between years are not directly comparable. The methodology for those calculations is described at the end of this article.
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Daniel Munch
Daniel Munch is an associate economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel. Visit www.fb.org/market-intel for more information.





