Animal welfare regulations for poultry and pigs are estimated to reduce net farm income by 38 and 6 percent respectively. (fao.org)
This is not surprising, as one piece of independent research concluded that on present trends, the average net farm income in 2017 would be zero. (theguardian.com)
Amid generally high commodity prices, they have been extracting more dollars for their products and collecting higher profits: realized net farm income stood at $ 4.5 billion in 2010, up 46 % from the previous year. (canadianbusiness.com)