Farmers are cautiously optimistic about the ag economy, according to the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
Jim Mintert is the survey’s principal investigator and director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture.
“(The results) are kind of interesting given the volatility that we’ve experienced in both weather conditions and prices, but we saw that kind of improvement and people are a little optimistic and that spilled over into other areas of the barometer,” he says.
Farmers cautiously optimistic about the ag economy despite volatility
