Farmers are more optimistic about their farms’ financial performance this year, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
Jim Mintert, director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, tells Brownfield “I think that’s reflective of the fact that as farmers have taken a look at their current income statements reflecting the idea that they were able to sell 2021 crop inventories at some pretty good prices, probably better than they expected.