Producers optimistic about farm performance expectations for ’22 and ‘23

Producers optimistic about farm performance expectations for ’22 and ‘23

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.

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