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Farmer Sentiment Improves, Producers Still Concerned About Rising Costs, Inflation – Ag Barometer Sep 12, 2022
Farmer sentiment improved in August as the Purdue-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index rose 14 points above its July reading to 117. The rise in the overall measure of agricultural producer sentiment […]
Slight Increase in Producer Sentiment Despite Rising Costs, Lower Prices – Ag Barometer Aug 5, 2022
The Purdue-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer sentiment index rose 6 points in July to a reading of 103. Producers in this month’s survey were somewhat more optimistic about both current and future […]
Farmer Sentiment Remains Weak, Crop Producers Contemplating Acreage Shifts in 2023 – Ag Barometer Jul 5, 2022
Farmer sentiment remained weak in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell to a reading of 97, 2 points below its May reading. During June farmers were a bit […]
Farmer Sentiment Plummets As Production Costs Skyrocket – Ag Barometer Jun 8, 2022
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer plummeted in May to a reading of just 99, the weakest farmer sentiment reading since April 2020. The May 2022 barometer reading marked just the 9th time since data collection began […]
Producer Sentiment Improves With Commodity Prices; High Cost Inflation a Worry – Ag Barometer May 4, 2022
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer improved in April to a reading of 121, which was 8 points higher than a month earlier. Despite this month’s increase, the ag sentiment index […]
Farmer Sentiment Rises During Commodity Price Rally; Production Cost Concerns – Ag Barometer Mar 1, 2022
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 6 points in February to 125, matching the sentiment index’s reading from December. A more optimistic view of future conditions pushed the sentiment measure […]
Ag Economy: Producers Concerned About Rising Costs, Supply Chain Disruptions – Ag Barometer Feb 2, 2022
Farmer sentiment weakened in January as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer declined 6 points to 119, down from 125 a month earlier. This month’s decline leaves the barometer just three […]
Farmer Sentiment Rises on Strengthening Current Financial Position – Ag Barometer Jan 4, 2022
For only the second time since May, the Ag Economy Barometer rose in December. This month’s index climbed to a reading of 125, 9 points higher than in November. Both the Index of […]
Farmer Sentiment Weakens as Production Cost Concerns Mount – Ag Barometer Dec 7, 2021
The Ag Economy Barometer slipped to a reading of 116 in November, down 5 points from October and 30% lower than in November 2020 when the barometer stood at 167. Once again, […]
Ag Economy: Farmer Sentiment Declines Sharply, Remains Bullish on Farmland Values – Ag Barometer Jun 3, 2021
The Ag Economy Barometer declined 20 points in May to 158 which is the lowest barometer reading since September 2020 when the index stood at 156. Both the Index of Current Conditions and the Index […]
