2016 Election

While farmer frustration with the Trump Administration continues to grow because of the trade war with China, he still seems to have their support.  Bloomberg says support for the president bounced back this year, with 67% of farmers in a Farm Futures Survey saying they’ll support his re-election in 2020.  That num...

The Ag Economy Barometer dropped again in May.  The barometer reading of 101 was 14 points lower than a month earlier and was the lowest barometer reading since October 2016.  For the second month in a row, the decline in farmer sentiment was attributable to big declines in both the Index of Current Conditions, which fell from 99 in April to 84 in May, and the Index of Future Expectations, which f