Producers are expressing more concern about the current trade environment in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Professor emeritus Jim Mintert tells Brownfield, “People were much more worried about interest rate policy than trade policy, in fact that was true all the way through 2022 and 2023. After the election that flipped.” He says farmers in this month’s survey […]
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