The former chief economist for USDA says crop farmers are stuck in tight margins and are looking for a way out. “I’m not sure I’ve got a happy message,” Seth Meyer said, “which is I’m not sure what the catalyst is.” Meyer, who currently works as the director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research […]
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