Producer sentiment held steady in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
Jim Mintert is the director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture.
“You look under the hood though and there was some change,” he says. “People were a little less optimistic about current conditions whereas the index of future expectations rose.”
The overall Ag Economy Barometer was 178. The Index of Future Expectations rose five points to 169 and the Index of Current Conditions fell 7 points to 195.
