An ag economist says the positives in the ag economy are outweighing the negatives and likely will for the rest of the year.

Ag Economic Insights co-founder David Widmar tells Brownfield while the cost of production for most ag goods are rising…

“It’s still a lower cost structure,” he said. “So, there are strong profits because the costs of production have been slow – they’ve lagged, the commodity price increase, we also have very strong government payments,” he said.

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