Thursday 28th August 2025

Uncertainty in the agriculture industry is reflected in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Jim Mintert, director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, tells Brownfield “we have the rise in farm input costs, breakevens are climbing dramatically, and even though commodity prices are at elevated levels for crops in particular the cost side of the equation is causing a lot of consternation among producers. It’s a lot about this uncertainty.

   

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