| Declining commodity prices weighed on U.S. farmer sentiment during August, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Producer sentiment fell 17 points between July and August to 95, the largest one-month decline since November 2015.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer is a nationwide measure of the health of the U.S. agricultural economy. On the first Tuesday of each month, the Ag Economy Barometer provides a sense of the agricultural economy’s health with an index value. The index is based on a survey of 400 agricultural producers on economic sentiment each month...............................................Full Article: Source
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