COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) — U.S. farmers show concern about the future as the costs of the things they buy and the uncertainty of the wider economy take some of the shine off current commodity prices.
That was the common thread from the latest DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index survey, conducted in mid and late November.
The current Agriculture Confidence Index is 99. While regarded as neutral, that index number is down 18 points from pre-harvest levels and down 47 points from optimism of November 2020. Farmers specifically voiced concerns about input costs and inflation in a series of questions that were added to the typical DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index survey.
Read more from DTN/The Progressive Farmer: https://www.mydtn.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2021/12/07/dtnthe-progressive-farmer-confidence
