Key Takeaways
- Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Brazil is projected to produce a record 6.5 billion bushels of soybeans in the 2025-2026 crop season, while farm margins should decline to their worst level in almost two decades. Depressed soybean prices, increased production costs and weak port premiums have compressed profitability for Br…
- Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
U.S. livestock producers have benefited from stronger market conditions but crop producers continue to face tighter margins. Results from the February 2026 Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer survey provide insight into how those differences are influencing producer sentiment, g…
- James Mintert and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment improved in February; the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index increased from 113 points in January to 116. The Current Conditions Index increased by 11 points, while the Future Expectations Index decreased 1 point. The Future Expectations Index this month …
- James Mintert and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment weakened sharply in January as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index decreased from 136 in December 2025 to 113 in January 2026. The Current Conditions Index decreased 19 points while the Future Expectations Index decreased 25 points. Among the five indi…
- Josie Garthwaite Stanford University
A sweeping new analysis finds that warming global temperatures will dampen the world’s capacity to produce food from most staple crops, even after accounting for economic development and adaptation by farmers. New research offers the most comprehensive look yet at how global crop yields are …
- James Mintert and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment weakened slightly in December; the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index decreased just 3 points in December to a reading of 136. Weakness in the barometer was attributable to a modest decline in producer long-term outlook; the Future Expectations Index decr…
- Tom Halverson CoBank
One of the great challenges in predicting the performance of the rural economy is the fact that it’s configured so differently from the rest of the economy in the United States. The urban economy is almost 10 times the size of its rural counterpart. In addition, many key drivers of rural gro…
- Lourival Monaco, Joana Colussi and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
The U.S. agricultural-export scenario has experienced a transformation in 2025, with diversification of export destinations emerging as an important factor for both the corn and soybean markets. Analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture export data through October 2025 shows distinct patter…
- Harkirat Kaur, Thierno Diallo and Derek Donnelly University of Wisconsin
Corn agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Department Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences has marked the 53rd year of successful corn-hybrid performance-evaluation trials. Hybrid-performance evaluation is critical to hybrid selection, which is a critical decision because it influences the yie…
- James Mintert and Michael Langemeier Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index climbed to 139 in November, 10 points better than in October and the best barometer reading since June of this year. The improvement in farmer sentiment was attributable to producers’ more-optimistic outlook for the future. The Novem…
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