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 …
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
An urgent call has been voiced by European Union dairy farmers to the European Commission to activate a voluntary milk-reduction scheme to help avoid a dairy crisis. With markets flooded with milk, prices are collapsing under the strain, forcing farmers into heavy financial difficulties.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
A huge row recently erupted regarding beef imported into Ireland and other European Union countries from Brazil, because part of the shipment contained banned growth hormones. It’s been confirmed that 128 kilograms of the beef was from animals that had been treated with oestradiol, a growth-…
- 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…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
After several years of trying to curtail the rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease across South Africa, the livestock sector there is now in crisis. South Africa lost its foot-and-mouth-disease-free status in 2019, but is now fighting a severe outbreak that emerged in 2021 and shows no sign…
- 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…
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
A new deal to supply Irish lamb to top-class restaurants across the United States was recently approved and sealed, with the first shipment already landed.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Livestock farmers in Australia recently welcomed the news that President Donald Trump removed trading tariffs on a number of agricultural goods, including beef. The president signed an Executive Order removing the reciprocal tariffs initially placed on a number of agricultural products such …
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
China has imposed additional tariffs of 55 percent on beef imports that are larger than quota levels. It’s a bid to further safeguard China’s own domestic beef production.
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