
U.S. farmers retain optimistic outlook for 2025 despite ag trade uncertainty
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 • 3 PM
Figure 1. Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, October 2015-January 2025.
U.S. farmers retained their post-election optimistic outlook at the start of the new year as the January Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index rose 5 points above a month earlier to a reading of 141.