Farmer attitudes improved in June for the second straight month, but the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer found farmer sentiments far short of what was seen before the coronavirus pandemic. Purdue Extension Economist Jim Mintert said farmers remain worried about COVID-19 and its impact on farm profitability. “However, the improvement that we’ve seem the last couple months I think is tied to the fact that people are a little less worried now than they were back in March.”Forty percent of the respondents in the June survey said they have increased the amount of business conducted online. In response to coronavirus, 53 percent of farmers said there are less likely to attend in-person field days or education programs for the balance of this year.
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