No matter where you travel across the country right now farmers share similar concerns. The latest Ag Economy Barometer fell to its lowest reading since July 2020 as the input situation weighs heavy.
What compelled a farmer to drive 1,800 miles in dead winter atop an open-cab tractor and rage against the political machine? Family, country and a desperate love of agriculture.
Drought-stricken Montana saw the largest percentage change in total cattle and calves, down 10.2% from last year, or 250,000. Several states lost more than 5%, including the Dakotas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
