Farm Economy
The pandemic may be easing, but the job market remains complicated.
Economic stability and growth are returning to rural America.
Have you seen the shift in your area? Once-sleepy farmland prices are awake and shooting higher.
The Rural Mainstreet Index for March soared to a record-high 71.9. March represents the fifth time in the past six months the index climbed above growth neutral.
The strength and timing of the economic recovery are contingent on three uncertain factors.
The effects are already visible, with declining French barley exports to China and the U.S. struggling to sell corn for the new season.