Economy Barometer

Not much movement in the November Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer with a reading of 102 for the month, unchanged from October. The national average gas price fell 15.8 cents over the last week.

A coalition of ag groups seeks Senate consideration of shipping reforms. Specifically, they hope the Senate considers the House-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, or similar legislation.

The pandemic has effected sales at retail nurseries and garden centers. Sales of landscaping plants have slumped, but sales of vegetables, fruit trees have skyrocketed.

The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is starting work on two surveys this fall on vegetable’s and farm management resources. For both the Vegetable Chemical Use Survey and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey NASS will collect the data through in-person interviews...