Farmers tough -- sentiment improves

October provided a surprising pre-election bounce in farmer sentiment as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index climbed to 115 – that’s 27 points more than in September.The biggest driver of the sentiment improvement was an increase in producer confidence in the future; the Future Expectations Index jumped 30 points to 124. The Current Conditions Index also increased in October but by a smaller amount. With a reading of 95, the Current Conditions Index confirmed t