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The nation’s producers are feeling a little better about the state of farm finances but are still a little worried about the prices they’ll receive for their commodities, and those they will have to pay for important inputs in the next year.

Farmers are increasingly worried about their current and future financial health, according to the latest monthly Ag Economy Barometer sponsored by Purdue University and the CME Group.

Producers across the country are in the most pessimistic about the farm economy since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers and ranchers are increasingly worried about supplies of key inputs for the upcoming growing season, lowering a measure of producer sentiment to the lowest point since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers' outlook improved modestly last month ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but growers remain worried about soaring input costs, according to a monthly survey.

A majority of consumers blame pandemic-related disruptions for the sharp rise in meat prices that has taken place over the past two years, according to a new Purdue University survey.

Producers offered an optimistic opinion for their current economic expectations while painting a more cautious picture of their future standing in a monthly report out Tuesday.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag economy barometer fell in November, as producers expressed concerns about growing production costs and fluctuating commodity prices, according to a release.