The monthly survey of farmers’ financial mood finds they are holding steady.
The survey is conducted by Purdue university with support from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Seventy per cent of farmers in the United States said they believe farm policies are headed in the right direction. That's no change from August.
For three months in a row, farmers expectations for profits this year declined slightly by three points to 88.
The survey on expectations for farmland prices fell for the fourth month in a row, this time by six points to 106.
The overall combined index rose one point to 126 – i.e. no real change.
