AOA - May 4th, 2023

Thursday's AOA began with Economist Matt Clark of Terrain to discuss the health of the rural economy more broadly as summer 2023 approaches. Alan Bjerga, SVP of Communications at the National Milk Producers Federation next explained the dairy industries goal by updating the Federal Milk Marketing Orders for the first time in over 20 years. Dr. Jim Mintert, Director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University joined us for an update on the Ag Economy Barometer. Dennis Smith of Archer Financial Services closed out the show with a look at the pullback in the cattle industry.