Source:  SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/22/18

Expect strong U.S. consumer confidence, an expanding global economy and persistent economic recovery in many rural areas, but temper that optimism with another year of on-farm belt tightening due to lingering financial stress from low commodity prices, says a wide-ranging 2018 outlook report, “The Year Ahead: Forces that will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy in 2018,” from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division.:”

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