VanessaHow do you think the outlook, uh, how do you think your farmers are feeling right now?

Um, the, the, the change in optimism, um, since July 1, I mean, I, I'd probably call it drastic just 'cause we had, um, you know, really two or three years of, you know, pretty, um, gloom earnings and profitability.

Um, and, and farmers, while they may gripe and complain a lot, and I can say that as a part-time one myself, um, they're naturally optimistic.

Farmers are, are naturally optimistic, and I just feel a lot more optimism now than we did, um, earlier on this summer.

Mike, welcome back to the program.

Welcome.

It's been a while.

Of course, I've been here 35 years, the college.

Ryan Painter, Edward Jones financial advisor?

Yeah.

Uh, what I love about farmers is, um, you know, they're, they're the best people.

They're passionate, they're patriotic, they're hardworking, and those are easy people to root for.

And so I love working with farmers, love to see success in farmers.

Um, the one little bit I'll add here is just, um, don't forget risk.

Um, we have a 2% inflation goal from the Fed, and so they are

Professor Connell?