From Real Time Economics:
On the other hand we may have a tell for the next USDA report.A big part of the increase in the unemployment rate in April, notes UBS securities economist Drew Matus, was the shedding of 164,000 agricultural workers. (As noted in this earlier post, these workers don’t show up in the establishment figures.) One reason why that might be: Farmers have been slower than usual to plant crops like corn this year.As a result, Mr. Matus says he expects the drop in the unemployment rate “will be a temporary one as the volatility in agricultural workers could easily reverse next month.”
