We were a “one café” town. Not only did my hometown not have a stop light, but it only had one café at a time….

Hot temps in August rally soybean prices The month of August could not have started any better for U.S. soybean farmers with cooler than average…

A major crack appeared in a roller coaster’s support beam last month. The tallest roller coaster in North America was shut down after a dad…

Fed dodging bullets Monthly Consumer Price Index numbers for this month revealed a 0.2% increase month on month for both CPI and core CPI matching…

The blue homemade sign wired to the tree said, “25 MPH” in bold black letters. It was a desperate attempt by the homeowner to get…

Bumpy ride for grain commodities An improved forecast for the month of August bringing cooler temperatures and better chances of precipitation had corn and soybean…

Fed raises rates 0.25% The Federal Reserve met market anticipations this week raising interest rates by 0.25% taking the fed funds rate to a target…

Black Sea no longer navigable for Ukraine Early this week Russia officially pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Deal with Ukraine that had been…

As a child, my gorgeous wife couldn’t hit a softball, but she did master the yo-yo “walk the dog” trick. Somehow that talent never came…

Hokey Pokey Wednesday WASDE report The July 2023 edition of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) was released this week and double-digit losses…