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…

“We can still eat the good half.” When I was a boy, I didn’t love peeling potatoes. One time, I showed my Poppy the bad…

Global burning: New normal? Record high temperatures, floods, forest fires and dire predictions of more to come dominated weather reports all week. Well-respected organizations from…

“We can always take it back.” I don’t know when my Craftsman tool indoctrination began, but one thing for sure, we knew if we broke…

Acreage report sparks soybean fireworks Beans surged on Friday morning after the USDA reports on planted acreage and stockpiles. Both the planted acreage and stocks…

Grains fired higher by drought fears A drop in crop condition ratings, especially in Iowa and Illinois, triggered more midweek buying of corn and beans….

“Now we listen to it idle.” My dad worked on small engines as a side job when I was a kid. I remember watching him…

Crops planted with half of U.S. acres in drought A virtual explosion in corn, beans, wheat and oats occurred at week’s end after making a…