I am sure that many of us grew up hearing the advice from our parents that we should “never judge a book by its cover.”…
A year ago this week I began a huge adventure, publishing my first book Back to the Futures: Crashing Dirt Bikes, Chasing Cows, and Unraveling the…
One of the most basic tasks in the supply/demand analysis for grains at this time of year is the estimation of trend yields. You would…
My farmdoc colleagues Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Joe Janzen, and Nick Paulson just published an excellent new article on the U.S., Brazil, and China soybean trade “triangle.” ……
It won’t be long until we start thinking seriously about corn yields for the U.S. in 2024. I know there are already some concerns out…
For some reason, foreign ownership of farmland in the US has become a hot topic. I am not sure what is behind the current attention,…
Anyone who lived through the farm financial crisis in the 1980s can never forget it. My family managed to weather that storm but it definitely…
Sometimes you need to figure out something that was going on in the grain or livestock markets in the past and Wikipedia just does not…
That title should get your attention! I am talking here about a particular type of silo found on livestock farms—blue Harvestores made by AO Smith…