2023
Escalating Demand for Soybean Oil Hits Possible Slowdown (March 19, 2023) The Wall Street Journal
Electric Vehicles Poised to Chip Away at Biofuel Production (March 6, 2023) Feed Strategy
USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer, Scott Irwin and Krista Swanson on 2023 Ag Economy (February 24, 2023) Agri-Pulse Newsmakers
From the Furrow (January 4, 2023) Ever.Ag | RedCircle
2022
Why The U.S. Government Is (Still) Obsessed With Corn (December 6, 2022) CNBC
How Drought and War Are Really Affecting the Global Food Supply (September, 7, 2022) WIRED
Why the Global Food Shortage Is a Myth (August 31, 2022) Silverado
3 Big Things Today: Soybean Futures Higher Overnight; Iowa, Illinois Crops a Mixed Bag (August 17, 2022) Successful Farming
Food Security in Times of Crisis (May 23, 2022) INTA Pergamino
Will Russian Invasion of Ukraine Spark a Global Food Crisis? (May 3, 2022) Illinois News Bureau
Facing a Wheat Crisis, Countries Race to Remake an Entire Market on the Fly (May 2, 2022) The Wall Street Journal
Will The U.S. Face A Food Shortage? (April 20, 2022) CNBC
Where Did All the Crop Acres Go? (April 20, 2022) Faculti interview
The Global Food Crisis Will Be One of Affordability Rather than Supply (April 14, 2022) Time
Fuel, Freighting, & Fragility: The Impacts of a Geopolitical Crisis on a Domestic Food System (April 7, 2022) Zoom Panel
Feed grain end users should be ‘very nervous’ (April 4, 2022) Brownfield Ag News
U.S. Farm Groups Urge Sowing on Protected Land as War Cuts off Ukraine Supply (March 23, 2022) Reuters
AG Groups Support More CRP Flexibility to Aid in Potential Global Grain Shortages (March 23, 2022) Brownfield Ag News
Oddlots Podcast: A Historic Disruption To The World’s Wheat Supply (March 23, 2022) Bloomberg
Wheat and corn prices surge amid Russian invasion of Ukraine (March 21, 2022) CNBC
Ag Economist Watching Extraordinary Volatility in Wheat Market (March 4, 2022) Brownfield News
Considering Ukraine’s Disrupted Breadbasket, a Pitch to Open CRP Ground to Counter Global Supply Shock (March 4, 2022) Progressive Farmer
Grain Markets Set for Supply Shock of a Lifetime, Economist Says (March 2, 2022) Bloomberg
Farmdoc Economist Reviews Social Media, Career Highlights (January 8, 2022) Illinois Farmer Today
2021
Happy Days Are Here Again for the Ethanol Industry (December 21, 2021) Successful Farming
High Fertilizer Prices Not Likely to Limit Corn (December 10, 2021) Neighbor News Online
High Fertilizer Prices Not Likely to Limit Corn (December 10, 2021) Olean Times Herald
Daybreak Dec. 8: Biofuel Demand Poses Acreage Squeeze (December 8, 2021) Agri-Pulse
Corn to Take a Leading Role as Farmers Chase High Commodity Prices (November 30, 2021) Successful Farming
Input Prices and Commodity Prices; Two Halves of the 2022 Acreage Puzzle (November 30, 2021) Brownfield Ag News for America
2021 Midwest Ag Conference Keynote Speaker and Q&A Session (November 30, 2021) Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Factors Expected to Drive the 2022 Corn Market (November 29, 2021) Successful Farming
In the Market with Dr. Scott Irwin (October 1, 2021) Market Journal
U.S. Farm Belt Revival Prompts Mad Dash for ‘Dirt and Iron’ (September 26, 2021) Wall Street Journal
Biofuel Blending Targets Could Include Big Volume Cuts (September 22, 2021) Agri-Pulse
Renewable Diesel Boom is Wild Card for U.S. Soybeans (September 17, 2021) Successful Farming
Analysis: Retroactive Cuts to US Biofuel Blend Mandates Unlikely to Hit Supply, Demand (September 3, 2021) AgriCensus
Last Synthetic Ethanol Plant in US to Close (August 26, 2021) Chemical & Engineering News, ACS
Weather, Labor Shortages and High Demand Causing Food Inflation (July 20, 2021) News WKRG
Eggs and Pancakes for Dinner: How One Family of Seven Is Coping with America’s Food Inflation (July 14, 2021) MarketWatch
Weekly Market Analysis with Scott Irwin (July 2, 2021) Market Journal
U.S. Hog Prices Sink as China Rebuilds Herd (June 29, 2021) Wall Street Journal
U.S., Brazil Expected to Constrain Ethanol Output in Coming Months (June 22, 2021) Reuters
‘China, China, China’ Still The Big Story for Crops: Scott Irwin (June 14, 2021) Bloomberg (live on Bloomberg TV)
China’s Import Appetite Raises Prospects in US Farm Belt (June 7, 2021) Financial Times
Weekly Market Analysis with Scott Irwin (May 7, 2021) Market Journal
Corn Rally Gets Lift with US Road Trips Stoking Biofuel Demand (April 27, 2021) Bloomberg
US Farmers Finally See Better Outlook after 2 Odd Years (April 27, 2021) AP NEWS
USDA Report, Brazil Drive Crop Prices to 8-Year High (April 26, 2021) Bloomberg (live on Bloomberg TV)
Renewable Diesel Outlook For Soybean (April 20, 2021) AG Central News, News Dakota
America’s Farm Belt Looks Safe From Latest U.S.-China Spat (March 22, 2021) Bloomberg
China Is The Driver of Agricultural Prices Rising: Scott Irwin (February 24, 2021) Bloomberg (live on Bloomberg TV)
Irwin: Market Needs to Buy More Soybean Acres Relative to Corn (February 23, 2021) FarmWeekNow.com
2020 Ethanol Profits with Scott Irwin (February 19, 2021) Market Journal
Market Analysis with Scott Irwin (February 5, 2021) Market Journal
US Ethanol Industry in Volatile 2020 Managed Thin Margins: Irwin (January 28, 2021)
2020
Republican Senate Would Darken Outlook for Aggressive U.S. Climate Policy (November 4, 2020) Reuters
US Biofuels Sector Faces Squeeze as Presidential Outlooks Collide (November 3, 2020) Fastmarkets Agricensus
How Ag Giant John Deere Has Plowed Through The Pandemic (October 26, 2020) Forbes
Grocery Prices Are Down From Their COVID-19 Summer Peaks. But Here’s Why Your Food Bills Are Still Stubbornly High (October 22, 2020) Chicago Tribune
Farmers Hit by Inclement Weather Brace for Long Harvest (September 16, 2020) AgriPulse
U.S. Corn Supply Grows on Record Crop Yield (August 12, 2020) Wall Street Journal
Study Warns Against Long-Term Commodity Investments (June 18, 2020) The Western Producer
Economist Expects “Battle Royal” Over RFS in Washington (April 21, 2020) Brownfield Ag News
Governors Ask Trump to Waive Biofuels Quotas Amid Pandemic (April 15, 2020) Bloomberg
PAC Money Slowed but Not Stopped During COVID-19 (April 8, 2020) Agri-Pulse
Where the Money Went: Payment Data Pinpoints MFP Benefits (February 26, 2020) Agri-Pulse
Biodiesel Industry Plans to Double Production, Reduce GHGs (January 30, 2020) Agri-Pulse
Uncertainty Over China-Us Trade Deal Hits Soybean Prices (January 15, 2020) Financial Times
Challenges for US Crop Data Collection (January 14, 2020) Feednavigator.com
In Harsh Year, U.S. Crop Acreage Shrinks 5% (January 13, 2020) Successful Farming
Down on the Farm (January 9, 2020) Illinois Times
Few Local Farmers Are Focusing on Cutting Production Costs for 2020 (January 3, 2020) Illinois Farmer Today
2019
With Trump’s Farm Bailout Came Surprising Profits, but Little Help for the Neediest (December 30, 2019) Washington Post
Reflecting on Accuracy of 2019 USDA Crop Projections (December 17, 2019) Brownfield Ag News
Farmers React With Mix Of Relief And Worry To Tentative China Trade Deal (December 16, 2019) National Public Radio
Farmdoc Leader ‘Couldn’t Have Imagined’ Website’s Growth, Impact (December 9, 2019) Illinois Farmer Today
A Wet Year Causes Farm Woes Far Beyond the Floodplains (November 21, 2019) The New York Times
Shadows of Twilight Darken the Age of Cellulosic Ethanol (November 21, 2019) Successful Farming
A 10-Minute Delay of Key USDA Reports Gave Some People an Advantage. Here’s Why (November 19, 2019) Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Us Farm Bankruptcies Surge 24% On Strain From Trump Trade War, Weather (October 31, 2019) Bloomberg
Trump Ethanol Plan Fails to Cheer Biofuel Markets (October 8, 2019) Financial Times
More Aid Coming for Farmers Ravaged by Wet Weather (September 27, 2019) Politico’s Morning Agriculture
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Gambit: An Ethanol Deal to Meet the Demands of Farmers and Big Oil (September 23, 2019) CNBC
Economist Proposes Two RFS Changes to Appease Oil, Ethanol (September 20, 2019) Progressive Farmer
“No Way” Trump Can Please Both Sides in RFS Debate (September 6, 2019) Brownfield News
$33 Million And Counting: Trade Payments Buy Patience From McLean County Farmers (September 3, 2019) WGLT.org
U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5 Billion Corn Loss (August 13, 2019) Bloomberg
This Year’s MFP to Pay by County Rates, Not by Crop (July 31, 2019) Farm World Online
Economist: New Trump Farm Aid May Be Distributed More Fairly (July 29, 2019) Associated Press
Economists Say Trump Administration Is Overpaying Farmers For Trade Losses (July 25, 2019) National Public Radio, The Salt
It’s Time to Talk about Soybeans (July 19, 2019) Ag Web Farm Journal
Midwestern Farmers’ Struggles With Extreme Weather Are Visible From Space (July 2, 2019) Washington Post
USDA’s Disappearing Cropland Problem (July 2, 2019) Progressive Farmer
Buffeted by Trade Winds, Soybean Farmers Seek Tax Credit Renewal (June 12, 2019) Roll Call
After a Biblical Spring, This Is the Week That Could Break the Corn Belt (June 4, 2019) Washington Post
Markets with Dr. Scott Irwin (May 31, 2019) Market Journal
Floods and Trump’s Trade War Create an Uncertain Year for Farmers (May 31, 2019) The New York Times
#NoPlant19: Unrelenting Rain Forces Midwest Farmers to Make a Painful Choice—Plant or Wait Until Next Year (May 31, 2019) The New Food Economy
USDA Unveils New Trade Aid for Farmers, Ranchers (May 24, 2019) Agri-Pulse
Wet Conditions Could Shatter Prevented Planting Records (May 22, 2019) Agri-Pulse
Bad Weather and Trump’s Trade War Spawn Dilemma for U.S. Farmers (May 22, 2019) Bloomberg News
Corn: Flawed USDA Forecast Creates Tremendous Opportunity (May 21, 2019) Seeking Alpha
Q&A: Scott Irwin This Iowa Farm Boy Is Now a Leading Source on the Renewable Fuels Industry (May 20, 2019) Successful Farming
Small Group of America’s Big Farms Gets Bulk of Trump Bailout Funds (May 19, 2019) Financial Times
Don’t Buck Plans to Plant Corn Just Yet (May 15, 2019) FarmWeekNow.com
Column: Ongoing Planting Delays Could Sow More Problems for U.S. Corn (May 3, 2019) Reuters
John Phipps: Planting Speed is a Race Against Weather and Geography (April 30, 2019) Farm Journal
Cannabis Futures Contracts May Be Headed to an Exchange Near You (April 11, 2019) Bloomberg News
New Crop Data Providers Cash In on US Shutdown (March 7, 2019) Financial Times
NASS Changing August Crop Data (March 13, 2019) Progressive Farmer
Update: A Report Day Without USDA (January 11, 2019) Progressive Farmer
US Government Shutdown Leaves Traders Without Key Agriculture Data (January 11, 2019) Financial Times
Warning Signs for the Global Economy (January 8, 2019) Financial Times
Pre-2019
Surging US Corn Prices Spark ‘Food Versus Fuel’ Debate (August 3, 2012) CNBC
Surveillance Midday (April 2011)
Interview with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television
Feeding Frenzy (Jan 2011) Interview on the BBC Radio 4 Program: “Face The Facts”
Are Speculators Adding to World Hunger? (January 7, 2011) CNBC