The Van Trump Report

Month: April 2020

Bitcoin Bouncing… What You Need to Know About the “Halving”

As most of you know, I still own some Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash off the original split. From what I understand, the next “Bitcoin Halving” is about two weeks away. Industry experts aren’t certain of the exact date but many believe it will happen on or around May 12th. Google searches have been creeping aggressively …

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Grain Traders Keeping Close Eye on Livestock, Weather, and Crude

CORN trade is talking perhaps 1 million cattle now backed up in the pipeline awaiting slaughter. Seeing similar complications in both the pork and poultry sectors. There is talk that President Trump is going to mandate that processing plants stay open in order to avoid a food problem here in the U.S. Bears are pointing …

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Cellular Meat is Headed Our Way… What You Need to Know!

Most of us in the livestock industry have been shocked by the rising popularity of so-called fake meat products from the likes of Beyond Meat and Impossible that went mainstream last year. These “plant-based” products proved more popular among consumers than many had thought. But there is another threat that is gaining more traction that …

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Don’t Miss Mecums ‘Gone Farmin’ Vintage Tractor Auction

Vintage collectors, history buffs and pretty much every red-blooded American farmer who enjoys a walk down the equipment memory lane will want to check out Mecum’s Gone Farmin auction. In 2010, Dan Mecum, son of Mecum Auctions’ President and Founder Dana Mecum, officially launched a tractor division to stand all on its own, and as …

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The Great Morel Mushroom Hunt… or Silicon Valley’s Push for a “Shroom Boom”

The Great Morel Mushroom Hunt… or Silicon Valley’s Push for a “Shroom Boom”Where we live, lots of folks have been out walking the fields and in the woods looking for mushrooms the past few weeks. The first morel sightings this year were reported back in February in the state of Georgia. Imagine that, the first …

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With Kids All at Home, Here’s a Little Something for Parents to Debate

As you know I have argued for many years that building a false sense of high self-esteem in our children was a very slippery slope. Finally, more psychologists are getting on the same page and starting to change their tune. The Wall Street Journal ran an article that showed how in the past many parents, …

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New Study Says “Megadrought” is Underway in American West

Nine Western states are currently in the midst of a historic “megadrought”, according to scientists at Columbia University who just published their findings in the journal Science. They say it’s the worst one in 500 years and has likely been ongoing since 2000. The researchers were studying the occurrence of megadroughts in the Western U.S., …

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Cannabis, Crude Oil, and Corn with special guest Brian Schinderle

Brian Schinderle currently serves as Executive Vice President – Finance of Grassroots Cannabis (Grassroots) and is focused on strategy, capital markets, investor relations and mergers & acquisitions. Grassroots operates a vertically integrated cannabis business with current operations in 12 states and > 900 employees as of March 2020. On July 17, 2019, Grassroots announced the …

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