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An interesting new report from the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation (SoAR) shows that investing in agricultural research results in a long-term economic boost for the farm industry. The report comes as U.S. farmers are beset by slew of economic complications and Congress works on additional stimulus measures to address the pandemic-related fallout as well as its federal spending budget ...
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Chew on this Chinese math... U.S. stocks just finish their strongest month since 1987, at the same time the six-week unemployment total is now +30 million, implying a jobless rate of around 22%, the worst since the Great Depression, and more than twice the 10% peak reached in 2009. Consumer Spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the U.S ...
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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 higher and crypto investors around ...
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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 to the fact, regardless of ...
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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 the industry needs to plan ...
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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 a true-blue enthusiast himself, he ...
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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 state to reopen the massage ...
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Corn bulls will be trying to hold some of yesterday's gains. Perhaps increased Chinese buying and a bit of stabilization in crude oil can stop or slow some of the bleeding. I continue to hold a very small bullish position but have prepared myself mentally for the price to drop to sub-$3.00 per bushel. Many may wonder, as my son ...
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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, educators, and medical practitioners believed ...
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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., relying heavily on tree ring ...
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