A Roadmap to Better Decision Making

The Challenger's launch on January 28, 1986, was supposed to be a celebratory event for NASA. Notable for sending the first civilian into space, high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, the Challenger would take its crew of seven into orbit around the Earth. NASA prepared a special stream for students across the nation to watch the shuttle launch, and children in Florida ...
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Disney, McDonald’s, Starbucks and other U.S. companies with significant exposure in China are suspending operations as they respond to the outbreak of the coronavirus.Starbucks said it has closed all shops and suspended delivery services in China’s Hubei province, where Wuhan is located. Credit Suisse recently singled out brands Estee Lauder and Nike, which both generate 17% of their revenue from ...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Great Words of Wisdom From World Champion Coach  Valorie Kondos Field became the UCLA Gymnastic coach in 1983 with absolutely no previous gymnastics experience. She went on to become an 8x National Champion and was named Pac-12 Coach of the Century. In this short video, she explains some enlightening advice she received from the great basketball coach John Wooden ...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scientists Say They Can Create Protein "From Thin Air" Finnish scientists say they've produced a protein "from thin air" that they believe will be able to compete with soybean-derived products on price within the next decade. Solar Foods makes Solein by extracting CO₂ from the air using carbon-capture technology and then combines it with water, nutrients, and vitamins to ...
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It was on this day back in 1962 that President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech telling the world that U.S. spy planes had discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba armed and pointed towards the United States, with capabilities of striking a number of major cities in the United States, including Washington, D.C. What is now referred to as the "Cuban ...
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Corn prices are up +20 cents from last weeks low as tensions with China appear to have eased and the USDA took a step towards trimming U.S. production. Bears however are quick to point out that an official deal with China is still off on the horizon and U.S. weather into early-October looks mostly cooperative. In other words, both of those ...
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I constantly hear my friends and others talking about how bad things have become. They talk about more shootings, more violent crimes, less religion, etc..., but these arguments are not backed by facts or figures. They are mostly just strong hunches and hearsay. Believe it or not, violent crimes are much lower than in years past. Faith is continual on ...
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Corn bulls are talking about a possible short squeeze in the front end of the market, the JUL19 contract, which is challenging a 5-year high. As I've been reporting, cash basis bids have been tightening in many locations and the market is getting wound tighter and tighter. I think there's a strong chance at some point during the next two ...
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I see at minimum -10 million unplanted corn acres and perhaps much more. I also have a very hard time fully grasping potential yield loss on all of the re-plant and late-planted acres. Recently on the June WASDE, the U.S. planted acreage estimate was lowered by -3 million to 89.8 million. The U.S. average yield estimate was more dramatically reduced, ...
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Writing this report and sharing my thoughts has allowed my wife and I to meet some amazing families across our great nation. This past year has perhaps been the toughest we remember. We have sent many plants, trees, cards of sorrow and prayers to many families. We've truly become friends with many of our readers. Unfortunately, with the good news ...
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