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One of My Favorite Christmas Stories!

*LAST VAN TRUMP REPORT UNTIL TUESDAY JAN 3rd, 2023 – Due to the Christmas holiday and abbreviated trading sessions we will not be issuing another morning report until Tuesday the 3rd day of January. If something dramatic happens or I make a sizeable adjustment to my portfolio or cash marketing strategy I will update paid subscribers via a live podcast ...
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You Don’t Stay in Business for 232 Years Without Great People, Reliable Products, and Integrity

Often the most important things in business are the integrity of the men and women who manage it and the quality of the products and services offered to its patrons. Many businesses have been started with these high standards in mind, but being able to execute and deliver for an extended period can be extremely difficult. Interestingly, King Arthur Baking ...
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The Christmas Tree

The argument is not about whether your family celebrates with a real or fake Christmas tree but rather how you use the holidays to build a stronger bond within your family based around traditions and togetherness. Our family has always made a commitment to go with a real Christmas tree. All I can say, it's created some interesting adventures through ...
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What’s in it for Farmers as Big Energy Firms Rush Into Renewable Natural Gas

A combination of the global energy crisis and the world's rush to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is supercharging the addition of renewable power capacity. One area that is witnessing a huge amount of expansion right now is renewable natural gas (RNG), a drop-in replacement for conventional natural gas that is produced from various biomass sources, including waste from livestock ...
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How a California Farm Family Made Poinsettia’s a Holiday Tradition

The brilliant red flowers of the Euphorbia pulcherrima plant, more commonly known as "poinsettias," are synonymous with Christmas in the US. Considered the unofficial "Christmas flower," it may surprise you to learn that the tradition of decorating our homes with poinsettias during the holidays is a relatively recent one. In fact, it was the vision of a farm family in ...
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America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2022 Edition

The USDA's Economic Research Service has just launched the 2022 edition of "America's Farms and Ranches at a Glance", which primarily focuses on the "family farm," or any farm where the majority of the business is owned by the principal operator and persons related to them. USDA defines a farm as any place that, during a given year, produced, and ...
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The Heineken Story… and 4 Main Ingredients for Success

From its humble beginnings in a small brewery in the heart of Amsterdam to the world’s third-largest beer brewer with breweries in some 70 countries around the world, Heineken’s 158-year history is an amazing story. Founder, Gerard Adriaan Heineken was born in Amsterdam in 1841. Gerard grew up with his brother and two sisters at a time when various contagious ...
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“Green Methanol” is Starting to Gain More Traction

Fossil fuel is often considered one of the main threats to the environment because of the CO2 released into the atmosphere, pushing greenhouse gas mitigation to the forefront of challenges facing the world. Interestingly, the world’s first commercial-scale CO2-to-methanol plant has started production in Anyang, Henan Province, China, where the cutting-edge facility is the first of its type to produce ...
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End of the La Niña Weather Pattern Could Mean a More Typical US Planting Season

The La Niña phenomenon that has fueled flooding, drought, and other weather extremes is set to stick around for a third winter but could fade away as early as this upcoming Spring. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration says there is a 71% chance the status will switch to neutral status sometime between February and April.For those not familiar, La ...
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“Agrivoltaics” Allows Food Growth and Solar Energy Production on the Same Piece of Land

Rural America has been a magnet for solar energy companies for the same reasons that farmers seek out the wide open spaces. The mostly flat, well-draining soils and unobstructed sunshine that make the US an agricultural powerhouse are also ideal for large installations of solar panels. This has raised much debate and concern about solar farms taking farmland out of ...
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