At least 33 people were killed as a tornado outbreak slashed across the South on Sunday and Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving numerous towns with widespread, severe damage. While tornadoes can and have occurred in every month in the United States, the most active months are typically April and May, with …
As if We Didn’t Have Enough to Worry About … It’s Tornado Season! Read More »
Trying to buy or sell a house or building right now is a tricky proposition. Keep in mind, the value of global real estate is more than all the world’s stocks and bonds combined. It’s also a key growth driver, and will be vitally important moving forward. Unfortunately, what we are seeing in many parts …
Real Estate Game Plan During the Coronavirus Fueled Recession? Read More »
As many of you know, our family started a company last year called AgSwag. During this Coronavirus debacle, we’ve been on a ton of calls with several top Ag CEOs and business leaders about ways they’re pivoting and shifting to win the battle against the virus. Interestingly, they’re also wanting our input and guidance to …
Mr. Wells has over 40 years experience in the agriculture industry. He began his career in 1977 with Archer Daniels Midland Company and has worked in trading and executive capacities for numerous grain and trading businesses including DeBruce Grain, The Scoular Company, Peavey Grain, Con Agra, Farmland Industries, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. In these various …
Under unfortunate and bizarre conditions, researchers are now studying the Earth’s movements as a majority of its citizens are locked down. Scrambling to collect data during the surreal slowdown of life, scientists are measuring how the pandemic is being felt across land, air, and sea. Normally seismologists wouldn’t pick up a 5.5 magnitude earthquake from …
CORN traders will be positioning ahead of tomorrow’s USDA report. Most inside the trade are thinking corn ending stocks move higher as ethanol demand faces serious concerns. POET made a formal announcement that it will idle production at three plants and will delay the opening of a new plant. Collectively the cutbacks are thought to …
Corn Under Pressure as Ethanol Demand Faces Serious Concerns Read More »
Grocery shoppers are not the only ones panic buying and hoarding staple food items during the current crises. Some governments are moving that direction to secure their domestic food supplies, and that has some raising the question if this is the start of a wave of food nationalism that could disrupt supply chains and trade …
This is one you don’t want to miss as it features our special guest Tom Willis, CEO at Conestoga Energy. Tom is a longtime friend and business partner and in this podcast provides valuable insight and opinion about the future of ethanol, the current fallout in crude oil, and the struggles many in agriculture are currently …
Diesel engines are critical to the global economy, as data shows more than 99% of all semi-trucks are powered by diesel. At the same time, diesel engines are also nearly universal in heavy-duty equipment for agriculture, construction, and many other applications. Unfortunately, diesel fuel is considered a substantial contributor to the emissions of NOx and …
NEW Diesel Design Could Help Add Demand to Ethanol Industry Read More »
I’ve been on a ton of calls this week and many in the ag space are rightfully worried. If prices remain at these levels or perhaps even lower, many farm families will find themselves in dire financial circumstances. The complications of coronavirus along with the fallout in crude oil has created a dangerous one-two punch …
Coronavirus and Crude Oil Casting Dark Clouds Over Farm Income in 2020 Read More »
