by Travis Martin | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Brazil meatpackers aren’t messing around. High corn prices have big-time meat players, like JBS and BRF, influencing a pivot to wheat planting intentions. Brazil’s ag federation revealed data pointing to a potential 40% increase in hectares of wheat. The reason? Wheat...
by Travis Martin | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
The pandemic might be winding down, but its effects on the ag supply chain are still ramping up. Herbicides and fungicides are the latest to face supply constraints due to pandemic production delays, shipping bottlenecks, and increased demand. While the popular...
by Travis Martin | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you’re looking for a good deal on a cross-continent railroad, well… let’s just say it’s not a buyer’s market. Just weeks ago, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) revealed it had agreed to purchase the Kansas City Southern railroad for a sweet $29 billion. The purchase...
by Travis Martin | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Farm equipment makers have whiplash trying to scale production back up from pandemic cuts and supply chain disruptions to meet seasonably high sales spikes. Rewind: This time last year, the havoc COVID-19 would wreak on the global economy and supply chains everywhere...
by Travis Martin | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
While eleven countries are swapping goodies via the Comprehensive and Progress Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), several U.S. ag groups are longingly looking across the pond and saying, “take us back.” Refresher: Yep, it’s that TPP. When the U.S....
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