Production Down, Prices Up

Production Down, Prices Up

It’s corn! A big lump with knobs. It has the juice. But we’re talking soybeans and cotton, too. Each month, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) provides the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Yesterday, they...
Biden’s Big Biotech Boost

Biden’s Big Biotech Boost

Beans are getting a big-time boost. Thanks to a recently signed executive order, President Biden has started a new biotech and biomanufacturing initiative that will help create more downstream demand for soybeans. What this means: By improving markets for biobased...
Railroad Strike Derailed

Railroad Strike Derailed

“I hear that train a-comin’. It’s rollin’ ‘round the bend…” And for now, it looks like this train will stay on the tracks. Crisis averted: After a marathon negotiation session between the major U.S. railroads and unions, President Biden...
The Battle of the Valleys: Silicon vs. Central

The Battle of the Valleys: Silicon vs. Central

They’re coming. Agricultural robots (aka agribots) are no longer just a George Jetson future. They are on the move—to the tune of a $17.8B market by 2027 after reaching $6.3B in 2021. What can they R2D2? Weed control, seeding and planting, aerial data collection,...
Taranis Tackles Crop Analysis with $40M

Taranis Tackles Crop Analysis with $40M

Investors were throwing hundreds, hundreds at Taranis during the AI-powered crop intelligence provider’s Series D $40M funding round. The cash will enable the company to create new technologies to verify and validate carbon markets. Taranis tackles crop analysis by...
Putin’s Grain Gripe

Putin’s Grain Gripe

Russia’s fighting words over the Black Sea grain export deal had wheat prices going wild last week. ICYMI: A UN-brokered deal in July was intended to let Ukraine export tens of millions of tonnes of grain out of their Black Sea ports to side-step a global food crisis....