More Yield, Same Fields: Brazilian Beans

In Brazil, soybeans are big business. Supplying 40% of global demand, Brazil is key to this crucial crop’s production. Brazil is also home to one of the most important ecosystems in the world: the Amazon rainforest. See where things are going here? So did some...
Missing-ssippi River

Missing-ssippi River

Drought’s bringing barges to a halt on southern stretches of the dehydrated Mississippi River, where bottlenecks and backups are stymying shipments of critical commodities. This new supply chain snafu is showing up due to a dry summer, and is expected to hurt farmers...
Mexican GM Corn Ban Looms

Mexican GM Corn Ban Looms

Mexico’s looming ban on GM corn imports has been updated from a “watch” to a “warning.” And after nearly two years of watchful eyes, the sirens are officially going off. Refresher: At the end of 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López...
The Chinese Diet: Cutting Soybean Meal

The Chinese Diet: Cutting Soybean Meal

The Chinese are going on a diet—cutting soybean meal consumption in an effort to boost national food security. And it all starts with animal feed. Pork prices have consumers squealing. ICYMI, pork is the most consumed meat in China. Higher feed prices along with...
Indy and the Fruit of the Sea

Indy and the Fruit of the Sea

There’s pineapple shrimp, coconut shrimp, lemon shrimp, pepper shrimp… and now Midwestern shrimp? Seafood on the mainland: Indiana is a major producer of ag commodities—corn, soybeans, and now seafood. That’s right, the Hoosier state is getting into the shrimp...