Rail Union Negotiations Back Off Track

Rail Union Negotiations Back Off Track

All aboard the strike express! And then back off it. And then… back on? We choo-choo-choose no: A few weeks ago, a strike by railroad workers seemed imminent—until a tentative agreement was reached in the 11th hour (technically, the 21st hour—after a 20-hour...
The Great Glyphosate Debate

The Great Glyphosate Debate

These boots were made for walkin’, and that’s just what the EPA did. Bye for now: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said sayonara (kinda) to a legal battle on their interim determination that there is no evidence linking glyphosate—the active ingredient in the...
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...
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....
Brazillions of Beans

Brazillions of Beans

Brazil is set to plant soy many acres this year—enough to set a record. Tell us mais: As Brazilian farmers get set to plant this month, the National Supply Company (CONAB) expects production of more than 300M tons of soybeans, corn, cotton, rice, and wheat. That’s a...