U.S. Ag Watching TPP Trade Going Down…

U.S. Ag Watching TPP Trade Going Down…

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....
Farm Lending in Slo-Mo Mode

Farm Lending in Slo-Mo Mode

Talk to just about anyone connected to the ag industry today and you will see their face light up when the conversation inevitably turns to commodity prices. After all, higher commodity prices are good for everyone… Minus one audience: bankers. Farm lending has been...
Cotton’s Comeback

Cotton’s Comeback

Cotton is on the up and up. Higher cotton exports and lower supply are driving the price of cotton up. As a result, the USDA projected ending stocks of the fiber at 3.9 million bales, down 300,000 bales. And suddenly, cotton is looking quite bullish. A soundbite:...
Sorghum Sees $$$ in Pet Food

Sorghum Sees $$$ in Pet Food

Sorghum has a pet-filled pandemic to thank for its dynamite 2020. And the companion animal data doesn’t lie… The U.S. pet industry notched $99 billion in 2020. 21% of owners spent more on their pets during the pandemic. 12% of adults with children adopted a pet last...
Running the Numbers

Running the Numbers

Honey, I shrunk the…corn pile. Last Friday’s WASDE report for the month of April projected U.S. corn supplies or carryover to be lower than expected, which drove futures for the grain to prices not seen in eight years. So are they hiding it under a bushel basket...