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....
by Travis Martin | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
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:...
by Travis Martin | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
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