Pandemics & Potatoes: Best Spuds

Pandemics & Potatoes: Best Spuds

The U.S. saw five-year record high retail potato sales in 2020. So what drove Americans to the produce aisle to pick up uber amounts of tubers? The pandemic. During shutdowns, folks sought out fruit and vegetables with longer shelf lives. From April to June, spuds saw...
Let’s Talk About Chilean Grapes…

Let’s Talk About Chilean Grapes…

‘Rain, rain go away…come again another day.’ Haunted by this tune in their sleep, Chilean grape farmers are longing to rock footwear besides rain boots these days. A deluge of rain in the last days of January has caused quite a fuss in the table grape market....
Operation: Flying Fruit Robot

Operation: Flying Fruit Robot

You may have caught our video shout out around flying fruit bots on Friday, so let’s talk about the not too FAR future. Flying Autonomous Robots, that is. The company who makes them, Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, just received a major liftoff. Can you take me...
Canola is on Cloud Nine

Canola is on Cloud Nine

A small 2020 canola harvest combined with strong export demand has the canola market giving GameStop stock a run for its money. The March futures contract closed at $716/ton on January 27th, coming off a $75/ton rally and nearing a 12-year-high. Notably, canola...
COVID-19: The Nutcracker

COVID-19: The Nutcracker

In a nutshell, COVID-19 and export issues are putting a lot of pressure on the nut industry. Almonds and pistachios and walnuts, oh my, farmers in the nut industry are worried. What’s COVID doing now? Some operations simply had fewer workers because of outbreaks while...