2020 Mega Trends: Consumer-Driven Demands 2020 Mega Trends: Consumer-Driven Demands
| | | | | Lowell Catlett, futurist, economist: “If we embrace it, I don't see it as a bad thing. They're just differentiated segmented markets and I'd rather have a differentiated segmented marketplace than one big mass market because that's where the profit is.” Read More | | |
| | | | | USDA released a slew of reports of Friday, initially sending markets lower. Brian Split of AgMarket.net says the detailed changes in the carryout numbers are to blame for some of the negative reaction. Read More | | |
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| | | | | This week’s USDA report wasn’t as big of a market mover as some expected. Corn and beans closed only up 2 cents on Friday. Following are some highlights. Read More | | |
| | | | | As wildfires in Australia continue to rage, it's having a major impact on agriculture. Read More | | |
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| | | | | Dan Anderson compares his welding techniques to those of a young man with incredible skill, and notices several things that he needs to incorporate into his own welding skills. Read More | | |
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| | | | | Everyone’s talking about LiLou, the airport therapy pig. But with all of the foreign animal disease pressure throughout the world right now, should we be using pigs as airport therapy animals? Read More | | |
| | | | | Here in SW Minnesota, I’m hearing most corn average about 120 bu/ acre. When it should be closer to 200 bpa. Then the USDA comes out and raises corn and bean yields. Did anyone notice how the market settled after report? As bearish as the USDA went out of their way to make the report, the market did not collapse. This tells me not even the traders believe the USDA's numbers. Kind of comical. Personally I’ll take PP on corn again next year. Much better than growing sub par yields and then having USDA working against us. Read More | | |
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