Crops

Soy and sugar-filled cargo ships are playing a seaworthy game of Tetris at Latin American ports these days. Historically dry conditions...

Surging demand and next-level lumber prices are leaving lumber producers and home builders in a bit of a conundrum. Lumber supply has...

Talk to a U.S. row crop farmer today and you’re bound to hear stories about rocketship rides. But they won’t be talking about Elon Musk...

Oh, snap . With planting season just around the corner, farmers might be experiencing a bit of “sticker shock” when making their crop...

Mexico is saying “ adios ” to GMO corn while its government has a  knock-down, drag-outfight  ahead of it to make it all but official....

The name of the game is nitrogen, and markets are keeping a close watch on 2021’s  expected  fertilizer frenzy. In North America,...

A small 2020 canola harvest combined with strong export demand has the canola market giving GameStop stock a run for its money. The...

Russia is scrambling to slow down rising food costs within its borders. Fueled by the combo of pandemic-related uncertainty and a...

Corn and soybean data stole the show at Tuesday’s WASDE  report  reveal. The commodity cousins duked it out for the top headline as 2020...

EverGrain, an ingredient startup backed by beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, launched two barley-based products that bring new life to...

A rising tide may raise all ships, but rising corn prices are forcing some ethanol producers to consider abandoning ship.  Just ask...

Soybeans sure feel rejuvenated after the holiday break. Abundant demand and tight supplies are leading to  +$13  prices, not seen since...

Last week in California, water became a commodity crop. And like many resources with a supply- and demand-strained relationship, water...

Honduras, Central America’s coffee king, just got walloped. Back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes nailed the country’s coffee hub within...

Like most crops in the commodity family in 2020, cotton could use a breather. Prices are  just now  bouncing back after the ‘pandemic...

Florida’s avocado growers are in a pickle. The $35 million-a-year crop is under siege from laurel wilt disease, a vascular infection...

Bio-herbicide startup WeedOUT is off to battle aggravating weeds after  notching a $4.2 million Series A round. Founded in 2016, the...