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Sabotaging Sharpshooters
What could ruin such a beautiful view as this ↑, you ask? Well...enter the glassy-winged sharpshooter. They’re savage: The boujee...
May 21, 2021


Cattle Producers and Congress Prod For Answers
Cattle groups weren’t messing around last week in Phoenix when they pulled out the sticky notes and started inking a serious industry...
May 21, 2021


When 'Meat' Is Really Meat
The discussion over alternative meat marketing is sizzling as Texas lawmakers ruminate on a bill that limits the meaning of meat. ...
May 17, 2021


Shining A Light On Almonds
If almonds could talk, we bet that their hot take on 2020 might sound like “. ..what pandemic ?” The popular stone fruit crop had a...
May 17, 2021


Let's Talk About Bridges and Barges...
Last Friday, we failed to note one bridge-sized reason why commodity prices nosedived other than a semi-wonky WASDE report. In case you...
May 17, 2021


Sustainable Salmon Off to a $trong $tart
AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon is headed to harvest after decades of development, and its first sales are already signed,...
May 14, 2021


Cock-A-Doodle-Don't
Here’s the (s)coop: A certain breed of rooster used for Tyson Foods’ breeding program is doing a fowl job. The eggs they fertilize...
May 14, 2021


Ag Keeps Eye on Fuel Situation
After a near-week-long hiatus, the Colonial Pipeline is back up and running. But with fuel shortage effects expected to last several more...
May 13, 2021


Agribiz Making It Rain
Gangbuster earnings flooded the agribusiness world over the past two weeks. We thought we’d skim the surface of a few more earnings...
May 11, 2021


An All Too Familiar Headline: Drought Update
Megadrought and megafire potential are leading to some mega concerning news. How bad is mega bad? In the West, 83% of the region is...
May 11, 2021


When You Hear There's Another Ag Supply Chain Issue:
There’s another shortage in the agrifood value chain, and this one is sure to ruffle some feathers. The culprit: chicken. Boneless...
May 11, 2021


A Beef/Cattle Market Teetor Totter
That moment when your body launches to the top of the seesaw at top speed? Beef packers, please remind us what that feels like. Beef...
May 7, 2021


Brazil’s Soy Surveillance Situation
As soybean prices skyrocket, global grain traders are looking for their very own spy kids to keep an eye on Brazilian farmers. The...
May 7, 2021


Totally Buggin'
Oxitec, a British biotech company, is keeping an eye on potential agriculture applications as it helps mitigate mosquito-borne diseases...
May 7, 2021


Cargill Is Not Not Busy
Cargill is on a roll… or should we say sail. With commodity demand accelerating, especially in China, a lack of new shipping vessels is...
May 4, 2021


Cows... All The Cows
The dairy industry has been on a wild ride as of late. Videos of farmers dumping milk spread across social media feeds early on in the...
May 4, 2021


JBS Gettin' Digi(tal) With It
JBS is having its own Inception moment. The global meat player has created a blockchain platform that allows suppliers of JBS to...
May 4, 2021


ADM Is On A Roll
We are in the midst of the first earnings season of the year, and if you’re ADM, things are looking mighty fine. ADM just dropped...
Apr 29, 2021


Vilsack: We Aren't the Meat Police
President Biden’s recent proposal to cut 50-52% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 got people talking...a lot. And not necessarily for...
Apr 29, 2021


A Swing for the Vences
Thanks to a recent $12 million investment in a San Diego startup, a whole boatload of ranchers will soon be rotating their herds across...
Apr 29, 2021
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