Here’s a look back at your favorite stories — from a young farmer buying farmland with video game money and farmers encountering monster snakes and a pot of gold to record farmland and fertilizer prices.

A record Iowa land sale occurred in Dubuque County, Iowa last week with High Point Land Company saying it auctioned off 60 acres for $30,000 per acre. With financial stakes so high, who can afford these big money moves?

World Weather Inc. anticipates scattered showers and cooler temps with a frontal passage through Argentina during the middle of next week but amounts and coverage levels won’t be enough to halt crop stress.

Soybeans rally on corrective buying, dry Argentina weather. Corn tries to follow, but poor exports and lower wheat are a drag. Livestock see follow through selling. Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Shawn Hacket of Hackett Financial Advisors talks about what drove the corrective rally in soybeans and the focus on Argentina weather and the upcoming USDA data dump.

Demand concerns have been intensifying with the spike in Covid numbers in China. That’s been sending a negative tone across the energy sector, equities and portions of the ag markets.