Opinion
Analysis and insights from experts across the agriculture industry.
Jon Scheve discusses why corn prices may go up or down in 2023.
Jon Scheve discusses trades that increase profits during sideways markets.
Jon Scheve explains why farmers should not use “free” storage offered by commercial facilities because it isn’t actually free. There are hidden fees for the farmer and it artificially lowers prices for all farmers.
There’s been recent developments in the U.S. farmland market, including policymakers’ concerns about foreign ownership of such assets.
This article discusses several recent trades that allowed me to collect additional profits in a range-bound market through harvest.
Mechanization has boosted farmer’s yields and increased profits, giving African agriculture a genuine future.
This article details trades I made throughout the growing season that allowed me to keep upside potential on 70% of my production while maintaining a profitable floor price.
The crop technology ban is a dangerous decision not founded in science—and it is not necessary. Mexico would mandate this economic and nutritional misery upon itself.
Every cowboy has a story about how choices his ancestors made resulted in the life they’re living today. Many of us are thankful for blessings we didn’t recognize as such at the time.
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Vertical farms have sprung up all around the developed world since the first one was opened in Singapore in 2012. However, most still struggle with high energy use, putting their further expansion in question.
March soybean futures have trended higher for 14 of the last 15 years from November 16th to January 9th.
We’ve posted before that many companies are pushing Employee Retention Credits (ERC) when farmers and other taxpayers likely don’t qualify. We now know that the new 300 IRS staff will be aggressively auditing ERC claims.
This article discusses variables impacting if soybean prices will go higher or lower in the short and long term.
The hidden benefit of population growth: For all the ways that additional people can present dilemmas, they also give us a better chance to create a new generation of innovators who will help us think our way to answers.
Excess fertility on purchased land can be deducted. However, the amount may not agree to what an agronomist might indicate.
This article cleverly compares different grain marketing tools to common tools found in a farmer’s toolbox.
We continue to have farmers ask why they can’t defer their ERP payments to 2023. We go over the reason why.
U.S. farmer enthusiasm for growing industrial hemp has cooled since 2019, but new markets for hemp other than for processing into CBD oil may be emerging.
Farmers who are age 60 or 61 this year will not get any benefit from inflation, nor the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) effective December 2022. Here’s why.
This article discusses the highlights of this week’s USDA report that provides more information on the US grain supply.
I know you’re scrambling to finish harvest, but if you’ve got a chopping corn head that uses “lawn mowers” under the row units, be prepared to do some preventive maintenance before you put that corn head away.
This article discusses the variables impacting corn prices right now.
The full truth is that the Jones Act exploits us all—the United States should lead by example and eliminate one of the world’s worst examples of protectionism and unleash the power of free trade.
Outside markets are firm and grain markets are softening, will this help support cattle futures on the open?