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AgDay TV Markets Now: Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors talks about the triggers behind the selloff in grains and how much more downside risk there is.

Veteran farmer Don Guinnip knows the value of conservation. Farming in the Wabash Valley, the sixth-generation corn and soybean producer is accustomed to growing crops in what he says is “not prime farmland.”

Modern, high-tech planters can produce “picket fence” stands of corn with seedlings so uniform they look like they’ve been photocopied. But does precise planting pay?

Canadian farmers intend to plant 27.0 million acres to wheat in 2023, up 1.58 million acres (6.2%) from last year, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan).

John Deere and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have joined forces to support the new documentary film “Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat.”

More fund selling in grains on weather, demand concerns w/Brazil. Risk aversion is a problem with economic data ahead of the Fed meeting. How much lower will prices go? Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Advisors.

As more farmers start planting, possible problems with weeds, such as waterhemp, are already impacting decisions. An Iowa State Extension field agronomist says farmers might need to be more aggressive in their approach.

Corn and wheat under pressure with more fund selling taking out support. Soybeans see a corrective bounce. Cattle and hogs see more technical selling watching cash. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net.

In the biggest con in agriculture history, Anthony De Angelis stole over $1 billion, shook Wall Street to its core, humiliated big banking, embarrassed USDA, and ushered in the rise of Warren Buffet.

The European Union agreed to set binding targets for airlines in Europe to increase their use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), to kickstart a market for green fuels and cut the aviation sector’s carbon footprint.