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If weather conditions allow crop yields to return to trend-line levels in 2023, prices for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and many other crops are likely to fall.

I’ve had opportunities lately to talk with chemical engineers and mechanical engineers about greases and lubrication. Here are some tidbits that caught my interest.

Kalera, a vertical farming company based in Orlando, Fla., filed April 4, for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the CEO stepped down. But leaders are making arrangements to continue regular operations throughout the process.

Grains mixed on weather, export demand and pre-WASDE positioning. Cattle rebound on sharply higher beef, while deferred hogs fall with lower cash. What is the outlook for crude oil? Rich Nelson of Allendale.

Corn and beans lower on profit taking & weather initially but seeing risk off selling and that’s pulling wheat down. That has also eroded early gains in livestock. Chuck Shelby, Risk Management Commodities.

Grains and cotton mostly lower improved weather and technical selling, despite corn and soybean export sales. Risk off continues with more talk of interest rate hikes. Shawn Hackett of Hackett Financial Services.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s latest report shows top U.S. wheat importers could see a shake-up if trade barriers aren’t addressed.

AgDay TV Markets Now: Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net talks about what caused the risk off day in outside and commodity markets on Tuesday.

Farmers in Iowa and parts of Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and South Dakota are in the “red zone” for CRW pressure this season.

With the impending snowstorm in the upper Midwest and Northern Plains, it may seem like the 2023 planting season will be off to a slow start. However, in states like Illinois and Missouri, planting has already started.