Members of IBEW System Council No. 11 began a strike in Canada after
contract negotiations with CPKC broke down.
=^Cash Market Moves
Some rain delays in the eastern U.S. while most of the Corn Belt is
looking well planted and watered. That moves market focus to waiting for news
confirming China is back in the buying mood.
BTop 5 Things to Watch
This week View From the Cab farmers from Maryland and Minnesota are
experiencing weather and fuel price variables as the crop continues to get
established.
BView From the Cab
A new study found the Renewable Fuel Standard transferred hundreds of
billions of dollars to Midwest landowners by raising farmland values by up to
70%.
BRFS Turned Corn Belt Land Into Gold
Ellie Bowman, a sixth-generation Kansas farm girl, turned a small-town
lumberyard into Prickly Pear Farm and Home
- a thriving rural one-stop shop
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by listening to customers and filling community needs.
:^Rural Resilience - 7
