Highlighting a coordinated push across the Trump administration on
fertilizer challenges, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday held a press
conference with three other Cabinet members, a White House economic adviser and
members of Congress to lay out plans to increase access to fertilizer and lower
prices.
BRollins Lays Out Fertilizer Agenda
Funds have been building a significant net-long position ahead of a
potential corn market rally. Whether it turns out to be like the 2020 version
is yet to be seen but does need to be on the radar.
BCanada Markets
La Nina's late impact in the Great Plains resembles 2022 and 2023.
BAg Weather Forum
Once considered the largest office building in the world and a symbol of
federal ambition during FDR's New Deal, USDA's South Building is now facing a
far different legacy: an underused, aging complex burdened with a maintenance
backlog topping $1.6 billion. USDA officials have to figure out how to close
and potentially sell one of the biggest office buildings in Washington, D.C.
BAge Catches Up to USDA South Building
A book about Harry S. Truman contained some interesting information about
wartime rationing during World War II. Rationing led to "black markets" for the
various items being rationed, including farm equipment. An interesting family
story centers around a tractor and the farm equipment black market.
BRuss' Vintage Iron
