Farmers in Iowa are struggling in Trump’s economy, but many say they still support him www.nbcnews.com/politics/eco...

Wrapping up one of the strangest springs I can recall in Wisconsin... Milwaukee had its record driest May, besting a record that had stood for 141 years. That followed its record wettest April, which obliterated its previous record by over 2 inches.

NBC could fire Reggie Miller and put Collinsworth in his place and the broadcast would improve

USDA rolled out their make cotton great again plan starting with: “Since 1607, cotton has helped build and sustain rural America." www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Milwaukee wins their first NCAA tournament baseball game since 1999, beating Auburn 13-8

Happy 10 year anniversary to ass in the jackpot

Bayer Sued for Allegedly Monopolizing US Market for GMO Corn Seeds www.agweb.com/news/bayer-s...

Important milestone today - inflation-adjusted Personal Income for households is now lower, year-over-year, than it was last April. Households have 0.4% less income now. It's starker for my estimate of bottom 50% households - 1.6% less income.

Checking in on The Bad Place (the other Bad Place)

amazing idea, lousy execution

Hey hey, slow down there, Senator Antifa

If E-85 were ever going to have a moment...

FINAL: Phillies 6, Pirates 0

FINAL: Phillies 6, Pirates 0

"For those math nerds"

Dec corn posted an outside week lower last week, then posted another bearish outside week outside of last week's outside week this week

USTR Greer left China talking of "10's-of-billions" possible future U.S. ag trade to China. This chart provides perspective

15 May 2026 05:55:09 AM - TRUMP: THE FARMERS ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY, CHINA IS GOING TO BE BUYING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SOYBEANS (on his way home on Air Force One, via Reuters)

“We expect to also see an agreement for double-digit billion purchases of ags over the next three years, per year, coming out of this visit, and that’s more general, that’s aggregate, that’s not just soybeans, that’s everything else” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

are we cooked?

From Reuters earlier this morning 14 May 2026 05:16:47 AM - U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT ON CHINA: SOYBEANS ARE ALL TAKEN CARE OF

Another informative story from the Microsoft Edge homepage.

US product inventories in freefall as exports surge.

Air travel has gone from the preserve of the wealthiest to something so cheap that most western families fly every year. But the rise in jet fuel costs has upended that model. “The era of £20 flights is coming to an end,” said one expert. Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/gy7CDZx

K.C hard red winter wheat futures up more than 6% after USDA projects the drought-stricken crop at just 514,779 million bushels, down from 804,000 last year and below average survey estimate of 629,000. Would be the smallest HRW crop in at least 42 years. 🔥

plot twist

Massive loss of staff & capacity at USDA seems to be the goal of relocation. Congress standing by and watching it happen. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

April Employment Situation Payrolls +115k vs +65k exp/+178k prev Private payrolls +123k vs +75k exp/+186k prev 2m revision -16k Unemployment rate 4.3% vs 4.3% exp/prev Avg hourly earnings +0.2% MoM vs +0.3% exp/+0.2% prev More to come

Oklahoma wheat tour this week projects the state winter wheat crop at 47.799 million bushels, compared to a 10-year average of 94.499 million and 106.4 million last year. #yikes

It's very funny to me that Gmail has added what amounts to Word's grammar check feature from 2003 and is calling it AI.

Absolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.

if I had a bingo card, a four-game sweep to the Cards at home would not have been on it

this is wild

The man made an absolute banger of a *Taco Bell jingle*

some headlines from around the world the past week or so

hard red winter wheat futures rallied to their highest level in nearly two years in the nearby contract and settled at $6.66-6 👹😈

drought pretty much everywhere except the Corn Belt

Oneil Cruz bounced a homer off the top of the fair pole

Beyond Burgers priced to move

"Pulled Pork and Pierogi Stacker" at PNC Park

President urges Iran to start peace negotiations by releasing non-existent, AI-generated women some rando posted about on X