Previous Weeks
Soybeans and Pigs
January 20 2022
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There is a powerful push all around the world to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas is driving climate change. That’s what they tell us. Soybean growers are…
Challenges
January 13 2022
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We are in the New Year and Congress is supposed to start work on the next Farm Bill. The current bill expires at the end of 2023. There is plenty of time to get it done, but it…
NATO vs. Putin
January 6 2022
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The United States and our European allies are being challenged again as they were 8 years ago by Mr. Putin’s Russia. In 2014 we warned Vladimir Putin “don’t invade Ukraine or you…
Predictions
December 30 2021
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I am on the phone today – will be back in the recording studio next week. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. And now the New Year is just ahead. Today I want to talk about the…
Merry Christmas
December 23 2021
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It’s Christmas this weekend. There will be gift exchanges but what comes to my mind is how thankful I am to be here to enjoy friends, family and the love of life. I know we…
Issues of the Day
December 16 2021
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National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association.
They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural
America. Thank you.
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Here I am looking at a full-page picture of damage and destruction delivered by deadly
tornadoes. Hog barns, grain elevators, family homes, churches, everything destroyed. Kentucky
was…
American Hero
December 9 2021
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Senator Bob Dole, after 98 years of service to his country, died December 5 th at age 98. There have been many articles written about his service in the military, service injuries…
Uncertain Times
December 2 2021
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I can hardly believe it. It’s December. Christmas is coming and then the New Year. Now I am grateful for a good crop this year and the prices are the best we have seen since…
Thanksgiving 2021
November 25 2021
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The House of Representatives last Friday passed a huge spending bill. It is a liberal spending bonanza. If we give enough money, that should buy votes. The bill passed 220-213.…
Down on the Farm
November 18 2021
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Last week I was on the farm in Illinois. We wrapped up harvest. Normally we would have
everything picked by the end of October. Not this year. Fall rains have held a lot of farms back.
In…