World War I

How has USDA Ag trade changed over the course of a century? USDA Senior economist Sharon Sydow offers that view of changes at Ag trade from the 1920s.    “The agricultural economy was under some stress post World War I price volatility, debt foreclosures, high land value,” she stated.    To the pres...

As we prepare to wrap up 2022, many are looking ahead to the new year, and one popular resource in the farming community is the Farmers’ Almanac.  Editor Pete Geiger said people often limit the Almanac to a weather book.   “Quite frankly, the almanac is very much about how to be good to yourself and how to do things for yourself.   You know, there’s alway...

According to AgResource President Dan Basse, Russia’s war in Ukraine has created the biggest grain supply dislocation since World War I. Basse told a Farm Foundation virtual forum this week the war in Ukraine, a huge corn and wheat producer, will cause the worst global grain shortage in over a century. “ ...