Grow corn and soybeans with my Dad in Central IA. #farming
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If you look closer, he’s got a Busch light. Not all is lost
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Greg Schoon, Ankeny High School’s defensive line coach and former Iowa State football player, had what is believed to be a heart attack on the sideline of the Ankeny-Iowa City Liberty Class 5A Semifinal football game. The game was immediately paused.
Law enforcement present at the game ran over to Schoon and revived him after performing CPR for over five minutes.
Schoon pumped his fists in the air as he was stretchered into the ambulance, followed by a loud roar from the crowd.
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The Iran War will go down as one of the biggest self-inflicted failures in political history…
After explicitly running on ending foreign wars and focusing on domestic issues, Iran completely took over Trump’s 2nd term. He has now dramatically increased the odds of handing America to the far-left in 2028.
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What's up with yields this year??
Four year growing season snapshot for Northern IA.
Some things that stand out for 2026 compared to other 3 years...
Tied for shortest # of grainfill days.
Highest average overnight low.
Highest # of nights above 70 degree low.
Lowest amount of solar radiation. HUGE!
Warmest night low 7 days prior thru 7 days after pollination.
Warmest daytime high temps 7 days prior thru 7 days after pollination.'
Warmest temp average 7 days prior thru 7 days after pollination.
Highest number of days above 90 degrees 7 days prior thru 7 days after pollination.
Wettest season rainfall... by a LOT. Many locations in area I cover were over 40", some over 50". HUGE!
I think it is safe to say this sums up the huge differences in yields.
Rainfall totals and length of soil saturation are a strong correlation as one moves from east to west.
The fact the crop that was/is out there for going thru all of this is quite impressive.
A testament to much improved management of growers, equipment technology and genetics.
Huge thanks to Andrew Schneider, Pioneer Product Agronomist for running the data!!
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The only thing that would sway my vote this election is six text messages from an unidentified number during my work day.
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"Ice everywhere"
"Real bad"
"Awful ice"
These were words NWS cooperative observers used to report conditions in their communities during the Halloween 1991 storm.
Let's look back in the archives to see what observers said elsewhere in Iowa.
#iawx #iahistory #wxhistory
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If you go to bed on election night and don't know who won a midterm congressional race, that's normal. And if you wake up the next morning and find that a candidate who was behind hours earlier has since pulled ahead, that's normal, too. (via @PolitiFact) to.pbs.org/4zqnWBa
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Hey @JohnDeere I’ve got an idea. Next year when I pay for machine sync I pay after the fact based on how much it actually worked that fall.
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Post-report reaction: USDA finding an extra 173 mbu (4.4 mmt) of U.S. corn doesn’t put 4.4 mmt back in Europe. It doesn’t put 4.4 mmt in Brazil for ethanol/export, or in Ukraine waiting to ship. But the U.S. now has a little unexpected cushion for yield loss.
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Big Oil is telling us we can’t embargo diesel. IF TRUE THEY STILL DONT HV TO MAKE SAME PROFIT OFF US FARMERS AND TRUCKERS THAT THEY MAKE IN FOREIGN SALES
AMERICA FIRST
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sources tell me that ExxonMobil's Joliet, IL refinery that went down from a power outage last Sunday HAD STARTED the restart process late in the week and could be at normal ops soon.
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W diesel $6.57 in Iowa why doesn’t Pres Trump put an embargo on diesel exports like presidents in the 70s put embargoes on ag products bc food prices were inflated. High diesel prices ARE KILLING FARMERS INCOME #cornwatch #soybeanwatch
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“You didn’t think it was suspicious when a guy named SIDDARTH JAWAHAR asked for the $15,000,000 to be in Amazon gift cards?!?!?!”
BREAKING: Travis Kelce has been named as a victim in a massive Ponzi scheme that pulled in more than $35 million from investors.
Siddharth Jawahar, a 38-year-old illegal immigrant, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and has now been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $31 million in restitution.
Prosecutors say Jawahar took in more than $35 million but invested only about $10 million, using new investor money to repay earlier clients and fund private jets, luxury hotels, and expensive outings.
Kelce’s individual losses have not been publicly disclosed as this time, @Max_Gorden reports.
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If USDA prints a 180 on Friday it's a limit down move.
There - that's your risk.
Bloomberg has the average analyst estimate for corn yield at 178.1 bpa, that would be down 2.6 from last month. They show the average soybean yield estimate at 52.4, down .3
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Alright, the flight is booked!!!🇺🇸✈️
In exactly one week we’re flying back to America! We’ll land in Chicago on Thursday, do some quick sightseeing, and then on Friday we’ll get in the car and drive to Iowa City for our first ever college football game.
Iowa vs Iowa State!!!🏈
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A chart my firm looks at every week is Corn plus Wheat plus Beans - our CBOT portfolio.
Grain prices look potentially powerful from here.
As policy, we always trade with protective stops that advance.
As a firm, we own longs in Beans, Corn, Wheat and Meal.
