Canadian journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell has written some awesome books about life’s dynamics, but his latest correlation may be half-baked.
Canadian journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell has written some awesome books about life’s dynamics, but his latest correlation may be half-baked. He argues that colleges should not offer trendy and upscale food because it detours funds away from helping poor students with tuition support. He uses Bowdoin and Vassar colleges as examples, with the former offering better food but the latter more scholarships for the poor. Keep in mind that both schools are expensive and elitist with roughly the same share of nonwhite students, and Gladwell, of all people, would know Lilienthal&rsqu...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
