A survey by the Pew Research Center on American opinions toward GMOs and pesticides indicates that if Big Ag was ever in the fight against its antagonists, it has been whipped. FoE Gets if Half Right The anti-industrial campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE) issued a report this week criticizing the food industry for attempting to counter its messaging as well as that of similar organizations. If the industry has spent the hundreds of millions of dollars on communications suggested by the FoE, it has made poor use of the money. A survey by the Pew Research Center on American opinions toward GMOs and pesticides indicates that if Big Ag was ever in the fight against its antagonists, it has been whipped:
A majority (57 percent) of U.S...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
