The sudden announcement that Delta Peanut will permanently close its Jonesboro, Arkansas, shelling operation is more than another plant closure. For farmers across Arkansas, southeast Missouri and northeast Louisiana, it raises serious questions about peanut marketing, storage, grower contracts and the future of a crop that has become increasingly important to the Mid-South… and the […]
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The High Cost of Growing Peanuts in Arkansas: Farmers Face More Than Just Production Risk
Peanuts have become an important alternative crop for farmers in parts of Arkansas, particularly on the lighter, sandier soils of the Delta. They provide another rotation option alongside cotton, soybeans, corn and rice and, under the right circumstances, can generate attractive returns… but peanuts aren’t an easy crop to grow. They require specialized equipment, significant […]
Why Are American Cattle Producers Upset About More Beef Imports?
American cattle producers have spent the last several years navigating one of the most difficult operating environments in recent memory. Drought forced many ranchers to reduce their herds. Feed, fuel, equipment, labor, land and financing costs increased. The nation’s cattle inventory tightened, beef production declined, and eventually the basic economics of supply and demand did […]
Corn and Soybean Prices Are Finally Showing Some Life — What Should Growers Expect Next?
For much of 2026, row-crop producers have faced an uncomfortable combination: commodity prices that struggled to cover production costs and input expenses that refused to cooperate. As harvest approaches, however, corn and soybean markets have begun to look considerably different. Corn has pushed above the psychologically important $5 level, while soybeans have moved well above […]
Tariffs and the American Farmer: How the Trade Fight Has Hit Agriculture This Season
For American farmers, tariffs are rarely an abstract debate about international trade. Eventually, they show up somewhere much closer to home—in the price of fertilizer, machinery and replacement parts, in export demand for grain, or in the basis offered at the local elevator. That has made the 2026 season particularly complicated. Farmers have been dealing […]
Arkansas Rice Farmers Are Being Squeezed: Why 2026 Has Become Such a Difficult Year
Rice is more than another row crop in Arkansas. It is one of the foundations of the state’s agricultural economy. Arkansas produced about 45% of all U.S. rice in 2025, making what happens in our fields important not only to Arkansas farmers, but to the entire American rice industry. (Arkansas Extension Service) And in 2026, […]
Thank You FBN…
It was 10 years ago this month that I jumped onto a plane and flew out to Sioux Falls to meet w/ a handful of guys that were working on a really cool startup project. I had just did a TEDx talk on “Biting the Hand that Feeds Us” relating to the struggles faced by […]
Flashback to Farmers & Furries…
Look what popped up on my Facebook timeline this morning as a memory from 4 years ago… I was in Denver that week for meetings with ag retailers from across North America. We had a couple of hundred attendees staying at the Sheraton in downtown Denver for this meeting. We had spent weeks planning everything […]
What does El Niño mean for Farmers?
For southern farmers, the phrase “El Niño Watch” is a major signal that the fundamental drivers behind our weather are shifting. El Niño is a climate pattern triggered by the warming of surface waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which alters the path of the jet stream across North America. While El Niño’s effects are […]
Collection of Native American Artifacts
I have recently added some of my collection of Native American Artifacts for sale on the Cotton Exchange. I have my collection broken into two subcategories, individual pieces and groups (cache). This collection will soon be available online on my eBay channel and possibly other locations and auctions in the future. Disclaimer: All Native American […]
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