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Wheat & the Fourth Quarter of 2020
COMMENT: Hope all is well We as farmers are paying a price as our pm is bad-mouthing the Chinese. We, Australian farmers, have had a rough deal over the last 30 [...]
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The Crisis in Agriculture
What is taking place in agriculture as a direct result of this contrived virus pandemic is beyond contemplation. The agriculture industry can provide some insight [...]
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Vertical Farming & Political Change
QUESTION: Hello Martin, Thank you for your articles; they are really valuable especially at this time. There’s a lot of ‘noise’ out there, so your [...]
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Agricultural Loans Declining Right on Target
One of the most fascinating observations I have made over my career has been that the banks always lend at the top and contract lending at the bottom in every [...]
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The Rise in Agriculture for the Next ECM
The Fall Army Worm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) is a crop-eating pest that was first detected in China back in January 2019. It has now spread across China’s [...]
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The Grapes of Wrath – How to Keep Them Warm
The Winter that Will Not End is impacting even northern Italy. In Tuscany, winemakers have lit hundreds of torches to keep their grapes warm during this cold period [...]
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Failure to Plant Crops
COMMENT: Good day from Chatham, Ontario Canada (50 miles east of Detroit 42.4048° N, 82.1910° W); Interesting your models are warning of the next year’s [...]
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Government Ordering Agriculture Be Removed From Commodity Indexes
I am in Europe ahead of the May elections as the crisis begins to build. It appears that the powers that be may be talking about Global Warming to justify more [...]
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Farmers going Bankrupt – A Prelude to a Boom?
Part of the cycle for a commodity boom is typically preceded by a commodity depression in which the productive capacity is reduced. We are witnessing that in the [...]
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The Mechanism Behind the Rise & Fall of Nations
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I recently read a book which claims that the disparity of wealth among nations is something recently unfolding post-Columbus. The thesis [...]
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