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For the third time in less than a year, a jury in Denver failed to convict poultry company executives of federal charges of conspiracy to fix prices.

A veteran commodity trader once urged me to remember that “People who say the market is wrong are usually on the wrong side of the market.” That insight, he added, had been learned the hard way, “ ... as in hardheaded.” His advice came to mind as the futures market carried its June swoon into the

Alan Guebert discusses the commodity futures market and the market forecast for summer.

Mega-billionaire Warren Buffett has a well-deserved reputation as a genius “value investor” and pithy commentator. His annual reports to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are highly anticipated for their market insight and expressive language, and often make news because of both.

Any real test of an investment should include how it performs in a down — or low tide — period.

Guebert comments on facts versus warnings given by politicians.

Together, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, can hold 53 million acre-feet of water, an amount that would put all of Kansas under one foot of water. Today, the two mega-pools are shallow shadows of their former selves: they now hold just 25% of their capacity.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the nations two biggest reservoirs, are shallow shadows of their former selves. Each holding just 25% of their capacity.

Since January, 38 million chickens have died in the U.S. either because of HPAI outbreaks or the culling of flocks where it was found.

These three levels of continuing concentration — too few exportable food choices from too few international sources handled by too few, secretive merchandisers — all but guarantees any minor food access problem anywhere in the world soon becomes a major food access problem everywhere in the world.