In 1945, Donald Faivre traveled 6,400 miles from his Illinois grain fields to Japan. While overseas, he encountered a surreal chain of firing squads, peg legs, Tojo, Tokyo Rose, cannibalism and a set of prison sketches penciled by a Japanese doctor. Two years later, he returned to the Midwest carrying the poignant sketches. Faivre protected the collection in his farmhouse for decades, steadfastly hoping to return the drawings. The sketches waited 70 years, but they finally found their rightful owners in 2023.
Some economists think agriculture is in a recession. Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for StoneX, is one of them. However, he believes comparisons to the 1980s are misguided.
Prioritizing soil health with cover crops and a diverse crop rotation is allowing Jeff Sather to save on fertilizer, enhance drought resilience and market direct to consumers.
