For this week and on, I have made the decision to switch up the blog. I know that looking at articles from the newspaper can get boring at times, so I am going to start publishing things like recipes, animal nesting materials, how to rescue animals, and how to take care of some animals. I thought this would be the best way to make things a little more interesting, but at the same time we are still keeping everything agriculture related!

So lets get started with out first entry to our new and improved Agriculture blog!

This entry is a recipe on how to make “real” hot cocoa.

Here it is…

• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tablespoons (1.5oz/42.5g) honey
• 2 cups (16 fl oz/473 ml) warm milk
• 1/4 teaspoon (1.3 ml) vanilla
• 2 tablespoons (30 ml) powered milk (optional)

Blend the cocoa and honey in a cup. Slowly add a warm amount of warm milk to make a syrup. Pour the syrup into the remaining milk and add the vanilla. (If you want richer cocoa, put it into a blender and blend in the powdered milk) Heat the cocoa until hot but not boiling, and serve (yields 2 servings)

Excerpted from the Country Wisdom Almanac

This weeks articles are both from The Daily Times and they both show the price change in commodities.

Our first article is from September 9th, 2020.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $7.57
• Ethanol (gal) – no change
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $6.49
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $7.26
• Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $6.32

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.47
• Silver (oz) – increased $1.08
• Platinum (oz) – increased $1.35
• Copper (lb) – decreased $1.12
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $1.61

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – increased $1.26
• Coffee (lb) – decreased $1.42
• Corn (bu) – increased $1.08
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $1.45
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $0.56
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.77
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.36
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.20

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Our second article is from September 11th, 2020

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $1.97
• Ethanol (gal) – no change
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $2.14
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $3.45
• Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $1.93

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.49
• Silver (oz) – increased $0.77
• Platinum (oz) – increased $1.74
• Copper (lb) – decreased $1.74
• Palladium (oz) – increased $0.58

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – increased $0.38
• Coffee (lb) – increased $2.21
• Corn (bu) – increased $2.01
• Cotton (lb) – increased $0.96
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $4.33
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $2.20
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.54
• Wheat (bu) – increased $1.12

This week we only have one article out of The Daily Times from September 4th, 2020. This article shows the commodity price change.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $0.34
• Ethanol (gal) – no change
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.75
• Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $0.04
• Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $0.24

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – decreased $0.35
• Silver (oz) – decreased $1.89
• Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.60
• Copper (lb) – decreased $1.50
• Palladium (oz) – increased $2.41

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.53
• Coffee (lb) – decreased $0.08
• Corn (bu) – decreased $1.50
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $0.97
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $8.11
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $6.17
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.65
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.82

Hey guys, welcome back to the blog! I am sorry for the delay, I know I said I would start back in August, it is just a little later in August than I would like to be starting. Now lets get to this weeks article…

Our first article is out of The Daily Times from August 25th, 2020. This article shows the change in commodity prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – increased $0.66
• Ethanol (gal) – no change
• Heating oil (mm btu) – increased $1.28
• Natural gas (gal) – increased $2.66
• Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $6.46

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.36
• Silver (oz) – increased $0.45
• Platinum (oz) – increased $0.17
• Copper (lb) – increased $0.31
• Palladium (oz) – increased $0.67

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – decreased $0.22
• Coffee (lb) – increased $0.29
• Corn (bu) – increased $1.45
• Cotton (lb) – increased $5.60
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $99.80
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $20.70
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $4.60
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $6.80

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Our second article is out of The Daily Times from August 28th, 2020. This article is also about the change in commodity prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $0.81
• Ethanol (gal) – decreased $0.47
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $2.73
• Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $4.84
• Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $5.59

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $1.64
• Silver (oz) – decreased $1.49
• Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.24
• Copper (lb) – increased $0.20
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $1.43

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – decreased $1.04
• Coffee (lb) – increased $0.20
• Corn (bu) – increased $1.10
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $0.34
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $3.38
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.05
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $1.93
• Wheat (bu) – increased $1.97

Hello everyone! Due to it being summer break, I will not be posting again until around august, thank you!

Here is what is going on in the Agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from April 14th, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. This is a chart that shows the price change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $1.54
• Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.64
• Heating oil (gal) – increased $2.26
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $0.52
• Unleaded gal (gal) – increased $3.84

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – decreased $3.19
• Coffee (lb) -increased $0.71
• Corn (bu) – decreased $0.08
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $2.96
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $3.69
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $4.74
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $1.07
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $0.27

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.50
• Silver (oz) – decreased $3.23
• Platinum (oz) – increased $0.16
• Copper (lb) – increased $1.89
• Palladium (oz) – increased $2.84

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Our second article is from April 15th, 2020 which is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel. This is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $10.26
• Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.32
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $5.07
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $4.29
• Unleaded gal (gal) – increased $2.37

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – increased $2.97
• Coffee (lb) -decreased $1.87
• Corn (bu) – decreased $1.66
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $0.47
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $0.81
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $2.30
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.85
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.13

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.68
• Silver (oz) – increased $3.83
• Platinum (oz) – increased $9.37
• Copper (lb) – increased $1.14
• Palladium (oz) – increased $0.67

Here is what is going on in the Agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from April 7th, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. This article is a chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $7.97
• Ethanol (gal) – increased $0.58
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $2.33
• Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $6.79
• Unleaded gal (gal) – increased $1.45

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – decreased $5.10
• Coffee (lb) -increased $1.20
• Corn (bu) – decreased $0.91
• Cotton (lb) – increased $4.06
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $6.82
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $2.67
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.15
• Wheat (bu) – increased $1.18

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $2.65
• Silver (oz) – increased $4.68
• Platinum (oz) – increased $1.95
• Copper (lb) – increased $1.13
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $1.37

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Our second article is from April 10th, 2020 which is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel, which is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $9.29
• Ethanol (gal) – increased $5.04
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $3.77
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $2.80
• Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $0.10

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – increased $1.27
• Coffee (lb) -decreased $0.95
• Corn (bu) – increased $0.53
• Cotton (lb) – increased $0.98
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $5.93
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $5.23
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.99
• Wheat (bu) – increased $1.50

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $4.25
• Silver (oz) – increased $5.60
• Platinum (oz) – increased $2.06
• Copper (lb) – decreased $0.02
• Palladium (oz) – increased $0.70

Here is what is going on in the Agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from April 2nd, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. This is a chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $0.83
• Ethanol (gal) – decreased $9.99
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $6.92
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $3.23
• Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $8.37

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – decreased $4.42
• Coffee (lb) -decreased $2.49
• Corn (bu) – decreased $1.76
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $5.32
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $5.85
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $1.12
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $2.62
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $3.25

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – decreased $0.33
• Silver (oz) – decreased $1.22
• Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.67
• Copper (lb) – decreased $2.14
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $7.03

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Our second article is from April 4th, 2020 which is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel. This is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – increased $11.93
• Ethanol (gal) – decreased $0.12
• Heating oil (gal) – increased $7.59
• Natural gas (mm btu) – increased $4.45
• Unleaded gal (gal) – increased $4.35

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – decreased $4.85
• Coffee (lb) -decreased $3.48
• Corn (bu) – decreased $0.82
• Cotton (lb) – increased $1.98
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $0.04
• Orange juice (lb) – decreased $3.02
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.52
• Wheat (bu) – increased $1.38

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $0.49
• Silver (oz) – decreased $1.10
• Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.64
• Copper (lb) – decreased $1.03
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $0.73

Here is what is going on in the Agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from March 24th, 2020 out of the Knoxville News Sentinel. It is a chart that shows the changes in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – increased $3.23
• Ethanol (gal) – decreased $10.08
• Heating oil (gal) – increased $0.97
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $0.12
• Unleaded gas (gal) – decreased $31.98

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $5.59
• Silver (oz) – increased $7.09
• Platinum (oz) -increased $0.80
• Copper (lb) – decreased $3.24
• Palladium (oz) – increased $1.06

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – increased $3.04
• Coffee (lb) – increased $1.88
• Corn (bu) – decreased $0.07
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $2.85
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $0.69
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $4.45
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $2.49
• Wheat (bu) – increased $4.31

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Our second article is also from the Knoxville News Sentinel on March 27th, 2020. This is also another chart that shows the change in stock market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $7.72
• Ethanol (gal) – increased $6.83
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $4.33
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $1.33
• Unleaded gal (gal) – decreased $0.55

Agriculture:

• Cattle(lb) – decreased $2.77
• Coffee (lb) -decreased $3.72
• Corn (bu) – increased $0.07
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $1.24
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – increased $3.08
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $0.45
• Soybeans (bu) – decreased $0.14
• Wheat (bu) – decreased $1.90

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $1.09
• Silver (oz) – decreased $1.33
• Platinum (oz) – decreased $1.16
• Copper (lb) – decreased $0.94
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $0.55

Here is what is going on in the agriculture industry this week…

Our first article is from March 15th, 2020 out of The Daily Times. The title of the article is, “Spring arrives early for many, but for some that’s not good.”

This article explains that trees and flowers are leafing out earlier than ever. This years spring is the earliest in the 39 years of records that have been kept. Early spring can cause problems in the natural world and it is risky because of the higher likelihood of plant damage caused by late frosts or early summer drought. Climate change is disrupting natures calendar, especially for when the plants bloom. The purpose of this article is to inform readers on the damage that man-made global warming is causing.

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Our second article is from March 18th, 2020 out of the Daily Times. This is a chart that shows the changes in the stick market prices.

Here are the results…

Fuels:

• Crude oil (bbl) – decreased $6.10
• Ethanol (gal) – decreased $3.75
• Heating oil (gal) – decreased $1.04
• Natural gas (mm btu) – decreased $4.74
• Unleaded gas (gal) – increased $3.12

Metals:

• Gold (oz) – increased $2.62
• Silver (oz) – decreased $2.37
• Platinum (oz) -increased $1.16
• Copper (lb) – decreased $3.48
• Palladium (oz) – decreased $0.29

Agriculture:

• Cattle (lb) – increased $4.90
• Coffee (lb) – decreased $0.96
• Corn (bu) – decreased $3.03
• Cotton (lb) – decreased $1.50
• Lumber (1,000 bd ft) – decreased $4.62
• Orange juice (lb) – increased $2.12
• Soybeans (bu) – increased $0.30
• Wheat (bu) – increased $0.25