This month’s Barclays commodity report contained the following interesting graph. It shows how the sectors of energy, agriculture, livestock, industrial and precious metals in exchange-traded products funds have changed since the first of this year. The title of the report was also interesting: The Commodity Refiner. From an age of shortage to an era of [...]
I’ve held this TED talk back to put up while I’m away from my desk for a few days, so if you haven’t seen it yet, watch this by Allan Savory. I understand it’s “gone viral”. I’ve featured Savory on this site a number of times before, including this interview by radio ecoshock. He’s controversial, [...]
For farmers it’s inevitable, rather like death and taxes. When farm commodity income goes up, so do input costs. Farm activists like to explain this condition in conspiracy terms. Ag economists often explain it as increased demand causing a rise in the price of the input. The reasons are never simple. Last year’s drought caused [...]
