A Great Food Crisis in 2011?

You guys know my long-term investment thesis on the Ag bull market (it will last decades) so I thought I’d share this little affirmation directly from the Horse’s Mouth…

Infograph.

Incomes booming down on the farm.

Of all the stupid things we do, one of the most dangerous is this ethanol nonsense, in which we gleefully burn up our food supplies. For very little in the way of environmental impact I might add.

Some of the biggest calls of the fall have been made right here on TRB.

Surging economies are bringing the farm economy back to life, even as the rest of the US struggles.

Farmer Brown here again.  October is off to a brutal start for the farm commodities.  Yesterday all of the agriculture contracts sold off hard after a blistering September rally – on average the soft commodities were down 2.8% on the session. But nothing compares to Friday’s drop in corn prices.  The December 2011 Corn contract…

There are three basic ways for most investors to play a potential Agriculture Boom, two of them being the most facile.

What’s all this commotion about wheat futures?