Soft commodity markets
France's Nikola Karabatic makes a shot during the men's gold medal handball match between France and Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Olympic Latest: France earns gold for 1st volleyball medal

Aug. 06, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

In this Oct 1, 2020 image, Navajo rancher Timothy Largo and his grandchildren pose for a photograph outside a corral at the Sims Ranch near Crownpoint, New Mexico. Navajo ranchers impacted by the pandemic and ongoing drought may soon qualify for assistance to supplement their livestock with hay and grain. (Vida Volkert/Gallup Independent via AP)
Aid for Navajo ranchers hit by drought, pandemic on its way

By Vida Volkert Jun. 13, 2021 10:10 AM EDT

Patrons are assisted while dining along a sidewalk on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, April 16, 2021. As consumers increasingly venture away from home, demand has begun to shift away from manufactured goods and toward services, from airline fares to restaurant meals, triggering inflation in those areas. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Another jump in prices tightens the squeeze on US consumers

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 10, 2021 08:42 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Sun Sentinel. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Shame on secretive senators for hiding gambling intentions The new gambling...

FILE - This April 8, 2020, file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite a union's claim that the increased volume endangers workers. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Pork group asks USDA to support faster slaughterhouse speeds

By David Pitt May. 25, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

A man walks past monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, May 21, 2021. Asian shares were mixed Friday after a rebound on Wall Street broke a three-day losing streak. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rebound breaks 3-day slump

By Elaine Kurtenbach May. 20, 2021 02:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a worker restocks chicken in the meat product section at a grocery store in Dallas. Rising prices for a variety of commodities are contributing to a jump in prices at the consumer level in 2021, with Americans paying more for meat, gasoline, items they keep in their homes and even the homes themselves. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Rising commodities costs hit Americans at home and on road

The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell says the economic outlook has “clearly brightened” in the United States but the recovery remains too uneven with lower income groups lagging behind. In a speech Monday, May 3, 2021 Powell cited a number of reasons that U.S. growth prospects have brightened. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
EXPLAINER: Why are fears of high inflation getting worse?

By Christopher Rugaber May. 11, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

Gas prices are shown on a Exxon service station sign in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Commodities like plastic, paper, sugar and grains are all getting more expensive as demand outpaces supply. Companies are also paying more for shipping as fuel costs rise and ports experience longer delays because of congestion. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Companies sound alarm over commodity price hikes

By Damian J. Troise Apr. 29, 2021 09:10 AM EDT

CORRECTS YEARS OF FARMING TO 43 INSTEAD OF 45 - Morey Hill stands near a barn on his farm, Friday, April 16, 2021, near Madrid, Iowa. In 43 years of farming, Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but not until last year had he endured it all in one season. Now, as Hill and other farmers begin planting the nation's dominant crops of corn and soybeans, they're dealing with another shift _ the strongest prices in years and a chance to put much of the recent stomach-churning uncertainty behind them. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
US farmers finally see better outlook after 2 odd years

By Scott Mcfetridge Apr. 27, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits pharmaceutical business CSL in Melbourne, Australia Friday, March 26, 2021. Morrison welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's criticism, made in a speech in Brussels, of "China's blatant economic coercion of Australia." (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
Australian envoy reportedly describes China as 'vindictive'

By Rod Mcguirk Mar. 26, 2021 02:18 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 photo, a high number of container ships dot the coast of Long Beach at sunset waiting to dock at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach off the California Coast. A trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. businesses waiting for shipments from Asia _ while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships have been anchored, unable to unload their cargo. ( AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Mar. 21, 2021 08:19 AM EDT

Restaurateur prepares for brain surgery and new business

By Allison Ballard, Wilmington Starnews Feb. 27, 2021 12:01 AM EST
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For those who don’t know Tammy Tilghman, her friend and employee Hannah Faircloth said she is someone who always puts others first. ...

Sections of pipe await placement near Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the Enbridge Line 3 project on Feb. 8, 2021. Conflict is growing among Indigenous communities along the nearly 400-mile path of Enbridge's Line 3. As the project cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe, and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, it has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family, and community. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)
Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Mary Annette Pember Feb. 24, 2021 10:29 AM EST

Wings, Super Bowl party staple, have seen prices soar

Feb. 07, 2021 02:48 PM EST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Prices are soaring for one of Super Bowl Sunday’s perennial party staples. Restaurants across Connecticut say the...

This Oct. 27, 2020 image shows a sign in front of the Ajo Farmers Market & Cafe advertising the Ajo Food Pantry in Ajo, Arizona. The pantry was overwhelmed with demand early in the pandemic. On designated afternoons, people can come by and pick up bags of food for themselves and their family and neighbors. (Katherine Sypher/Cronkite News via AP)
Arizona town teams up to fight COVID-19 food insecurity

By Katherine Sypher Jan. 04, 2021 10:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020 file photo, a farmer discs over a corn field on at a farm north of Woodward, Iowa. The corn was damaged beyond salvage by the recent derecho. Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast. Farmers faced challenges throughout 2020 that included the impact of trade disputes; low prices that drove down cash receipts and weather difficulties. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP File)
Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

By David Pitt Dec. 31, 2020 01:10 PM EST

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus stand in front of a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. Stocks were mostly lower Thursday in Asia after weakness in technology companies’ shares led an overnight decline on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Shares mostly lower in Asia after tech-led drop on Wall St

By Elaine Kurtenbach Dec. 09, 2020 12:42 AM EST

Marijuana is now Maine's biggest agricultural commodity

Dec. 08, 2020 08:19 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is known for its wild blueberries and potatoes but marijuana has surpassed them to become the state’s most valuable crop. ...

Recent Missouri editorials

Nov. 23, 2020 02:04 PM EST
The Kansas City Star, Nov. 19 It’s in possible violation of voter registration law that Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is registered...