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January 28, 2025 |
Riding the Winds of Change
Riding the Winds of Change
Ag Marketing IQ: Data guesses and federal policy rock the grain market boat.
In 1990, the band Scorpions released the song “Winds of Change.” While the lyrics aren't exactly the most transparent (Who really knows what "the wind of change" smells like?), many believe it’s a metaphor for the collapse of the USSR and the hopeful idea that freedom and opportunity would follow. Now, before you think I’m about to draw some wild parallels between the fall of the Soviet Union and the new U.S. administration, let me stop you: I’m not. That would be, well, a little dramatic.