Bill Watts, Editor, Pro Farmer

Bill Watts

Editor, Pro Farmer

Bill Watts is the Editor of Pro Farmer, bringing over three decades of expertise as a financial and agricultural journalist. His career has spanned the globe’s most influential financial hubs—including London, Frankfurt, New York, and Washington, D.C.—where he has provided deep-dive analysis on commodity markets, international politics, and economic policy. A central Illinois native raised on a grain and livestock farm, Bill’s perspective is rooted in the field. He began his career covering the trading floors of the CME and CBOT, bridging the gap between the farm gate and the global market.

Supply worries sink grain and soy complex futures to kick off 2026
Fed not eager to cut in early 2026; Russia wheat export forecast boosted; China wants to stabilize grain production
A turn in Brazil’s cattle cycle; Brazil’s Amazon soybean pact may be in danger; trapping wild hogs in Mississippi
ASA raises alarm on foreign-drone ban; GDP soars
December 21, 2025
Don’t snooze on Japan; fund managers love stocks and commodities; Goldman says gold rally has room to run; cattle placements sink
Ground beef sees biggest year-over-year price jump since July 2020
Trade war underlines soybean market’s reliance on China, while diverse export markets for corn serve as ‘engine of growth': economists
Hedge funds piling into physical side of commodities markets