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.

Latest Stories
Cold blast in the Plains; more farm aid; Fed chair sweepstakes; Greek rice farmers fear trade deal impact
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Making the case for E15; Fed independence fears; Brazil meatpackers feel heat from China quotas
EU-Mercosur agreement; hiring slows; Trump, oil execs meet on Venezuela; no tariff ruling; USDA data deluge ahead
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December cattle trade delivered profit for 18th straight year