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.

Triple-digit silver; dumping the dollar; tight cattle supplies continue
December placements down slightly less than expected
Farm and ethanol groups blast Congress; USDA portal; Greenland thaw continues; strong GDP, sticky inflation; EU-South America trade pact timing
Farm leaders press for more aid in spending bills; soybeans erase post-WASDE fall
Japan shakes up bond market; Big Oil, ethanol groups strike a deal; Brazil early-harvest weather
Domestic importers and farmers ‘bore the tariff burden substantially, says new research from North Dakota State University.
Cold blast in the Plains; more farm aid; Fed chair sweepstakes; Greek rice farmers fear trade deal impact
Strong crush; farm squeeze continues; lenders a little less gloomy; oil futures retreat; bond giant diversifying away from U.S. assets
Whole milk goes back to school; metal rally won’t stop; Food for Peace’s new home; India cotton imports jump; meet America’s largest landowner
Red, hot beef; eye on the yen; no ‘Turnaround Tuesday’