Your Pro Farmer newsletter (April 16, 2022) is now available

Rising food and energy costs are some of the biggest reasons for surging inflation, which surged to a 40-plus year high in March. Russia’s war on Ukraine is behind food security concerns of some outside the United States... and mounting political concerns in this country. We look at concerns with global food shortages on News page 4 this week. The Biden administration issued an emergency declaration to allow E15 fuel to be sold from June 1 to Sept. 15 as a means of saving consumers at the gas pump. But it won't likely have a major impact on gas prices - or produce as much additional ethanol demand as some believe (hope). We had an opportunity to talk to hog producers about reasons they aren't expanding their herds this week. We also highlight changes to USDA's meat and poultry forecasts. We cover all of these items and much more in this week's newsletter, which you can download here.