• Chinese Ownership of American Farmland: Sorting Wheat from Chaff

    Chinese Ownership of American Farmland: Sorting Wheat from Chaff

    It's not apparent why Chinese ownership of farms in the U.S. is usually a bad thing.
  • Bitfarms sells $62M BTC to boost market liquidity

    Bitfarms sells $62M BTC to boost market liquidity

    Despite recent market turmoil, Bitfarms has decided to sell 3,000 bitcoins for $62 million instead of hodling them, a decision that has slashed miners' profit margins.
  • Matt Lauer puts palatial Hamptons estate back on market for $43.99M

    Matt Lauer puts palatial Hamptons estate back on market for $43.99M

    Matt Lauer is once again trying to sell his massive Hamptons mansion. The disgraced former “Today” anchor has relisted Strongheart Manor, as the sprawling compound is known, for $43.99 million. Last year, as Lauer finalized his divorce from Annette Roque, he put it on the market for almost the same price: about $44 million. He …
  • 1,000 lucky chickens saved from slaughter as coronavirus slams farms

    1,000 lucky chickens saved from slaughter as coronavirus slams farms

    Farm animals have had a rough go of it during the coronavirus, but this flock has been lucky enough to fly the coop. Rescuers from the nonprofit Animal Place saved 1,000 hens last week from an Iowa egg farm that’s culling its flock as the pandemic roils the nation’s food supply chain. Instead of being …
  • Egg prices crack records thanks to coronavirus panic shopping

    Egg prices crack records thanks to coronavirus panic shopping

    Egg prices have cracked fresh records as the coronavirus crisis sent shoppers scrambling for yolks. The wholesale price for a dozen “Midwest large” eggs tripled over the course of last month to an all-time high of $3.09 on March 27, according to Urner Barry, which tracks daily food prices. The spike came as coronavirus panic …
  • Dairy farms dump milk as coronavirus crisis spoils demand

    Dairy farms dump milk as coronavirus crisis spoils demand

    Dairy farmers are dumping giant loads of milk down the drain as the coronavirus crisis spoils demand for products like butter and cheese. Farmers say they’ve been left with nowhere to send their raw milk now that widespread closures of schools, restaurants and other businesses have shut dairy processors out of some of their largest …