Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply in Helena, Montana, doesn’t often see a crowd. But, these days, the line to get in the door can be hours long. People have yelled at one another as they jockey for ...

Since the dawn of time—or at least since humans started raising livestock instead of hunting and gathering—a simple question has perplexed farmers, philosophers, and (eventually) scientists: what came ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. The high cost of eggs and the arrival of spring is generating ...