The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 11/02/2026 I Had to Get This Said So Here It Is… “Shit happens!” PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update Getting the crop out is only half the job for livestock farmers at harvest. Once the grain is in the bin, they have corn stalks to harvest, used as livestock bedding or stover for cows, which is hard to get done under wet conditions when it keeps raining. After the soybeans are harvested or after the stalks are removed from corn fields, then feedlots scurry to empty manure pits and or spread stockpiled manure. What can we push back on “Big Ag” with? … as the politicians in both parties have now joined the chorus on campaigning …well, manure replaces commercial fertilizer. That is the best way to reduce dependency on fertilizer companies. With so many manure applications running in a short season, accidents will happen. When they do, we are sure to hear about it in the Des Moines Register or Iowa Capital Dispatch. They think that it validates their anti-CAFO argument. My response is that “Shit happens!”. Nobody does anything without…

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