10/12/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – So Far… Ag has Not Been Shown as Contributing to Iowa’s Cancer Rate

The Commstock Report is a twice daily market report. 10/12/2026 So Far… Ag has Not Been Shown as Contributing to Iowa’s Cancer Rate PLEASE REFER TO THE BROKER COMMENTARY PAGE FOR UPDATES!! Click Above to Watch Brian’s Afternoon Market Update When on a cruise-ship, passengers often greet each other with the question, “where are you from”? On the Rotterdam, off Norway in 2024, we answered such a question…” we are from Iowa”. The questioner responded “ah…Caitlin Clark”. My wife, who is an avid WNBA-Caitlin Clark fan, was elated that someone so far away associated Iowa with the basketball star.  Unfortunately, along with corn and hogs, that is not all that we are being associated with, since Iowa became first in the nation for states with the highest rate of cancer. No one here is surprised by that, given the likelihood of knowing so many people who are living this reality. Our cancer treatment centers are very busy. They are doing a good job as treatment which has lowered the mortality rate but that is not the explanation or solution that Iowans are looking for. In my experience cancer plagues some families and not others so there is a genetic connection. Cancer is…