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The Quarterly: Rising energy costs are squeezing the rural economy - CoBank Site
The Quarterly: Rising energy costs are squeezing the rural economy - CoBank Site The Quarterly Rising energy costs are squeezing the rural economy April 2026 Rural Americans are absorbing some of the most acute fuel cost impacts from the conflict in the Middle East. They drive longer distances, lack public transit and rely on diesel-heavy industries like farming and freight, which quickly affect household budgets and business expenses.
Your AI Agent Is Available, Fast, and Making Terrible Decisions
Your code review bot has 99.9% availability. Median response time is under two seconds. It hasn't thrown an error in weeks. It's also approving PRs with critical security vulnerabilities, rejecting clean code because it doesn't like the variable names, and your senior engineers are quietly overriding it dozens of times a day. Nobody's tracking that. Nobody even has a dashboard for it. This is the state of AI reliability in 2026: we're measuring the system, not the judgment.
OpenSRM: An Open Specification for Service Reliability
A team sets a 99.99% availability target for their checkout service. It's ambitious but achievable: they've done the work, invested in redundancy, and their metrics look solid. Six months later, they're missing their target every single month. The postmortem reveals the problem: their critical path flows through three upstream services. The authentication service promises 99.9%. The payment gateway promises 99.95%. The inventory service promises 99.9%.
Shift-Left Reliability
We've become exceptionally good at incident response. Modern teams restore service quickly, run thoughtful postmortems, and hold themselves accountable through corrective actions. And yet… A team ships a change that passes every test, gets all the required approvals, and still brings down checkout for 47 minutes. The postmortem conclusion? "We should have known our latency SLO was already at 94% before deploying." Many postmortems point to the same root cause: changes we introduced ourselves.
The Year Ahead: Forces that will shape the U.S. rural economy in 2026 - CoBank Site
The Year Ahead: Forces that will shape the U.S. rural economy in 2026 - CoBank Site 2026 The Year Ahead Forces that will shape the U.S. rural economy December 2025 Compared to a year ago, economic uncertainty surrounding U.S. trade policy is much lower, steadying the broader outlook for 2026. We’ll be keenly watching row crop profitability and swelling electricity demand in the year ahead.
Trade-policy shift risks loss of trust
CoBank Editor’s note: Tariff policies continue to shift from when this quarterly report was written by CoBank experts. The long-anticipated “reciprocal” tariff plan turned out to be much more impactful than businesses had expected and significant uncertainty remains as we enter a 90-day negotiating period with many of our trade partners.
Global growth rates decrease
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992, the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995 and China’s accession to it in 2001 appeared to set the stage for a decisive and final global victory for the political ideals of free-market capitalism, democracy and individual freedoms over isolationist authoritarian rule. In terms of wealth generation, the era of free-trade agreements was a rousing success.
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CoBank macro outlook: “Higher for longer” boosts US dollar, hits export prospects
Markets and economics Market Trends Feed commodity markets US Fed officials now expect interest rates to stay higher for longer “Higher for longer” is now the trending catchphrase among market watchers following the demise of “transitory inflation” and the quickly fading “economic soft landing.” Fed Chairman Powell commented at the Sept. 20 meeting that despite his 5.25% in combined hikes to date, consumer spending, employment, and inflation were all still running hotter than he liked.
Project manager key for a new hospital
Having followed coverage of recent confusion and turmoil at John C. Fremont Healthcare District, multiple concerns come to mind. Nonetheless, I was glad to read that the hospital board is planning to move forward on the new hospital, required to be operational by 2030 — not that far off. When Lynn Buskill held her introductory town hall meeting, I asked her how and when a project manager (PM) would be selected for the project. Her response was that she would fill the PM role personally, as if it...
Record cull prices help curb milk supply
Global and domestic demand for dairy products remains weak amid slowing economic conditions. China’s combined whole milk powder (WMP) and skim milk powder (SMP) imports are down 24% year-over-year, a reduction of 184,000 metric tons, or about the fluid equivalent of the annual production of about 150,000 U.S. cows. Research firm Oxford Economics is forecasting world gross domestic product (GDP) growth to barely top 2% in 2023 compared to 6.2% in 2021 and 3.1% in 2022.
Higher Food Inflation, Slowing Economy Dampen Dairy Demand
Average U.S. mailbox milk prices have dropped more than $6.00/cwt since peaking last May. While milk supply here and in Europe has been edging marginally higher since late 2022, we would argue that the price decline is largely due to broader economic factors that are limiting dairy demand both in the U.S. and abroad.
3 Disturbing Consequences of Using Data Unethically
Decisions Have Consequences: Safety in Self-Driving Cars AI is only as good as the learning models and datasets it's based on. In situations where decision-making is left to machines - decisions based on the dataset from which it learns - who has accountability if something goes wrong? And what about the ethical considerations behind a machine's decisions?
Food Manufacturers’ Surprise Profitability Set to Continue, High Prices Will Test Consumers
Key Points Before the pandemic, conventional wisdom held that cost inflation squeezes food manufacturing margins, but that did not happen in 2021. A perfect storm of increasing input costs in mid 2021 led to a series of pricing adjustments, some of which are just now hitting grocery shelves. Additionally, consumer food spending has not returned to pre-pandemic patterns, upending industry expectations.
CoBank Releases 2022 Year Ahead Report - Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy
The U.S. economy is poised to slow in 2022 relative to 2021, but economic growth will continue at a pace that is well above average. Consumers have powered the economic recovery since mid-2020 and that will continue in the coming year. Consumer spending is expected to rise another 4% to 5% in 2022 and GDP is expected to grow by roughly 4.5%, according to a comprehensive year-ahead outlook report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange.
Mountain Dew Pickles Are Real and They'll Get You Jacked Up, On Pickles
Have you ever bitten into a pickle and, with annoyed dissatisfaction, thought, "Yo! Why ain't this green wang jackin' me up!?!?!" If so, good news! Now your favorite gator knob looking snack can be pumped full of the fuel and Mountain Dew flavor that makes a Fortnite player both a champion and a diabetic. DIY Mountain Dew Infused Pickles are Real This video from Fun Foods is a little tutorial on how to make these Dewckles.
Serena Williams Sister: The Tragic Murder of Half Sister Yetunde Price
Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most renowned tennis players on the planet, both having dominated the sport for many years. The Williams sisters are the face of women’s tennis, but despite their time in the sport’s spotlight, there’s still many things fans don’t know about them.
Steve Martin’s “Expert Diver” Skit Deserves Perfect 10s
You won’t find many funnier people on the planet than the great Steve Martin. The Pink Panther and Cheaper by the Dozen actor got his start in stand-up comedy in the 1970s and appeared so much on Saturday Night Live alongside greats like John Belushi, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd (who can forget the “Two Wild and Crazy Guys”) that you probably thought he was a cast member at one point.
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Contagious Behavior. By David K. Dirlam, Ph.D.
What can we learn from contagion statistics and why should we care? My interest in that question began at the age of 9 years. My folks traveled each year to their parents’ homes, 530 miles away. There were few Interstates back then, so the drive took 13 hours. No matter how many games like “I see something that sees me” my mother started, there were many boring hours. During one of these I discovered the maps in the car’s compartment.
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For Practice, Louisiana-Lafayette’s Football Team Does Wall Sits That Would Make Your Pledges Implode And Die
======= ======= ====== ====== ====== ===== ==== ====== ====== ===== ==== ======= ======= ====== ====== ====== ===== ==== ====== ====== ===== ==== If there were ever a “Hazing” category on Jeopardy, “What are Weighted, Lap-Hopping Wall Sits” would be the correct response to the answer, “This unholy hazing technique is the best way to obliterate a pledge’s weak, worthless pelvis and sometimes results in pancaked testicles.” If this is what Louisiana-Lafayette does to their football team, I...
Three Blonde Girls Ran On The Field At The College World Series, Vine’d It, And Took Selfies
Omaha, Nebraska natives and possible sisters (they’re definitely related), Kayleigh Hill, Emily Hill, and Torrie Hill, were apparently pretty bored and/or drunk at The College World Series last week while UCLA was trying to close out its eventual victory over Mississippi State. To entertain themselves, the girls decided to take a leisurely sprint on the field, and to make this the most girly act of trespassing ever, one of them decided to snap some selfies and Vine the ordeal.
(PHOTO) Arizona State Girl Goes To Halloween Party Completely Naked Because Arizona State
Why did I not go to school in Arizona? I would gladly sacrifice my literacy and risk being stabbed on campus (well, in Tempe anyway) to swim through a sea of gorgeous, adorably confused, morally void women. In Arizona, shame must be something you only learn about in books, which is why no one there has heard of it.
Breaking Down the University of Dayton Sigma Chi’s Drunken Mini-Mart Rampage
Anyone who has ever been on a bus ride to formal knows that it is one of the great shitshows in all of Greek Life. Everyone is blackout, someone is getting finger blasted in the bathroom or OTPHJ’d in their seat, and nobody is giving any fucks…about anything. Goddammit do I miss formal bus rides. But before you go claiming that your formal bus ride was all kinds of depraved, know that the Sigma Chi chapter from the University of Dayton just raised the bar for bus ride mayhem.
This ESPN Team USA World Cup Promo Will Get You Pumped The Fuck Up
I don’t care what it is, but if America is involved in something that is watched by the world, you bet i’m paying more attention to it than I do to TFM’s rush boobs. You can call soccer a pussy sport, but for the love of the greatest fucking nation on God’s green earth, i’m watching our country show all these 3rd world countries what the fuck is up 87 Log in to reply or vote on comments
Tennessee Baseball Makes Fantastic Promo Video Spoofing “Major League”
The guy who got the Charlie Sheen part should feel honored. Here's the original.
Student Wanders Around The Woods With A Shotgun For Terrible Art Project, Is Mistaken For A Dangerous Gunman
Statistically speaking, 99.87% of art is stupid. This is science. That indisputable fact is true in part because artists are profoundly stupid, and often times, ironically uncreative. That’s mostly because, different ? creative, something the vast majority of them don’t understand in their desperate attempt to put off getting a real job. Sculpting the Virgin Mary out of human feces isn’t art.
5 Essentials For A Quality Pregame
One of the first things I learned in college is that it’s important to show up to every function fashionably drunk, especially office hours. It lets the professor know that when you’re not in class, he’s on your time. It’s a power move. To show up fashionably drunk, you of course need to pregame. The pregame has always been my favorite part of the night. I don’t really have a good reason why, other than I’ve always been a Christmas Eve kind of guy.
Oregon FIJI, Student Government Presidential Candidate, Allegedly Attempted To Bribe And Threaten His DU Opponent
One of the most amusing aspects of both Greek life and college student governments is how certain people get all up their own asses about the politics of it all, and treat every little thing like it’s some clandestine, world shaking decision. You’re managing what amounts to a philanthropic social club populated by gifted alcoholics with poor decision making skills, or, if it’s a student government, a worthless entity. This isn’t House of Cards. This isn’t even Parks and Rec. Chill out.
Derek Carr Was Mic’d Up When He Broke His Leg Against The Colts
It’s pretty tough listening to Derek Carr’s reaction the moment he realizes his leg is broken and the Raiders’ promising season has derailed, but I bet you want to listen anyway, don’t you? Yeah, Derek, it’s broke. So are the Raiders’ chances of winning a Super Bowl this season. To listen to Ross and I talk about this injury, along with other mind-wrecking topics, on Back Door Cover, hit play below. Also please subscribe to it on iTunes so we can get paid.
You Ever Dab In A Billionaire’s Face? This Kid Did
Famous billionaire/NBA franchise owner/TV star/legendary businessman/renown entrepreneur and investor approaches you with his high-five hand extended. Do you: A. Deliver the five. B. Hit him with the fake-five-pull-away-and-dab-in-his-face move. Dead. Mark Cuban is dead. Death by dab. All those billions are helpless against a nine-year-old brat sitting court side who fakes you out and dabs in your billionaire face when the cameras are rolling. A lot of people are saying the dab needs to die in 2016.
Don’t Blame My Third Party Vote For Your Shitty Candidate’s Loss
Early this morning Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election to a reality television star who has never held political office. As has become commonplace across our current digital landscape, knee-jerk reactions and finger-pointing currently flood social media as millions of Americans attempt to understand how the opening sentence to this article is now real life.
Another Random Entity Ranks The Best College Towns In America; Here’s The Top 20
It’s always interesting to read college town rankings, and by interesting I mean it’s a great way to pass six minutes, scrolling through to see if your school’s town made it among the ten or twelve usuals and the randos that have no business being on the list, because fuck ’em. Someone should really make a comprehensive list of every college town’s average rank, based on the dozens upon dozens of outlets that make up these arbitrary rankings.
Here Is Mike Pence’s Fraternity Composite Photo
While President-elect Donald Trump looks to continue the Obama-started trend of non-Greek affiliated presidents, his sidekick, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, is set to become the first Greek Veep since 1993. Here’s Pence’s fraternity composite photo from his days as a brother of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, which he attended from 1977-1981. Look at that fresh head of lettuce! Was not expecting that.
So The Texas Agriculture Commissioner Just Called Hillary Clinton A Cunt On Twitter
No, seriously. And this wasn’t a sly “See you next Tuesday!” slipped into a tweet, either. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller literally replaced Hillary’s name with the name “Cunt” in a tweet comparing Clinton’s poll numbers to Trump’s. I’m pretty sure “Cunt” isn’t even a real name that people have. Not sure; I’ll get some people on that. In the meantime, check out the since-deleted tweet. Stupid move here by Miller to delete the tweet.
Lil Dicky Roasts Nick Cannon On Wild ‘N Out, Cannon Responds With Cheap Shot Comeback
TFM’s favorite rapper, Lil Dicky, recently was the special guest on an episode of MTV’s Wild ‘N Out. Yes, your second favorite MTV diss show from 2006 (behind Yo Momma, obviously) is apparently still on the air. And, unlike its host, Nick Cannon, who was tossed to the curb by Mariah Carey early last year, it appears as if the show is still able to attract big names — like L.D. Did you like that diss? Just getting into the spirit over here.
Tennessee Student Accidentally Puts Porn Star’s Name On Quiz, Professor Gives Him 0 For Sexual Harrassment
Keaton Wahlbon is a student at the University of Tennessee who doesn’t remember the names of his TAs, just like the rest of America. Keaton had a geology quiz with Professor Bill Deane and one of the questions on the quiz was “what is your lab instructor’s name? (if you don’t remember, make something good up).” Since Keaton didn’t remember, he put down the first generic girl name he could think of, which was Sarah Jackson.
Heroic Friends Link Hands To Save Stranded Puppy From Rushing Water
Heroic Friends Link Hands To Save Stranded Puppy From Rushing Water A group of buds in Kazakhstan teamed up to save a terrified puppy from being swept away by rushing water. One ballsy kid pushed through the rapids to grab the pup and pull it to shore. When the dog was too tired to scramble up the incline, the friends linked hands and hoisted it to safety. This is the kind of heartwarming stuff you need after a long week at your summer internship/job.
Chicago Idiots Surprised, Outraged To Find That Living Next To Late Night College Restaurant Is Noisy
College kids are noisy. Drunk people are noisy. Trains are noisy. Chicago is a humongous, noisy city. If you happen to live in Chicago, a short walk away from a major university, in a part of town that is popular for drinking (and in a town whose residents drink more aggressively than Mad Max characters drive and play guitar, no less), and your place is right next to the L train, then you should probably expect noise. A lot of noise.
Apparently You Can Email Jeb Bush And He Will Directly Respond In No Time
Presidential candidate and Rowdy Gentleman enthusiast Jeb Bush is struggling in the polls, but that doesn’t mean he has run out of campaign tactics, yet. Earlier today, Bush promised a group of schoolchildren in New Hampshire that if they emailed him directly at jeb@jeb2016.com, he would respond to each of their questions. Well, word got out about this little stunt and Jeb was inundated with emails. Luckily for us, he still decided to respond.
I’m A Guy And I Was Raped By A Girl
I was raped in college. At the time I was a 6’1″, 235-pound rugby player, and would then and now be aptly described as “a red-blooded male.” To be more accurate, I was raped before college, during my pre-orientation visit over the summer.
Mizzou Proposing Insane Rules That Will Kill Greek Life AND Endanger Its Students
“Are you guys going to see the magician?” This question wasn’t asked of me at a grade school carnival or a child’s birthday party. It wasn’t even in reference to if I was going to go buy drugs from an eccentric dealer who wore a top hat and kept numerous white rabbits as pets (this would have been the best possible meaning of the question).
Four Idiot Kentucky Fans Get 40-0 Tattooed On Their Asses Before The NCAA Tournament Starts
All year I’ve watched the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team in awe. I’ve watched them with disbelief and envy. I’ve watched them with morbid glee as they’ve dismantled opponents as Robert Durst would a female neighbor. I have wanted Kentucky to win — and go undefeated — all year, because I have enjoyed watching greatness and want to see that greatness fulfilled. That is, maybe until seeing this picture.
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