Jeff Cole

Agriculture markets. Purdue sports. 1997 Bulldog Basketball Camp P.I.G. Tournament Champion. These are my tweets.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jordan Peterson on a truth that should humble all of us:

“I’ve never seen anyone get away with anything. Not even once.”

You might twist the fabric of reality for a while — bend the rules, cut corners, play games — but it always snaps back. Sometimes years later, in ways you never saw coming. That’s why “the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.” Not terror, but deep respect for the order of things.

You get away with nothing in the end.

In a culture that increasingly celebrates short-term cleverness and moral flexibility, this is a sobering reminder that reality keeps perfect score.

God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

What about you — have you ever watched someone “get away with it”… only for it to catch up with them later in unexpected ways?

[Dallas Choat @ChoatDallas]

Word around the ag world is that @PioneerSeeds is doing something pretty fun for their 100-year anniversary: the “Golden Seed” incentive. 13 farmers across the U.S. who find 'gold' seed will earn trips to Iowa and Hawaii to tour Pioneer facilities and see the operation firsthand!

[Pioneer Seeds U.S. @PioneerSeeds]

📣 JUST IN: Our first Golden Seed winner has been found in Ava, IL!

Before you drop the seed in the planter, keep an eye out for the GOLD seed. You might be the next winner!

👀 Stay tuned as more winners are found.

#Pioneer100 #GoldenSeed

[Athlete Nostalgia @athletenost]

2019 March Madness Carsen Edwards may be the greatest player I’ve ever watched

Averaged 35🫡

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

It’s crazy that @NASA has been releasing such quality photos of the moon. And I don’t want to be *that* guy, but I’ve just noticed some things that I don’t think add up. Let me explain 👇🏼

[Mike and Jeff show @AgrisAcademy @AgrisAcademy]

My Venezuela experience as head of trading in the region for Cargill.

Cargill was/is the leading producer of critical staple ingredients such as flour, pasta, vegetable oil, and rice in VZ. I am not saying I agree with grabbing the dictator, but I did have a front row seat to the damage a kleptocracy did to innocent people.
1. The government took over our "minute rice" facility at gunpoint because we were "gouging" the nation's poor. The government was never able to run the plant. It never ran again. It was returned years later with no equipment inside
2. There are 1000's of generals in the army. They are each given a slice of the economy to loot. The large number of generals made it difficult to organize a coup against the regime.
3. The government opened grocery stores and sold staples below the cost we sold them to the government. In theory they used petro oil money to lower grocery prices. Our regular grocery outlets were forced out of business. When the government demanded we sell them products below cost we simply had to shut down. The populous became ever more dependent on the government handouts. (PS this is the mayor of New York City's proposal.
4. Dollars- We needed dollars to go buy raw materials like wheat from places like the US and Canada. The government would periodically allocate us some dollars that could only be spent for raw materials and freight. Eventually only the local companies that can and would pay bribes got dollar allocations. We had several facilities closed for lack of raw material
5. My employees liked working for Cargill. The office was an armed compound with access to a gym, high speed internet, global communications, and a weekly box of basic staples. Cargill provided a safe and secure environment if only for the working hours.
6. Employees became very close to others inside the apartment building. Going out on the street with a desperate population was not advisable.
7. I needed wood pallets for feed. We tried to export wood pallets to swap for grain. We refused to pay the bribes it would take to export the pallets
8. I once tried to set up a closed loop wheat planting to flour mill supply chain. A. They came and stole all the seed wheat for food. When we tried to ship in seed wheat in containers via US donors there was no way to get it out of the port without it being stolen
9. Livestock- Our feed business completely collapsed. Even if you could raise a pig, you couldn't defend it from being stolen. People with guns were hungry.
10. Employees- In the end my highly skilled team alone with other highly educated people chose to leave. Cargill often found jobs for them in other Latin countries. The regime was more than happy to see the well-educated leave the country. Setting these employees up with high quality stable jobs after fleeing remains one of the best things I ever did in my career. No one remembers millions in trading earnings.

This is a short list. In my opinion the first money spent needs to happen now and it needs to be food. The US is already on the clock. The current regime does not care if it starves the population. The orgy of theft will actually accelerate if they believe their days are numbered. VZ should be an outstanding customer of US grown ag products. Rice, bread wheat, veg oil ect. Feed the people first.

Jeff Kazin
Former head trading Cargill

[FOX College Hoops @CBBonFOX]

"Emotional people in basketball and in business-they're not good decision makers."

Matt Painter's thoughts after Purdue's win against Memphis ⬇️

[GrainStats 🌾 @GrainStats]

this video sums up what the China-US trade war is going to look like 🥊

[Trevor Peters @TrevorPeters__]

Just announced: An all-Boilermaker team will crew a @virgingalactic suborbital mission named “Purdue 1” in 2027. 🚀🚂

Will carry a @PurdueEngineers professor, graduate student & alumni conducting human-tended research experiments. More:
https://t.co/4NPtYAjDjj

[Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas]

There's a debt that we owe Charlie.

[Purdue Ag Econ @PurdueAgEcon]

Kylie Saathoff (Manteno, IL) is working with @CortevaUS as a Pioneer Commercial Sales Intern, covering the Illiana region!

“I’m developing a marketing playbook that’ll provide sales reps with practical tools to enhance their efforts & build personal brands.”

#SummerInternship

[Brian Wilkes @BrianWilkes59wx]

No cooling off at night! This summer has produced warm nights, 70° or warmer on 31 occasions in #Indianapolis. MOST in a season (and ties) since 2012. Ranks 6th all-time on record #INwx

[Jeff Cole @RealJeffCole]

@FoulkShay Traveling through my stomping grounds, ehh? May the road rise to meet ya.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

An endlessly useful piece of advice:

Do right by people.

Do right by your customers, your clients, your vendors, your partners in business or in life.

Be known for your integrity,
and be someone who can be trusted.

[Jim McCormick @jpmccormick3]

Drought Monitor Map released: May 22, 2025 & One week changes

[Indiana Dairy Assoc. @INDairy]

CORRECTION:

2️⃣8️⃣ drivers select whole milk.
5️⃣ drivers select 2%.
2️⃣ Indiana dairy farmers will deliver the milk.
A field of 3️⃣3️⃣ ready to carry on the tradition.

🥛 #winnersdrinkmilk
🏁 #indy500

@IMS @IndyCar @IndyCarOnFOX

[Hammer and Rails @HammerAndRails]

So they can call offensive fouls in crucial moments in NCAA tournament games. #stillbitter

[Jordan and Courtney Moses Delks @CompeteTraining]

Thank you @ischumanwrites of @BoilerUpload for the great article on TKR’s transformation 🧠 #compete
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Article below 👇
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https://t.co/4hBYrMF9WH

[INDIANA PSYCHO @INDIANA_PSYCHO]

BREAKING: Sources tell me that Matt Painter views Sunday's game vs. Indiana as a "interview" for the IU opening. Painter, who grew up a Hoosiers fan and dreamed of playing at IU, has always wanted to "lead a Blue Blood program" and live in a "actually good college town". #iubb

[farmdoc daily @farmdocDaily]

1/ Production costs for central #Illinois — on a 50/50 #corn-#soy rotation — peaked in 2023 and are projected to decline slightly to an average of $958 per acre in 2025.

From today's Management Strategies with Low Incomes webinar