Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday as losses for some big technology stocks blunted gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 10:16 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 26 points, or 0.1%, to 35,745 and the Nasdaq fell 0.1%. (DTN

The Biden administration sought to thread the needle between oil and agriculture interests by proposing modest quotas for the use of biofuels while seeking to block exemptions for dozens of refineries. (Bloomberg)  

The Illinois Farm Bureau is telling its members to get ready for a fight with the new Waters of the United States rules coming from the Biden Administration. Director of Governmental Affairs and Commodities for Illinois Farm Bureau Mark Gebhards on Friday said they are putting out a call to action soon. (WLDS)  

Scroll through social media sites such as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook and you will be confronted with picture after picture of perfectly presented and utterly delicious-looking meals. While the smell and taste of food can have an undeniably powerful effect on our cravings, are endless posts of steaming snacks and glistening morsels more than just a feast for our eyes? (BBC)

So far this semester the School Street Food Pantry has served a total of around 375 students. Around 95% of the students the pantry serves are from Illinois State University. Most of the rest attend Heartland Community College. (The Pantagraph)

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in October as an increase in exports of U.S. energy and agricultural commodities outpaced growth in imports, which were restrained by a backlog at U.S. ports that month. (Wall Street Journal)