Susan Stroud

Getting to take a stab at harvesting one myself—literally—was a highlight of my career. No pun intended.

Good morning, Singapore 🇸🇬

Happy 71st to my dad! He’s had health setbacks but keeps fighting. He says I got my attitude and grit from him—and he’s right. He got his from his mother, Twitter’s favorite margarita-drinking grandma 😂

Plant in the dust and your bins will bust, or so they say 🌾

He literally refers to this disk as “big boy” I’ve never seen him more proud than when he’s using it, though. Watching him back it out of the shed blows my mind. He can back up equipment better than men with 50 more years of experience Gen is in there too. She’s his shadow

Good looking povertygrass, buddy! #wheat

Not a terrible place to write The Weekender—from the infinity pool on Level 57 at Marina Bay Sands.

Dinner at Spago on the 57th floor, looking out over Gardens by the Bay and the Singapore Strait. The lights past the gardens are ships. Around 1,000 vessels sit in Singapore's port waters at any given time — about a third alongside at the terminals, the rest at anchor or waiting in the Strait. A ship arrives or leaves every two to three minutes, roughly 130,000 calls a year. It’s one of the busiest shipping hubs on earth, and a good share of what's out there floating is grain, oilseeds and palm oil. I’m excited to be in Singapore this week for CME Group's APAC Commodities Forum, then heading to Bali at the end of the week for IPOC. 🌴🌱