Stephan's Friday Picks

• The hidden life of seeds (Washington Post)
• The U.S. corn crop is great. Farmers finances? Not so much (WSJ)
• Canada's wildfires were a top global emitter last year, study says (NYT)
• What is corn sweat and is it making the Midwest more dangerous (Vox)
• From the archives (1973): The Russian wheat deal - hindsight vs foresight (St. Louis Fed)