Kai Risdahl

Caitlin Tan had that story on ranchers and farmers.

Farmland Partners owns and leases about 70,000 acres of farmland across the country.

Grew a tenth of one percent.

Ag and food giant Archer Daniels Midland rose two percent.

Meat processor Tyson Foods added one and four tenths of one percent.

The first Wednesday after Memorial Day, which today is, means it is National Flip-Flop Day.

Decker's Outdoor Maker of Tevas, you know them, right?

Climbed 2.6%.

Flip-flop adjacent Shoemaker Crocs improved 2%, although how that is, I will never understand.

Bond prices up, yield on the 10-year T-note down 4.48%.

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To each his own, of course, but my go-to bagel is sesame, definitely not toasted, a healthy but not overdone schmear, tomato if it's a good one, lox, capers, and just a hint of thinly sliced red onion.

If it's a genuine New York City bagel, all the better.

But the reality is the popularity of and the desire for good bagels is picking up across the country, especially out here on the West Coast.

As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Crystal Liguori reports, the bagel economy?

is on a roll.

Sometimes from a single data point, a theme can be intuited.

So here is the data point.