Erin Ailworth

@ailworth

Grain markets journo for @business. Ex @WSJ @BostonGlobe @latimes. Disaster magnet. Latina. Taco snob. Native Californian. Newbie New Yorker. Chicago-based soon

wsj.com/news/author/er… Joined November 2008

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Erin Ailworth @ailworth Oct 29

Thank you for all your insights! Here's a gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

www.bloomberg.com ‘Free the Onions’ Rally Sparks Debate on 68-Year-Old Trading Ban Outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week, a small group of university students staged an irreverent rally that sparked a serious debate among some of America’s financial elite about what can...

Scott Irwin Verified account @ScottIrwinUI Oct 29

Nice article on Bloomberg today by @ailworth on the onion demonstration last week at the CME. Not sure if this link is paywalled or not: urldefense.com/v3/__https://w…
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Erin Ailworth @ailworth Oct 29

Thanks for chatting with me about it all! What fun commodity will we take on next?

Rob Schwartz Verified account @FormerCFTCGC Oct 29

Thanks to Erin @ailworth for the opportunity to go on record to help peel back the layers of this pungent story.

‘Free the Onions’ Rally Sparks Debate on 68-Year-Old Trading Ban
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Erin Ailworth @ailworth Aug 8, 2025

New from @gersonjr and me: Tariffs starting to squeeze profits for farmers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

www.bloomberg.com Tariffs Are Starting to Squeeze Profits for Trump-Loving Farmers President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he loves farmers. His actions, though, are rippling across the agriculture industry as tariffs raise the cost of everything from tractors to fertilizers and...

Erin Ailworth @ailworth Nov 13, 2024

Crazy. Fingers crossed they get a handle on it quickly.

Mark D. Levine Verified account @MarkLevineNYC Nov 13, 2024

Brush fire burning in Inwood Hill Park. FDNY now on scene. Please use caution if you are in area.

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Erin Ailworth @ailworth Oct 22, 2024

Hire Alicia quick, y’all. We’ve been colleagues twice and I can vouch for how great she is :)

Alicia A. Caldwell @aacaldwellLA Oct 22, 2024

@ailworth Thanks!! Me too. So, for anyone still in the market for a versatile, dogged and occasionally mouthy reporter with tons of experience, I’m still on the market!
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