The Senate Banking Committee’s subcommittee on Economic Policy will be holding a hearing tomorrow entitled "Protecting Consumers’ Pocketbooks: Lowering Food Prices and Combatting Corporate Price Gouging and Consolidation.” This is the second hearing on this topic convened by the Committee; on 2 May, the hearing was Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers’ Finances.” The panel’s Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act in February. Recall, this was a major theme of President Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) speech when he called for Congress to pass that piece of legislation, which would:
Issue regulations to establish shrinkflation a...
We at WPI hear frequently that U.S. agriculture is broken and needs fixing. This argument is often heard in MAHA-related discussions and focuses on highly processed food consumption or the overuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Among farmers and food processors, however, especially tho...
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “...
There was heavy volume exiting soybeans, which dragged down the broader market today. The lack of a specific Chinese buying commitment for soybeans undermined speculators who had placed bets on state-directed trade. But even the Chinese do not totally ignore market fundamentals. They may still...
On Tuesday, 12 May, WPI reported on an Executive Order being prepared by the Trump Administration to suspend tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on beef from all exporters for 200 days as a means of addressing high beef prices in the United States. After considerable pushback from cattle producer groups,...
