House Ag Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-Texas) would like to have the farm bill on the House floor during the week of 14 May. He is hoping that all the farm meetings held in districts during the recent congressional recess will have helped tee up the bill for the House to consider. The coming days will be dedicated to the whip process of rounding up votes with its speed and outcome likely determining the legislative schedule. As previously noted many times, the two major program issues were cotton and dairy, top commodities for the districts of the chairman and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota), respectively. Those were fixed in February’s emergency appropriations bill, and that took some of the pressure off...
What You Need to Know Today: USDA reports are delayed until Tuesday due to the federal holiday on Monday. Over the weekend, President Trump announced a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Russia warmly welcomed and confirmed this ceasefire by conducting more strikes against Ukraine. Specific...
On Saturday, 10 October, at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, President Trump said that the U.S. and Mexico would come to terms on a new trade deal, and he said Canada does not need to be part of the deal. Trump called the coming agreement with Mexico “great” but gave no d...
Key Takeaways: The United States has steadily lost global wheat export market share since the 1970s, falling from the world's leading exporter to a projected fifth place in 2026/27. The rapid expansion of Black Sea wheat exports, driven by improved productivity and export infrastructure, has r...
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