Ludditic Longshoremen Labor strikes are always about money, working conditions and job protection but the latter is skyrocketing to the top. The U.S. East and Gulf Coast port workers’ strike is a prime example. Automation is threatening the number of longshoreman positions needed, and the higher the unions drive wages, the greater becomes the threat of automation. Message to Trump and Harris: AI controlled robotics is the future of both manufacturing and farming. It will suppress the need for immigration in the future. But the top goal of Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, is playing 19th century’s Ned Ludd, he wants a ban on automation. He said, “We do not believe t...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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