TTIP Red Lines At the same time EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht was warning his fellow Europeans against drawing red lines on trade issues before their negotiators had even met with the Americans, EU Director-General for Agriculture Joâo Pacheco was warning his U.S. audience that Brussels could not move on the precautionary principle or cloning. The only indication of possible giving of ground was improving the pace of approval for biotechnology products. There is still some humor in all of this given that one trade publication author either being inattentive or new to the technicalities of the agricultural trade debate wrote about DG Pacheco's discussion of "Genetically Modified Organizations" and "Geological Indications." Oink...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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