Early voting in the two Georgia Senate runoff races begins today. Georgia is one of the few states with special election rules, where there is no primary and all candidates, regardless of party, run in the general election. If no single candidates earns 50 percent of the vote, there is a January runoff. Since 1988, there have been seven statewide runoffs in Georgia. This cycle’s runoff is on 5 January (with, as mentioned, early voting starting today). The 117th Congress convenes on 3 January. The party split is now 48 Democrats and 50 Republicans. To maintain a majority in the Senate, one of the two Republican incumbents running in Georgia must win a runoff. For Democrats to gain the majority, both Democratic challengers must w...
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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