American politicians are no more averse to wrongheaded public pressure than their European counterparts – witness the current opposition to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). GMO Witches One has to give credit to the European Commission for at least being honest. In its rationalization for allowing individual member states to ban the importation of otherwise EU-approved GMOs, it acknowledges that those members' opposition to past approvals has "usually nothing to do with science." Instead, it argues that the policy shift would be "in the interest of democratic choice" since member states (e.g., the general public) are opposed to them. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker had earlier stated that the policy is "to give the majority view o...
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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