Several ag-related bills have been brought to the House floor under a suspension of the rules, which is a parliamentary procedure to expedite the consideration of relatively noncontroversial measures.With its calendar full of ag issues today, the House of Representatives convened at 12:00 pm (EDT) and began legislative business at 2:00 pm with all the votes stacked after 6:30 pm. On the docket were:Commodity End-User Relief ActThis is the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is typically reauthorized every five years. However, the CFTC has been operating without a reauthorization for the past two years. The bill makes reforms in a number of areas that include:
Codification of important customer protectio...
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...
