Congress is back in session, and one of the first orders of business will be to confirm several new Cabinet members, including the following:
Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) as Secretary of State. Kerry was the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and has been a foreign policy confidante of President Obama. He is of equal profile to replace Secretary Hillary Clinton. It would have been difficult to replace Clinton with a diplomat because Clinton was perceived to have a broader, deeper political perspective in addition to the president's attention. At the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the replacement is less clear. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is leaving after serving all four years of Obama's first term. As our t...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
