Gary Blumenthal wrote yesterday about the trend toward carbon labels on food products. To facilitate that, the Senate is expected to vote this week on the Growing Climate Solutions Act. That proposal already passed the Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously. Specifically, the bill would direct USDA to establish a program to certify entities that provide technical assistance to, and verify the practices of, farmers, ranchers, and foresters who participate in voluntary markets that trade credits for reducing greenhouse gases (for example, carbon markets sponsored by private companies). It would also require USDA to audit those entities, establish an advisory council for the program, and coordinate with the Environmental Protect...
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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