The Obama Administration will spend $16.8 million to encourage healthier food purchase decisions by SNAP recipients. However, a notable food assistance development suggests the rush to cage-free eggs is likely to mostly hurt the poor. China’s Selective Liberalization At the eighth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues ending yesterday, China agreed to liberalize the pricing of commodities, but only of the ones in which the Middle Kingdom is competitive, none of which are agricultural. It did commit to improve its approval process for agricultural biotechnology products, and the two nations are slated to meet before the end of this year to discuss the full slate of related issues. Cage-Free Hurts Poor The Obama Administration will...
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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