Climate Analysis There will be a new report out on Monday from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and predictions are that it will serve as a tool for thousands of articles written about the coming apocalypse. Progressives complain that there is too little in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that addresses climate change despite most Americans saying more needs to be done. But there is little public appetite for the costs of some of the proposed solutions. Massachusetts was going to phaseout natural gas and New York has cancelled a nuclear power plant while blocking the building of new gas pipelines. These approaches are the equivalent of Europe’s mandate for 25 percent organic food, both of which will lead to...
Weather concerns and the impacts of the war in Iran helped push wheat and corn to sharp gains Tuesday, with both markets blowing past key technical resistance levels. The weather is now coupled with geopolitical tensions that look increasingly hard to resolve, which is giving funds the perfect...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...
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