In yesterday's WPI report, Gary Blumenthal and Dave Juday gave their assessments of the effect of the U.S. election results on various issues related to U.S. agriculture. And yesterday the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its latest update on world food prices. In a sense, the U.S. election results and their impact on U.S. agricultural policies and world food prices, along with the issues they raise, are rather closely connected. Agriculture is a major part of the globalization of markets and economies. In fact, we would argue that agriculture has been a leader in the process of economic globalization if for no other reason than the fact that crops and food are produced, traded and consumed everywhere in the world.Combi...
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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