Communist Marketing Russian Federal Customs Service official Rusian Davydov says he wants to extend the 2014 food embargo restriction to include meat and other livestock products from the U.S., EU and other countries. Meanwhile, his boss, Russian President Vladimir Putin, told the Federal Assembly that he wants the nation’s farmers to become major exporters of organic food products by 2025. Notably, the very markets for organic foods are the ones Davydov is targeting for more sanctions. It seems unlikely that Western countries are going to permit that imbalanced outcome. GSP Retaliation Indian Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan downplayed the impact of the U.S. decision regarding Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) withdr...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
As predicted, the Federal Reserve held rates steady at the last meeting before the midterm elections, likely in part because of the election (see WPI 19 October and 22 September). The decision comes at the tail end of a midterm election cycle that has been marked by the two parties campaigning...
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