The House followed the Senate in passing a bill that funded the government, provided hurricane relief and addressed the debt limit. However, this is only a temporary solution until December.Today the House of Representatives passed an amended Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development Act (READ) by a vote of 316-90 after passing an earlier version in January. It pertains to enhancing the transparency and accelerating the impact of foreign aid intended to promote quality basic education in developing countries. The bill was passed in the Senate yesterday (80-17) after being amended to address the following three critical items:
Hurricane Harvey disaster relief Suspension of the debt ceiling Continuing resolution to fund the gov...
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...
