Under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Ottawa was to improve management of its dairy import TRQ’s and end Class 6 and 7 dairy pricing disciplines. The U.S. believed these changes would increase U.S. dairy exports to Canada by about a third, or $300 million. However, Canada has not loosened restrictions and they have increased imports from the U.S. by just $16 million or 2.4 percent. The result is that Washington will reportedly soon file a USMCA trade dispute case against Canada. Notable is the back story. The USMCA dairy provisions were pushed by U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Tom Vilsack, also the former Secretary of USDA. Vilsack was the only Obama Administration Cabinet official to voice public support for his success...
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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