After a nearly three-year delay, the EU Commission has issued criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors. Significantly, the specific potency of the disruption will not be a consideration. Deadly Hyperbolism Commodity markets took it on the chin today, purportedly because big money funds shifted into gold and the U.S. dollar out of fear of adverse impacts should Britain vote next week to leave the EU. It has been hyperbole from both sides of the Leave/Remain campaigns. So much so that despite tight controls by the UK on public access to firearms (and one of the lowest firearm-related homicide rates in the world), an agitated and presumed Leave supporter shot to death British lawmaker Jo Cox, who was campaigning for Remain.Notably, the...
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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