Congress will be preoccupied with fiscal matters this year. The following is a short look at the fiscal timeline that will dictate the upcoming schedule for the first part of 2013.In its letter to the House Budget Committee, the OMB noted that the delay and gridlock over fiscal policy has only yielded more delay and gridlock. The letter, which was a response to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's letter of inquiry asking if the budget would be presented on time, averred that the president's proposal would be delayed. This underscores that the aforementioned deadlines-- except, maybe, the debt limit deadline -- are not all that hard and fast. For example, no budget resolution has been passed by the Senate (or the full Congress) for...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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