A survey by the Pew Research Center on American opinions toward GMOs and pesticides indicates that if Big Ag was ever in the fight against its antagonists, they've been whipped. FoE Gets if Half Right The anti-industrial campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE) issued a report this week criticizing the food industry for attempting to counter its messaging as well as that of similar organizations. If the industry has spent the hundreds of millions of dollars on communications suggested by the FoE, they've made poor use of it. A survey by the Pew Research Center on American opinions toward GMOs and pesticides indicates that if Big Ag was ever in the fight against its antagonists, they've been whipped:
A majority (57 percent) of U.S. adu...
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...
