How else to explain the unending focus by critics against biotechnology than obsession with malevolence.How else to explain the unending focus by critics against biotechnology than obsession with malevolence. The U.S. Senate will take a procedural vote next week to see if it can get 60 votes in favor of proceeding to debate a compromise bill mandating the labeling of GMOs. With a sudden attack of late onset self-awareness and apparent oblivion to the marketplace havoc unfolding due to its own negligence, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration pronounced this week that the legislation is confusing, unnecessary (after all, GMOs are safe) and encroaches on its own jurisdiction.In governance, jurisdiction must be exercised or it is lost. The a...
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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