This week's ambitious hearing lineup adheres to what Chairman Michael Conway (R-Texas) suggested would be the committee's agenda for the year: CFTC reform, farm bill implementation and oversight.The House Agriculture Committee has a busy week ahead with five hearings scheduled in the next three days:
Biotech labeling to be held by the full committee on 24 March Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reauthorization to be held by the subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit 24-25 March Meat labeling to be held by the subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture on 25 March Farm bill implementation to be held by the subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on 26 March
The biotech labeling h...
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...
