The House Rules Committee is meeting today to report out a rule on which amendments to the Farm Bill will be ruled in order during the floor consideration, and there have been 226 amendments filed for the House Farm Bill floor debate. As expected, nutrition spending is the focus of debate, as generally and specifically, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – formerly known as food stamps – is the topic of 52 amendments – almost one in four of the amendments filed. Those amendments run from restoring funding, to cutting funding further, to stripping nutrition out of the Farm Bill, to changing the name of SNAP back to the Food Stamp program, to changing the title of the Farm Bill to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Ma...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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