The EU’s Agriculture Commission will reportedly present five options next week for revising the Common Agricultural Policy. Among them is a focus on smallholders. Another, considered “highly unlikely,” is full liberalization with the removal of subsidies.
Implications of EU Farm Policy The EU’s Agriculture Commission will reportedly present five options next week for revising the Common Agricultural Policy. Among them is a focus on smallholders. Another, considered “highly unlikely,” is full liberalization with the removal of subsidies. Yet based on research by the OECD’s Raushan Bokusheva plus studies on farm size and productivity, the latter option might be the better one. In the OECD...
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...
