National Food Security: Mission Unaccomplished India's parliamentary budget session ended in confusion, and the government (GOI) was unable to clear some crucial bills, including the food security bill, which would provide food grains to 67 percent of the population. There is a group within the government that wants a proper debate in the Parliament before the bill is passed, but those in power have suggested that GOI has the power to promulgate and implement an ordinance for the food security bill. Ordinance means the bill must first be signed by the president and then ratified as law by the parliament in the next session. While this procedure may be a way forward for the legislation, the Ministry of Law has suggested that it should not...
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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