Russia has expanded its economic footprints in India, an old ally, after the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and its Western allies. The importation of Indian buffalo meat is now allowed and likely to grow with pork imports also a possibility. India's Expanding Meat Business Following the imposition of U.S. sanctions against Russia, that nation retaliated by banning such U.S. imports as fruits, meat products, milk and a host of other items. It has also been looking eastward to invest after being subject to additional sanctions from the West. As a result, Russia has expanded its economic footprints in India, an old ally, and opened the meat trade by allowing four buffalo meat plants there to export products to the country. The approval...
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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