Jokes on Me On 18 October we chided WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (DG) for seeking to instead lead the World Social Organization. The WTO is failing to move forward on trade issues and so she is trying to use potentially stronger interest in tangential topics like climate change/sustainability and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) to leverage change in trade policy. We were not alone. South American and Asian envoys complained that the DG was advancing transatlantic proposals and wading into topics unrelated to trade and already being managed by other international organizations. She needs to focus on the Doha agenda topics already agreed to by consensus. In truth, even the Doha agenda has by consensus been hijacked...
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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