News Updates MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The IMF has reached a $1.75 billion two-year finance agreement with Tunisia. Now all that is required is for the IMF board to approve the loan at its upcoming meeting.The government of Kuwait has decided to grant 5,000 square meters of land to every Kuwaiti. The land is intended for agricultural use, but the government has more in mind than growing some food. It wants to move some people to less populated areas near the northwest border of the country, where an increase in population could help with border security. Of course, the question is: How many Kuwaitis actually will want to move to the back of beyond for a little bit of land? The government's announcement did not go into much de...
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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