The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) has a nice ring to its name. Like so much else in politics, though, its goal is quite to the contrary. Misnamed and Misinformed The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) has a nice ring to its name. Like so much else in politics, though, its goal is quite to the contrary. At its upcoming annual conference, it will roll out John Ikerd, a retired academic with rhetoric like, “The rest of the world doesn’t need or want our industrial approach to farming, and multinational corporations are the greatest threat to future global food security.” He accuses transnational corporations of committing a “hostile takeover of the global food system.” A key OCM supporter and speaker is Dudley Butler, wh...
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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