More Europe First The European Parliament will vote on a report from its agriculture committee that proposes subsidizing protein crops. Emphasized in the rationale is the transparent protectionist motive of import substitution. However, many of the other discussion points are also confounding. For example, its authors criticize soybean supplies from Brazil because of their environmental damage, but they propose allowing Europe’s subsidized protein crops to be grown in the ecological focus areas. The report also wants producers to use local, regional and on-farm crops, and it suggests more animals grazing on grass rather than eating soymeal. This prompted the European compound feed industry (FEFAC) to urge consideration of the nutriti...
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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