Argentina’s major farm organizations fear new legislation that the government plans to introduce next month regarding royalties on biotech soybean seed. Farmers there have largely avoided any such payments, largely because of one reason. Argentine Farmers Continue to Resist Paying Biotech Soybean Royalties Argentina’s major farm organizations fear new legislation that the government plans to introduce next month will force them to pay royalties on biotech soybean seed they use more than once. The farmers say they should only have to pay the fee the first time they purchase the seed but not on that subsequently produced on their own farms. However, the government’s proposal apparently will require them to pay the royalties on patented biot...
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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