We reported on Friday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is actively pursuing a plan to separate farm programs and nutrition programs into two pieces of legislation. The House Leadership will know more about how this idea will fly with the Republican rank and file by the end of the Independence Day recess when the House returns on 9 July. In the meantime, other ideas on how to move the bill are being considered. According to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma), a couple of these include the following.
Taking the committee-passed farm bill back to the Rules Committee and asking for a closed rule that doesn't allow amendments. Taking most of the amendments that were passed on the floor -- with th...
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...
