The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America has been called out for trying to undermine the credibility of a National Research Council conference and impending report on the safety of agricultural biotechnology.
U.N.-Trade Organization The U.N.'s Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has traditionally had a mercantilist attitude toward trade – promoting an agenda in which developing countries should export and rich countries should import, period. However, its latest Trade and Development Report has caught media attention for asserting that trade has not helped developing countries. By contrast, WTO data and analysis shows that, "from 1990 to 2008, the volume of exports from developing countries grew consist...
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...
