Reciprocity with Japan Cars and wheat should be treated equally. Toru Hisazome, a deputy director in Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said today that "It's still under consideration, so we haven't decided anything." He was referring to whether Japan would resume buying U.S. wheat after imposing an import restriction weeks ago in response to a small amount of biotech wheat being found in an Oregon field. Hisazome himself reportedly said that despite Japan's testing, "So far there is nothing. All of the tests conducted by Japan were negative – no GMO wheat was found." Roundup Ready wheat is harmless just like the Roundup Ready soybeans or corn currently being imported by Japan. It is a deplorable position by Tokyo...
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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