As officials currently in charge of the EU are increasingly looking for ways to devolve power to the member states, including over GMOs, Washington is considering ways to reign in divergent state and local policies on things like GMO labeling requirements. EPA Concedes in RFS In response to a federal lawsuit filed by the oil industry and others, U.S. EPA agreed to publish its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) required blend rates for 2014 (two years late), 2015 (one year late) and voluntarily for 2016 by 1 June of this year. Following public comment, it expects the rates will be final by 1 November. This is only slightly earlier than the end-of-June prediction by WPI's Dave Juday and consistent with his forecast that all three years...
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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