The populist National Farmers Union (NFU) has now provided some ideas on how to address the economic fallout of a long-run bear market.
Russia Slammed The WTO has ruled on Russia’s ban on the importation of pigs and pig products from the EU. Russia claimed at the time that the purpose was to protect against African swine fever, but it was understood then to be retaliation against European sanctions placed on Russian individuals and businesses following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Basically, the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel has opined that Russia’s ban violates the sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) agreement and its obligation toward regionalization of measures. In short, Russia was so transparently v...
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...
