One of the biggest issues in agriculture over the past half a dozen years has been the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule – and more generally, the definition of wetlands has been a top issue for decades. Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) said they would hear one of the cases filed against the WOTUS rule – specifically the ruling of the 9th Federal Circuit Court in the Sackett v. EPA case. In sum, there have been five different regulatory definitions of wetlands in the past six years, and the confusion and litigation has been costly. A brief overview of how the case got here. In 2015, the Obama Administration issued the WOTUS rule that expanded the scope of the definition of a wetland. The o...
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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