Jones Act Under Threat: U.S. aggies tried for decades to rid the burden of the U.S. flagged shipping requirement (AKA the Jones Act) for government impelled cargoes, including food aid. One way to rid the burden on food aid is to move to cash donations (see WPI 14 February); however, another is to have it challenged in the WTO by trading partners. Several countries in Geneva have taken issue with the U.S. law prohibiting foreign flagged vessels from intra-coastal shipping. It is a "buy American" provision based on a dubious national security claim. USTR says it is willing to consult with trading partners.Responding to Whiners: The effort to make the food industry right all of the world's wrongs continues ...
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Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
