The fight over Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) on Capitol Hill is intensifying and becoming brutish. While both sides in the debate are claiming to have the votes they need, key will be the undecided.
TPA Fight Heats Up The fight over Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) on Capitol Hill is intensifying and becoming brutish.Proactive Opposition: Opponents of TPA are more organized and intense than they've been during prior debates over fast track legislation. Activist groups are staging more protests in Washington and in key states and congressional districts. Opponents in Congress are so vocal that Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-New York) questioned why declared opponents of TPA were even being invited to Obama administration briefings...
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...
