Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is dead for now, and the sudden protectionist pivot in Washington has created a sigh of relief by those in Japanese agriculture. Trade Politics Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is dead for now, but trade negotiators still have full-time jobs with an agenda. Thus, the U.S. and Europe are set to exchange initial offers on tariff cuts for improved market access. President Obama vows that he will continue to press for Congress to pass TPA. However, his meetings this week with Democratic lawmakers made clear that organized labor is already mad at the administration over its unwillingness to give government subsidies to union-run health insurance, and members of Congress are not going to rub salt in labor's wounds...
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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