Trade War Hyperbole Equity markets around the world traded higher today even as pundits and newspaper headlines wailed about the trade war. Beijing will get roughed up rhetorically this week in Geneva as it goes through its biennial Trade Policy Review. What should concern Chinese leaders in the bilateral scrum with the U.S. is that Trump is being fully backed in his assault on their country by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). Graham has frequently been a critic of Trump’s on other topics and is respected on geopolitical issues. He believes the economic drain from the trade war will force China to reconsider its regional aggressions in the South Pacific as well as its Belt and Road initiative. Meanwhile, U.S. Trade Represe...
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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