The EU is strengthening its food safety and inspection measures against fraud, contamination and duality. Looking down the road, however, there is a more troubling effort. Troubled Horizon The EU is strengthening its food safety and inspection measures against fraud (horsemeat), contamination (fipronil) and duality (varying quality based on geography). Acting Dutch Agriculture Minister Henk Kamp actually admitted that contamination is a “common problem,” heady stuff for a global food supplier that claims to offer the best quality while dissing the production practices of competitors. Looking down the road, however, more troubling is the effort to phase out all pesticides, starting with glyphosate. As farmer costs would rise and imports wo...
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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