Reports from China indicate the initial trade talks began with a productive session. Meanwhile, meetings this weekend between Vice President Mike Pence and senior staffers for the Democratic leadership about the budget impasse made no discernable progress. As the U.S. delegation of subcabinet members met with counterparts in Beijing, Vice Premier Liu He joined the talks, adding a positive note. This meeting was to pave the way for an agenda for an upcoming cabinet-level meeting, likely between U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Liu. President Trump is scheduled to be in Davos, Switzerland in two weeks on 21 January for the World Economic Forum. He’ll likely meet with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, assuming progress...
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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