The farm bill may face some competition for floor time from a new move to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) when Congress reconvenes in January.
The farm bill may face some competition for floor time from a new move to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) when Congress reconvenes in January. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) is urging Democratic colleagues to withhold their vote for a farm bill until an EUC bill can be passed. The savings in the farm bill may be needed to pass the EUC bill, according to Van Hollen. Unemployment benefits expire at the end of the year. An extension package was introduced on 20 November by the Ways and Means Committee that would allow states to pr...
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...