The decades-old U.S./EU beef trade dispute is back on the front burner as the U.S. decides to retaliate. Meanwhile, a USDA report, which showed meat and poultry in cold storage down from last year, included a particularly notable surprise. U.S .Retaliates on Beef Trade with the EU The decades-old U.S./EU beef trade dispute is back on the front burner. The WTO originally ruled against the EU’s ban on U.S. beef for the use of growth-promoting hormones in 1999. It found that the ban was not in compliance with international trade rules and allowed the U.S. to impose retaliatory tariffs on certain EU products. The WTO re-affirmed that ruling in 2008. Finally, the U.S. and EU signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in 2009 that rescinded the...
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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