USMCA Hope House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) reportedly said that congressional Democrats do not want to delay a vote on USMCA until 2020. Separately, it was noted that the relationship between the president and Democrats is toxic, but there will still be deals that both sides want, and USMCA was given as an example of where there is mutual desire. There are two reasons for this:
Democrats have objections to the agreement (labor, environment, biologics, enforcement), but there are also substantive parts that are attractive to their constituency. Otherwise, it would not even be discussed. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer. He worked for the Congress and was confirmed unanimously by t...
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...
