The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science War on America The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science. Opponents cite the “probably carcinogenic” characterization of the herbicide by the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). However, that stance is discredited because:
No other major science-based regulatory body has found evidence to support such a conclusion. No other UN organization agrees with 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...