Tomorrow could be a big step toward clearing the picture on the Republican side, or it may leave the waters muddied. Either way, the states remaining with late primaries are having unprecedented impact on the nomination process.
In the modern era of presidential campaigns (at least since 1980), most front-runners in both parties’ primaries usually wrap up the nomination in terms of delegates by Super Tuesday in late February or early March. This year, however, neither has yet been able to do so.In the Democratic primary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is fairly close with 1,941 committed delegates so far against the 2,383 required to secure the nomination. 1,633 delegates are still to be decided, and she needs to win 27...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
