The outcome of this week's U.S.–China Meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) is even better than hoped. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's involvement was useful, but also credited is a novel approach to participation. JCCT Delivers The outcome of this week's U.S.–China Meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) is even better than hoped. We thought USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's involvement could be useful (see Ag Perspectives, 27 October), but also credited is the novel approach of having Chinese and American businesses participate during the first day. Not only did China approve three U.S. biotech seed events, it also agreed to protect U.S. dairy products against the Geographic Indication safeguards dema...
What You Need to Know Today: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.75 to 4.0 percent Wednesday, with two officials dissenting in favor of a 25-basis-point increase. The Fed upgraded its assessment of economic growth from "solid" to "strong" but adopted a more patient approa...
Key Takeaways: Expected growth in U.S. soybean crushing capacity and output, driven by biofuel demand, will increase domestic soymeal supplies, with production growth significantly outpacing demand. WPI forecasts soymeal production increasing from 65.8 million short tons in 2026/27 to 70.5 mil...
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