Washington’s famous think tanks have opined on the future of trade policy, and the analysis is far more thoughtful than the complete falsehoods asserted by a certain trade critic.
Washington’s famous think tanks have opined on the future of trade policy, and in addition to vexing angst over a Trump presidency, the characterizations about a Clinton trade policy range from uncertainty due to her vacillations to an aggressive Hillary who will strongly challenge China to a defender of the status quo. They’re “think” tanks, and so the analysis is far more thoughtful than the complete falsehoods asserted by trade critic Lori Wallach of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch that were printed in the Washington P...
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...
