It’s beginning to look like national elections around the world will be as important to the direction of the markets as weather forecasts. With several looming in the future, they also don’t seem to be any easier to predict.The world has endured two stunning, political upsets so far in 2016, the Brexit vote and the U.S. presidential election, and some analysts believe these could be just the first of many more to come. The next might be a constitutional referendum in Italy on 4 December, which could also be a referendum on Prime Minister Renzi who has threatened to resign if it fails. Some believe a third major anti-establishment shock may soon follow. In addition to Italy, France, Germany, the UK and others will have important general elec...
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...
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