One U.S. agency's review of restrictions on a particular herbicide and state action regarding chemical spraying ultimately signal that food security is no longer a problem. Adjustment Programs and Metrics on Protectionism WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo addressed the National Press Club in Washington today and called for policies that better distribute the benefits of trade. He cited the labor adjustment programs in Singapore, South Korea and Denmark, which includes the latter spending 1.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on its “flexicurity” program. 90 percent of the top economists surveyed by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business opined that increasing import tariffs would be a bad idea. That raises the...
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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