EU leaders are warning that Brexit and Trump’s victory are “warning signs” to liberal democracies though efforts to suppress such events are the definition of anti-liberal democracy. Separately, vegan activists want to reverse geographic indicators and use common names for plant-based foods trying to mimic real cheese.
Wrong Lesson in Europe Just as Brexit supporters upended the viewpoint of elites in the United Kingdom, Donald Trump’s victory has elites in Washington rethinking their understanding of public attitudes. Leaders in Continental Europe are now concerned that Brexit and Trump combined will strengthen the prospects of right wing nationalists from Marine Le Pen in France to Geert Wilders in the Netherla...
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...
