USDA's just-released 10-year baseline projections made a bigger splash than normal because of the recently passed farm bill.USDA released its 10-year baseline projections and as Bob Kohlmeyer noted yesterday, it is a tall order to capture all the trends and potential economic shocks that impact those trends 10 years into the future. However, this report has made a bigger splash than normal because of the recently passed farm bill. In particular, the price projections for this year as well as the nearby years are much more bearish than what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) used in its scoring of the 2014 Farm Bill, raising questions about the farm bill's cost.The CBO used its May 2013 baseline to score the bill, and the projection was o...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
Russian Grain Markets: 4 - 8 May 2026 During the week under review, the Russian grain market began showing more bullish sentiment despite the traditionally slow pace of business during the May holiday period. Russia celebrates several holidays during early May, with Victory Day on 9 May being t...
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