Jim Wiesemeyer

Jim Wiesemeyer is well known to Pro Farmer Members for his long tenure as Washington Bureau Chief for Pro Farmer. Now with agricultural consulting firm Informa Economics, formerly Sparks Companies, Inc., he is still offering his expertise and insight on farm policy, trade policy and Washington politics as a consultant to Pro Farmer. His Inside Washington Today column on AgWeb.com is a must-read item to keep up with the latest in Washington developments.

China continues its big purchases of U.S. corn with another daily sale today
GAO report: Departments need to improve job of measuring progress to spur SAF production
GOP lawmaker tells USTR Tai she is ‘too nice’ for job as trade chief
Economic focus: Hearings on bank failures, reports on U.S. household spending and home prices, Fed’s preferred inflation gauge
Risk aversion rising again | Biden trade policy | Yellen walks back a walk back | TikTok
Yellen backtracks on adopting universal deposit insurance | Fed says no rate cuts this year
CFTC releases more data | Xi/Putin | EPA chief to testify | Stepped-up basis tax rule protection
Xi invites Putin to visit China as two leaders sign pacts and discuss war cooperation
Another weekend of financial firefighting casts gloomy tone for the week ahead
FOMC rate decision | Yellen | Banking crises | New farm bill | Ukraine grain export pact