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Source: Ukraine May Need to Import/Seek Humanitarian Commodity Supplies Ahead
Source: Ukraine May Need to Import/Seek Humanitarian Commodity Supplies Ahead

GAO report: Departments need to improve job of measuring progress to spur SAF production

Brazil’s Lula Canceled Trip to China After Receiving Treatment for Influenza
Brazil’s Lula Canceled Trip to China After Receiving Treatment for Influenza

GOP lawmaker tells USTR Tai she is ‘too nice’ for job as trade chief

Vilsack to Testify Several Times Before Congress This Week
Vilsack to Testify Several Times Before Congress This Week

Economic focus: Hearings on bank failures, reports on U.S. household spending and home prices, Fed’s preferred inflation gauge

New Farm Bill: Lots of Noise This Week, Few Signals
New Farm Bill: Lots of Noise This Week, Few Signals

Risk aversion rising again | Biden trade policy | Yellen walks back a walk back | TikTok

Brazil President Lula to China March 26-31, with Meatpacker Execs
Brazil President Lula to China March 26-31, with Meatpacker Execs

Yellen backtracks on adopting universal deposit insurance | Fed says no rate cuts this year

Coming FOMC Decisions/Comments Rule the Market Day
Coming FOMC Decisions/Comments Rule the Market Day

CFTC releases more data | Xi/Putin | EPA chief to testify | Stepped-up basis tax rule protection

New Spat in Lengthy Contract Negotiations for U.S. West Coast Dockworkers
New Spat in Lengthy Contract Negotiations for U.S. West Coast Dockworkers

Xi invites Putin to visit China as two leaders sign pacts and discuss war cooperation

Fed Joins Five Other Central Banks in Move to Ease Liquidity Concerns in Global Markets
Fed Joins Five Other Central Banks in Move to Ease Liquidity Concerns in Global Markets

Another weekend of financial firefighting casts gloomy tone for the week ahead

New WOTUS Rule Effective Monday, But Supreme Court Ruling Ahead is Key Event
New WOTUS Rule Effective Monday, But Supreme Court Ruling Ahead is Key Event

FOMC rate decision | Yellen | Banking crises | New farm bill | Ukraine grain export pact

Stabenow Makes Clear: Cut SNAP, Rest of Farm Bill Will Be Pared Back, Too
Stabenow Makes Clear: Cut SNAP, Rest of Farm Bill Will Be Pared Back, Too

Xi will visit Moscow next week for first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine

ECB Hikes Rates 50bp to Fresh 14-Year High Despite Mounting Banking Stress
ECB Hikes Rates 50bp to Fresh 14-Year High Despite Mounting Banking Stress

Five years into trade war, China continues its slow decoupling from U.S. exports

Credit Suisse Tumbling to New Lows as Contagion Spreads to Europe
Credit Suisse Tumbling to New Lows as Contagion Spreads to Europe

Credit Suisse's largest investor: Can’t provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance

CPI: Annual Inflation Rate Eases to 6% as Debate Continues on Fed’s Next Rate Move
CPI: Annual Inflation Rate Eases to 6% as Debate Continues on Fed’s Next Rate Move

Big China buy of U.S. corn | Food price inflation continues | Smithfield CEO talks China

President Biden Addresses Americans This Morning Re: Response to Bank Failures
President Biden Addresses Americans This Morning Re: Response to Bank Failures

SVB, Signature Bank depositors to get all their money as Fed moves to stem crisis

Silicon Valley Bank Failure Raises Fear of Broader Financial Contagion
Silicon Valley Bank Failure Raises Fear of Broader Financial Contagion

Vilsack testifies Thursday before Senate Ag panel

Biden’s FY 2024 USDA Budget Wants FSA as ‘Lender of First Opportunity’
Biden’s FY 2024 USDA Budget Wants FSA as ‘Lender of First Opportunity’

Budget proposals focus on conservation, research, lending and farm bill

Biden Unveils FY 2024 Budget Proposals This Afternoon in Philadelphia
Biden Unveils FY 2024 Budget Proposals This Afternoon in Philadelphia

Consensus: Argentine soybean crop 27 MMT and heading lower

Markets Brace for Second Appearance by Fed Chair Powell
Markets Brace for Second Appearance by Fed Chair Powell

Focus of USDA’s WASDE on South American crops, especially Argentine soybeans

House Ag Panel to Consider Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Letter on Thursday
House Ag Panel to Consider Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Letter on Thursday

Letter stresses production agriculture, Title I, and importance of funding farm safety net

China’s Foreign Minister Lashes Out at U.S. on Several World Issues
China’s Foreign Minister Lashes Out at U.S. on Several World Issues

Fed Chair Powell testifies before Senate Banking panel, but data will speak louder

Farm Bureau Price Tag for 2022 Weather Disasters: Over $21 Billion
Farm Bureau Price Tag for 2022 Weather Disasters: Over $21 Billion

USDA extends ‘time-limited trial’ for six facilities via new swine inspection system

USDA Set to Release Seed & Livestock Industry Concentration Report
USDA Set to Release Seed & Livestock Industry Concentration Report

Fed chair testifies | Employment report | WASDE | WOTUS | Biden’s FY 2024 budget

EPA Today to Make Year-Round E15 Announcement
EPA Today to Make Year-Round E15 Announcement

Attack drone reportedly gets within 70 miles of Moscow

Russia Embraces China’s Currency in Search for Dollar Alternative
Russia Embraces China’s Currency in Search for Dollar Alternative

New farm bill want list growing while funding total unknown and may take months to unfold

OMB Completes Review of EPA Plan for RVP Waiver to Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
OMB Completes Review of EPA Plan for RVP Waiver to Allow Year-Round E15 Sales

Food policy analyst offers perspective on ending of some SNAP benefits on March 1

Food Stamp Proponents Fear What’s Coming for Some States on March 1
Food Stamp Proponents Fear What’s Coming for Some States on March 1

WOTUS | Farm bill hearing | Supreme Court and student loan debt forgiveness program

USDA Ag Outlook Forum Begins with Initial Projections for 2023-24
USDA Ag Outlook Forum Begins with Initial Projections for 2023-24

USDA again lowers FY 2023 ag export forecast

Supreme Court Nears Decision on Proposition 12 and U.S. Hog Industry
Supreme Court Nears Decision on Proposition 12 and U.S. Hog Industry

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi: Relations with Russia ‘solid as rock’ | Super wild pigs in Canada?

Biden Visits Kyiv, More Support for Ukraine | U.S. Signals ‘Red Line’ for China Re: Ukraine
Biden Visits Kyiv, More Support for Ukraine | U.S. Signals ‘Red Line’ for China Re: Ukraine

EPA’s Regan to visit Ohio | U.S. winter storm | Russia, Turkey to discuss Black Sea grain deal

Biden Wants to Speak with China’s Xi Over Downing of Alleged China Spy Balloon
Biden Wants to Speak with China’s Xi Over Downing of Alleged China Spy Balloon

Crop insurance | CRP | Rate hikes ahead | Food stamps/TFP | Price of eggs exceeds ground beef

Texas A&M Economists Comment on CBO Budget Forecasts
Texas A&M Economists Comment on CBO Budget Forecasts

Next CBO forecasts likely used for farm bill scoring | Vilsack tapping of CCC impacting funding for Title 1 in new farm bill

CBO Forecasts Huge and Growing Annual Cost of Servicing Bulging U.S. Debt
CBO Forecasts Huge and Growing Annual Cost of Servicing Bulging U.S. Debt

Debt-related budget cuts ahead for farm programs, other entitlements, but timeline unclear

Reviewing CBO’s Baseline for First Trillion-Dollar-Plus Farm Bill
Reviewing CBO’s Baseline for First Trillion-Dollar-Plus Farm Bill

Increased cost of TFP alone greater than all other farm program spending combined

Annual U.S. Inflation Rose 6.4% in January on Higher Housing, Still-Elevated Food Costs
Annual U.S. Inflation Rose 6.4% in January on Higher Housing, Still-Elevated Food Costs

Latest Mexican decree still bars GMO corn for food as of 2024, to transition away from GMO corn in animal feed

Policy Wonks Get Ready for CBO’s Updated Forecasts Released Wednesday
Policy Wonks Get Ready for CBO’s Updated Forecasts Released Wednesday

Top Republicans are mulling budget cuts to all but Medicare and Social Security

U.S. Shoots Down Fourth Flying Object; China Also Near Shooting Down Object
U.S. Shoots Down Fourth Flying Object; China Also Near Shooting Down Object

Inflation or disinflation | Farm bill update | CFTC report snafu | Biden snubs Fox on interview

Russia to Cut Oil Production Next Month by 500,000 Barrels a Day, or 5%
Russia to Cut Oil Production Next Month by 500,000 Barrels a Day, or 5%

Senate Ag hearing focuses on crop insurance, disaster aid, climate programs

Russia Urges Investigation into New Nord Stream Sabotage Claims
Russia Urges Investigation into New Nord Stream Sabotage Claims

House WOTUS hearing: Latest EPA announcement brings lots of uncertainty

Xi Pivots on Taiwan | A Warning About China’s Hog Industry | U.S. Lawmakers Press Vilsack on Bird Flu
Xi Pivots on Taiwan | A Warning About China’s Hog Industry | U.S. Lawmakers Press Vilsack on Bird Flu

USDA WASDE today | Brazil crop estimates | Ukraine grain exports fall sharply

Biden's SOTU Address: Unusual and Clear Signal He Will Seek Re-Election
Biden's SOTU Address: Unusual and Clear Signal He Will Seek Re-Election

Speech could have been titled “Let’s Finish the Job” because he kept repeating the refrain

Mexico Set to Publish New Decree Re: Imports of GMO Corn
Mexico Set to Publish New Decree Re: Imports of GMO Corn

Economists offer alternative plan for ag disaster program | Biden SOTU and ag sector

Diesel Prices Continue High as Europe Announces Ban on Russian Diesel Fuel
Diesel Prices Continue High as Europe Announces Ban on Russian Diesel Fuel

The real Title I safety net for many farmers: Insurance programs

South Carolina Gets First Slot in 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary Calendar
South Carolina Gets First Slot in 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary Calendar

China spy balloon raises security & political issues as U.S. shoots down balloon | SOTU address Tuesday | Senate Ag farm bill hearing Thursday

U.S. Shot Down Chinese Surveillance Balloon Off Carolina Coast on Saturday
U.S. Shot Down Chinese Surveillance Balloon Off Carolina Coast on Saturday

Operation underway to recover debris from downed balloon

Pentagon Tracking Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Flying over Parts of U.S.
Pentagon Tracking Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Flying over Parts of U.S.

Will President Biden mention new farm bill in Tuesday State of the Union address?