Policy Updates

White House blaming Putin for inflation it believes will be ‘extraordinarily elevated’
Some lawmakers push special counsel at USDA re: meat industry competition | Biden to Iowa
New U.S. gun regulations coming | Vilsack tested Covid-positive
EPA again upsets biofuel proponents as they give 31 refiners end-around RINs
USDA grants big money to UNL for a study of meatpacking industry since Covid
FOMC minutes | Big fertilizer, seed, labor woes in China | FJ surveys chemical retailers
World’s largest container port hit by Covid surge in Shanghai
In letter to NGFA, Vilsack indicates less CRP re-enrollments in the latest general signup
Reports include WASDE, Brazil and China ests., FAO food prices, FOMC minutes
White House asks Cabinet for ideas | Pelosi led meetings on gas prices this week