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By Julie IngwersenCHICAGO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The American Farm Bureau Federation, an agricultural trade group, says confidence is fading in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's most market-sensitive crop reports, and the government should respond by modernizing its technology and improving transparency.The Farm Bureau released recommendations on Thursday following a four-month review by 10 of its farmer members into key reports released by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Message : Required fields CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A big burst of federal aid for U.S. states and local governments in Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's massive fiscal stimulus plan helped higher-yielding debt from lower-rated issuers in the U.S. municipal bond market on Friday. While Municipal Market Data's (MMD) benchmark triple-A yield scale was unchanged in the wake of the Thursday evening unveiling of Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal, the prospect for $350 billion in new federal funding enhanced the attractiveness of debt from financially troubled issuers, according to Greg Saulnie...

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/AIRLINES (PIX):New COVID-19 test rules create logistical hurdles for the Caribbean

1/6/2021 By Karl Plume Jan 6 (Reuters) - The soybean market has transitioned into "rationing mode" as tight global supplies and crop-stressing drought in Argentina have ignited the strongest soy market rally in years, Joe Stone, the head of Cargill Inc's agricultural supply chain, said on Wednesday. "We are going to need to ration. The extent of how much we're going to need to ration is probably going to be a function of the weather that we see in Argentina," Stone said during a webinar hosted by the U.S. Soybean Export Council. He did not provide any details about how that rationing woul...

12/28/2020 By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures reached the highest level in nearly three months on Monday, rising for the seventh time in eight sessions on firming cash market prices and hopes for improving beef demand after President Donald Trump signed a fresh stimulus package into law over the weekend. Beef packers will be buying cattle for normal slaughter schedules after the year-end holidays, while winter weather is expected to slow marketings in some parts of the Plains. Futures market participation was lighter than normal as many traders remain on holiday, wi...