World Food Prize Winner!
CCongratulations to this year’s World Food Prize winner, Cynthia Rosenzweig for her work on climate change modeling and its impact on world food production. Couldn’t be more timely or more …
CPC is Key for Carbon Pollution Pricing
Bravo, Canada: https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2021/03/17/na031821-four-charts-on-canadas-carbon-pollution-pricing-system?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery . IMF reports, “While Canada is in the vanguard, momentum for carbon pricing is building globally.” To get to net zero, the key is building the momentum. …
New Commodity and Product Futures Contracts
The bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act is an important step in converting US ag from an emitter to a carbon creditor. Ag carbon credit auctions also offer the prospect of …
See you in Lusaka!
We want to see you in Lusaka this upcoming September! GIC is host for all the ag portion of the summit and the expo. The COMESA conference will feature strategic …
See Reuters on Ag to China
“The devil is in the details!” See Reuters story on China’s purchase commitments of US ag products: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/chinas-market-condition-caveat-on-u-s-ag-purchases-adds-to-trade-deal-doubts-idUSKBN1ZE2QE
China-US Trade Deal, USMCA in the News
A blitz of news this week—China-US trade deal/Phase I signed; USMCA passed and yet corn, wheat, soybean, cattle, and hog futures prices all down today. Why? Maybe the deals alone aren’t …