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0:00 Farm Bailout - How Will it Look?
4:02 Fed Rate Cut
5:42 Bearish Wheat Headlines
8:23 Canada Production
9:34 Ethanol Production

🌾 Welcome back! Today we’re covering farm aid, the Fed’s rate cut, and big moves in global wheat and canola markets.

💵 Farm Aid Push
Republican lawmakers urge Trump administration to deliver new farmer payments
USDA weighing a package similar to the $23B MFP programs of 2018–19
ECAP already paying out $10B this year

🏦 Federal Reserve Moves
Fed cuts rates for the first time since December
New range: 4%–4.25%
Labor market weakness driving the shift
Expectations for two more cuts this year

🌍 Global Wheat & Canola
Russia exploring subsidies to boost sluggish wheat exports
India’s wheat stocks at 4-year highs
Canada: biggest wheat crop since 2013, biggest canola crop since 2018

⛽ Ethanol Update
US ethanol production dips 4.5% week over week
Stocks at 22.6M barrels, down nearly 5% from last year
Margins remain positive across the Corn Belt