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CME FedWatch to Change

New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh delivered his first major address to the Federal Reserve Board at their summer symposium last week. CME FedWatch tool is changing as a result. The board did not meet in August but is scheduled to meet on the 15th and 16th of this month. Any rate decision will come early afternoon on the 16th. Warsh …

Federal Reserve Board Concludes Meeting

The Federal Reserve Board concludes its two-day July meeting today with an announcement on interest rates early afternoon. A week ago today, the CME FedWatch tool showed an 80 percent chance the Fed would leave interest rates unchanged. We know what’s happened to crude oil in the past seven days, one of several factors the Board considers when looking at …

Positive Developments for California Citrus
Jacob Villagomez, director of governmental affairs for California Citrus Mutual, recently discussed developments that could benefit California citrus growers. Among the topics he addressed in the AgNet News Hour podcast were the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent modernization of the federal standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice (OJ) and HLB research in […]
Fruit Split Showing in Georgia; Color Break Likely Soon
Fruit split issues are starting to show up in some Georgia citrus groves, University of Georgia Assistant Professor and Citrus Extension Specialist Mary Sutton reported recently. She also noted that color break is likely to begin soon in Georgia citrus fruit. According to Sutton, fruit splits typically start at the stylar end (bottom end) of […]