Farmers, Traders ‘Flying Blind’ as US Shutdown Blocks Key Crop Data
U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government's shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.
The data blackout comes at a particularly difficult time for farmers, who are grappling with low grain prices and uncertainty over damage to corn and soy fields from dry weather and crop diseases. [GRA/]
Previous shutdowns during President Donald Trump's first term were less disruptive because they happened after harvest season, analysts said...
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