Policy Update

Credit Suisse’s largest investor: Can’t provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance
Big China buy of U.S. corn | Food price inflation continues | Smithfield CEO talks China
SVB, Signature Bank depositors to get all their money as Fed moves to stem crisis
Vilsack testifies Thursday before Senate Ag panel
USDA wants FSA to become ‘lender of first opportunity’
Budget proposals focus on conservation, research, lending and farm bill
Consensus: Argentine soybean crop 27 MMT and heading lower
Focus of USDA’s WASDE on South American crops, especially Argentine soybeans
Letter stresses production agriculture, Title I, and importance of funding farm safety net
Fed Chair Powell testifies before Senate Banking panel, but data will speak louder