The attached Agricultural Policy and Market Situation Newsletter (Volume VII, Issue 1) contains a summary of the recent policy happenings in the recent quarter.

The stories in this report discuss the recent February CBO baseline score for farm and nutrition program spending, the USDA’s 2024 prospective plantings report, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the House GOP ‘s farm bill outlook, interest rates, as well as a short summary on the corn, soybean, rice, cotton, and sugar market situation.