USDA

Packers seem to have hit the jackpot with the Tyson plant fire in Kansas, with profit margins closing in on $500 dollars per head. Meanwhile, cattle feeding losses declined from …

USDA surprised the market Monday by increasing corn production to 13.9 billion bushels and raising the average national yield by more than 3 bushels to 169.5 bushels an acre. Farmers …

The USDA recently provide additional details on the second iteration of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) to be implemented over the next year. To review, the 2018 MFP was initiated …

(WASHINGTON – August 1, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service proposed changes to how the agency manages greater …

(Washington, D.C., July 25, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural producers while the Administration …

Washington, D.C., July 19, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the …

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Livestock is working in conjunction with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks in administering the voluntary fund for wolf mitigation, which was created through …

Bill Would Strengthen Security by Hiring Additional Agricultural Inspectors at Ports of Entry WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental …

Cattle Producers Weigh in on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans WASHINGTON (July 11, 2019) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, told members of …

AccuWeather predicts the 2019 U.S. yield for corn will be the lowest since 2012. A new AccuWeather analysis estimates there will be just over 13 billion bushels of corn, based …