Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week regarding a study of last year's steep drop in cattle prices. This follows R-CALF USA's letter to the committee in January requesting an investigation of the market. GAO to Investigate Beef Market As previously reported here (see Ag Perspectives, 14 January 2016), the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) had sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee requesting an investigation into “potential antitrust and anticompetitive conduct in the U.S. cattle and beef markets.” Subsequently, the dominant cattle producer group, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), joi...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
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