Fraud versus Whistleblowers The Iowa legislature passed a bill that would make it high misdemeanor to gain access to an agricultural production facility, like a slaughter house or feeding operation, under false pretenses in order to expose operations for animal cruelty. The bill passed the Senate 40-10 and then the House by 68-26. The governor is expected to sign the bill. Other states have considered similar measures, extending the measure to prohibit filming a production facility from off-property lines. 2012 Outlook Forecasts for Livestock Shayle Shagham, livestock analyst with the World Agricultural Outlook Board, last Friday gave the forecast for livestock at the USDA Outlook Conference. Summed up in a sentence, per capita meat...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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