FDA Issues Guidance on Antibiotics A number of environmental groups last year filed a lawsuit requiring that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) withdraw approval for non-therapeutic use of antibiotics for livestock. Last month a federal judge ordered the Agency to crack down on antibiotics use, and the FDA yesterday issued three documents to help farmers, animal producers and veterinarians "judiciously" use medically important antibiotics.The documents were published in the Federal Register:
A final guidance for industry, The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals, recommends phasing out the agricultural production use of medically important drugs and phasing in ve...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
Beef packer margins improved sharply to -$51/head last week, up $116 from the prior week as the Choice cutout strengthened while fed cattle prices declined. The cutout rebounded to $369/cwt while fed cattle prices fell to $229/cwt, producing a substantial recovery in packer margins. Profits rem...
