Today's White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship included the president signing a memorandum directing federal departments and agencies to create a five-year preference for meat and poultry produced in accordance with responsible antibiotic use.As we previewed in the 28 May Livestock column, the administration today convened the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship in order "to bring together key human and animal health constituencies involved in antibiotic stewardship." The White House is billing this summit, which had more than 150 companies invited, as furthering previous steps on antibiotic stewardship that include the veterinary feed directive. The meeting was broader than just livestock use of antibiotics and also covered he...
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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