The Obama administration yesterday released a controversial final rule on organic livestock/poultry production and welfare practices, and there will be financial implications. Organic Chicken, Pork and Eggs Just Got More Expensive under New Rule The Obama administration yesterday released a controversial final rule on organic livestock/poultry production and welfare practices. It sets new indoor and outdoor space requirements and standards for access to outdoor space. Group housing will be required for all swine, and poultry houses will have to comply with new indoor space requirements as well as ammonia levels. In publicizing the rule, USDA noted that broiler growers “may need to build housing to maintain production and comply with indoo...
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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