Traceability for Antibiotics in Feed Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Congressman Henry Waxman this week announced that he will introduce the Delivering Antibiotic Transparency in Animals (DATA) Act. The bill would require drug manufacturers to provide comprehensive information to FDA on how their drugs are used on farms. The legislation would also require reporting by feed mills for the first time, requiring feed mills to submit data to FDA on the types, purposes and quantities of antibiotics being given to animals through feed. U.S. COOL Deadline WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has appointed an arbitrator to announce the deadline for the U.S. to comply with the WTO ruling against the U.S. country of origin labelin...
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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