Archive for January 2020
U.S. Farm Chief Presses EU to Throw Doors Open to American Foods
(Bloomberg) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signaled that a renewed transatlantic trade truce will require more ambitious European Union efforts to ease imports of American foods. Perdue criticized an…
Read MoreTrump Signs USMCA, Sealing Political Win With Bipartisan Deal
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump signed into law a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico on Wednesday, sealing a political victory that will help neutralize Democratic attacks on his…
Read MoreBeyond Meat Gets the Boot from Tim Hortons in Canada
Beyond Meat products are getting booted off the menu at Tim Hortons in Canada, FOX Business reports. Tim Hortons restaurants have stopped selling the plant-alternative protein products at its coffee…
Read MoreCAB Insider: Opportunity Cost of Occupancy
A relatively quiet week in the fed cattle market last week with a sideways direction for the cash fed cattle price, now in its 4th week at the $124/cwt. level.…
Read MoreUSDA Invests $1.6 Million in Broadband for Rural Arizona Communities
GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz., Jan. 29, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Arizona State Director Jack R. Smith announced USDA has invested $1.6 million in a high-speed…
Read MoreAt The Table: What And Why Are They Buying?
The views expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Trust: it’s a bond not easily formed, but effortlessly broken. From Watergate to Exxon, the Clinton scandal, sub-prime mortgage…
Read MoreTAHC Establishes BVD Rule
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) adopted a rule to mitigate the risk of uninfected cattle being exposed to bovine viral diarrhea virus persistently infected (BVDV-PI) cattle. The rule was…
Read MoreSecretary Perdue Statement on USMCA Signing
(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “Today is a good…
Read MoreUSDA Invests $55.3 Million in Broadband for Rural Kentucky and Tennessee Communities
COLUMBIA, Ky., Jan. 29, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested $55.3 million in four, high-speed…
Read MoreUSDA Invests $2.4 Million in Broadband for Rural Washington Communities
SEATTLE, Jan. 29, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Washington State Director Kirk Pearson announced USDA has invested $2.4 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project…
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