Archive for July 2020
Legislation Would Increase Scrutiny of Foreign Investment in Ag
Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Agricultural Security Risk Review Act, legislation that would formally add the USDA Secretary as a member of the Committee on…
Read MoreDerrell Peel: USDA Cattle Inventory and Cattle on Feed
Last Friday USDA released the July Cattle on Feed report. Feedlot placements in June were 1.8 million head, 102.1% of last year. June marketings were 1.97 million head, up 1.3%…
Read MoreCash Trade Slow But Steady Improvement
Market Alley is written by Brad Hulett, Director of Customer Development for Consolidated Beef Producers, Amarillo, Texas. The cash cattle market is slowly but steadily closer to being on the…
Read MoreFed Pauses, Evaluates Pandemic Response
About the Presenter Bluford “Blu” Putnam has served as Managing Director and Chief Economist of CME Group since May 2011. With more than 35 years of experience in the financial…
Read MoreWhen is the Time Right to Harvest Corn Silage?
As the sun-filled days of summer slowly slip into the crisp, cool days of fall, a late summer breeze brings in the sound of rustling corn stalks that are nearly…
Read MoreHow To ‘Beef Up’ A Dairy Breeding Program
Less than a decade ago, when a cow came into heat dairy producers could either breed her to conventional dairy semen or sexed. Nine times out of ten, the producer…
Read MoreBQA Earns Compliance With International Animal Welfare Standards
The Checkoff-funded National Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program, managed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), is now recognized as an industry-leading animal welfare program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Read MoreUSDA Not on Track to Hit $16 Billion in CFAP Payments
As commodity prices continue to reel the impacts of COVID-19 on demand and market prices, Coronavirus Food Assistance Payments (CFAP) continue to roll out. 🔥🦠As of July 20 $6.2B out…
Read MoreUSDA Announces a Third Round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program Purchases
(Washington, D.C., July 24, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will launch a third round of Farmers to Families Food…
Read MoreUSDA Investigation Report Accurate, Dopp Tells AgriTalk
While acknowledging high levels of anger and frustration among cattle producers driven by the coronavirus-driven price collapse this spring, Mark Dopp believes USDA’s recent report on cattle markets is accurate.…
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