Archive for October 2022
USDA Releases Proposed Regulatory Framework to Reduce Salmonella Infections Linked to Poultry Products
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today released a proposed regulatory framework for a new strategy to control Salmonella…
Read MoreUSDA Extends Flexibility that’s Helping Manufacturers, States get Formula to WIC Families
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending a key funding flexibility in the WIC program that has allowed state agencies and their infant formula manufacturers…
Read MoreFertilizer Monthly Update – September 2022
View August 2022 trading highlights for CME Group Fertilizer swap and futures markets in our latest monthly recap.
Read MoreUSDA Seeking Public Comment on a New Provision to Provide Assistance to Agricultural Producers Who Have Experienced Discrimination
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on how it should implement Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a provision that…
Read MoreBiden-Harris Administration Invests $110 Million to Improve Health Care for Rural People in 43 States and Guam
LEBANON, N.H., Oct. 12, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is awarding $110 million in grants to improve…
Read MorePresident Biden Designates Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument
Leadville, CO, October 12, 2022 — Today, President Biden established the 53,804-acre Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, preserving a unique era of…
Read MoreCould Gold Outperform Copper in 2023 as Housing Cools?
Gold and copper prices tend to move in the same direction, but a cooling of the red-hot housing sector could give the yellow metal an edge next year.
Read MoreBiden-Harris Administration Invests $80 Million to Improve Nutrition in School Meals
Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2022 – The Biden-Harris Administration today provided $50 million in grants for schools to invest in new food service equipment that will allow them to continue…
Read MoreUSDA Invests $14M to Strengthen Hispanic-serving Higher Education Programs
SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 11, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh announced yesterday at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ 36th Annual Conference an…
Read MoreRate Hikes to Impact Economy in 2023
Rate hikes by the Fed have already impacted the housing sector and could be felt across the broader economy in 2023.
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