Ag Policy
Report reaction should be relatively limited.
Report expected to show All Hogs & Pigs at 101.7% of year-ago.
Report shows retailers have not yet begun buying hams aggressively for Easter features.
Beige book highlights recent economic activity.
2011 turning out a banner year for pork and beef exports.
Report expected to show All Hogs & Pigs at 101.3% of year-ago.
Report garnered muted immediate reaction from the market.
The dollar amount of pork and beef shipped overseas is set to make a new record.
Says Commission should take immediate action and punish any wrongdoing.
Signals pork demand wasn’t as strong as expected, or supplies were higher.
Slips back to a level last seen during the 2008-2009 recession.
One-category improvement in some Midwest areas.
Weights still below year-ago, but cattle weights narrowing the gap.
Sees slight expansion in cattle herd, hog herd holding steady.
Export demand remains a bright spot for cattle and hog markets.
The quarterly Hogs and Pigs report pegs the inventory of all hogs and pigs on Sept. 1, 2011, at 66.6 million head.
USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report shows U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2011 was 65.0 million head.
The House Appropriations Committee approved legislation that blocks USDA from imposing marketing regulation.
The hearing on Tuesday will focus on challenges facing the livestock industry.
A study by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association shows EPA’s expected revised standard would impact rural areas.
Pacelle wants to “challenge” some of the false notions about the Humane Society of the United States.
Pork export value averaged $50.58 per head slaughtered in April, down 13% from a year ago but the highest in 10 months. For January to April, export value averaged $47.25 per head, down 15% from the same period in 2018.
The initial market reaction to the USDA’s announcement that the H1N1 flu virus was found in Minnesota hogs appears to be minimal to nil.
There is encouraging news in USDA’s June 26 Hogs and Pigs report. Listen to two experts’ commentary on the report.
The Trump administration will lift the 25% tariff on steel and the 10% duty on aluminum imports imposed last year on Canada and Mexico. The 20% retaliatory tariff Mexico has on U.S. pork cost producers $12 per animal.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue wants China to be a customer of American farm products, even after Washington hiked tariffs on more than $200 billion in Chinese goods.