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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. beef exports set annual records for both volume and value in 2022, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports finished lower year-over-year but export value was the third largest on record, trailing only the highs reached in 2020 and 2021. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The road to mandatory labeling of domestic beef is long and winding with more than one dead end. A new Congress is always another opportunity to bring legislation that is popular out in the country and with consumers but not so much with Washington lawmakers where a needed majority has failed to […]
WASHINTON, D.C. – Ranchers and many others in beef production are contemptuous of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and what they claim is the organization’s unfair policies to U.S. industries and trade. The Biden Administration, through the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), has issued a scathing rebuke of the World Trade Organization’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court is keeping Title 42 in place until the justices can review whether the pandemic-era program should be lifted or continue. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in an order on Monday stayed a lower court’s ruling that would have allowed the program, which was put in place by the Centers […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican members of Congress have introduced legislation to prevent countries like China and Russia from investing in U.S. agriculture. Amid global food shortages, New York Representative Elise Stefanik and Rick Crawford of Arkansas are spearheading the “Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security” (PASS) Act. that would prevent adversarial countries from acquiring American companies […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The recent USDA Foreign Agricultural Service bulletin on Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade provides a current summary of the major beef consuming and importing countries in the world. Total global beef consumption is forecast to increase slightly in 2022 with increased consumption in China, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Japan and […]
ARLINGTON, VA. — After reporting more cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on Monday, USDA’s administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) warned state agricultural directors there is a high risk that bird flu will continue to spread and a need to stress tight biosecurity measures to poultry producers. Kevin […]
WASHINTON, DC – A group of national security agencies have issued an advisory for the potential of ransomware cyberattacks against two U.S. food and agriculture organizations. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Security Agency (NSA) says the advisory includes technical details, analysis of the threat and actions […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that after talks with President Joe Biden, the United States has agreed to lift the ban on U.K. lamb imports. The ban – in place since 1989 due to the mad cow BSE crisis in the U.K. – hinges on finalization of the […]
DES MOINES, IA – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced recently that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to test state and federal animal health officials’ plans to respond to a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak […]
