…would directly address issues related to the Mandatory Price reporting program, Packers & Stockyards Act violations and definitions, and the cattle futures contracts. USCA looks forward to working with both…
Call For Investigation into Cattle Markets
…have directed USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Division to launch an investigation into recent beef pricing margins to determine if there is any evidence of price manipulation, collusion, restrictions of competition…
Prune Harvest Around The Corner, Considerations from UCCE
…useful for all operations to remove garbage and damaged fruit. Talk to your packer. Different sizers may be useful for those whose packers won’t pay for small fruit. When thinking…
Prune Market Presents Challenges for Growers This Year
…markets have played a central role in what packers are looking for this year. “It appears that if growers have a lot of small, medium sized fruit, they’re not going…
Last Minute Push to Revive COOL in USMCA
…and Canada has previously voiced opposition to the idea. The two countries argued against the original law, saying the labeling discouraged American meatpackers from purchasing their livestock and created an…
Keeping Up with Competition in the World Prune Market
…fruit to be fully mature is also advised to allow for maximum sugar content. Niederholzer noted that larger fruit is “what packers tell me they want, but growers, of course,…
New Indoor Heat Illness Regulation Draft Lowers Temperature Thresholds
…February 22. “It is incredibly valuable for employers themselves; for growers, packers, shippers, processors, farm labor contractors themselves to speak up and send in comments. In particular, what will the…
Meat Inspectors, Price Reporting Staff Still On The Job
…produce the twice-daily livestock mandatory price reports, which are the sole source of market information on sales to packers of cattle, hogs and lambs and on the subsequent sale of…
Court Agrees with USDA in GIPSA Ruling
…Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration known as GIPSA. The rules were initially scheduled to take effect in February 2017 but were first delayed by USDA before being completely withdrawn later…
Perdue Details USDA Functions in the Event of a Lapse in Federal Funding
…projections. Investigation of packers and stockyards related to fraudulent and anti-competitive activities. Assistance for the control of most plant and animal pests and diseases unless funded by cooperators or other…
Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
…major wildfires in 2018 conjointly with local authorities. Customer Service USDA successfully merged the Agricultural Marketing Service, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, and the Farm Service Agency’s Commodity Operations…
R-CALF Looking for COOL in NAFTA
…of USA,” multinational beef packers “wallow in higher profits” because they can import lower-cost cattle into the U.S. market. The organization claims that Since NAFTA, the U.S. imports on average…
Meat Companies Accused of Artificially Inflating Pork Prices
…accuses the meat packers of conspiring with the service to exchange “detailed, competitively sensitive, and closely-guarded non-public information.” The buyers claim that the scheme boosted prices by more than 50…
Getting Prepared for the Bovine General Order Implementation
…types of operations are covered by the order including stockyards, calf ranches, auction yards and others that confine animals for more than 45 days a year. While auction yards and…