The USDA says it will establish an Equity Commission and is looking for nominations for membership on the Commission’s Advisory Committee and Subcommittee on Agriculture. “USDA is committed to advancing equity throughout the Department,” says Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack. The Equity Commission will advise the Ag Secretary by identifying USDA…
Thank you again to Bull Tackle Feed in Lexington Nebraska for being our new sponsor of the weekly sheep and goat market report. Check out their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/bulltackle For the week ending September 25th the Midwest sheep and goat market was steady in the South and softer in…
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability will host a webinar offering analysis of the Growing Climate Solutions Act and what it could mean for farmers and ranchers participating in carbon markets. It will begin at noon on Sept. 30. On June 24, the U.S. Senate adopted S. 1251,…
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on Sept. 1, 2021, was 75.4 million head. This was down 4 percent from September 1, 2020, but up 1 percent from June 1, 2021. Market hog inventory, at 69.2 million head, was down 4 percent from last year, but up 1…
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The September cattle on feed likely won't encourage too much bullishness in the cattle complex on Monday. Placements were well over what many analysts expected ahead of the report. Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more…
The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor map indicates that 85% of Nebraska is experiencing some stage of drought. Severe drought conditions exist in much of the Panhandle as well as portions of southwest and far north-central regions of the state. The Drought Central webpage, managed by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture…
LINCOLN, NEB. – Gubernatorial candidate Jim Pillen was the top vote getter in Nebraska Farm Bureau’s unscientific straw poll taken at Husker Harvest Days, Sept. 14-16. Pillen, who received 54 percent of the vote, was followed by Charles W. Herbster who received 31 percent of the votes cast. The remaining…
The Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service this week released a report titled "The Market for Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics, 2012–17." The report studied consumer attitudes for chicken raised without antibiotics and their purchases of the products. The analysis grouped chicken products into three distinct market segments: classic, processed, and…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a series of educational webinars for the pork industry about USDA’s Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Program. In this series – to be held on October 12, October 19 and October 26, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time each day…
