USDA will host three educational events focused on animal handling and its effects on the quality, yield, and market value of cattle, the CME live cattle specifications, and emerging technology in the cattle industry.
Immediate Help for Over 13,000 Distressed USDA Farm Loan Borrowers; Begins process to provide up to $500 million more for up to 23,000 additional borrowers.
Beginning Monday, USDA’s Market News will issue two new reports based on Mandatory Livestock Reporting data to provide further insight into formula cattle trades and help promote fair and competitive markets.
USDA announced that additional commodities and features are now available on the free USDA Market News App, which provides producers and others along the supply chain with instant access to market information.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will host a cattle industry listening session to inform the development of a Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program on Thursday, April 21.
APHIS is providing more than $200,000 dollars in Farm Bill funding to support developing movement decision criteria for sheep and cattle grazing public land allotments during a potential foreign animal disease outbreak.
United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department is investing $633 million to reduce the impacts of climate change on rural communities.
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced an investment of over $3.5 million to support educational awareness of food, agriculture, and farm safety for youth in underserved communities.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski and U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a newly created transatlantic collaboration platform on agriculture sustainability and climate change.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced an investment of over $50 million to 140 organizations and institutions that teach and train beginning farmers and ranchers.
