The U.S. government filed a brief to the Supreme Court supporting the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and Farm Bureau challenge to California’s animal housing law. . .
The American Soybean Assoc. provided comments to USDA’s request for information on competition in the seed market, “underscoring the need to ensure growers have access to affordable inputs and a healthy market.”
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said the risk of a recession in the U.S. economy is increasing, and that it will take several years to return to the central bank’s 2% inflation goal.
As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought, the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year . . .
