U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA announced Tuesday “Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program,” or PLIP, to help compensate livestock and poultry producers who were forced to depopulate their herds due to processing issues during the pandemic.
USDA is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers, who are impacted by extreme drought conditions, receive payments quicker.
AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer unpack Biden’s new executive order, including new rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act, “Product of USA” labeling and more.
USDA Secretary Vilsack is expected to announce $500 million in new funds to expand meat processing capacity during a trip Friday to Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to Jim Wiesemeyer.
On the heels of President Joe Biden signing an Executive Order to increase competition in the U.S., USDA says the President’s plan will also level the playing field for family farmers and ranchers.
USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack is scheduled to travel to Nebraska Friday for what the agency is calling a “major announcement.” It could include details of the Biden Administration’s plan to create more competition within ag.
An expected executive order by the Biden Administration could have sweeping impacts on agriculture, and includes allowing USDA to create new rules to increase competition in the meat industry and protect producers.
What happens when wild pigs are given 1,000 tons of groceries per day in the form of landfill trash? Expect a ticking time bomb, and quite possibly, a $50 billion blow to the entire U.S. pork industry.
USDA’s June 30 Acreage report is known to offer a few surprises, and the 2021 edition delivered.
As USDA prepares to post its June 30 planted acreage report, the trade expects U.S. acres to increase. Farmers from Michigan to Mississippi weigh in on how much their planting plans did or didn’t change since March.