House, Senate Panels Look at Packer Concentration, Beef Supply Chain
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NAFB) – Packer concentration and beef supply chain resiliency weighed on lawmakers minds on both sides of Capitol Hill, as House and Senate panels looked at food production issues during the pandemic Wednesday Ag experts
USDA Extends Crop Insurance Deadlines
(NAFB) – USDA’s Risk Management Agency this week authorized Approved Insurance Providers to extend deadlines for producers. The extension includes premium and administrative fee payments, deferring and waiving the resulting interest accrual and other flexibilities to help
USB: Consumer Research Unpacks Protein Perceptions
(NAFB) – The United Soybean Board Wednesday released new consumer data shedding light on consumer perceptions around protein. More than half of consumers, 56 percent, say it is extremely or very important that plant-based proteins be complete,
Toomey, Shaheen Reintroduce Bill to Overhaul U.S. Sugar Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NAFB) – Lawmakers this week in the House and Senate introduced the Fair Sugar Policy Act of 2021 to reform the federal sugar support program. Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen introduced the
House Agriculture Hearing Echoes NCBA Push for More Hook Space
(NAFB) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says a House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing Wednesday echoed the organization’s longstanding call to expand processing capacity. The Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on the State of the Beef Supply
Thursday, July 29th Weather
.TODAY… Sunny with smoke and haze. Highs in the low to mid-80s. Winds North 10-15mph, gusts to near 20. .TONIGHT… Mostly cloudy with chance for showers to the west. Lows near 60. Winds North 5-10mph, later shifting