The next best thing ⏭️

🧾 Sometimes, we don’t get exactly what we want, but we get the next best thing… The USDA announced it is extending the comment period on the proposed Packers & Stockyards rule, "Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act," for 45 days – when members of the House of Representatives had asked for 180 days.

     • Why is that necessary? Because the proposed rule would establish broad recordkeeping obligations on the poultry, cattle, and hog sectors, and thus have a wide impact on them.

⚠️ Also, a national rail strike that would greatly impact the ag sector – and the whole economy – could begin, and a bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to double the funding for agricultural trade promotion programs. For details, check this out.