USDA Official Says Ag Input Investigations Nearing Action
Some agricultural input companies have cooperated with federal investigators, others have not. Now the USDA, DOJ, and FTC are signaling that the review phase is nearly over.
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USDA, DOJ Looking Into Input Costs
On Thursday, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an agreement looking into increasing farm input costs.
House Ag Appropriations Chair May have Misused Campaign Funds
A report by the Office of Congressional Ethics says Representative Sanford Bishop, a Georgia Democrat, may have misused campaign funds. Bishop is Chairman of the House Agriculture Appropriations Committee, and has served as the Representative for Georgia’s 2nd congressional district, encompassing Southwest Georgia, since 1993. The
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USDA Provides Cattle Market Investigation Update, Ag Community Reaction Mixed
On Wednesday, the USDA released a report on its ongoing boxed beef and fed cattle price spread investigation.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the closure of the Tyson beef packing plant following a fire at the facility in Holcomb, Kansas, and the COVID-19 pandemic, “clearly disrupted the markets and processing systems responsible for the production and sale of U.S. be
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Lawmakers Seek Quick Investigation of Beef Industry
A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives is urging the USDA to provide findings of its beef pricing investigation as soon as possible. Following the announcement of the USDA's Packers and Stockyard Division investigation in August of 2019
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