USDA Commits $500 Million for ASF Prevention
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 29, 2021 – The National Pork Producers Council today commended Agriculture Secretary Vilsack for dedicating $500 million in USDA Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for the prevention of and preparation for African swine fever (ASF), a pig-only disease that would be devastating for the U.S. pork industry.
Evers Proposes Nearly $25M Package Targeting Agriculture
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has proposed a nearly $25 million package of bills targeting the state’s agriculture industry and rural communities.
Evers announced the plans Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers, at the World Dairy Expo. The centerpiece is a proposal that would create $20 million in grants to help Wisconsin food banks and pantries buy food from local farmers.
“The state can do more and should do more to invest in farmers and the agriculture industry,” Evers said.
USDA Extends Deadline for Animal Loss Assistance for Livestock Producers
Producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing may now apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals through Oct. 12, 2021, rather than the original deadline of Sept. 17, 2021. PLIP is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.
Visit farmers.gov/plip for more information on how to apply.
Meat, Farm Workers To Get $600 Grants In New $700M Aid Plan
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says workers on farms and at meatpacking plants who were severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible to get grants of up to $600 per person as part of a new $700 million aid program.
The grants announced Tuesday are intended to defray some of the costs workers bore as many of them bought their own protective equipment or took unpaid leave as the virus tore through their industries, even as they were required to keep showing up for work.
The United Food and Commercial Workers union estimates that at least 132 meatpacking workers died of COVID-19 and at least 22,000 workers have been infected or exposed to the virus.
Read the Full Story at: https://www.keyc.com/2021/09/07/meat-farm-workers-get-600-grants-new-700m-aid-plan/
With Market Size Valued at $4.7 Billion by 2026, it’s a Healthy Outlook for the Global Precision Livestock Farming Market
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Precision Livestock Farming estimated at US$3 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$4.7 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 7.7% over the analysis period. Hardware, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record a 7.3% CAGR and reach US$3.1 Billion by the end of the analysis period.
After a thorough analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Software segment is readjusted to a revised 7.8% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
Biggest Hog profits since 2014 – Red ink is liable to return in late 2022
Calculations by Lee Schulz at Iowa State University estimated farrow-to-finish profits at $62.58 per head for hogs marketed in June. That was the fifth consecutive profitable month and the highest profit since September 2014. July profits averaged $51.41 per head. August profits will be lower still.
The futures market implies that profits will continue to decline as we move closer to the end of 2021, then trend higher in the first half of the new year. Red ink is liable to return in late 2022.
Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
Nearly 90 organic dairy farms in the Northeast, including 28 in Vermont, will lose their contracts with an organic dairy company when it stops buying milk in the region by the end of August of next year, Vermont’s agriculture secretary said Thursday.
Trump Budget Cuts Crop Insurance, Conservation and Food Stamps
President Trump released his proposed $4.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2021 budget that outlines his priorities. It proposes higher spending for defense, NASA and veterans, and steep reductions in foreign aid, the Environmental Protection Agency, corps of engineers and social-safety-net programs.
FDA’s Latest Stall Tactics are Hurting U.S. Agriculture, NPPC Says
Gene editing, under FDA regulation, faces an impractical, lengthy and expensive approval process, said National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) president, David Herring, in a statement on Tuesday. FDA’s misrepresentation of a gene-edited livestock research project is its latest stall tactic, NPPC said.
Minnesota Pork Board Names 2020 Industry Award Winners
The Minnesota Pork Board recognized individuals and families who have made significant contributions through pork promotion, consumer and producer education, youth mentoring and service to the pork industry at its annual Awards Reception on January 27 in Minneapolis, according to a board release.