Senate Committee Ask GAO to Investigate Cattle Price Drop

Randall Weiseman April 29, 2016 Cattle, Livestock

The Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate the 2015 cattle price collapse.

Moroccan Citrus Production to Increase
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) recently projected that production of all citrus varieties in Morocco will increase in 2025–26 compared to the prior year. TANGERINES/MANDARINS Morocco’s tangerine and mandarin production is forecast to reach 1.15 million metric tons, up 4% from the previous season. The area planted in tangerines and […]
Agriculture Freedom Zones Proposed to Protect Farmland
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller recently proposed a plan to protect farm and ranchland from the rapid spread of data centers. His proposal focuses on creating federal or state-designated Agriculture Freedom Zones (AFZs) that would use targeted tax incentives to guide data center development into appropriate areas. The goal is to safeguard food production while […]