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Agricultural Stories For 7/1/26
Companies
No One Owns the Word 'Meat'; Government Shouldn't Let Incumbent Industries Monopolize Ordinary Words
Better Bovine Expands to US After Rapid Growth Across Canada
Innovations in Protein Snacks: Sustainable Packaging and Clean-Label Products Lead Market Trends
Cal-Maine Settles with DOJ and 17 States
Contractor Chosen for $1.3 Billion Pork Processing Facility in South Dakota
Hy-Vee Failed to Pay Managers Overtime: Lawsuit
California's Rising Grocery Bills Are America's Warning Sign
Walmart Urges Food Startups to Rethink Retail Launch Strategy
Watchlist
US Declaration to Exit USMCA to Start a Decade-Long Countdown for the Pact
EPA Sued Over Public Records Request for Nitrate Research
Agriculture Seeks Certainty as US Pursues Separate Talks With Canada and Mexico
USDA Adjusts Soybean Acres Higher, Corn Held Steady
Drought Raises Irrigated Farmland Value Questions Across Plains
Trump Suspends Morocco Fertilizer Duties to Cut Farmer Input Costs
Farm Bureau Says Securing Agriculture Workforce Act Critical in Addressing Labor Shortages
USDA Finalizes Biofuel Feedstock Rule; Farmers Eye $40/Acre Upside
Naig Stresses Value of USMCA Framework
Corn Climbs Despite Unexpected USDA Acres Boost
Beef
75% of Economists Forecast Significant Economic Hit if Screwworm Outbreak Spreads
USDA Launches $500 Million SPUR Program to Fortify Independent Beef Processors
Cattle on Feed Up; Beef Production Down
Capitalizing on the Cattle Cycle: Why Working Capital is Your Best Investment Today
CME Group to Launch Lean Beef Trim Contracts
For Beef Prices to Drop, Ranchers Need to Raise More Cattle. Here's Why They're Not
Oklahoma Cattle Market Shows Strength as Calf Prices Surge
The Tick Researchers Couldn't Find - Until Now
Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands
Both Can Be True: Strong Demand, Tight Cattle Inventories, and Beef Prices
Pork
US Hog Industry: 40 Years of Consolidation and Transformation
House Labor Bill Addresses Pork Producers' Workforce Shortage
Boozman Explains Why Prop 12 Was Left Out of the Senate Farm Bill
Decade of Decline: EU Pig Population Down Nearly 9%
NPPC Leads Broad Coalition Seeking Prop 12 Fix in Senate Farm Bill
US Pork Shipments Achieve Record Pace Through Mid-2026
Revisions to Federal Livestock Insurance Take Effect July 1 to Protect Compressing Hog Margins
USMEF Urges Immediate Action on Traceability Integration in Next Farm Bill
SHIC Marks 100th Edition of Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report
Pork and Soybean Groups Back USMCA Renewal
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